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Scapolite from
Slocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:'Scapolite' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:"large crystals from the contact between pegmatite and gneiss" and "acicular material" Schooner (1961). The surrounding host rock, the Hebron Gneiss, is a calc-silicate rock.
Habit:acicular
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scapolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:758173
Long-form Identifier:1:3:758173:1
GUID (UUID V4):b14d252d-ab8b-4d43-a070-3abca5e40e1e
Nearest other occurrences of Scapolite
6.7km (4.2 miles) Thulite locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) State Route 9 and State Route 81 Interchange, Higganum, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) Schoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) Hadlyme, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) State Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) Appletree Lane, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) Gas pipeline excavation, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) Willimantic, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
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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
 
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