| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
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| Species: | Laumontite |
| Formula: | CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O |
| Formation: | Secondary |
| Comments: | Associated with prehnite. "...fine little obliquely-terminated white prisms on reniform prehnite from amphibole gneiss. Ben Hayes collected some fine specimens." Schooner circa 1990. |
| Habit: | elongated prisms |
| Colour: | white |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Prehnite | ⓘ1 photo of Laumontite associated with Prehnite at this locality. |
| Actinolite | ⓘ1 photo of Laumontite associated with Actinolite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Laumontite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view State Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1247332 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1247332:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | b2b6e522-6689-468d-917b-5d9e078b7bbc |
| Nearest other occurrences of Laumontite |
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| 17.1km (10.6 miles) | ⓘReed's Gap Quarry (New Haven Trap Rock quarry; Tilcon Durham quarry), Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.0km (13.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.1km (15.6 miles) | ⓘMeriden Trap Rock Quarry (Lane's Quarry), Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.3km (16.3 miles) | ⓘPillow lava locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.6km (18.4 miles) | ⓘ2368-2384 Berlin Turnpike (Former Hartford Drive-In), Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.0km (18.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 33.7km (21.0 miles) | ⓘCheshire Traprock Quarry, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 34.8km (21.6 miles) | ⓘMill Rock, Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 37.7km (23.4 miles) | ⓘPine Rock Quarry (Farnham Quarry), Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 47.6km (29.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 8 exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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