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Fluorite from
Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:Typically as small rounded to cubo-octahedral crystals <1-inch, commonly etched, in pockets in secondary K-rich albite of the mineralized quartz-plagioclase intermediate zone, commonly with pyrite and calcite.
Habit:cubic to octahedral
Colour:purple, pale green, pale yellow, colorless
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Albite23 photos of Fluorite associated with Albite at this locality.
Quartz15 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Pyrite8 photos of Fluorite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Siderite7 photos of Fluorite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Analcime6 photos of Fluorite associated with Analcime at this locality.
Goethite3 photos of Fluorite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Zinnwaldite3 photos of Fluorite associated with Zinnwaldite at this locality.
Cookeite2 photos of Fluorite associated with Cookeite at this locality.
Cleavelandite2 photos of Fluorite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (20 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:38613
Long-form Identifier:1:3:38613:1
GUID (UUID V4):261026bc-ab21-4854-8cbd-e96010340a8d
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Schoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Gotta-Walden Prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Riverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Middletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) White Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) Hollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) Tollgate Quarry (Tollgate Mine; Bidwell Quarry; China-stone Quarry), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
9.3km (5.7 miles) Linkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) Slocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) State Routes 9 and 372 interchange, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
References
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THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State.............
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1937 . . CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1937 Chips from the Quarry ......................................................................... Minerals of the Strickland Quarry. By Peter Zodac ........................ Wesleyan...Members ............ Some Mineral Localities Near Portland, Conn. .................................... The...Auoc:iatlon 130 ROCKS and MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY (Formerly the Bulletin Board) A NEW LAPIDARY MACHINE...ASSOOIATIO!II }8 WHOLE No. 70 MINERALS OF THE STRICKLAND QUARRY By PETER ZODAC Editor "Rocks and Minerals"
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