| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
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| Species: | Dolomite |
| Formula: | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Comments: | Abundant as fault vein filling associated with barite, quartz, bitumen. Crystals usually drusy. |
| Habit: | rhombohedral, some curved |
| Colour: | white, pink, tan, brown if iron-rich |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Baryte | ⓘ4 photos of Dolomite associated with Baryte at this locality. |
| Bornite | ⓘ4 photos of Dolomite associated with Bornite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ3 photos of Dolomite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Galena | ⓘ3 photos of Dolomite associated with Galena at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ2 photos of Dolomite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Sphalerite | ⓘ2 photos of Dolomite associated with Sphalerite at this locality. |
| Malachite | ⓘ2 photos of Dolomite associated with Malachite at this locality. |
| Bitumen | ⓘ1 photo of Dolomite associated with Bitumen at this locality. |
| Aurichalcite | ⓘ1 photo of Dolomite associated with Aurichalcite at this locality. |
| Goethite | ⓘ1 photo of Dolomite associated with Goethite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Dolomite 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 (5 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 130977 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:130977:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9c88566c-1898-490a-b545-c34d5ab2cdee |
| Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite |
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| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘHart's Lead Mine, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.5km (2.8 miles) | ⓘState Routes 9 and 372 interchange, Berlin, 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 |
| 6.4km (3.9 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 & State Route 71 Interchange, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.6km (9.1 miles) | ⓘBristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.2km (13.2 miles) | ⓘState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.2km (17.5 miles) | ⓘGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.7km (17.8 miles) | ⓘHazen quarry (Epidote locality), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.7km (18.5 miles) | ⓘJail Hill Road locality (Jail Hill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA