| Locality type: | Prospect |
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| Species: | Zircon |
| Formula: | Zr(SiO4) |
| Comments: | Micro crystals <10 cm, probably more common than known due to small, inconspicuous crystals. |
| Habit: | elongated prismatic |
| Colour: | brown |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Beryl | β3 photos of Zircon associated with Beryl at this locality. |
| Columbite-(Fe) | β2 photos of Zircon associated with Columbite-(Fe) at this locality. |
| Microcline | β2 photos of Zircon associated with Microcline at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Zircon data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Slocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 944134 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:944134:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e6173d39-efd5-43ad-8f3e-b5a7ea544667 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Zircon |
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| 4.6km (2.8 miles) | βAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | βWorth and Selden Quarries (Victoria Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | βVespa stone quarry, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.1km (3.1 miles) | βRock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.0km (4.3 miles) | βChrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | βState Forest Quarry No. 2 (State Forest #2 Mica Mine; Carini Quarry), Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.9km (5.6 miles) | βNathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.1km (5.6 miles) | βCivilian Conservation Corps prospect (CCC prospect; Cook columbite prospect), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.4km (5.9 miles) | βHewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.8km (6.1 miles) | βArnold Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Dayton Road District SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT JOHN H. BETTS 215 West 98 Street, Apt. 2F New...of the most promising forgotten locations in Connecticut is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South...of Portland, Connecticut, just north of the Portland-South Glastonbury town line and east of Route 17...quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north. This district...Hollister prospect 3. Hale q u a r r y 4. Case prospeel 6. Bordonaro prospeel 6. Gotta Waldcn prospect 7. Strickland |  | | Report (issue) | | ___ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Connecticut ___ _ Geology of the Middletown district ___________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___..._______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect __________________ _...Brown-Thurston beryl prospect __________ _ Bumpus feldspar quarry ________________ _ Donahue mica prospect _________________...and prospects-Continued Maine-Continued Oxford County-Continued George Elliot mica mine ________________ |
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Slocum prospect, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA