| Locality type: | Construction Site |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Tremolite |
| Formula: | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | Masses of tiny, needle-like crystals |
| Habit: | subhedral elongate prismatic |
| Colour: | white to colorless |
| Luminescent properties: | yellow-orange under SW UV |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Actinolite | β1 photo of Tremolite associated with Actinolite at this locality. |
| Albite | β1 photo of Tremolite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Clinochlore | β1 photo of Tremolite associated with Clinochlore at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Tremolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 348044 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:348044:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | a0882b1a-1813-40c9-a930-c6930ed22358 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Tremolite |
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| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | βState Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.3km (7.6 miles) | βDerby, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.8km (7.9 miles) | βStevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.8km (8.0 miles) | βRedding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.6km (10.9 miles) | βBaldwin Quarry (Milford Quarry), Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.2km (12.0 miles) | βBarrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | βOld Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.5km (13.3 miles) | βAgstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.0km (13.7 miles) | βDanburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.4km (13.9 miles) | βRidgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA