| Locality type: | Industrial Site |
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| Species: | Albite |
| Formula: | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Comments: | Nice white crystals along contact of quartz-fluorite veins with surrounding amphibolite. Crystals to 4-5 cm. Massive green material in the amphibolite. |
| Habit: | blocky euhedral |
| Colour: | white, green |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Marialite | β3 photos of Albite associated with Marialite at this locality. |
| Chlorophane | β3 photos of Albite associated with Chlorophane at this locality. |
| Scheelite | β2 photos of Albite associated with Scheelite at this locality. |
| Fluorapatite | β2 photos of Albite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality. |
| Pyrite | β1 photo of Albite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Pyrrhotite | β1 photo of Albite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality. |
| Phlogopite | β1 photo of Albite associated with Phlogopite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Albite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Corporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1009172 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1009172:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 12e4977c-9859-4f9e-973b-9275eddfabe3 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Albite |
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| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | βOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | βOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | βState Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.4km (3.3 miles) | βWeston meteorite (incl Easton; Trumbull; Fairfield), Easton (Weston), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.9km (4.3 miles) | βNew England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.5km (5.3 miles) | βEast Village pegmatite prospect, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.6km (6.0 miles) | βThe Cascades, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.5km (6.5 miles) | βLittle Laurel Lime Park, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.8km (6.7 miles) | βCaptain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.6km (7.2 miles) | βLord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (7003 Main Street; 7003 State Route 110), Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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Corporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA