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Byssolite from
US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA


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Byssolite, etc.

US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
09974070017368325026156.jpg
Byssolite, etc.

US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
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Byssolite, etc.

US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Amphibole Supergroup var: Byssolite
Formula:AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Formation:Secondary
Comments:Scattered capillary crystals in fracture voids.
Habit:capillary
Colour:white
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Epidote5
Quartz3
Stilbite Subgroup2
Chabazite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Byssolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1266306
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1266306:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Byssolite
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘState Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
83.3km (51.7 miles) ⓘBaldwin Quarry (Milford Quarry), Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
96.6km (60.0 miles) ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
Former Ed Force collection.
 
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