| Locality type: | Park |
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| Species: | Talc |
| Formula: | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Talc data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Dyke Park, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 850426 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:850426:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 397a1b60-3da5-47fe-99a6-54d353a830e4 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Talc |
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| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘGreenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.6km (12.2 miles) | ⓘWilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 27.5km (17.1 miles) | ⓘRidgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.6km (19.0 miles) | ⓘOssining (Sing Sing), Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 36.9km (22.9 miles) | ⓘHarlem Ship Canal, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA |
| 37.8km (23.5 miles) | ⓘInwood Valley (Inwood), Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA |
| 38.3km (23.8 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 38.4km (23.8 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 40.7km (25.3 miles) | ⓘDanbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 42.4km (26.3 miles) | ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ridge Re d, Stamford, Conn. 06903 While collecting English flint in my home town of Stamford, Conn., I...I could be collecting English flint in Connecticut. Dyke Park, where the material was found, faces Long...Island Sound. At one end of the Park, muck dredged from the Stamford harbor is being dumped. Besides...fluorite fluorescent an intense blue-white, chalk, talc, barite, galena and other minerals can be found...found. None of these minerals is similar to Connecticut material, and most of them are dead ringers for English |
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