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Biotite from
Unnamed quartz mine (Judd's Bridge kyanite locality), Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Comments:anhedral grains in the host schist
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed quartz mine (Judd's Bridge kyanite locality), Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:131551
Long-form Identifier:1:3:131551:6
GUID (UUID V4):f4557eb2-3b0c-4841-83c8-3a85987686f4
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
3.1km (1.9 miles) Rockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) Green's Farm locality (Roxbury garnet mine; Roxbury Falls garnet mine; Garnet Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) Nonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Brookfield Bypass), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) Mount Prospect complex (Prospect Hill complex; Prospect Mountain complex), Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.1km (10.7 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.0km (12.5 miles) Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.3km (13.2 miles) Curtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
22.0km (13.6 miles) Unnamed quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
22.1km (13.8 miles) Waterbury Road quarry, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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