| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Prehnite |
| Formula: | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | "Ben Hayes gave the author a few attractive specimens of reniform yellow prehnite, on joint surfaces of amphibolite..." Schooner circa 1990. |
| Habit: | botryoidal |
| Colour: | pale yellow-green |
| 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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| Laumontite | ⓘ1 photo of Prehnite associated with Laumontite at this locality. |
| Actinolite | ⓘ1 photo of Prehnite associated with Actinolite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Prehnite 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: | 1247331 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1247331:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | b539f3da-bd54-47aa-a7ae-ffe661cdd923 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Prehnite |
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| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘConnecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | ⓘWhite Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.4km (7.7 miles) | ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.1km (8.1 miles) | ⓘDurham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.0km (10.0 miles) | ⓘUnnamed Zeolite occurrence (1), Wadsworth Falls, Middlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.8km (10.4 miles) | ⓘMiddlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 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 |
| 24.6km (15.3 miles) | ⓘWallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.5km (15.8 miles) | ⓘState Routes 9 and 372 interchange, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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State Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA