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| Species: | Rutile |
| Formula: | TiO2 |
| Comments: | Thin plates made up of a 2-D reticulated, twinned, elongated prisms. Plates typically a few cm across. |
| Habit: | twinned, reticulated, plates |
| Colour: | gray to brown |
| 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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| Clinochlore | ⓘ7 photos of Rutile associated with Clinochlore at this locality. |
| Albite | ⓘ1 photo of Rutile associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Rutile data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (6 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 752317 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:752317:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | b35aaeec-8e5a-48f8-8025-4d6301fd41f3 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Rutile |
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| 4.0km (2.5 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.8km (3.6 miles) | ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.5km (4.0 miles) | ⓘIlmenite locality, Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.5km (5.3 miles) | ⓘDanbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.3km (5.8 miles) | ⓘBerry Road kyanite locality, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.5km (8.4 miles) | ⓘSouthbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.2km (10.0 miles) | ⓘRockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.5km (11.5 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.9km (11.7 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.4km (12.0 miles) | ⓘUnnamed quartz prospects, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Sky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA