| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Sphalerite |
| Formula: | ZnS |
| Comments: | Typically as cleavable masses embedded in siderite, euhedral crystals rare and usually small, but "some beautiful big crystals are known" (Schooner 1961). |
| Habit: | cleavable masses, tetrahedral |
| Colour: | black, pale to dark brown |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Siderite | β11 photos of Sphalerite associated with Siderite at this locality. |
| Quartz | β8 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Pyrite | β3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Hydrozincite | β2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Hydrozincite at this locality. |
| Hematite | β1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Hematite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sphalerite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Roxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (12 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 131255 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131255:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 952dda9a-c232-41ff-ba46-7c00ce5a3b16 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | βRockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | βO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.6km (7.8 miles) | βOld lead mine, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.9km (8.6 miles) | βU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.2km (10.1 miles) | βSandy Hook gold mine (Blackwell's mine), Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.9km (12.4 miles) | βNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.1km (14.4 miles) | βState Route 8 exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.8km (14.8 miles) | βReynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 24.2km (15.1 miles) | βStevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.8km (16.7 miles) | βThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA