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Fluorite from
Porter Hill Road roadcut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Habit:massive
Colour:clear, reddish, purple
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Topazβ“˜3 photos of Fluorite associated with Topaz at this locality.
Muscoviteβ“˜3 photos of Fluorite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Quartzβ“˜1 photo of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Porter Hill Road roadcut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:672121
Long-form Identifier:1:3:672121:3
GUID (UUID V4):6b2a22f1-8641-477e-bc2f-8214a914b713
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
1.4km (0.9 miles) β“˜Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) β“˜Corporate Drive road cut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) β“˜Corporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) β“˜Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) β“˜State Route 111 road cuts, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) β“˜State Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) β“˜State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) β“˜New England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) β“˜Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) β“˜North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
Specimens collected by Earle Sullivan, Harold Moritz collection
Sullivan (1985)
 
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