| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | 'Lepidolite' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Habit: | fine-grained granular, globular agregates |
| Colour: | gray-pink, lavender, purple |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Smoky Quartz | β2 photos of Lepidolite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality. |
| Cleavelandite | β1 photo of Lepidolite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Lepidolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Riverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 670275 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:670275:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3464abe2-9166-4029-84c9-7404e3c259f6 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Lepidolite |
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| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | βWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.8km (1.8 miles) | βTollgate Quarry (Tollgate Mine; Bidwell Quarry; China-stone Quarry), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.0km (2.5 miles) | βStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.0km (2.5 miles) | βSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.6km (4.1 miles) | βHalberg Quarries (Eureka Quarry; Cook Quarry; Gem Stone Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.8km (4.2 miles) | βWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | βAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.1km (5.6 miles) | βSimpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.6km (6.0 miles) | βHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.6km (6.6 miles) | βGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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Riverside Quarry, White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA