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Autunite from
Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Autunite
Formula:Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Formation:Secondary
Comments:Included in lists with no supporting information. No other primary or secondary U minerals are known from here, its detection may have been based on green UV fluorescence, possibly mistaken for the much more common opal-AN.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Autunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:96345
Long-form Identifier:1:3:96345:3
GUID (UUID V4):9b8e9053-490f-4cbf-9764-5dc9abc88799
Nearest other occurrences of Autunite
29.0km (18.0 miles) Curtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
39.4km (24.5 miles) Howe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Husband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Andrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) Hale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
39.8km (24.8 miles) Simpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
40.1km (24.9 miles) Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) Hollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) Walden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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