Locality type: | Road Cutting |
Classification |
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Species: | Amphibole Supergroup var: Byssolite |
Formula: | AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
Formation: | Secondary |
Comments: | Scattered capillary crystals in fracture voids. |
Habit: | capillary |
Colour: | white |
Abundance at site: | Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Confirmed |
Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Epidote | ⓘ5 photos of Byssolite associated with Epidote at this locality. |
Quartz | ⓘ3 photos of Byssolite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Stilbite Subgroup | ⓘ2 photos of Byssolite associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality. |
Chabazite | ⓘ2 photos of Byssolite associated with Chabazite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Byssolite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1266306 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1266306:0 |
GUID (UUID V4): | d09898b4-727b-4c30-b6c1-cf477bbd352e |
Nearest other occurrences of Byssolite |
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42.3km (26.3 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
83.3km (51.7 miles) | ⓘBaldwin Quarry (Milford Quarry), Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
96.6km (60.0 miles) | ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA