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Meta-autunite from
Rock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


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Meta-autunite

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite, etc.

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite, etc.

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
02874360017272040188481.jpg
Meta-autunite, etc.

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
01293460017272042351279.jpg
Meta-autunite

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
09759020017272012744497.jpg
Meta-autunite, etc.

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
02874360017272040188481.jpg
Meta-autunite, etc.

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Meta-autunite

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
09759020017272012744497.jpg
Meta-autunite, etc.

Rock Landing Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Meta-autunite
Formula:Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 6H2O
Comments:Thin crusts and flaky crystals, hard to see without a UV lamp but very common on black, smoky quartz and around altered uraninite.
Habit:flakes, crusts
Colour:pale yellow-green
Luminescent properties:green
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz11
Fluorapatite5
Albite3
Microcline3
Uranophane2
Beryl2
Metatorbernite2
Almandine1
Muscovite1
Columbite-(Fe)1
Uraninite1
Opal1
- var Opal-AN1
Thorite1
- var Thorogummite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Meta-autunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:623272
Long-form Identifier:1:3:623272:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Meta-autunite
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘHurd State Park quarries, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘWorth and Selden Quarries (Victoria Quarry), East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘConnecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘTimms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘCivilian Conservation Corps Quarry (CCC Quarry; Smith Quarry; Turkey Hill quarry lot), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘState Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘHewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Kevin Czaja specimen.
Montague, S. A. (1937): Some Mineral Localities Near Portland, Conn. Rocks & Minerals: 12 (5): 145.
Ingerson, Earl (1938) Uraninite and associated minerals from Haddam Neck, Connecticut. American Mineralogist, 23 (4) 269-276
 
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