Branchville, Town of Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

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A noted granite pegmatite quarry is located near the village of Branchville. There are no other mineral localities in this village. Technically, the village is in the town of Ridgefield (coordinates are for the intersection of US Route 7 and state Route 102 in southeasternmost Ridgefield), while the pegmatite quarry is just across the border to the east in the town of Redding. Both towns are in Fairfield County. See the quarry page at http://www.mindat.org/loc-6816.html
A populated place.

Mineral List

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Albite var: Cleavelandite var: Oligoclase Almandine Annite 'Apatite' Autunite Bertrandite Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Goshenite var: Heliodor var: Morganite Bismuth Bismutite Calcite Cerussite Chabazite-Ca Columbite-(Fe)

'Cymatolite' Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) (TL) Eosphorite (TL) Eucryptite (TL) Fairfieldite (TL) Fillowite (TL) Fluorapatite var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite Fluorite var: Chlorophane 'Garnet' Goethite Greenockite Hematite 'Hornblende' Hureaulite Hydroxylapatite Ilmenite 'Limonite'

Lithiophilite (TL) Magnetite Marcasite Meta-autunite Metatorbernite Microcline Microlite Group Mitridatite Montebrasite Montmorillonite Muscovite Natrophilite (TL) Opal var: Opal-AN Phosphuranylite Purpurite Pyrite Quartz var: Rose Quartz var: Smoky Quartz

Reddingite (TL) Rhodochrosite Samarskite-(Y) Schorl Sphalerite Spodumene var: Kunzite 'Stilbite' Tantalite-(Mn) Titanite Torbernite 'Tourmaline var: Verdelite' Triploidite (TL) Uraninite Uranophane Vivianite Wulfenite Zircon var: Cyrtolite

76 entries listed. 56 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

USA Connecticut Fairfield Co. Town of Ridgefield Branchville Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine)