| Locality type: | Park |
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| Species: | 'Wolframite Group' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formation: | Secondary |
| Comments: | Actually long known to be the iron-rich end-member species ferberite. The use of the term "wolframite" for crystals from here should be abandoned. See more description under ferberite. |
| Habit: | bipyramidal pseudomorphs after scheelite |
| Colour: | dark brown to black |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Significance: | "Dana Locality" - A locality listed in 19th century editions of Dana's 'System of Mineralogy.' |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Scheelite | ⓘ10 photos of Wolframite Group associated with Scheelite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Wolframite Group associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Wolframite Group data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 131515 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131515:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 6d856c22-430f-4436-a50e-961d88c9f652 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Wolframite Group |
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| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘLane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.1km (3.2 miles) | ⓘMonroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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Old Mine Park, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA