Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Muscovite var: Damourite |
Formula: | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Comments: | Brush and Dana (1878) (first paper) state that they found "a hydro-mica near damourite having a peculiar concentric spherical structure" [emphasis added]. They did not actually identify damourite. |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Erroneously Reported |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Damourite 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: | 130890 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:130890:7 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 01a7f7a1-3c1c-4e00-90de-220a48e9c2d2 |
Nearest other occurrences of Damourite |
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37.8km (23.5 miles) | ⓘUnnamed quartz mine (Judd's Bridge kyanite locality), Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
77.9km (48.4 miles) | ⓘNew Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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