{"id":8379,"date":"2025-05-02T19:52:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T02:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=8379"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:30:23","slug":"samarskite-y-albite-spinelli-prospect-glastonbury-hartford-county-connecticut-usa","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/?product=samarskite-y-albite-spinelli-prospect-glastonbury-hartford-county-connecticut-usa","title":{"rendered":"Samarskite-(Y), Albite: Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Species:<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Samarskite-(Y), Albite<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Locality: Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dimensions: 5.5 cm x 3 cm x 2.5 cm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Excellent group of fairly large samarskite-(Y) crystals with minor remnant albite matrix attached. Ex. Collection Eric Quinter specimen U\/Th 0608, pictured on Mindat.org. The Quinter collection contained the best suite of minerals from the Spinelli pegmatite in central Connecticut from a special specimen mining project from 2008-2013 at this classic locale which yielded numerous specimens of well-crystallized, sometimes world-class samarskite-(Y) and columbite-(Fe). This is a great example from this find, from a locality which is now totally extinct!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Species: Samarskite-(Y), Albite Locality: Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Dimensions: 5.5 cm x 3 cm x 2.5 cm Excellent group of fairly large samarskite-(Y) crystals with minor remnant albite matrix attached. Ex. Collection Eric Quinter specimen U\/Th 0608, pictured on Mindat.org. The Quinter collection contained the best suite of minerals from the Spinelli [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8380,"template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/8379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perssonrareminerals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}