| Locality type: | Outcrop |
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| Species: | 'Microlite Group' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n |
| Comments: | Micro crystals in and on columbite-(Fe). |
| Habit: | octahedral |
| Colour: | brown |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microlite Group data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Chrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 796935 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:796935:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | feeb0e6b-647d-448a-ab71-37951be15827 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Microlite Group |
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| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘHewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘLong Hill prospects (Turkey Hill prospects), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.0km (4.3 miles) | ⓘSlocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.8km (6.1 miles) | ⓘBecker Quarry, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.2km (6.3 miles) | ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.7km (6.6 miles) | ⓘRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.6km (7.8 miles) | ⓘHale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.4km (8.4 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Book (volume) | | Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................Moore Electron Microprobe Analyses for Crandallite-Group Minerals from Maine Pegmatites ......................... 341 Neil A. Wintringham Maine Mineral Locality Index ..........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified |
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