Locality type: | Road Cutting |
Classification |
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Species: | Kyanite |
Formula: | Al2(SiO4)O |
Formation: | Primary |
Comments: | Crystalline masses in the host schist, commonly heavily rust-stained and hard to recognize. Crystals can exceed 10 cm. It fluoresces a weak pink-red under longwave UV (Don Swenson). |
Habit: | bladed |
Colour: | pale to sky blue |
Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
Abundance at site: | Common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Kyanite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Muscovite | ⓘ1 photo of Kyanite associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Kyanite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 96367 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:96367:5 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 985fe882-0cba-4680-8970-11f634d4b3a3 |
Nearest other occurrences of Kyanite |
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2.5km (1.6 miles) | ⓘThomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘLead Mine Brook, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘReynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
5.5km (3.4 miles) | ⓘRock Brook, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
5.9km (3.7 miles) | ⓘWaterbury Road quarry, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘHarwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
8.8km (5.4 miles) | ⓘHancock Brook Dam, Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
10.7km (6.7 miles) | ⓘState Route 8 exit 37, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
11.3km (7.0 miles) | ⓘWatertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
12.5km (7.8 miles) | ⓘTown Farm Road, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA