| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Uraninite |
| Formula: | UO2 |
| Comments: | Excellent crystals, up to half an inch in diameter, they were easy to obtain around 1941 and 1942. |
| Habit: | octahedral |
| Colour: | 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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| Autunite | ⓘ5 photos of Uraninite associated with Autunite at this locality. |
| Albite | ⓘ5 photos of Uraninite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Muscovite | ⓘ5 photos of Uraninite associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ5 photos of Uraninite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Uraninite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Hale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 96334 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:96334:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7d251b20-059f-411d-93f7-a0a93c9813fb |
| Nearest other occurrences of Uraninite |
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| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘBordonaro Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘSimpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.5km (1.0 miles) | ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.6km (2.2 miles) | ⓘPelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.1km (2.6 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.0km (3.7 miles) | ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 1 (State Forest #1 Quarry; Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Hale Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA