Locality type: | Prospect |
Classification |
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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 |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
References |
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Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 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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