| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Brookite |
| Formula: | TiO2 |
| Comments: | hair-brown lathshaped crystals intimately associated with anatase; occurs in veins of the Alpine type. (Januzzi 1976, p. 277) |
| Habit: | tabular, rectangular, "lathshaped" |
| Colour: | very pale straw yellow, hair brown |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Unconfirmed/Questioned |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Brookite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Rockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 131882 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131882:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 8b8cf6ab-3511-4ebb-b6af-42cf33af7d51 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Brookite |
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| 22.8km (14.2 miles) | ⓘState Route 8 exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.5km (16.4 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.6km (20.3 miles) | ⓘState Route 111 road cuts, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.6km (20.3 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 36.3km (22.5 miles) | ⓘState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 82.6km (51.3 miles) | ⓘChester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 83.7km (52.0 miles) | ⓘWright Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 83.8km (52.1 miles) | ⓘOld Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 88.4km (54.9 miles) | ⓘEllenville Mine (Ellenville Lead Mine; Ulster mine), Ellenville, Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York, USA |
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