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Palygorskite from
Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Palygorskite
Formula:◻Al2Mg22Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
Comments:TEM-EDS analysis showed a sample to be sepiolite.
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Palygorskite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:132319
Long-form Identifier:1:3:132319:1
GUID (UUID V4):251d3a1f-39d4-4a25-b909-ff452a34ce1a
Nearest other occurrences of Palygorskite
3.0km (1.8 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.2km (12.0 miles) Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
89.3km (55.5 miles) Union Building and Construction Quarry, Woodland Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
93.2km (57.9 miles) Laurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
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