Xenotime-(Y) from
Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Xenotime-(Y) | |
| Formula: | Y(PO4) | |
| Comments: | Schooner (1955) says that "crystals, up to an inch across were occasionally found at the Strickland Quarry, especially on the Schoonmaker dump, at one time. They were both tabular and prismatic, had a chocolate-brown color, and were associated with tiny columbite crystals in a matrix of discolored cleavelandite." He gives a similar passage in Schooner (1958) but in Schooner (circa 1985) appears to retract the identification: "No specimens have been seen by the author. It could easily be confused with zircon, present in so many rocks of the district." It could be that the earlier reports were later identified as wodginite. | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Erroneously Reported | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Xenotime-(Y) data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 96257 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:96257:9 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Xenotime-(Y) | ||
| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | ⓘSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘPelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | ⓘAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 5.3km (3.3 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 5.4km (3.3 miles) | ⓘSimpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 5.7km (3.5 miles) | ⓘHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 6.0km (3.7 miles) | ⓘHusband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 9.9km (6.2 miles) | ⓘKnob Hill Quarry, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 12.0km (7.5 miles) | ⓘSlocum prospect, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 16.3km (10.1 miles) | ⓘCivilian Conservation Corps prospect (CCC prospect; Cook columbite prospect), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
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