Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | 'Chlorite Group' (not an IMA approved species) |
Formation: | Primary, Secondary |
Comments: | Abundant in the schist near the pegmatite. Also very rarely as tiny crystals and crusts in voids in the pegmatite. |
Habit: | massive and micaceous in the schist, pseudohexagonal in the pegmatite |
Colour: | dark green in the schist, in the pegmatite as zoned nearly black interior and white exterior. |
Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
Abundance at site: | Common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Albite | ⓘ4 photos of Chlorite Group associated with Albite at this locality. |
Bertrandite | ⓘ1 photo of Chlorite Group associated with Bertrandite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chlorite Group data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Biermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 130924 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:130924:9 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 96ad6016-3414-434b-9b69-fadb1b3c66ac |
Nearest other occurrences of Chlorite Group |
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8.7km (5.4 miles) | ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
11.4km (7.1 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
11.4km (7.1 miles) | ⓘGreat Ring farm, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
12.8km (8.0 miles) | ⓘWestern Connecticut State College, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
14.5km (9.0 miles) | ⓘIlmenite locality, Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
14.7km (9.1 miles) | ⓘInterstate 84 and US Route 202 interchange, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
14.8km (9.2 miles) | ⓘRidgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
15.1km (9.4 miles) | ⓘBrookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
17.0km (10.6 miles) | ⓘBerry Road kyanite locality, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
18.4km (11.4 miles) | ⓘLittle Laurel Lime Park, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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Biermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA