| Locality type: | Prospect |
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| Species: | Fluorite var: Chlorophane |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Comments: | Found in the pegmatite exposed in the shallow trench in 2016, as tiny, etched crystals in a small pocket or cubic-shaped voids with crumbling fluorite remnants within. |
| Habit: | cubic |
| Colour: | colorless to rosy |
| Luminescent properties: | blue-green short-wave UV and thermoluminescence, green phosphorescence, blue-white long-wave UV |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Albite | β2 photos of Chlorophane associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Beryl | β2 photos of Chlorophane associated with Beryl at this locality. |
| Columbite-(Fe) | β2 photos of Chlorophane associated with Columbite-(Fe) at this locality. |
| Microcline | β1 photo of Chlorophane associated with Microcline at this locality. |
| Muscovite | β1 photo of Chlorophane associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chlorophane data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Slocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1015520 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1015520:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 1e383688-ba41-4030-9e95-9c195b3c9538 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Chlorophane |
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| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | βLinkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.5km (3.4 miles) | βGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.4km (5.9 miles) | βHewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.4km (7.1 miles) | βRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.8km (9.8 miles) | βHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 68.2km (42.4 miles) | βCorporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 68.6km (42.6 miles) | βOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 68.8km (42.7 miles) | βOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 69.2km (43.0 miles) | βState Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 85.9km (53.4 miles) | βFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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Slocum prospect, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA