| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
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| Species: | Albite var: Oligoclase |
| Formula: | (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8] |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | The common variety of albite found in local metamorphic rocks. Can be gemmy when very coarse grained. |
| Habit: | granular, anhedral |
| Colour: | white to green |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Optical Analysis |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Oligoclase data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 657239 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:657239:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 707077ef-4f9d-4761-8229-56f31f00add1 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Oligoclase |
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| 24.2km (15.0 miles) | ⓘRatlum Mountain, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 41.3km (25.6 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 42.5km (26.4 miles) | ⓘCanaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 46.4km (28.8 miles) | ⓘDanburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 46.6km (29.0 miles) | ⓘCorporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 47.2km (29.3 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 47.3km (29.4 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 50.5km (31.4 miles) | ⓘLinkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 51.3km (31.8 miles) | ⓘChrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 51.3km (31.9 miles) | ⓘHill above the parsonage (unnamed feldspar quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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