| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
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| Species: | Wurtzite |
| Formula: | (Zn,Fe)S |
| Comments: | Erroneously reported by Myer (1962) and refuted by XRD analyses by Pete Dunn (Yedlin, 1973a) showing "perfect sphalerite patterns". Pseudo-hexagonal crystals are polysynthetically twinned sphalerite positive and negative tetrahedra. |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Erroneously Reported |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Galena | ⓘ10 photos of Wurtzite associated with Galena at this locality. |
| Fluorite | ⓘ8 photos of Wurtzite associated with Fluorite at this locality. |
| Baryte | ⓘ4 photos of Wurtzite associated with Baryte at this locality. |
| Sphalerite | ⓘ2 photos of Wurtzite associated with Sphalerite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Wurtzite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Wurtzite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 37838 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:37838:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c940a989-a97a-4a9a-9433-04ad0f0ea279 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Wurtzite |
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| 40.9km (25.4 miles) | ⓘMiddletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 41.3km (25.6 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 45.1km (28.0 miles) | ⓘGreat Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA