| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
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| Species: | Pyromorphite |
| Formula: | Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
| Comments: | "fine acicular crystals of pale green pyromorphite (X-rayed Newmont Exploration) associated with galena, wulfenite, cerussite, and iron and manganese oxides. Occurs in several habits ranging from typical prismatic forms to acicular crystals of great beauty." (Januzzi 1994) Found in heavily limonite-stained rock with cubic cavities of former galena crystals. |
| Habit: | acicular, rounded hexagonal aggregates of needles, hexagonal prisms |
| Colour: | green to pale green, cream, white |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | ⓘ12 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Goethite | ⓘ4 photos of Pyromorphite associated with Goethite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyromorphite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 561866 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:561866:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e9373d1c-4430-44d1-b59a-1894e4b01a8a |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyromorphite |
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| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘTrumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.9km (9.9 miles) | ⓘBiermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.4km (12.0 miles) | ⓘFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.4km (16.4 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.4km (17.6 miles) | ⓘOld lead mine, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.0km (18.6 miles) | ⓘBrookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 50.1km (31.1 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 55.8km (34.7 miles) | ⓘOssining (Sing Sing), Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 56.1km (34.9 miles) | ⓘSparta Mine, Ossining (Sing Sing), Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 59.8km (37.2 miles) | ⓘMiddletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA