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Chabazite from
Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:'Chabazite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formation:Secondary
Comments:good microcrystals can be found together with other zeolites
The Bill Henderson micromount collection at Yale Peabody Museum has one specimen with rhombohedral and twinned crystals.
Habit:rhombohedral, twinned
Colour:pale yellow-orange
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chabazite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:96350
Long-form Identifier:1:3:96350:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chabazite
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘReynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘBlue Stone Quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) ⓘState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘNonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘFarmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘReed's Gap Quarry (New Haven Trap Rock quarry; Tilcon Durham quarry), Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
41.1km (25.6 miles) ⓘPine Rock Quarry (Farnham Quarry), Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
45.3km (28.1 miles) ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
47.4km (29.5 miles) ⓘState Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
References
Bill Henderson specimens
Segeler, Curt G., Molon, Joseph (1985) The Thomaston Dam Site Thomaston, Connecticut. Rocks & Minerals, 60 (3) 119-124 doi:10.1080/00357529.1985.11764386
 
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