| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Beryl var: Morganite |
| Formula: | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
| Colour: | pink |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Cleavelandite | ⓘ1 photo of Morganite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. |
| Smoky Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Morganite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Morganite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 97373 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:97373:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | ec708495-d557-409c-952f-424180bc7829 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Morganite |
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| 76.8km (47.7 miles) | ⓘRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 76.9km (47.8 miles) | ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 79.3km (49.3 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 79.3km (49.3 miles) | ⓘSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 80.2km (49.8 miles) | ⓘHewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 80.4km (50.0 miles) | ⓘWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 81.4km (50.6 miles) | ⓘAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 81.4km (50.6 miles) | ⓘGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 82.2km (51.1 miles) | ⓘHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 88.3km (54.8 miles) | ⓘBrack Gem prospect (Brack prospect), East Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA