| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Microcline |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Comments: | Carlsbad twins in the host gneiss up to about 5 cm long |
| Habit: | subhedral Carlsbad twins |
| Colour: | white |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microcline data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Lane's Copper Mine (Fan Hill Road), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 754026 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:754026:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c1f70f5b-4f5e-4910-a586-bb68d357dce4 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Microcline |
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| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘNew England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘEast Village pegmatite prospect, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.2km (3.8 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.4km (4.0 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.8km (4.9 miles) | ⓘCaptain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.9km (5.5 miles) | ⓘLittle Laurel Lime Park, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.6km (5.9 miles) | ⓘBiermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.3km (6.4 miles) | ⓘGrace Feldspar Mine, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.6km (7.2 miles) | ⓘCook Quarry on Harry Wiley Farm, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.5km (7.8 miles) | ⓘCurtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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