| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Dolomite |
| Formula: | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Comments: | A principle component of certain layers in the Stockbridge Marble, so mostly anhedral grains. Rare drusy crystals lining fracures. |
| Habit: | curved rhombohedra |
| Colour: | white to pale gray |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Dolomite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Dolomite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Dolomite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Conklin Limestone Company quarry (Falls Village Quarry), Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 813803 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:813803:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 2ec5bfa5-a7f8-4852-a296-1010074e0d94 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite |
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| 0.6km (0.3 miles) | ⓘRedwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘPfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.7km (2.9 miles) | ⓘCanaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘAllyndale Limestone Corp. quarry, East Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.3km (10.1 miles) | ⓘCornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 20.0km (12.5 miles) | ⓘCopake Mine (Ore pit; Copake Iron Works), Copake Falls, Copake Township, Columbia County, New York, USA |
| 34.7km (21.5 miles) | ⓘLee Lime mine (Lee Lime quarry), Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 40.8km (25.4 miles) | ⓘState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 45.3km (28.1 miles) | ⓘDutchess Quarry, Town of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York, USA |
| 46.6km (29.0 miles) | ⓘBristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Conklin Limestone Company quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA