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Meionite from
Interstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Meionite
Formula:Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3
Formation:Secondary
Comments:Elongated crystals to 10 cm in a cleft in calc-silicate rock with actinolite and epidote.
Habit:Elongated prisms
Colour:white
Luminescent properties:magenta under SW UV
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Actinolite3 photos of Meionite associated with Actinolite at this locality.
Epidote2 photos of Meionite associated with Epidote at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Meionite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Interstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1494032
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1494032:5
GUID (UUID V4):2c199303-727d-48a3-8ed0-4e15bedb97ae
Nearest other occurrences of Meionite
32.6km (20.2 miles) Iona Island, Bear Mountain State Park, Rockland County, New York, USA
38.9km (24.2 miles) Brooks Hollow Dam, Bear Mountain State Park, Orange County, New York, USA
54.1km (33.6 miles) Lambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
67.9km (42.2 miles) Edenville, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
70.1km (43.5 miles) Rhein Property, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
71.3km (44.3 miles) Pine Island, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
71.7km (44.5 miles) Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
84.6km (52.6 miles) Atlas Quarry (The Quarry), Hardistonville, Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
87.5km (54.4 miles) Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
89.5km (55.6 miles) Franklin Quarry (Braens Quarry; Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
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