Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Monazite-(Ce) |
Formula: | Ce(PO4) |
Comments: | Crystals typically less than 2 cm and usually found loose in the dumps using gamma-ray detectors. |
Habit: | subhedral to euhedral wedge-shaped |
Colour: | brown |
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 Monazite-(Ce) data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 418229 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:418229:0 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 304de99b-5bbe-4813-972b-b82b8d0654c0 |
Nearest other occurrences of Monazite-(Ce) |
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1.5km (1.0 miles) | ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
2.2km (1.4 miles) | ⓘHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
2.8km (1.8 miles) | ⓘEureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘNathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
6.8km (4.2 miles) | ⓘSpinelli prospect (Spinelli quarry), Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
12.0km (7.4 miles) | ⓘHurd State Park quarries, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
13.0km (8.1 miles) | ⓘAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
15.4km (9.6 miles) | ⓘJohn Salak Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | I S L O C A T E D about 25 miles northeast of Portland along Interstate Route 95 just across the Andros...Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs from...thirty or more named quarries and numerous unnamed prospects in Topsham. The quarries, all inactive, are...was built in 1872 and leased properties on which quarries were then opened. A jaw crusher, three wet grinding...specimens being collected almost as soon as the quarries were opened. The Topsham history (Wheeler and | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Aegirine-augite, 188 Albite, 154, 188, 409 Allanite-(Ce), 409 Alluaudite group, 234 Almandine, 175, 188,...Wollastonite and Titanite Near Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York, 78; 13th Rochester Academy of Science...in Specimen Miner alogy, 114 Connecticut, Litchfield hematite, 319; Case quarry beryl, 116 Cookeite, 190... W., Mineralization at the Fanwood and Summit Quarries, New Jersey, 150 Cureton, F . E . and M. E . ...Pegmatite Bodies in the Wausaw Pluton, Marathon County, Wisconsin, 188 Fascinating Story of Mount Mica's |
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Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA