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| Species: | Prehnite |
| Formula: | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
| Comments: | Abundant during site development, as layers or spherical aggregates to about 1 cm with datolite. |
| Habit: | botryoidal crystal aggregates to individual rectangular crystals |
| Colour: | shades of green |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Datolite | β6 photos of Prehnite associated with Datolite at this locality. |
| Calcite | β3 photos of Prehnite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Hematite | β3 photos of Prehnite associated with Hematite at this locality. |
| Amethyst | β1 photo of Prehnite associated with Amethyst at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Prehnite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Pillow lava locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 394676 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:394676:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | ba5c9e9a-ebb5-44b8-9050-7128ce59b20c |
| Nearest other occurrences of Prehnite |
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| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | βHubbard Park Quartz locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.4km (5.8 miles) | βHart's Lead Mine, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.5km (5.9 miles) | βMiddlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.9km (6.2 miles) | βCheshire Traprock Quarry, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.3km (6.4 miles) | βState Routes 9 and 372 interchange, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.4km (6.5 miles) | βUnnamed Zeolite occurrence (1), Wadsworth Falls, Middlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.7km (6.6 miles) | βWallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.7km (7.3 miles) | βReed's Gap Quarry (New Haven Trap Rock quarry; Tilcon Durham quarry), Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.7km (7.3 miles) | βSherrill Street quarry, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.0km (7.5 miles) | βState Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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 | | Book | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA USA ISBN 978-81-322-1568-4 ISBN 978-81-322-1569-1 DOI...1007/978-81-322-1569-1 (eBook) Springer New Delhi Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress...Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA for allowing us to use their JEOL JXA-733 Superprobe...support from the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi for book writing to retired scientists is gratefully.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.2 Chlorite-Prehnite Schist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Pillow lava locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA