| Locality type: | Hill |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Fluorapatite |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3F |
| Comments: | Grains in the pegmatites, bot very fluorescent. |
| Habit: | anhedral |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visual (Fluorescence) |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Elbaite | β2 photos of Fluorapatite associated with Elbaite at this locality. |
| Muscovite | β2 photos of Fluorapatite associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Microcline | β1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Microcline at this locality. |
| Smoky Quartz | β1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorapatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Quarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 665429 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:665429:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e3621e5f-a2cb-40fb-982c-fe6416972190 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite |
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| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | βGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | βJail Hill Road locality (Jail Hill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.6km (1.6 miles) | βRock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | βGulf Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.2km (2.0 miles) | βLong Hill Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.3km (2.0 miles) | βAnderson No. 2 Mica Mine, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | βAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.4km (2.1 miles) | βNemo's Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.6km (2.2 miles) | βCivilian Conservation Corps prospect (CCC prospect; Cook columbite prospect), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | βEnegren Mica Mine (Power Mica Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Quarry Hill, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA