| Locality type: | Park |
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| Species: | Aragonite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Habit: | micro needles, acicular |
| Colour: | white |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Unconfirmed/Questioned |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Aragonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Dyke Park, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 850437 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:850437:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c9b97112-e55e-4395-8899-80af43f93984 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite |
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| 16.8km (10.5 miles) | ⓘLake Street Quarry, Harrison, Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 36.7km (22.8 miles) | ⓘ215th Street & Broadway, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA |
| 36.9km (22.9 miles) | ⓘHarlem Ship Canal, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA |
| 37.8km (23.5 miles) | ⓘInwood Valley (Inwood), Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA |
| 38.3km (23.8 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 38.4km (23.8 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 40.7km (25.3 miles) | ⓘDanburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 42.4km (26.3 miles) | ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 42.8km (26.6 miles) | ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 43.6km (27.1 miles) | ⓘLord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (7003 Main Street; 7003 State Route 110), Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ridge Re d, Stamford, Conn. 06903 While collecting English flint in my home town of Stamford, Conn., I...I could be collecting English flint in Connecticut. Dyke Park, where the material was found, faces Long...Island Sound. At one end of the Park, muck dredged from the Stamford harbor is being dumped. Besides...found. None of these minerals is similar to Connecticut material, and most of them are dead ringers for...holds of ships. It was dumped on the bottom of Stamford harbor where most of the chalk, being limestone |  | | Journal (issue) | | identified as coming from “Dyke Park, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut”. If you look up the details...the specimen came… “From spoils at Dyke Park dredged up from Stamford Harbor”. What is interesting about...this specimen is that its point of origin is not Stamford Harbor, but probably from the Chalk Cliffs of...full year (12 color issues) is just $35.00 in the USA. Email: info@mineralnews.com Figure 4—A closer view...their website for $45.00 (Cnd in Canada, US$ in USA) plus shipping: (https:// www.mineralogicalassociation |
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