| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Fluorapophyllite-(K) |
| Formula: | KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O |
| Formation: | Secondary |
| Comments: | Typically small (<0.5 cm) crystals on prehnite, or tabular around 1 cm. Species ID based on analyses of multiple specimens from various Connecticut localities, which are all fluorapophyllite-(K). |
| Habit: | bipyramidal and prismatic combos or tabular |
| Colour: | colorless |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Prehnite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapophyllite-(K) associated with Prehnite at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapophyllite-(K) associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorapophyllite-(K) data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Pine Rock Quarry (Farnham Quarry), Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1265953 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1265953:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d7754282-81c8-41ac-a74f-dfe36aa2b075 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapophyllite-(K) |
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| 11.1km (6.9 miles) | ⓘFarm River Rock Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.3km (14.5 miles) | ⓘReed's Gap Quarry (New Haven Trap Rock quarry; Tilcon Durham quarry), Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.5km (18.3 miles) | ⓘO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.6km (19.0 miles) | ⓘO & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 43.8km (27.2 miles) | ⓘ2368-2384 Berlin Turnpike (Former Hartford Drive-In), Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 46.6km (29.0 miles) | ⓘBalf Quarry, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 69.0km (42.9 miles) | ⓘRoncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 90.9km (56.5 miles) | ⓘHampden quarry, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| References |
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Pine Rock Quarry, Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA