Rhodochrosite from
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Locality type: | Quarry | |
Classification | ||
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Species: | Rhodochrosite | |
Formula: | MnCO3 | |
Comments: | Associated with eosphorite, dickinsonite, triploidite, quartz, also included in lithiophilite. Also chabazite, quartz, and fluorapatite crystallized in cavities in rhodochrosite associated with clove-brown lithiophilite, quartz, apatite, and dickinsonite. Typically with black alteration crust. | |
Habit: | cleavable masses | |
Colour: | white to pink | |
Abundance at site: | Common | |
Confirmation | ||
Validity: | Believed Valid | |
Associated Minerals: | ||
Associates: | Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) Eosphorite Triploidite | |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) | ⓘ7 photos of Rhodochrosite associated with Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) at this locality. | |
Quartz | ⓘ6 photos of Rhodochrosite associated with Quartz at this locality. | |
Triploidite | ⓘ4 photos of Rhodochrosite associated with Triploidite at this locality. | |
Pyrite | ⓘ2 photos of Rhodochrosite associated with Pyrite at this locality. | |
Reddingite | ⓘ2 photos of Rhodochrosite associated with Reddingite at this locality. | |
Cleavelandite | ⓘ1 photo of Rhodochrosite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. | |
Fillowite | ⓘ1 photo of Rhodochrosite associated with Fillowite at this locality. | |
Lithiophilite | ⓘ1 photo of Rhodochrosite associated with Lithiophilite at this locality. | |
Mitridatite | ⓘ1 photo of Rhodochrosite associated with Mitridatite at this locality. | |
Data | ||
Mineral Data: | Click here to view Rhodochrosite data | |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA | |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (9 photos) | |
Data Identifiers | ||
Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 38321 | |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:38321:3 | |
GUID (UUID V4): | 36b699ef-8a0a-41ab-9691-6522f6268f4b | |
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite | ||
79.3km (49.3 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
79.3km (49.3 miles) | ⓘSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
80.6km (50.1 miles) | ⓘJail Hill Road locality (Jail Hill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
97.4km (60.5 miles) | ⓘHamburg Mine (Hamburg Road Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | |
97.6km (60.6 miles) | ⓘBuckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | |
97.6km (60.6 miles) | ⓘFranklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | |
99.7km (61.9 miles) | ⓘSterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | |
References | ||
Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA