| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Tremolite |
| Formula: | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Comments: | Occurs in many ways - as individual scattered euhedral crystals, as parallel or radiating aggregates, which can grade into fibrous crystals, and as etched pseudomorphs after diopside. Crystals can reach 5 cm and aggregates can be a couple of dm. |
| Habit: | euhedral to subhedral blades, brittle fibers |
| Colour: | white, pale gray, pale green |
| Luminescent properties: | blue-white |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | β11 photos of Tremolite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Phlogopite | β4 photos of Tremolite associated with Phlogopite at this locality. |
| Diopside | β3 photos of Tremolite associated with Diopside at this locality. |
| Chlorite Group | β2 photos of Tremolite associated with Chlorite Group at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Tremolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Conklin Limestone Company quarry (Falls Village Quarry), Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 657032 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:657032:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9d2282be-d000-438e-a928-d74984cb1dc4 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Tremolite |
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| 0.6km (0.3 miles) | βRedwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.8km (2.4 miles) | βCanaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | βPfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.7km (2.9 miles) | βCanaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.2km (3.3 miles) | βMaltby's Quarry, Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | βAllyndale Limestone Corp. quarry, East Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.9km (7.4 miles) | βCornwall Hollow, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.2km (10.0 miles) | βSerpentinite, Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 24.9km (15.5 miles) | βSoapstone quarry, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.9km (16.7 miles) | βMountain Top Trucking quarry, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Conklin Limestone Company quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA