Classification |
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Species: | Pyrophanite |
Formula: | Mn2+TiO3 |
Comments: | "Very small brilliant tabular crystals, looking black through dark red under strong magnification, are commonly embedded in tephroite, kutnohorite, pyroxymangite, and spessartine from the Jail Hill quarry. Studies at the USGS and the University of Michigan have confirmed the identification." |
Habit: | tabular |
Colour: | dark red to black |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Pyroxmangite | ⓘ1 photo of Pyrophanite associated with Pyroxmangite at this locality. |
Tephroite | ⓘ1 photo of Pyrophanite associated with Tephroite at this locality. |
Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Pyrophanite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyrophanite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Jail Hill Road locality (Jail Hill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 238815 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:238815:1 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 7dd8ed3d-930f-4ab9-a70d-21b7be97afee |
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