| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Species: | Talc |
| Formula: | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Comments: | As fibers intergrown with radiating spheres of fibrous talc. Confirmed in 2016 using EDS and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) zone patterns. Rarely found as steatite. |
| Habit: | fibrous. massive, as steatite. |
| Colour: | gray-green |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Anthophyllite | ⓘ7 photos of Talc associated with Anthophyllite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Talc data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Satan's Kingdom talc deposits, New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 972243 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:972243:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 446b2baa-d35d-424e-b62a-d913cfa342a8 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Talc |
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| 6.2km (3.8 miles) | ⓘState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.1km (5.7 miles) | ⓘNative American soapstone quarry, Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.6km (10.3 miles) | ⓘSoapstone quarry, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.4km (11.4 miles) | ⓘIndian Soapstone Quarry, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.6km (11.6 miles) | ⓘSerpentinite, Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.6km (12.2 miles) | ⓘTariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.4km (14.5 miles) | ⓘPlainville Trap Rock Quarry (Tilcon New Britain Quarry), Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 33.4km (20.8 miles) | ⓘPfizer 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 |
| 34.7km (21.6 miles) | ⓘWestfield Soapstone Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 35.8km (22.3 miles) | ⓘAtwater serpentine quarry, Russell, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
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Satan's Kingdom talc deposits, New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA