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Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 57' 18'' North , 73° 21' 54'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
41.95500,-73.36500
GeoHash:
G#: dr7ydt9jx
GRN:
N28W40
Type:
Village
KΓΆppen climate type:
Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Falls Village538 (2017)0.2km
Lakeville928 (2017)6.3km
Canaan1,212 (2017)8.6km
Millerton940 (2017)12.0km
Sharon729 (2017)12.5km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Bristol Gem & Mineral ClubBristol, Connecticut47km
Mindat Locality ID:
217859
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:217859:5
GUID (UUID V4):
d966d0dc-bed7-4a9a-886c-c153ff64e2b2


The principal population center within the town of Canaan. Coordinates are for near village center. Abandoned marble quarries are situated just north on Battle Hill, two active ones are further north on Sand Road.

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24 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Colour: white
β“˜ Almandine
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Habit: trapezohedral
Colour: maroon
Description: Subhedral crystals to 5 mm.
β“˜ Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
β“˜ Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Habit: elongated prismatic
Colour: honey yellow
Description: Subhedral crystals to 3 cm, smaller ones with very gemmy interiors.
β“˜ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
β“˜ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
β“˜ 'Chlorite Group'
Habit: subhedral grains
Colour: dark green
β“˜ 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'
Colour: black
Description: very small crystals
β“˜ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
Habit: flattened short to elongated prisms
Colour: white to very pale green
Fluorescence: light blue-gray under SW
Description: pseudomorphed by tremolite (originally called Canaanite)
β“˜ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
β“˜ Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Fluorescence: Yellow under SW UV
Description: Small grains seen mostly via yellow fluorescence.
β“˜ 'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
β“˜ Goethite
Formula: Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH)
β“˜ Grossular
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
β“˜ Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Habit: flat prisms
Colour: colorless
Description: Micro crystals and coatings filling thin fractures in a loose, rusty, calcareous schist boulder.
β“˜ Gypsum var. Selenite
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Habit: flat prisms
Colour: colorless
Description: Micro crystals and coatings filling thin fractures in a loose, rusty, calcareous schist boulder.
β“˜ 'Limonite'
β“˜ Marialite
Formula: Na4Al3Si9O24Cl
Habit: subhedral elongated prisms, square cross-section
Colour: gray to dark gray
Fluorescence: pale yellow
Description: Crystals to 15m or so, translucent, but look like mechanical pencil lead lying in fine-grained, gray dolomite-phlogopite-tremolite-sulfide rock. Crystals mostly first order prisms with square cross-sections modified by minor second order prisms. Poorly terminated.
β“˜ Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Colour: white
β“˜ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜ Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
References:
Dana 6:1060.
β“˜ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
β“˜ 'Scapolite'
β“˜ Schorl
Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Colour: black
Description: Subhedral crystals to a few cms.
β“˜ Sillimanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
β“˜ Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Habit: Primary - bladed, pseudomorphs after diopside are flattened short to elongated prisms
Colour: white, pale gray, pale green
Fluorescence: light blue-gray under SW
Description: As primary crystal to 15 cm as individual crystals or even larger as parallel to fan-shaped aggregates, or as pseudomorphs after diopside (originally called canaanite) to 10 cm.
β“˜ Wollastonite
Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)
β“˜ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)
Colour: brown
Description: Microcrystals

Gallery:

Be3Al2(Si6O18)β“˜ Beryl
CaSO4 · 2H2Oβ“˜ Gypsum var. Selenite
Na4Al3Si9O24Clβ“˜ Marialite
FeS2β“˜ Pyrite
◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2β“˜ Tremolite

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
β“˜Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Goethite4.00.Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH)
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
β“˜Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
β“˜Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
β“˜Gypsum
var. Selenite		7.CD.40CaSO4 Β· 2H2O
β“˜7.CD.40CaSO4 Β· 2H2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
β“˜Fluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Grossular9.AD.25Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
β“˜Almandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
β“˜Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
β“˜Sillimanite9.AF.05Al2(SiO4)O
β“˜Beryl9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
β“˜Schorl9.CK.05NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
β“˜Diopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
β“˜Tremolite9.DE.10β—»Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
β“˜Wollastonite9.DG.05Ca3(Si3O9)
β“˜Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜Phlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜Microcline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
β“˜Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
β“˜Marialite9.FB.15Na4Al3Si9O24Cl
Unclassified
β“˜'Limonite'-
β“˜'Chlorite Group'-
β“˜'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'-
β“˜'Scapolite'-
β“˜'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ GoethiteΞ±-Fe3+O(OH)
Hβ“˜ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Hβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Hβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ Gypsum var. SeleniteCaSO4 · 2H2O
BeBeryllium
Beβ“˜ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
BBoron
Bβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
CCarbon
Cβ“˜ AragoniteCaCO3
Cβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Cβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oβ“˜ AragoniteCaCO3
Oβ“˜ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Oβ“˜ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Oβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Oβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Oβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oβ“˜ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Oβ“˜ GoethiteΞ±-Fe3+O(OH)
Oβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Oβ“˜ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Oβ“˜ MarialiteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl
Oβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Oβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ RutileTiO2
Oβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Oβ“˜ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Oβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Oβ“˜ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Oβ“˜ Gypsum var. SeleniteCaSO4 · 2H2O
Oβ“˜ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
FFluorine
Fβ“˜ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
NaSodium
Naβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naβ“˜ MarialiteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl
Naβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mgβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mgβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mgβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alβ“˜ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Alβ“˜ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Alβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Alβ“˜ MarialiteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl
Alβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Alβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Alβ“˜ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siβ“˜ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Siβ“˜ BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Siβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Siβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Siβ“˜ MarialiteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl
Siβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Siβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Siβ“˜ SillimaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Siβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Siβ“˜ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Siβ“˜ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
PPhosphorus
Pβ“˜ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sβ“˜ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Sβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Sβ“˜ Gypsum var. SeleniteCaSO4 · 2H2O
ClChlorine
Clβ“˜ MarialiteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Kβ“˜ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ AragoniteCaCO3
Caβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Caβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Caβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Caβ“˜ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Caβ“˜ GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Caβ“˜ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Caβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Caβ“˜ WollastoniteCa3(Si3O9)
Caβ“˜ Gypsum var. SeleniteCaSO4 · 2H2O
TiTitanium
Tiβ“˜ RutileTiO2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Feβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feβ“˜ GoethiteΞ±-Fe3+O(OH)
Feβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Feβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
CuCopper
Cuβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZrZirconium
Zrβ“˜ ZirconZr(SiO4)

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