| Locality type: | Construction Site |
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| Species: | Opal var: Opal-AN |
| Formula: | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Comments: | Typical coating on host rock mostly only visible under SW UV. |
| Habit: | waxy encrustations |
| Colour: | pale blue-green |
| Luminescent properties: | green |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visual (Fluorescence) |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Albite | ⓘ3 photos of Opal-AN associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Opal-AN associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Opal-AN data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Nonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 850711 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:850711:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c3282a6c-e345-4bda-91c0-6d3a963251c1 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Opal-AN |
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| 9.1km (5.6 miles) | ⓘSouthbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.5km (7.7 miles) | ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.5km (7.8 miles) | ⓘBlue Stone Quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.6km (7.9 miles) | ⓘCurtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.2km (11.3 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 20.6km (12.8 miles) | ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 20.9km (13.0 miles) | ⓘLead Mine Brook, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.0km (13.0 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.6km (14.0 miles) | ⓘState Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.7km (14.1 miles) | ⓘNew England Mining Company Quarry (Roebling Mine; Hewitt's Mine), Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Nonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA