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Bridgeport, Bridgeport Borough, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 6' 17'' North , 75° 20' 44'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Bridgeport4,564 (2017)0.0km
Norristown34,412 (2017)1.9km
West Norriton14,702 (2017)3.9km
King of Prussia19,936 (2017)4.6km
West Conshohocken1,381 (2017)4.6km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
Delaware Valley Paleontological SocietyPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania23km
Philadelphia Mineralogical SocietyPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania23km
Friends of Mineralogy - Pennsylvania ChapterSt. Peters, Pennsylvania24km
Tuscarora Lapidary SocietyBrookhaven, Pennsylvania26km
Delaware Valley Earth Science SocietyWoodbury, New Jersey34km
Mindat Locality ID:
26376
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:26376:3
GUID (UUID V4):
33d27dbb-51b4-4a61-9d5c-24a807ee8a08


Exposures along road paralleling Trenton Cut-off R.R., about ¾ mile W of the Schuykill River, just south of Bridgeport.

Shenandoah limestone.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Goethite
Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2

Gallery:

Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Malachite

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.α-Fe3+O(OH)
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
FeIron
Fe Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
CuCopper
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

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