| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
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| Species: | Cerussite |
| Formula: | PbCO3 |
| Comments: | earthy to crusty alteration of galena in fault veins |
| Habit: | encrustations |
| Colour: | pale gray to yellow gray |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Cerussite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 130973 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:130973:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 1a6a87b9-84c3-438f-9940-7713528ad587 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Cerussite |
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| 14.4km (8.9 miles) | ⓘMiddletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.0km (10.6 miles) | ⓘMiddletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.1km (13.7 miles) | ⓘJinny Hill Mine (Cheshire Barite Mine), Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.3km (14.5 miles) | ⓘCanton Lead Mines (Cherry Brook lead mine; Dyer Farm zinc mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.2km (15.6 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 36.6km (22.7 miles) | ⓘBarrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 37.8km (23.5 miles) | ⓘSilver mine, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 48.5km (30.1 miles) | ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 56.5km (35.1 miles) | ⓘBrookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 56.7km (35.3 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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