Locality type: Road Cutting Classification Species: Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+ )O[Si2 O7 ][SiO4 ](OH) Formation: Secondary Comments: drusy crystals in fractures in gneiss, crystallized in two generations, an initial one with elongated, larger and darker crystals and a second one of much finer-grained, short and lighter colored crystals. The second generation coats the first and some other minerals like quartz. Habit: prismatic Colour: yellow-green to dark green to black Quality for species: Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Quartz 10 Stilbite Subgroup 7 Chabazite 5 Amphibole Supergroup 5 - var Byssolite 5 Heulandite Subgroup 2 Calcite 2 Prehnite 1 Clinochlore 1 Albite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Epidote data Locality Data: Click here to view US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (7 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 651398 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:651398:6 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘ Mansfield Hollow Dam, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA 28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘ Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘ Case Quarry No. 1, Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 28.1km (17.4 miles) ⓘ Getty Granite Quarry, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, USA 28.7km (17.9 miles) ⓘ Gas pipeline excavation, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA 28.7km (17.9 miles) ⓘ Appletree Lane, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘ Carr Brook Waterfall, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘ Hale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘ Wauregan Quarry, Wauregan, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA 32.9km (20.5 miles) ⓘ Connecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA References Search for references including Epidote US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA