| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Talc |
| Formula: | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Comments: | Soft, waxy material with copper mineralization in a fault-hosted hydrothermal vein. |
| Habit: | massive |
| Colour: | yellow-green to black |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Talc data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Plainville Trap Rock Quarry (Tilcon New Britain Quarry), Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 969527 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:969527:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | fd6896bc-9ef5-4f5a-9ccb-cf98f16189c4 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Talc |
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| 8.7km (5.4 miles) | ⓘIndian Soapstone Quarry, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.6km (10.9 miles) | ⓘState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 20.4km (12.7 miles) | ⓘCopper Valley Mine (Bellamy's Mine; Munson's Mine), Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.4km (14.5 miles) | ⓘSatan's Kingdom talc deposits, New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.9km (16.7 miles) | ⓘTariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 31.3km (19.4 miles) | ⓘNative American soapstone quarry, Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.7km (20.3 miles) | ⓘChrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.7km (20.3 miles) | ⓘSoapstone quarry, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 38.0km (23.6 miles) | ⓘUltramafic rock bodies, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 40.5km (25.1 miles) | ⓘSerpentinite, Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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