| Classification |
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| Species: | Microcline |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Smoky Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Microcline associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality. |
| Beryl | ⓘ1 photo of Microcline associated with Beryl at this locality. |
| Muscovite | ⓘ1 photo of Microcline associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microcline data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Connecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 665435 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:665435:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 62db8770-d7ba-4f86-b601-157d08fcfa68 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Microcline |
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| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘQuarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘArnold Granite Quarry (General Brainerd Quarry; Great Hill Quarry; Hazelton Quarry; Haddam Quarry; Brookes Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘLong-lot Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.5km (1.0 miles) | ⓘGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘJail Hill Road locality (Jail Hill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.0km (1.3 miles) | ⓘHill above the parsonage (unnamed feldspar quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.2km (1.4 miles) | ⓘGulf Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘMt. Tom prospects, Moodus, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.5km (1.6 miles) | ⓘLong Hill Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.6km (1.6 miles) | ⓘTourmaline locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization |  | | Book | | assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...smokestack-gas emissions from oil and coal burning power plants and chemical plants (Hayhurst, 1978). The...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald...serandite (manganese analogue of pectolite) and microcline, followed by analcime, paranatrolite, Na-gonnardite | | | Book | | assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...smokestack-gas emissions from oil and coal burning power plants and chemical plants (Hayhurst, 1978). The...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald...serandite (manganese analogue of pectolite) and microcline, followed by analcime, paranatrolite, Na-gonnardite |
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Connecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA