| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Comments: | crystals mostly < 1 cm, typically massive and generally light colored to white, associated with adularia, sphalerite, galena, quartz |
| Habit: | cubic |
| Colour: | white, yellow, green, purple |
| Luminescent properties: | blue |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | β6 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Sphalerite | β4 photos of Fluorite associated with Sphalerite at this locality. |
| Adularia | β1 photo of Fluorite associated with Adularia at this locality. |
| Siderite | β1 photo of Fluorite associated with Siderite at this locality. |
| Galena | β1 photo of Fluorite associated with Galena at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 561876 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:561876:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | befd4508-86d9-4b6a-835b-3010d625610a |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | βPorter Hill Road roadcut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | βOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.9km (2.4 miles) | βState Route 111 road cuts, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.0km (2.5 miles) | βOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | βCorporate Drive road cut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | βState Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | βCorporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.2km (6.9 miles) | βNew England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.4km (12.0 miles) | βFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.8km (16.6 miles) | βNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA