| Locality type: | Prospect |
| Classification |
|---|
|
| Species: | Albite |
| Formula: | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
|---|
|
| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
|---|
|
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Albite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Gotta-Walden Prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
|---|
|
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 686876 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:686876:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3ceaad33-c65f-4948-9630-72dc713fceab |
| Nearest other occurrences of Albite |
|---|
|
|
| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | ⓘWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘBordonaro Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | ⓘGotta-Wannerstrom Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.7km (0.5 miles) | ⓘAppletree Lane, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘCape Hall Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘPratt Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.0km (1.3 miles) | ⓘSimpson prospect #3, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
|---|
|
|
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
|---|
 | | Report (volume) | | Pegmatites of the Middletown Area Connecticut GEOLOGICAL SU R V EY BULLETIN This report concerns work...GEOLOGY PEGMATITES OF THE MIDDLETOWN AREA, CONNECTICUT By FREDERICK STUGARD, JR. ABSTRACT The pegmatites...pegmatites of the Middletown area in Connecticut have been mined almost continuously for feldspar and muscovite...characteristics are usually richer in perthite, albite, muscovite, or quartz. The grain size increases...pegmatites by the addition of tourmaline, muscovite, albite, and beryl. The total resources of beryl, sheet |  | | 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 ________________ |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...locating and identifying gems is needed if you are to prospect successfully. The basic information is neither...in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota...collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In...pink hue (right) from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado. MOTTLED AGATE from Chihuahua, Mexico |
|
