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Diopside from
Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Comments:Reported as crystals in pyrrhotite, dolomite, calcite, and gneiss; also in green granular and crystalline masses
Also found as stout pink crystals on serpentine and as micro lath-like crystals, transparent, and embedded in a matrix of white calcite.
Colour:green, pink
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chondroditeⓘ4 photos of Diopside associated with Chondrodite at this locality.
Calciteⓘ4 photos of Diopside associated with Calcite at this locality.
Clinochloreⓘ2 photos of Diopside associated with Clinochlore at this locality.
Pyriteⓘ1 photo of Diopside associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Arsenopyriteⓘ1 photo of Diopside associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:100231
Long-form Identifier:1:3:100231:7
GUID (UUID V4):dd24dc2c-bd46-4836-9dd6-ef72640db41d
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘOld Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.2km (12.0 miles) ⓘAgstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘWest Redding grossular locality, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.3km (13.9 miles) ⓘHustis Quarry, Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘShaft 7, Delaware Aqueduct, Town of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘPhilipstown, Cold Spring, Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA
26.3km (16.4 miles) ⓘAdvance Stone Quarry, Boardman's Bridge, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn...[University of Virginia, Charlottesville] at 11:53 03 August 2012 Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER...AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK F ew minerals are commonly or uniquely associated with New York. The Herkimer...Herkimer “diamond” variety of quartz certainly comes to mind, as do spinel from Amity, uvite from Pierrepont...Pierrepont, and diopside from near Richville (the famous Dekalb locality). However, one mineral, chondrodite
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