Zircon (Var: Cyrtolite), Muscovite

Specimen ID: 8MT-F06

Mineral(s)
Zircon (Var: Cyrtolite) : Zr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Muscovite : KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Locality
As recorded:
Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
5.5cm x 4.5cm x 4cm
Events

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Aggregate of brown cyrtolite crystals partly encrusted with "ball-peen" habit muscovite. These aggregates typically occurred at the core of radiating muscovite and cleavelandite hemispheres in the cleavelandite zone adjacent to the core zone and tended to easily separate from these minerals once liberated by blasting. Collected circa 1985.
Harold Moritz - 8th July 2011
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