A small, unusual pegmatite cropping out at what Schooner (1958), the reported discoverer, called the "Second Long Railroad Cut East of East Hampton" and what Weber and Sullivan (1995) called the "Linkpot railroad cut". It is along the former Airline Railroad trail and is reached by heading east from the parking area at the end of Smith Street. The trail is now State of Connecticut land and collecting is not allowed without a permit from the Dept. of Environmental Protection.
The association of allanite-(Ce), bastnaesite-(Ce), fluorite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, plagioclase, and quartz makes it unusual for the Middletown pegmatite district.
Installation of an underground sewer line along the path unearthed additional minerals such as scheelite.
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References
- Januzzi, Ronald. (1976): Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State. The Mineralogical Press.
- Schooner, Richard. (1958): The Mineralogy of the Portland-East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam Area in Connecticut (With a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough).
- Schooner, Richard. (1961): THE MINERALOGY OF CONNECTICUT.
- Weber, Marcelle H. and Earle C. Sullivan. (1995): CONNECTICUT MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX. Rocks & Minerals (Connecticut Issue), Volume 70, No. 6, p. 403.
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