Elbaite from
Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Elbaite | |
| Formula: | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | |
| Formation: | Primary | |
| Comments: | Elbaite occurs in 3 major ways here: 1) as blue, massive material intergrown in or around triplite pods, 2) as elongated, grassy green crystals to several cm within muscovite books in the cleavelandite-rich intermediate zone (these tend to be the most translucent), and 3) as subhedral, generally opaque, darker green crystals to several cm within lepidolite-cleavlandite-quartz matrix. | |
| Habit: | massive to elongated prismatic | |
| Colour: | blue or green | |
| Abundance at site: | Common | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Lepidolite | β10 photos of Elbaite associated with Lepidolite at this locality. | |
| Cleavelandite | β6 photos of Elbaite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. | |
| Triplite | β3 photos of Elbaite associated with Triplite at this locality. | |
| Albite | β2 photos of Elbaite associated with Albite at this locality. | |
| Muscovite | β2 photos of Elbaite associated with Muscovite at this locality. | |
| Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | β2 photos of Elbaite associated with Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series at this locality. | |
| Beryl | β1 photo of Elbaite associated with Beryl at this locality. | |
| Smoky Quartz | β1 photo of Elbaite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality. | |
| Spessartine | β1 photo of Elbaite associated with Spessartine at this locality. | |
| Cookeite | β1 photo of Elbaite associated with Cookeite at this locality. | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Elbaite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 37797 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:37797:5 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 396321e0-28d5-4539-8f57-234b274fbe2a | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Elbaite | ||
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | βHalberg Quarries (Eureka Quarry; Cook Quarry; Gem Stone Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | βGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | βQuarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | βHewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | βWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | βRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 10.2km (6.4 miles) | βStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 10.3km (6.4 miles) | βSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 12.9km (8.0 miles) | βWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 14.9km (9.3 miles) | βSimpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA | |
| References | ||
Shannon, Earl V. (1920) The old lithia mine in Chatham, Connecticut. American Mineralogist, 5 (4) 82-84 Foye, Wilbur G. (1922) Mineral localities in the vicinity of Middletown, Connecticut. American Mineralogist, 7 (1) 4-12 | ||
Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA