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Brookite from
County Line Quarry (Kline's Quarry), Wrightsville, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA


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County Line Quarry (Kline's Quarry), Wrightsville, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA
© M.Heintzelman
Description
Comments:Occurances at approximately the 40 01'02"N, 76 31'31"W portion of the quarry. Microcrystals occuring in calcite or directly on the phyllite schist, along veinlets. Larger xtls found in within several milky quartz pods, typically 30cm by 6 to 15 m in length. Associated with Anatase occasionally as an alteration of Ilmenite.
Habit:Microcrystals to larger, thin, platy xtls, deeply striates parallel to their length.
Colour:transparent (micro-xtls), to light brown
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Rarity at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania 1966-1975; Robert C. Smith II, pgs. 23-30
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brookite data
Locality Data:Click here to view County Line Quarry (Kline's Quarry), Wrightsville, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA
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