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PhotosDanburite - Danburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

6th Sep 2013 01:56 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert

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This specimen does not appear to resemble danburite type material stored at Yale and Harvard (see this photo http://www.mindat.org/photo-272202.html, the danburite is the brown stuff). The crystal shown looks hexagonal (fluorapatite or beryl?), looks far too prismatic and terminated for the type locality, and is embedded in what looks like perthitic microcline and mica (looks like a pegmatite sample). It is the wrong matrix for the type material, which is mostly white oligoclase.

10th Sep 2013 18:00 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

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10th Sep 2013 23:50 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

This photo looks very much like the danburite from Russel, New York.

11th Sep 2013 00:24 UTCTimothy Blackwood

Hi Alfredo,


Upon reading the first message, I was unable to verify the identity or locality. So, I requested that the photo be deleted. If it's actually from Russel, New York, can you or someone add the photo back to Rob's gallery with the corrected locality? Thanks.:-)


Best wishes,

Tim Blackwood

Cohasset, Minnesota, USA

11th Sep 2013 02:03 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

Thanks, Tim.

Done.

11th Sep 2013 04:34 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert

There were two separate danburite photos I questioned. This one isnt a Lavinsky photo and doesnt resemble Russell, IMO. BTW, can the (TL) be removed from danburite at the Danbury page level and be put in danburite at the type locality page level?

Thanks

11th Sep 2013 05:56 UTCTimothy Blackwood

Hi Alfredo,


Thank you. :-)


Best wishes,

Tim

11th Sep 2013 10:17 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

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