| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Purpurite |
| Formula: | Mn3+(PO4) |
| Comments: | "Supergene alteration resulted in the formation of manganese oxide and purpurite from lithiophilite" Shainin (1946). Yale collection has a few specimens that show purple coating on black exterior of altered lithiophilite nodules. |
| Habit: | encrustations, coatings |
| Colour: | purple |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Cleavelandite | ⓘ7 photos of Purpurite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. |
| Lithiophilite | ⓘ5 photos of Purpurite associated with Lithiophilite at this locality. |
| Triploidite | ⓘ5 photos of Purpurite associated with Triploidite at this locality. |
| Natrophilite | ⓘ5 photos of Purpurite associated with Natrophilite at this locality. |
| Cymatolite | ⓘ1 photo of Purpurite associated with Cymatolite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Purpurite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 38342 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:38342:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 85943f77-7243-4078-8b80-6c4152d70e69 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Purpurite |
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| 79.3km (49.3 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA