| Locality type: | Road |
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| Species: | Anhydrite |
| Formula: | CaSO4 |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | Early-forming crystals naturally dissolved later in the paragenesis but beforehand were encrusted by drusy quartz, to at least 5 cm. |
| Habit: | acicular, bladed |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Never found, but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs) |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | β16 photos of Anhydrite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Hematite | β4 photos of Anhydrite associated with Hematite at this locality. |
| Calcite | β2 photos of Anhydrite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Anhydrite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Bates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 982525 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:982525:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c45ee1d0-aefc-423a-9abc-76c6870d8c8b |
| Nearest other occurrences of Anhydrite |
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| 2.2km (1.3 miles) | βO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.7km (3.5 miles) | βO & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.2km (10.1 miles) | βBarrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.8km (11.7 miles) | βBlue Stone Quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.0km (18.6 miles) | βLord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (7003 Main Street; 7003 State Route 110), Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 35.3km (21.9 miles) | βTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 35.3km (22.0 miles) | βPillow lava locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 37.2km (23.1 miles) | βMeriden Trap Rock Quarry (Lane's Quarry), Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 37.9km (23.5 miles) | βMcLay Avenue, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 37.9km (23.6 miles) | βCinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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