Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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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 |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Eucryptite | ⓘ2 photos of Kunzite associated with Eucryptite at this locality. |
Cymatolite | ⓘ1 photo of Kunzite associated with Cymatolite at this locality. |
Cleavelandite | ⓘ1 photo of Kunzite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. |
Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Kunzite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Data |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
References |
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Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA