| Locality type: | Outcrop |
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| Species: | K Feldspar var: Adularia |
| Formula: | KAlSi3O8 |
| Formation: | Secondary |
| Comments: | Microcrystals lining small fractures, with albite. |
| Habit: | wedge-shaped |
| Colour: | pale pink |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Albite | ⓘ1 photo of Adularia associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Ilmenite | ⓘ1 photo of Adularia associated with Ilmenite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Adularia data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Ilmenite locality, Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1408904 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1408904:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | b0b755f8-8101-4202-a487-8d5ab758bf9f |
| Nearest other occurrences of Adularia |
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| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.7km (7.9 miles) | ⓘDanbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.5km (9.0 miles) | ⓘBiermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.3km (10.1 miles) | ⓘNonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.0km (13.7 miles) | ⓘState Route 67 construction site, Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 24.0km (14.9 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 24.8km (15.4 miles) | ⓘBarrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.0km (15.5 miles) | ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 28.0km (17.4 miles) | ⓘState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.6km (17.8 miles) | ⓘMesa Drive roadcuts, Bethany, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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 | | Book | | difficulties in achieving uniformity in any compilation. Locality names and spellings differ in time or with boundaries...Therefore no attempt was made to revise and update all locality data to conform with present political designations...present country to which they belong. As a rule, the locality designations given in the original published papers...about the mineral, depending upon the kind of locality name used. The name franklinite, for Franklin...about the mineral, depending upon the kind of locality name used. The name franklinite, for Franklin |
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Ilmenite locality, Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA