Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 13446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weston, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Garnet Locality
Weston Meteorite (incl Easton; Trumbull; Fairfield)

Latitude: 41°13'11"N
Longitude: 73°19'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.219722222222,-73.326666666667

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.

Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Spinel

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*
Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Magnetite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Corundum Feldspar Garnet Iron None Olivine Pyroxene Spinel

14 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)	1	198794	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	198793	2353
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	198794	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	198794	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	198794	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	198794	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	198794	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	198794	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	198794	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	198794	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	198794	14899
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	198794	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	198794	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	198794	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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