Triploidite from
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Locality type: | Quarry | |
Classification | ||
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Species: | Triploidite | |
Formula: | Mn22+(PO4)(OH) | |
Comments: | mostly columnar, fibrous, radiating, rare isolated but typically vitreous and transparent crystals to a length of an inch or more. Associated with quartz and the other Mn phosphates and rhododchrosite. | |
Habit: | divergent to parallel-fibrous to columnar crystalline aggregates, compact, massive. rarely prismatic | |
Colour: | yellowish to reddish-brown, topaz- to wine-yellow, hyacinth-red | |
Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) | |
Confirmation | ||
Validity: | Valid - Type Locality | |
Associated Minerals: | ||
Associates: | Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) Eosphorite Fillowite Lithiophilite Natrophilite Reddingite Rhodochrosite | |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
Quartz | β8 photos of Triploidite associated with Quartz at this locality. | |
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) | β7 photos of Triploidite associated with Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) at this locality. | |
Natrophilite | β5 photos of Triploidite associated with Natrophilite at this locality. | |
Purpurite | β5 photos of Triploidite associated with Purpurite at this locality. | |
Cleavelandite | β5 photos of Triploidite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. | |
Lithiophilite | β4 photos of Triploidite associated with Lithiophilite at this locality. | |
Rhodochrosite | β4 photos of Triploidite associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality. | |
Data | ||
Mineral Data: | Click here to view Triploidite data | |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA | |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) | |
Data Identifiers | ||
Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 38344 | |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:38344:4 | |
GUID (UUID V4): | 127e9f59-0d1d-4345-849c-da22678bf673 | |
References | ||
Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA