Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Orange | - not defined - |
| New Haven County | County |
| Connecticut | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 16' 42'' North , 73° 1' 32'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Orange | 13,956 (2017) | 0.0km |
| Woodmont | 1,505 (2017) | 6.3km |
| West Haven | 54,927 (2017) | 6.6km |
| Milford | 52,759 (2017) | 6.7km |
| City of Milford (balance) | 51,271 (2017) | 6.8km |
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| New Haven Mineral Club | New Haven, Connecticut | 9km |
| Lapidary and Mineral Society of Central Connecticut | Meriden, Connecticut | 34km |
| Danbury Mineralogical Society | Danbury, Connecticut | 38km |
| Bristol Gem & Mineral Club | Bristol, Connecticut | 44km |
| Stamford Mineralogical Society | Stamford, Connecticut | 50km |
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| ⓘ Actinolite Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Habit: coarse-grained cleavable masses Colour: white Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Habit: anhedral Colour: brassy to iridescent Description: with malachite secondary crusts Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' Habit: tabular, rosettes Colour: drak green to black Description: massive foliae, micro crystals line small pockets Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ Chrysotile Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 Habit: fibrous Colour: white to pale green Description: In veins or along fractures cross-cutting lizardite. Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ Clinozoisite Formula: {Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) Habit: acicular Colour: light brown Description: found in the surrounding metadiabase Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ✪ Diopside Formula: CaMgSi2O6 Habit: tabular Colour: pale yellow-green Description: Massive; veins of free-standing, tabular crystals up to about 5mm with clinochlore. Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ Epidote Formula: {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) Habit: acicular, elongated prisms Colour: olive green Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH) Habit: cubo-octahedral pseudomorphs after pyrite Colour: brown Description: Earthy brown pseudomorphs after cubo-octahedral pyrite up to 1 cm Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ✪ Lizardite Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 Habit: massive Colour: yellow to dark green Description: nodules or irregular masses, massive to variegated and mixed with calcite Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Habit: granular Colour: black Description: mostly fine-grained and disseminated in lizardite, talc, diopside Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Habit: coatings Colour: green Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ Meionite Formula: Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 Habit: cleavable masses Colour: gray Description: radiating cleavable masses Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Habit: cubo-octahedral Colour: pale brassy Description: mostly massive, some cubo-octahedral crystals up to 1 cm, some pseudomorphed by goethite Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Habit: prismatic with rhombic terminations Colour: milky to pale gray Description: In the adjacent metadiabase, mostly massive, some minor crystals lining small pockets. Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 Localities: Habit: columnar Colour: pale green Description: In parallel veins up to 5 cm thick cross-cutting lizardite. Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ✪ 'Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn Habit: columnar Colour: pale green Description: In parallel veins up to 5 cm thick cross-cutting lizardite. Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
ⓘ Staurolite Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) Locality: Herbert Street - Wheelers Farms Road intersection, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Habit: short prismatic Colour: dark gray Description: Small (up to 6 mm), short crystals, some resembling dodecahedral garnets, in schist. Reference: Fritts (1965) |
| ⓘ Talc Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 Habit: foliated Colour: gray to green Description: In thick veins along the sheared contact between the metadiabase and the serpentinite. Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z Habit: acicular Colour: dark brown Description: Thin, needle-like, translucent brown crystals associated with epidote in the adjacent metadiabase. Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Actinolite | 9.DE.10 | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Chrysotile | 9.ED.15 | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Clinozoisite | 9.BG.05a | {Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Diopside | 9.DA.15 | CaMgSi2O6 |
| ⓘ | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Lizardite | 9.ED.15 | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Meionite | 9.FB.15 | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 |
| ⓘ | Staurolite | 9.AF.30 | Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| ⓘ | Talc | 9.EC.05 | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Serpentine Subgroup' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| ⓘ | 'var. Picrolite' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Lizardite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| H | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Staurolite | Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Clinozoisite | {Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| B | Boron | |
| B | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Meionite | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Lizardite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| O | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
| O | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Staurolite | Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Clinozoisite | {Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Meionite | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Meionite | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Lizardite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Mg | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Mg | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Mg | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Mg | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Al | ⓘ Staurolite | Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| Al | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Al | ⓘ Clinozoisite | {Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Al | ⓘ Meionite | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Lizardite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Si | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Si | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Staurolite | Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Clinozoisite | {Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Meionite | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Meionite | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Meionite | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Ca | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Ca | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Clinozoisite | {Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Ca | ⓘ Meionite | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Staurolite | Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Serpentine Subgroup var. Picrolite | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D= Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
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