Locality type: | River |
Classification |
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Species: | Monazite-(Ce) |
Formula: | Ce(PO4) |
Comments: | "in a very limited quantity. It occurs in small, brownish or hyacinthine red crystals...disseminated through bucholzite [sillimanite], in a red feldspathic granite, contained in gneiss. The crystals are rarely above a quarter of an inch in length, and one-sixth of an inch in thickness." Shepard (1837) |
Colour: | brown to red-brown |
Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
Abundance at site: | Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Sillimanite | ⓘ5 photos of Monazite-(Ce) associated with Sillimanite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Monazite-(Ce) data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Falls of the Yantic River, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 37834 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:37834:5 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 8eb07882-8a98-4b83-82a1-7d94bf293595 |
Nearest other occurrences of Monazite-(Ce) |
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28.4km (17.6 miles) | ⓘRedstone Granite Quarry (Cherenzia Quarry), Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA |
28.8km (17.9 miles) | ⓘSmith Granite quarry, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA |
33.8km (21.0 miles) | ⓘSullivan Quarry (Armetta Quarry; Copar Quarry; Westerly Granite Co. Quarry), Bradford, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA |
36.1km (22.4 miles) | ⓘAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
37.4km (23.3 miles) | ⓘHurd State Park quarries, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
37.5km (23.3 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
38.1km (23.7 miles) | ⓘNathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
42.1km (26.1 miles) | ⓘSpinelli prospect (Spinelli quarry), Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
42.1km (26.1 miles) | ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
42.3km (26.3 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York. |
Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| | Report (issue) | The Geologic Occurrence Of Monazite GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 530 The Geologic Occurrence...Occurrence Of Monazite By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 530 of the distribution...distribution of monazite and of the geologic A review controls affecting the amount of thorium in monazite...OFFICE, WASHINGTON 1967 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL...Director Library of Congress catalog-card No. GS 67-191 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S |
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Falls of the Yantic River, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA