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Locality Name:
State Route 8 And State Route 118 Interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA


mindat Locality ID: 253331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "State Route 8 And State Route 118 Interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°45'27"N
Longitude: 73°6'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.7575,-73.115277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteArseniosideriteBerauniteBerylCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMeta-autuniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeiteSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteVivianiteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Beraunite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Heterosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Sarcolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)0204
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O0388
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O0129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Sarcolite  (*)NoneNa4Ca12Al8Si12O46(SiO4,PO4)(OH,H2O)4(CO3,Cl)06
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F055
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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