| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | 'Scapolite' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Comments: | Mostly massive material, easy to miss but notable by its semi-fibrous texture on broken surface. Prismatic crystals rare. |
| Habit: | massive to prismatic |
| Colour: | white to pale yellow-green |
| Luminescent properties: | peach (SW), yellow (MW), pink (LW) |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
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| Calcite | ⓘ3 photos of Scapolite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Scapolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 842997 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:842997:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 98c6e5ee-6bb4-4935-95f0-0b735cebb470 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Scapolite |
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| 3.0km (1.8 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.9km (3.1 miles) | ⓘDanbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.8km (5.4 miles) | ⓘNewtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.1km (8.8 miles) | ⓘRedding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.8km (11.1 miles) | ⓘRidgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.8km (11.7 miles) | ⓘTuckahoe and Patterson Marble Company Quarry, Town of Patterson, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 19.3km (12.0 miles) | ⓘAdvance Stone Quarry, Boardman's Bridge, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.2km (13.1 miles) | ⓘState Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.5km (13.3 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA