Thatchersville babingtonite locality, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Thatchersville babingtonite locality | - not defined - |
| Bridgeport | Town |
| Fairfield County | County |
| Connecticut | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° North , 73° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~34km
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
133448
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:133448:0
GUID (UUID V4):
805753f9-8144-46a6-abe1-4e00f5254146
Thatchersville is the name of a defunct mill village on the Pequonnock River where it was first dammed in 1828 to form Bunnell's Pond. Stilbite and babingtonite reportedly occur in gneiss there (Dana, 1855), though Dana's System of Mineralogy 1875, mentions only stilbite.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Babingtonite Formula: Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH) |
| ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup' Formula: M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O Description: "at the gneiss quarry, Thatchersville, Conn., in crystals lining cavities in coarse granite" Dana (1875). |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Babingtonite | 9.DK.05 | Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Stilbite Subgroup' | - | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Babingtonite | Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Babingtonite | Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Babingtonite | Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Babingtonite | Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH) |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Babingtonite | Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH) |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Babingtonite | Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH) |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Piedmontia DomainDomain
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