| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Malachite |
| Formula: | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Formation: | Post-mining/Anthropogenic |
| Comments: | Thin coatings probably from alteration of chalcopyrite. |
| Colour: | green |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Albite | ⓘ2 photos of Malachite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Muscovite | ⓘ2 photos of Malachite associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Malachite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Curtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1235516 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1235516:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | f7610a2a-fe3b-4ac8-8aed-e8b15264cf0e |
| Nearest other occurrences of Malachite |
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| 6.1km (3.8 miles) | ⓘStevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘCopper mine, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.2km (5.7 miles) | ⓘBarrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | ⓘNew England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.6km (9.0 miles) | ⓘWoodbury pegmatite quarry (Judson Quarry), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.0km (9.3 miles) | ⓘO and G quarry # 3, Prospect, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.2km (11.3 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.4km (11.4 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.2km (11.9 miles) | ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.4km (13.9 miles) | ⓘYork Hill, Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Curtis Quarry, Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA