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Ishikawaite from
Penfield Quarry (Oak Leaf Quarry), Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Description
Comments:	metamict crystals with obsidian-like conchoidal fracture
Habit:	tabular
Colour:	black with brown coating
Quality of samples:	Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Hanson, S., Jarnot, B. M., Falster, A. U., Simmons, W. B., and Nizamoff, J. W., 2003, Nb-Ta-Ti Oxide Minerals from Two Pegmatites of the Middletown Area, Connecticut, Program with Abstracts, v.30, p. 11.; Hanson, S. L., Jarnot, B. M., Falster, A. U., Simmons, W. B., Nizamoff, J. W.: (2003) "Nb-Ta-Ti Oxide Minerals from Two Pegmatites of the Middletown Area, Connecticut," Rochester Mineral Symposium Abstracts, p. 11-12.
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Ishikawaite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Penfield Quarry (Oak Leaf Quarry), Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA
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