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Sillimanite from
U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Sillimanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Comments:Included in a list of minerals without details, but plausible for the geology.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sillimanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:807742
Long-form Identifier:1:3:807742:4
GUID (UUID V4):03d40ad8-3630-48a4-b1eb-241eb61a4386
Nearest other occurrences of Sillimanite
8.9km (5.5 miles) Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) Interstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) Redding Glen (Redding Ridge), Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.8km (12.9 miles) Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
24.4km (15.2 miles) Little Laurel Lime Park, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
32.0km (19.9 miles) State Route 8 exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
38.6km (24.0 miles) Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
38.6km (24.0 miles) Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, USA
47.4km (29.4 miles) Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, USA
49.1km (30.5 miles) Crugers Emery Mine, Montrose, Cortlandt Township, Westchester County, New York, USA
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