| Locality type: | Village |
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| Species: | Goethite |
| Formula: | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
| Formation: | Secondary |
| Comments: | A microcrystalline tufts on quartz or calcite. |
| Habit: | fibrous |
| Colour: | dark brown |
| 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 |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | β3 photos of Goethite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Calcite | β3 photos of Goethite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Amethyst | β1 photo of Goethite associated with Amethyst at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Goethite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Heritage Village, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1380234 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1380234:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 1d7c9742-ed3f-468f-81fd-5d778aef650d |
| Nearest other occurrences of Goethite |
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| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | βBates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.0km (1.8 miles) | βO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.5km (7.2 miles) | βStevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.1km (8.1 miles) | βRoxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.3km (11.4 miles) | βState Route 8 exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 20.9km (13.0 miles) | βNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.0km (13.6 miles) | βOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.2km (13.8 miles) | βOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.5km (15.9 miles) | βState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.7km (16.6 miles) | βThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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