Locality type: | Park |
Classification |
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Species: | Diopside |
Formula: | CaMgSi2O6 |
Formation: | Primary |
Comments: | Reported as "coccolite" by Shannon (1921a, 1921b) and repeated by Januzzi, Schooner, Sullivan, etc. Found as an accessory in the marble, generally fine-grained. |
Habit: | granular to prismatic |
Colour: | pale green |
Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
Abundance at site: | Common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Grossular | ⓘ1 photo of Diopside associated with Grossular at this locality. |
Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Diopside associated with Calcite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diopside data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 131472 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131472:4 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 1dd5cc4c-53c8-476b-badf-96683db8cb85 |
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside |
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0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
4.9km (3.0 miles) | ⓘWeston meteorite (incl Easton; Trumbull; Fairfield), Easton (Weston), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
12.8km (8.0 miles) | ⓘStevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
15.3km (9.5 miles) | ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
18.0km (11.2 miles) | ⓘWest Redding grossular locality, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
18.9km (11.7 miles) | ⓘLambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
19.8km (12.3 miles) | ⓘOld Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
20.9km (13.0 miles) | ⓘSilliman's Verd Antique Quarry, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
21.8km (13.6 miles) | ⓘAgstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
22.8km (14.2 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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