Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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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: | Typically massive and inconspicuous, revealed by its yellow SW UV fluorescence. |
Habit: | massive |
Colour: | gray |
Luminescent properties: | yellow |
Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
Abundance at site: | Common |
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 Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 164536 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:164536:1 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 0a97ea08-e771-43f1-995b-01ed6dc00db1 |
Nearest other occurrences of Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite |
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1.5km (1.0 miles) | ⓘWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
9.8km (6.1 miles) | ⓘLinkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
74.7km (46.4 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 |
81.9km (50.9 miles) | ⓘFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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