Locality type: Town Classification Species: Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Formation: Primary Comments: Component of a calc-silicate mineral assemblage with vesuvianite, epidote, grossular, scapolite, and quartz comprising boulders found on wooded private property east of Great Hill Road. These likely weathered out of the hosting Collins Hill Formation. Habit: massive Colour: white Quality for species: Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) Confirmation Validity: Confirmed Confirmation Methods: Visually Identified Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Albite 20 - var Cleavelandite 2 Pyrite 10 Quartz 6 Bertrandite 5 Fluorapatite 4 Muscovite 3 - var Schernikite 2 Fluorite 2 Elbaite 1 Microcline 1 Vesuvianite 1 Grossular 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Calcite data Locality Data: Click here to view Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 1778924 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:1778924:8 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Localities for Calcite in this Region Carr Brook Waterfall, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Schoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘ Middletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘ Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘ Schoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 4.9km (3.0 miles) ⓘ Carr Brook Waterfall, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘ Tollgate Quarry (Tollgate Mine; Bidwell Quarry; China-stone Quarry), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘ Camptonite dike, Middlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘ State Routes 9 and 372 interchange, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA 9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘ Route 66 outcrops, Middlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘ Hawthorne Drive, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA 11.2km (6.9 miles) ⓘ Rocky Hill Quarry, Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA References Search for references including Calcite Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA