Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Copiapite |
Formula: | Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
Comments: | In a quartz vein at the north end of the quarry yellow copiapite is forming through the alteration of pyrite. |
Habit: | encrustaion |
Colour: | yellow |
Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
Abundance at site: | Common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Copiapite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Rockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 702667 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:702667:6 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 828e94ff-6c6b-4595-b920-9fe7c5830810 |
Nearest other occurrences of Copiapite |
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0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
16.2km (10.0 miles) | ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
26.5km (16.4 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
30.2km (18.8 miles) | ⓘArsenic and nickel mine (Nickel Mine Brook), Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
57.9km (36.0 miles) | ⓘPhilips Mine (Philips Pyrite Mine; Anthony's Nose Pyrrhotite Mine), Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA |
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