| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Siderite |
| Formula: | FeCO3 |
| Comments: | Typically as cleavable masses, some lustrous, curved rhombohedral crystals are found in small cavities or frozen in quartz |
| Habit: | rhombohedrons |
| Colour: | tan to light brown |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | ⓘ39 photos of Siderite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Pyrite | ⓘ22 photos of Siderite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Sphalerite | ⓘ11 photos of Siderite associated with Sphalerite at this locality. |
| Hematite | ⓘ5 photos of Siderite associated with Hematite at this locality. |
| Arsenopyrite | ⓘ4 photos of Siderite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality. |
| Galena | ⓘ3 photos of Siderite associated with Galena at this locality. |
| Goethite | ⓘ2 photos of Siderite associated with Goethite at this locality. |
| Hydrozincite | ⓘ2 photos of Siderite associated with Hydrozincite at this locality. |
| Clinochlore | ⓘ1 photo of Siderite associated with Clinochlore at this locality. |
| Opal-AN | ⓘ1 photo of Siderite associated with Opal-AN at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Siderite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Roxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (24 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 37867 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:37867:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | b27fed8c-650c-45b9-a229-6dd015c94b70 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Siderite |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘRockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.0km (17.4 miles) | ⓘLane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.3km (18.8 miles) | ⓘArsenic and nickel mine (Nickel Mine Brook), Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.5km (18.9 miles) | ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 32.0km (19.9 miles) | ⓘCorporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.3km (20.1 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.6km (20.2 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 36.2km (22.5 miles) | ⓘState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 36.3km (22.5 miles) | ⓘGridley Mine, Amenia (Ameniaville), Dutchess County, New York, USA |
| 36.4km (22.6 miles) | ⓘAmenia Mine, Amenia (Ameniaville), Dutchess County, New York, USA |
| References |
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Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. |
Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA