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Scapolite from
Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Park
Classification
Species:'Scapolite' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Radiating bundles of columnar, acicular to fibrous crystals found in the amphibolite and along the contact with the topaz-quartz-fluorite veins associated with phologpite. Species determined to be marialite via Raman spectroscopy.
Habit:radiating bundles of columnar, acicular to fibrous crystals
Colour:white, grey, pale green
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scapolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:395712
Long-form Identifier:1:3:395712:7
GUID (UUID V4):07617243-1b88-4ff2-bee9-17e1c9299c4a
Nearest other occurrences of Scapolite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) State Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
13.1km (8.2 miles) Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
23.4km (14.6 miles) North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) East Main Street construction site, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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