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


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Comments:Regarding this mineral, the references consist of a list of minerals with no supporting details. If present, probably in the surrounding host rock, the Hebron Gneiss, which is a calc-silicate rock.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:131710
Long-form Identifier:1:3:131710:7
GUID (UUID V4):fc98d785-7894-43f5-b71b-02f89bb18e32
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
4.6km (2.8 miles) Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) Worth and Selden Quarries (Victoria Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) Connecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Thulite locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
7.3km (4.6 miles) Arnold Granite Quarry (General Brainerd Quarry; Great Hill Quarry; Hazelton Quarry; Haddam Quarry; Brookes Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) Jail Hill Road locality (Jail Hill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
8.3km (5.1 miles) Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) State Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
___ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Connecticut ___ _ Geology of the Middletown district ___________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___..._______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect __________________ _...Brown-Thurston beryl prospect __________ _ Bumpus feldspar quarry ________________ _ Donahue mica prospect _________________...and prospects-Continued Maine-Continued Oxford County-Continued George Elliot mica mine ________________
 
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