Hureaulite from
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Hureaulite | |
| Formula: | Mn52+(PO3OH)2(PO4)2 · 4H2O | |
| Comments: | Massive, sub-resinous, white to pale material in the Yale collection reminiscent of massive scapolite. Tiny crystals in small vugs. Formed from an alteration of lithiophilite, intimately associated with dickinsonite, eosphorite, fairfieldite, reddingite, fillowite, triploidite. Difficult to distinguish from reddingite. | |
| Habit: | short prismatic to tabular, in parallel growth | |
| Colour: | typically white to pink, pale violet to reddish brown and deep orange-red | |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) | |
| Abundance at site: | Rare | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals: | ||
| Associates: | Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) Eosphorite Fairfieldite Natrophilite Reddingite | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Hureaulite associated with Quartz at this locality. | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Hureaulite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 38496 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:38496:6 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 73a0612d-8f6d-4b4b-933e-e47f6bc4f606 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Hureaulite | ||
| 79.3km (49.3 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 81.4km (50.6 miles) | ⓘAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| References | ||
Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA