| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | highly modified scalenohedrons (Brunet 1980) |
| Habit: | scalenohedral, rhombohedral |
| Colour: | white to clear |
| Luminescent properties: | magenta under all wavelengths but best under MW |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Fluorite | β37 photos of Calcite associated with Fluorite at this locality. |
| Quartz | β29 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Fluorapophyllite-(K) | β16 photos of Calcite associated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) at this locality. |
| Hematite | β12 photos of Calcite associated with Hematite at this locality. |
| Amethyst | β6 photos of Calcite associated with Amethyst at this locality. |
| Babingtonite | β3 photos of Calcite associated with Babingtonite at this locality. |
| Anhydrite | β3 photos of Calcite associated with Anhydrite at this locality. |
| Stilpnomelane | β3 photos of Calcite associated with Stilpnomelane at this locality. |
| Laumontite | β2 photos of Calcite associated with Laumontite at this locality. |
| Prehnite | β1 photo of Calcite associated with Prehnite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite 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 (8 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 395938 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:395938:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c3cf4be8-a200-4105-aff0-a35657dd4148 |
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Reed's Gap Quarry, Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA