| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
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| Species: | Epidote |
| Formula: | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Formation: | Secondary |
| Comments: | drusy crystals in fractures in gneiss, crystallized in two generations, an initial one with elongated, larger and darker crystals and a second one of much finer-grained, short and lighter colored crystals. The second generation coats the first and some other minerals like quartz. |
| Habit: | prismatic |
| Colour: | yellow-green to dark green to black |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | ⓘ10 photos of Epidote associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Stilbite Subgroup | ⓘ6 photos of Epidote associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality. |
| Byssolite | ⓘ5 photos of Epidote associated with Byssolite at this locality. |
| Chabazite | ⓘ5 photos of Epidote associated with Chabazite at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ2 photos of Epidote associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Heulandite Subgroup | ⓘ2 photos of Epidote associated with Heulandite Subgroup at this locality. |
| Clinochlore | ⓘ1 photo of Epidote associated with Clinochlore at this locality. |
| Albite | ⓘ1 photo of Epidote associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Prehnite | ⓘ1 photo of Epidote associated with Prehnite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Epidote data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 651398 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:651398:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 236e886e-2bdc-49ac-a7d7-e66738dd278a |
| Nearest other occurrences of Epidote |
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| 8.4km (5.2 miles) | ⓘMansfield Hollow Dam, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.0km (17.4 miles) | ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.1km (17.4 miles) | ⓘGetty Granite Quarry, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.7km (17.9 miles) | ⓘGas pipeline excavation, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.7km (17.9 miles) | ⓘAppletree Lane, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.3km (18.8 miles) | ⓘCarr Brook Waterfall, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.6km (19.0 miles) | ⓘHale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 31.6km (19.6 miles) | ⓘWauregan Quarry, Wauregan, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.9km (20.5 miles) | ⓘConnecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 33.8km (21.0 miles) | ⓘThulite locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA