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Meta-autunite from
Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


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Meta-autunite

Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite, etc.

Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite, etc.

Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite, etc.

Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite

Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite, etc.

Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite, etc.

Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite, etc.

Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite

Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite, etc.

Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite, etc.

Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Meta-autunite
Formula:Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
Comments:Forming thin, sometimes invisible crusts (detected by their bright green SW and LW UV fluorescence) around altered uraninite, with yellow uranophane.
Habit:tabular flakes
Colour:pale yellow
Luminescent properties:bright green
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visual (Fluorescence)
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Albite4
Zircon3
Uranophane2
Fluorapatite2
Uraninite2
Almandine1
Microcline1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Meta-autunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:37693
Long-form Identifier:1:3:37693:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Meta-autunite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘHale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) ⓘCase Quarry No. 2, Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘNathan Hall Quarry, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘSimpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
References
Schooner, Richard (1955) 90 Minerals from 1 Connecticut Hill. Rocks & Minerals, 30 (7-8). 351-358 doi:10.1080/00357529.1955.11767837
 
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