| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Orthoclase |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Orthoclase data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Stony Creek Quarry (Norcross Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries; Castellucci Quarry), Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1211429 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1211429:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase |
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| 29.9km (18.6 miles) | ⓘGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 33.0km (20.5 miles) | ⓘRock dump, Prospect, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 34.7km (21.6 miles) | ⓘMacCurdy Quarry, Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
| 36.1km (22.4 miles) | ⓘGreat Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 36.2km (22.5 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 42.9km (26.6 miles) | ⓘRoute 73 quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 51.0km (31.7 miles) | ⓘFlatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
| 51.4km (32.0 miles) | ⓘGoos Quarry, Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
| 53.8km (33.4 miles) | ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 57.4km (35.7 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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