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| Comments: | "A tan or light brown columnar mineral, with a somewhat divergent habit, was intimately associated with axinite, prehnite, and various other materials, in the remarkable cavity at the cut along Route 2 in Marlborough; although it has not been positively identified as yet, the author believes it to be zoisite." Schooner (1958. "optically confirmed" Schooner (1961) |
| Habit: | columnar, divergent |
| Colour: | tan or light brown |
| Quality of samples: | not specified / average specimens |
| Rarity at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Optical Analysis
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| References: | Schooner, Richard. (1958): The Mineralogy of the Portland-East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam Area in Connecticut (With a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough). |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Zoisite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view State Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA |
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