| Locality type: | Prospect |
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| Species: | 'Monazite' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | REE(PO4) |
| Comments: | "beautiful yellowish-brown monazite crystals, up to a couple of inches long and quite glassy, are sometimes found. [David] Seaman has established their identity by an x-ray test." Schooner (1961). |
| Colour: | yellow-brown |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Monazite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mt. Tom prospects, Moodus, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 657116 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:657116:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 84c15df3-a985-48b8-9b9b-5dc8663d6a29 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Monazite |
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| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | ⓘSlocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.4km (7.7 miles) | ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.9km (8.6 miles) | ⓘHale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.7km (9.1 miles) | ⓘPelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.9km (11.1 miles) | ⓘState Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.3km (12.0 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.6km (19.0 miles) | ⓘFlatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
| 33.9km (21.1 miles) | ⓘHoadley Point Quarries, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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