| Locality type: | Park |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Ilmenite |
| Formula: | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Comments: | A specimen formerly in Ronald Januzzi collection of an altered contact rock in the amphibolite shows an anhedral ilmenite crystal about 3 cm across with clinochlore, fluorapatite and quartz. to Reported by Hobbs (1901) in the amphibolite as included cores in accessory titanite grains. |
| Habit: | tabular anhedral |
| Colour: | dark gray to black |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Fluorapatite | β3 photos of Ilmenite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality. |
| Clinochlore | β3 photos of Ilmenite associated with Clinochlore at this locality. |
| Muscovite | β2 photos of Ilmenite associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Quartz | β2 photos of Ilmenite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Ilmenite 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: | 131488 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131488:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | b14cdd04-fe1f-4c10-98e0-3da9487bd6d9 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | βOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.9km (3.0 miles) | βWeston meteorite (incl Easton; Trumbull; Fairfield), Easton (Weston), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.3km (9.5 miles) | βInterstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, 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 |
| 21.6km (13.4 miles) | βSouthbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.4km (13.9 miles) | βDanbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.7km (14.1 miles) | βRidgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.8km (14.2 miles) | βU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.4km (14.6 miles) | βNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 24.3km (15.1 miles) | βIlmenite locality, Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Old Mine Park, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA