| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Meionite |
| Formula: | Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 |
| Formation: | Secondary |
| Comments: | Elongated crystals to 10 cm in a cleft in calc-silicate rock with actinolite and epidote. |
| Habit: | Elongated prisms |
| Colour: | white |
| Luminescent properties: | magenta under SW UV |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | SEM-EDS |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Actinolite | ⓘ3 photos of Meionite associated with Actinolite at this locality. |
| Epidote | ⓘ2 photos of Meionite associated with Epidote at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Meionite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Interstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1494032 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1494032:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 2c199303-727d-48a3-8ed0-4e15bedb97ae |
| Nearest other occurrences of Meionite |
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| 32.6km (20.2 miles) | ⓘIona Island, Bear Mountain State Park, Rockland County, New York, USA |
| 38.9km (24.2 miles) | ⓘBrooks Hollow Dam, Bear Mountain State Park, Orange County, New York, USA |
| 54.1km (33.6 miles) | ⓘLambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 67.9km (42.2 miles) | ⓘEdenville, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA |
| 70.1km (43.5 miles) | ⓘRhein Property, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA |
| 71.3km (44.3 miles) | ⓘPine Island, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA |
| 71.7km (44.5 miles) | ⓘAmity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA |
| 84.6km (52.6 miles) | ⓘAtlas Quarry (The Quarry), Hardistonville, Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 87.5km (54.4 miles) | ⓘFranklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| 89.5km (55.6 miles) | ⓘFranklin Quarry (Braens Quarry; Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA |
| References |
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Interstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA