| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Microcline |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Comments: | A constituent of the granite gneiss. |
| Habit: | anhedral |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Polarised-light microscopy |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microcline data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Rockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 132118 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:132118:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 44015723-7b96-4a95-af22-e647c5c3039e |
| Nearest other occurrences of Microcline |
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| 11.2km (6.9 miles) | ⓘWoodbury pegmatite quarry (Judson Quarry), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.2km (7.0 miles) | ⓘFlanders Road (Brushy Hill), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.7km (7.3 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Brookfield Bypass), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.2km (7.6 miles) | ⓘNonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.5km (7.7 miles) | ⓘNew England Mining Company Quarry (Roebling Mine; Hewitt's Mine), Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.1km (8.8 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.9km (9.9 miles) | ⓘDanbury beryl prospect, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.1km (10.6 miles) | ⓘAgstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.9km (11.8 miles) | ⓘGrace Feldspar Mine, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.1km (11.9 miles) | ⓘCurtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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