Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 131373
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131373.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°28'54"N
Longitude: 72°29'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.481666666667,-72.498888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allanite	Amphibole	Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Meta-autunite	Mica
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Epidote ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zoisite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Be Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Th Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Th Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Meta-autunite Mica
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	167
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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