Locality type: | Park |
Classification |
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Species: | Enstatite |
Formula: | Mg2Si2O6 |
Formation: | Primary |
Comments: | A blocky crystal in quartz/clinozoisite rock with most of the interior altered to a mass of actinolite. Pictured in Januzzi (1994) with caption that it was "x-rayed" with probable enstatite ID (not sure why he qualified it). He did not note the alteration of the crystals' interiors. |
Habit: | subhedral blocky |
Colour: | brown-green |
Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Confirmed |
Confirmation Methods: | XRD |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Actinolite | ⓘ2 photos of Enstatite associated with Actinolite at this locality. |
Clinozoisite | ⓘ2 photos of Enstatite associated with Clinozoisite at this locality. |
Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Enstatite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Enstatite 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: | 1236058 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1236058:9 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 24121dc5-7ee9-4d81-98e4-26bb6b0cc26c |
Nearest other occurrences of Enstatite |
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4.9km (3.0 miles) | ⓘWeston meteorite (incl Easton; Trumbull; Fairfield), Easton (Weston), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
37.3km (23.1 miles) | ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
62.7km (39.0 miles) | ⓘNew Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA |
63.5km (39.4 miles) | ⓘUltramafic rock bodies, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
74.1km (46.1 miles) | ⓘGreenwood mine (Patterson mine), Town of Tuxedo, Orange County, New York, USA |
References |
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Old Mine Park, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA