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| Species: | Fluorapatite var: Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite |
| Formula: | (Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn5+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH) |
| Comments: | Small yellow fluorescing grains to short prisms in the pegmatite. |
| Habit: | granular to prismatic |
| Colour: | pale green |
| Luminescent properties: | yellow |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Linkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 132586 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:132586:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | f367a4c0-d1b2-42c9-b50a-17971c20fd74 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite |
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| 9.3km (5.7 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.8km (6.1 miles) | ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.6km (6.6 miles) | ⓘWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 84.5km (52.5 miles) | ⓘPfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 86.8km (53.9 miles) | ⓘFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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