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Prehnite from
Foxon quarry, Foxon, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Prehnite
Formula:Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Prehnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Foxon quarry, Foxon, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:849325
Long-form Identifier:1:3:849325:5
GUID (UUID V4):7b0924e8-d855-4c06-a335-ba85e3641008
Nearest other occurrences of Prehnite
1.6km (1.0 miles) Cinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) High Street and Interstate 95 interchange, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Mill Rock, Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) Pine Rock Quarry (Farnham Quarry), Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) Barcla Quarry (Clark-Barrone Quarry), Woodbridge, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
20.4km (12.7 miles) Reed's Gap Quarry (New Haven Trap Rock quarry; Tilcon Durham quarry), Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per­ mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wandering beyond New Haven. Conn., recently we encountered two tremendous trap quarries. One at Foxon was almost...some hyalite, micro xls of aragonite, a bit of prehnite, and minute surface coatings of nailhead calcite...loss otherwise. The news here is that the famous quarry at Upper Merryall, Conn., will reopen shortly,...A detailed letter from C. L. Hartshorn of West Haven, Conn. Reproduced herewith is his missive. "I was
Report (volume)
early Mesozoic geology of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland...offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland ...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg
Journal (issue)
........... 420 by W. A. Henderson, Jr. What's new in minerals? Annual world summary of mineral discoveries...happening in Arkansas, Idaho, Southern California, or New Mexico has not sensitized you to this issue, you...to correct K laproth’s analyses. He performed no new analyses, but using the older, carefully recorded...Wirksworth. In 1855 he was joined by Dr. William Webb (Foxon, 1990). They would certainly have had many lead...Rammelsberg, 1852). The physical properties of the new mineral were investigated at this time by W illiam
Report (volume)
Geochemistry of ammo acids, Chap 10 m Orgamc geochemistry New York, M acmiiian Co (Internat Ser Mons Earth Sci...Rtchardson, K A , Rogers, J J. W Conway gramte of New Hampshue as a low-grade thonum resource [abs ] Geol...German abstract], m Nuclear rad1at10n m geophysics New York, Academic Press, Inc, p l-17, dlus, table, 1962...Emery Permian salt deposits, west Texas and eastern New Mexico [abs] Geol Soc Amenca Spec Paper 73, p 269...Permian salt deposits of West Texas and eastern New Mex1co, m Symposmm on salt, Cleveland, 1962 Cleveland
Report (issue)
Studies involving radioactive material __________13 New analytical methods ___________________13 Resource...Regional geologic investigations __________________45 New England _________________________45 Appalachian Highlands...___79 West-central __________________________81 East-central __________________________82 Southern _...Regional studies ________________________96 Connecticut ________________________96 Delaware ________________..._____100 Minnesota _________________________100 New Jersey _ ___________ _ _____ _____101 Ohio _____
 
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