Locality type: | Park |
Classification |
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Species: | Sphalerite |
Formula: | ZnS |
Comments: | Minor accessory in the topaz-quartz-fluorite veins. Identified as brilliant, black cleavages to 5 cm in the lower pit. "A brilliant coarse granular and very black sphalerite occurs in aggregates up to 3 inches in diameter in the narrow quartz-topaz veins in the main pit, especially where these veins cut the marcasite layer at the north end of the pit. The sphalerite, which upon weathering assumes an iridescent tarnish, occurs in vitreous grayish quartz associated with margarodite, margarite, and topaz." (Shannon, 1921b) |
Habit: | massive |
Colour: | black |
Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
Abundance at site: | Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sphalerite 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: | 131508 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131508:0 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 49efd962-679e-429d-989b-200167e96bf4 |
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite |
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0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘLane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
6.1km (3.8 miles) | ⓘBooth's Mine (Booth's Bismuth Mine; Booth-Hurd's Bismuth Mine), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
11.4km (7.1 miles) | ⓘLord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (7003 Main Street; 7003 State Route 110), Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
12.8km (8.0 miles) | ⓘStevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
16.4km (10.2 miles) | ⓘSandy Hook gold mine (Blackwell's mine), Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
17.7km (11.0 miles) | ⓘWilton Silver Mine, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
17.9km (11.1 miles) | ⓘFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
18.3km (11.4 miles) | ⓘSilver mine, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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