Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Chromite |
Formula: | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Comments: | as cores in magnetite grains |
Habit: | granular |
Colour: | black |
Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chromite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Silliman's Verd Antique Quarry, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 944540 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:944540:6 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 668fc610-6810-4fa2-9619-cb2fe68df2ed |
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite |
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9.3km (5.8 miles) | ⓘBaldwin Quarry (Milford Quarry), Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
25.4km (15.8 miles) | ⓘWeston meteorite (incl Easton; Trumbull; Fairfield), Easton (Weston), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
73.7km (45.8 miles) | ⓘDenny Magnetite Mine, Town of Putnam Valley, Putnam County, New York, USA |
80.8km (50.2 miles) | ⓘNew Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA |
References |
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Deasy, Ryan, Robert P. Wintsch, Bryan Wathen, Ryan McAlteer, David Bish and Romain Meyer. (2015), Tectonic Slivers of Oceanic Terranes(s)?: Sheeted Dikes and Sheared Gabbros in south-central Connecticut: Field Trip A1 in Guidebook for Field Trips in Connecticut and Massachusetts, 107th Meeting of the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, Martha S. Gilmore and Phillip G. Resor editors. |