| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Fluorapatite var: Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite |
| Formula: | (Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn5+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH) |
| Comments: | An old term that should be abandoned, see description under fluorapatite. |
| Habit: | anhedral to stubby subhedral hexagons |
| Colour: | grayish green to blue-green, white, pale blue |
| Luminescent properties: | yellow |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 156900 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:156900:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | a57c4586-3d82-4c8b-abe0-b66d28669ed8 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite |
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| 3.0km (1.8 miles) | ⓘWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.3km (3.3 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.3km (5.7 miles) | ⓘLinkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 76.1km (47.3 miles) | ⓘPfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 79.3km (49.3 miles) | ⓘFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA