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Kunzite from
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Spodumene var: Kunzite
Formula:LiAlSi2O6
Comments:Usually in the unaltered core of externally altered cyrstals and only very rarely transparent.
Habit:generally broad or flat, and comparatively thin; well terminated by dome
Colour:rose-pink or amethystine-purple
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Eucryptite2 photos of Kunzite associated with Eucryptite at this locality.
Cymatolite1 photo of Kunzite associated with Cymatolite at this locality.
Cleavelandite1 photo of Kunzite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Kunzite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kunzite 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:97376
Long-form Identifier:1:3:97376:0
GUID (UUID V4):1587ca92-ae7b-4c30-afee-cd37c6d42058
Nearest other occurrences of Kunzite
79.3km (49.3 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
80.4km (50.0 miles) Walden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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