Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 193450
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193450.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Captain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry)
Cook Quarry On Harry Wiley Farm
Grace Feldspar Mine
Great Ring Farm
Hawleyville
Interstate 84 Road Cuts (Route 6A Bypass)
Sandy Hook

Latitude: 41°24'8"N
Longitude: 73°18'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.402222222222,-73.311111111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Mica	Monazite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Stilbite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Mica Monazite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Staurolite Stilbite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	198748,198750,198753,198754	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	198754	2162
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	198748	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	198748	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	198754,198756	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	198754	310
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	198753	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	198754	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	198754	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	198753	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	198753,198754	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	198756	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	198756	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	198754	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	198754	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	198754	1271
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	198748,198750	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	198754	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	198753,198754	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	198754	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	198753	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	198753	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	198754	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	198754,198756	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	198748,198750,198753,198754,198756	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	198753,198754	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	198748	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	198754	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	198748	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	198756	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	198754	978
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	198754	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	198753,198754	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	198748	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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