Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
State Route 8 Exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "State Route 8 Exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°36'3"N
Longitude: 73°3'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.600833333333,-73.066388888889

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.

Brookite	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Halotrichite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Sphalerite	Stilbite

Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Calcite Chabazite Clay Halotrichite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite Stilbite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	268

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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