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Anhydrite from
Talcott Mountain (King Phillip's Cave), Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Anhydrite
Formula:CaSO4
Formation:Primary
Comments:Tabular voids formed from its natural dissolution. Its occurrence is known from the voids in later encrusting minerals like prehnite.
Habit:Tabular
Confirmation
Validity:Never found, but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs)
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Prehnite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anhydrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Talcott Mountain (King Phillip's Cave), Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:944324
Long-form Identifier:1:3:944324:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Anhydrite
7.9km (4.9 miles) State Route 189 road cut, Tariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Tariffville pectolite locality, Tariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) Tomasso Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
16.0km (10.0 miles) Arute Field, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) Journey Road quarry, Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) 2368-2384 Berlin Turnpike (Former Hartford Drive-In), Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
20.3km (12.6 miles) State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) Sherrill Street quarry, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) Quartz locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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