| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
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| Species: | Goethite |
| Formula: | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| Comments: | Iridescent encrustations on quartz in and around cavities left by weathered galena, associated with orange-brown limonite and pyromorphite. |
| Habit: | massive, encrustations |
| Colour: | dark brown to black, iridescent |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Pyromorphite | ⓘ4 photos of Goethite associated with Pyromorphite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ4 photos of Goethite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Goethite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 716179 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:716179:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9931ff99-c253-45b3-a8b6-70d65af7b676 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Goethite |
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| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.0km (2.5 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.9km (5.6 miles) | ⓘLord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (7003 Main Street; 7003 State Route 110), Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.5km (9.6 miles) | ⓘStevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.3km (10.2 miles) | ⓘQuarry Road, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.0km (10.5 miles) | ⓘLambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.4km (12.0 miles) | ⓘFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘLambert's Mine (Maltby Lakes Mine), West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.5km (15.9 miles) | ⓘHeritage Village, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.8km (16.6 miles) | ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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