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Hydroxylapatite from
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Town of Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Description
Comments:	Frosty, translucent, pale yellow micro crystals encrusting pocket quartz, cleavelandite, and a much larger, glassy fluorapatite crystal. Originally labeled as calcite, but does not react to HCl, has hardness 5, no visible cleaveage, and does not fluoresce.
Habit:	elongated hexagonal prisms with rounded edges and terminations
Colour:	pale yellow with frosty terminations
UV Fluorescence:	none
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Rarity at site:	Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:	Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:	Visual Identification
References
References:	Ronald Januzzi collection
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Hydroxylapatite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Town of Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA
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