| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
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| Species: | Aragonite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Comments: | Excellent acicular sprays of clear crystals in small cavities on very rusty/earthy goethite in the cores of fault veins, crystals usually micro to 1.5 cm or so. |
| Habit: | flattened acicular prisms |
| Colour: | colorless to white |
| Luminescent properties: | pale yellow-white under LW/MW/SW |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Siderite | ⓘ2 photos of Aragonite associated with Siderite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Aragonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 130972 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:130972:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d858c107-139e-4ae9-8548-e5ecce90d954 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite |
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| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘSherrill Street quarry, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.5km (2.8 miles) | ⓘArute Field, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.1km (3.8 miles) | ⓘThe Woodlands, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.5km (5.3 miles) | ⓘFarmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.4km (10.2 miles) | ⓘSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.4km (10.2 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 20.7km (12.9 miles) | ⓘDurham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.1km (13.1 miles) | ⓘReed's Gap Quarry (New Haven Trap Rock quarry; Tilcon Durham quarry), Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.2km (13.2 miles) | ⓘState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.2km (15.6 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA