Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Beraunite |
Formula: | Fe63+(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O |
Comments: | reported by Dick Schooner, no details in the reference. Visually identified by Van King from posted photographs but an XRD test made in the National Museum Prague (dr. Jiri Sejkora) of the green material with some matrix found "no beraunite but something similar to messelite" and apatite, which are the matrix species. EDS analysis shows green mineral is mitridatite. |
Habit: | coatings |
Colour: | green |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Erroneously Reported |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Beraunite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view State Forest Quarry No. 2 (State Forest #2 Mica Mine; Carini Quarry), Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 708574 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:708574:1 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 8d15d2c7-2e94-49fe-833b-87d974e49eba |
Nearest other occurrences of Beraunite |
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51.0km (31.7 miles) | ⓘState Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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