| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Albite |
| Formula: | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Comments: | generally colored a bit darker than albite from the Hale Quarry |
| Colour: | white to tan |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Monazite-(Ce) | β5 photos of Albite associated with Monazite-(Ce) at this locality. |
| Muscovite | β5 photos of Albite associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Uraninite | β4 photos of Albite associated with Uraninite at this locality. |
| Columbite-(Fe) | β3 photos of Albite associated with Columbite-(Fe) at this locality. |
| Almandine | 2 photos of Albite associated with Almandine at this locality. |
| Quartz | β2 photos of Albite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Albite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Andrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 131849 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131849:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 6dd516cb-ee21-4307-bcc7-4a6b6a5c01cd |
| Nearest other occurrences of Albite |
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| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | βHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | βCape Hall Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | βPratt Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | βUnnamed pegmatite prospect #7, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | βGotta-Wannerstrom Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | βSimpson prospect #3, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.9km (0.5 miles) | βSimpson prospect #2, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.9km (0.5 miles) | βUnnamed pegmatite prospect #6, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | βSimpson prospect #1, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | βHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Andrews Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA