| Locality type: | Park |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Comments: | "Fluorite, varying abruptly from rose pink to deep purple in color, occurs at the upper mine opening intimately intergrown with fibrous scapolite. At the Limekiln Vein fluorite of a purple color occurs in granular masses of considerable size. Veinlets of coarse foliated margarodite, made up of interlocking crystals, have the crystals separated by thin layers of fluorite, and deep purple fluorite forms thin plates between the plates of mica." (Shannon, 1921b). Besides the abundant, massive chlorophane variety found in the topaz veins, micro-crystals of cubic fluorite have been found in cracks and seams in other rocks. As thin purple coatings on topaz. These occurrences do not fluoresce. |
| Habit: | cubic with tetrahexahedral modifications |
| Colour: | colorless with purple zones |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Topaz | β4 photos of Fluorite associated with Topaz at this locality. |
| Muscovite | β4 photos of Fluorite associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Quartz | β4 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 131479 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131479:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 00e2b9fb-3dcb-4d38-9b6e-ad4692ea8272 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | βOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | βCorporate Drive road cut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | βCorporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | βState Route 111 road cuts, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | βState Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | βPorter Hill Road roadcut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | βState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.5km (4.7 miles) | βNew England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.9km (11.1 miles) | βFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.4km (14.6 miles) | βNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Old Mine Park, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA