| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Actinolite |
| Formula: | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Comments: | micro-crystalline needles and bundles in tiny cavities in albite and clinochlore matrix |
| Habit: | capillary |
| Colour: | dark green |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Actinolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view New England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 974341 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:974341:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 8944bdb9-24b0-4ea7-b9b5-b6ca662a6c32 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite |
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| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘLane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.3km (4.5 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.5km (4.7 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.7km (6.1 miles) | ⓘLittle Laurel Lime Park, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.8km (7.9 miles) | ⓘRedding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.3km (10.1 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.5km (11.5 miles) | ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.5km (14.0 miles) | ⓘRidgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.8km (14.2 miles) | ⓘLambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.5km (14.6 miles) | ⓘNonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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