Locality type: Hill Classification Species: Albite var: Oligoclase Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2 O8 ] Comments: Gemmy and in large cleavable masses. Habit: anhedral but in large cleavable masses Colour: white to pale green Quality for species: Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) Abundance at site: Very common Confirmation Validity: Confirmed Confirmation Methods: Visually Identified Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Oligoclase data Locality Data: Click here to view Timms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 134152 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:134152:2 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Oligoclase
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘ Hill above the parsonage (unnamed feldspar quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘ Chrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 1.5km (1.0 miles) ⓘ State Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘ Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘ Linkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘ Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘ MacCurdy Quarry, Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA 27.3km (17.0 miles) ⓘ Stony Creek Quarry (Norcross Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries; Castellucci Quarry), Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA 33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘ Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, USA 51.8km (32.2 miles) ⓘ Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA References Search for references including Oligoclase Timms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Timms Hill, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA