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Biotite from
Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Park
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Formation:Primary
Comments:As a rock forming component of the amphibolite and as an accessory in the pegmatites.
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:131465
Long-form Identifier:1:3:131465:6
GUID (UUID V4):0a55ddc8-a0bb-49c6-bf13-9d5bea363840
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Corporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) New England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
11.0km (6.9 miles) Little Laurel Lime Park, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) Redding Glen (Redding Ridge), Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Arsenic and nickel mine (Nickel Mine Brook), Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) Curtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
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