Locality type: Construction Site Classification Species: Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3 O8 ) Comments: Mostly as rock forming massive material, though some quite coarse-grained. Rare striated micro-crystals, some in parallel growth, to several cm lining open fissures with gypsum, fluorite, clinochlore. Habit: Tapered with large rhombic 010 face. Colour: white, pale to medium green to gray-green Abundance at site: Common Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Clinochlore 23 Fluorite 19 Quartz 18 Gypsum 4 Calcite 3 Annite 3 Bavenite 3 Rutile 3 Beryl 2 Pyrite 2 Muscovite 2 Marialite 2 Diopside 2 Grossular 2 Scheelite 1 Phlogopite 1 Molybdenite 1 Tremolite 1 Actinolite 1 Erythrite 1 Clinozoisite 1 Goethite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Albite data Locality Data: Click here to view Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (12 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 347425 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:347425:9 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Albite
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Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA