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Anglesite from
Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Anglesite
Formula:PbSO4
Comments:Schooner (1955): a thin grayish coating on galena which had been exposed to much weathering on the oldest of the Strickland Quarry dumps. The matrix, in his one good specimen, is a mixture of secondary albite and gray lepidolite.
Habit:coating
Colour:gray
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Extremely Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anglesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:96181
Long-form Identifier:1:3:96181:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Anglesite
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘMiddletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘState Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘCanton Lead Mines (Cherry Brook lead mine; Dyer Farm zinc mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
41.3km (25.6 miles) ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘBarrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
60.4km (37.5 miles) ⓘLane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
62.4km (38.8 miles) ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
68.7km (42.7 miles) ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
77.5km (48.1 miles) ⓘLoudville Lead Mines (Manhan Lead-Silver Mine; Southampton Lead Mine; Northampton Lead Mine), Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
93.8km (58.3 miles) ⓘInterstate highway 295 road cut, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, 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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