| Locality type: | City |
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| Species: | Heulandite-Ca |
| Formula: | (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O |
| Formation: | Secondary |
| Comments: | With stilbite in a fracture in coarse-grained gneiss. Species inferred from EDS analysis of multiple samples from Connecticut, which are all heulandite-Ca. |
| Habit: | Typical "coffin-shaped" |
| Colour: | colorless |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
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| Stilbite Subgroup | ⓘ2 photos of Heulandite-Ca associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Heulandite-Ca data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1321740 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1321740:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c7a93f2d-eec1-4598-a465-dd8ad812c0e9 |
| Localities for Heulandite-Ca in this Region |
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| Blue Stone Quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Unnamed quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Nearest other occurrences of Heulandite-Ca |
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| 4.0km (2.5 miles) | ⓘUnnamed quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.7km (2.9 miles) | ⓘBlue Stone Quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.0km (8.1 miles) | ⓘO & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.3km (9.5 miles) | ⓘO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.7km (9.7 miles) | ⓘState Route 67 construction site, Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.9km (9.9 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.9km (16.1 miles) | ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.9km (16.1 miles) | ⓘSouth Main Street construction site, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 27.5km (17.1 miles) | ⓘFarmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.2km (18.8 miles) | ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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