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Abija N. Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry), Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Granite pegmatite. Originally known as the Fillow quarry. Opened in 1876.





References:
Brush, George J. and Dana, Edward S. (1878): On a new and remarkable mineral locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut (American Journal of Science and Arts, XVI:33-123, July-Dec 1878)

Shainin, V. (1946): The Branchville, Connecticut, Pegmatite (American Mineralogist 31:329-345).

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 851, 876, 938.

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1957), 78.

errors listed in Januzzi and Seaman (1976): Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World

Lapis (1984): 2: 5.

Zanazzi et al. (1986): Deyhdration from switzerite cf. American Mineralogist 71:1224-1228.

minerals listed in error in Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.114.

Rocks & Minerals. Vol. 70. No. 6.





Mineral List:
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
Almandine
Amblygonite
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
Autunite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
var: Morganite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismutite
Brazilianite
Calcite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Columbite-(Mn)
'Cymatolite'
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) (TL)
Elbaite
Eosphorite (TL)
Eucryptite (TL)
Fairfieldite (TL)
Fillowite (TL)
Fluorite
var: Chlorophane
Greenockite
'Gummite'
Hematite
Heterosite
'Heulandite'
'Hornblende'
Hureaulite
Landesite ?
Lazulite
Limonite
Lithiophilite (TL)
Marcasite
Meta-autunite
Metaswitzerite
Microcline
Microlite
Mitridatite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Damourite
Natrophilite (TL)
Opal
var: Opal-AN

'Perthite'
Phosphuranylite
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Reddingite (TL)
Rhodochrosite
Samarskite-(Y)
Schorl
Sicklerite
Siderite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spodumene
var: Kunzite
Staurolite
'Stilbite'
Switzerite
Torbernite
Triplite
Triploidite (TL)
Uraninite
Uranophane
Vivianite
Wulfenite
Xanthoxenite ?
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite


83 entries listed. 60 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals). 3 erroneous literature entries.

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