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Fluorapatite from
Markham Mica Quarry, Hog Hill, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Comments:An accessory in the pegmatite. Species not specified in the reference, most likely fluorapatite based its predominance elsewhere in the district.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Markham Mica Quarry, Hog Hill, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:762402
Long-form Identifier:1:3:762402:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
1.8km (1.1 miles) Worth and Selden Quarries (Victoria Quarry), East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) Hurd State Park quarries, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Enegren Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Anderson No. 2 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) State Forest Quarry No. 2, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Rock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Feldspar Corp. pegmatite quarry, White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) Bishop Hill Schorl Locality, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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