| Locality type: | Park |
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| Species: | Melanterite |
| Formula: | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
| Comments: | coatings under ledges of gneiss and in protected places |
| Habit: | coatings |
| Colour: | greenish-yellow |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Melanterite 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: | 131492 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131492:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3c59f746-7de4-42e2-8928-4cae2e1eca5c |
| Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.1km (10.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 57 zeolite occurrence (Georgetown locality; Connerie's store), Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.9km (11.7 miles) | ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.6km (20.2 miles) | ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 37.3km (23.1 miles) | ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 47.3km (29.4 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 60.7km (37.7 miles) | ⓘPhilips Mine (Philips Pyrite Mine; Anthony's Nose Pyrrhotite Mine), Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 61.5km (38.2 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 rock cuts, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 62.2km (38.6 miles) | ⓘSulfur Spring (Sulphur Spring), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 62.8km (39.0 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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