Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Fluorite |
Formula: | CaF2 |
Formation: | Primary |
Comments: | "Green octahedrons w/quartz and calcite crystals. Octahedrons up to ½” but larger broken crystals found. Also purple massive and micro crystals." Brunet (1980). Pawloski (2006) - crystals to 1.6 cm. |
Habit: | octahedral |
Colour: | light ot medium green, purple |
Luminescent properties: | blue under all wavelengths |
Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
Abundance at site: | Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Calcite | ⓘ37 photos of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
Quartz | ⓘ28 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Hematite | ⓘ11 photos of Fluorite associated with Hematite at this locality. |
Amethyst | ⓘ6 photos of Fluorite associated with Amethyst at this locality. |
Fluorapophyllite-(K) | ⓘ4 photos of Fluorite associated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) at this locality. |
Anhydrite | ⓘ3 photos of Fluorite associated with Anhydrite at this locality. |
Goethite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorite associated with Goethite at this locality. |
Chalcopyrite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Reed's Gap Quarry (New Haven Trap Rock quarry; Tilcon Durham quarry), Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (28 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 395939 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:395939:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | c9388f99-3161-4dc4-8d9f-5f9eb70c01d3 |
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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11.0km (6.8 miles) | ⓘQuartz locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
12.4km (7.7 miles) | ⓘTollgate Quarry (Tollgate Mine; Bidwell Quarry; China-stone Quarry), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
13.1km (8.2 miles) | ⓘJinny Hill Mine (Cheshire Barite Mine), Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
14.2km (8.8 miles) | ⓘMiddletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
14.5km (9.0 miles) | ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
14.6km (9.1 miles) | ⓘRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
17.1km (10.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
17.3km (10.8 miles) | ⓘState Routes 9 and 372 interchange, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
18.1km (11.2 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
18.1km (11.3 miles) | ⓘSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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Reed's Gap Quarry, Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA