Triploidite from
Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Triploidite | |
| Formula: | Mn22+(PO4)(OH) | |
| Comments: | mostly columnar, fibrous, radiating, rare isolated but typically vitreous and transparent crystals to a length of an inch or more. Associated with quartz and the other Mn phosphates and rhododchrosite. | |
| Habit: | divergent to parallel-fibrous to columnar crystalline aggregates, compact, massive. rarely prismatic | |
| Colour: | yellowish to reddish-brown, topaz- to wine-yellow, hyacinth-red | |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality | |
| Associated Minerals: | ||
| Associates: | Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) Eosphorite Fillowite Lithiophilite Natrophilite Reddingite Rhodochrosite | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Quartz | ⓘ8 photos of Triploidite associated with Quartz at this locality. | |
| Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) | ⓘ7 photos of Triploidite associated with Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) at this locality. | |
| Natrophilite | ⓘ5 photos of Triploidite associated with Natrophilite at this locality. | |
| Purpurite | ⓘ5 photos of Triploidite associated with Purpurite at this locality. | |
| Cleavelandite | ⓘ5 photos of Triploidite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. | |
| Lithiophilite | ⓘ4 photos of Triploidite associated with Lithiophilite at this locality. | |
| Rhodochrosite | ⓘ4 photos of Triploidite associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality. | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Triploidite 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 (7 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 38344 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:38344:4 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 127e9f59-0d1d-4345-849c-da22678bf673 | |
| References | ||
Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA