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| Species: | Microcline |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Comments: | In dolomite, intimately associated with oligoclase and with rare danburite. Not seen on specimens preserved at Yale Peabody Museum. A specimen labeled "orthoclase" was predominantly albite based on the abundance of polysynthetic twinning. |
| Habit: | massive |
| Colour: | white |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microcline data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Danburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 804572 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:804572:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 2f1b440e-6b32-4fb7-b17d-cdf97dd96922 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Microcline |
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| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘOld Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘWestern Connecticut State College, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘAgstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘDanbury beryl prospect, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘCook Quarry on Harry Wiley Farm, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.9km (4.9 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.8km (6.1 miles) | ⓘGrace Feldspar Mine, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.8km (6.1 miles) | ⓘBiermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.3km (6.4 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Brookfield Bypass), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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