| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Laumontite |
| Formula: | CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O |
| Comments: | "flesh-colored to pink laumontite were found. These crystals, occurring in vugs and on a few surfaces, are splintery and of matchstick size. Some vein material was also present. The largest specimen, 10 by 6 inches in size, contains excellent vug material associated with prehnite as well as veins of laumontite." Brunet (1980) |
| Colour: | flesh to pink |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Calcite | ⓘ2 photos of Laumontite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Laumontite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Reed's Gap Quarry (New Haven Trap Rock quarry; Tilcon Durham quarry), Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 735223 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:735223:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0cdec363-5b2d-464b-8c48-b52fb0d4b821 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Laumontite |
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| 11.5km (7.1 miles) | ⓘMeriden Trap Rock Quarry (Lane's Quarry), Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.7km (7.3 miles) | ⓘPillow lava locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.9km (10.5 miles) | ⓘCheshire Traprock Quarry, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.1km (10.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.0km (13.1 miles) | ⓘMill Rock, Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.1km (13.1 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.3km (14.5 miles) | ⓘPine Rock Quarry (Farnham Quarry), Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 24.4km (15.2 miles) | ⓘ2368-2384 Berlin Turnpike (Former Hartford Drive-In), Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.2km (17.5 miles) | ⓘState Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 31.5km (19.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 8 exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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Reed's Gap Quarry, Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA