| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Albite |
| Formula: | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Formation: | Secondary |
| Comments: | Micro-crystalline overgrowths of rock-forming grains exposed along wall of Alpine cleft. |
| Colour: | white |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Ilmenite | 3 |
| Muscovite | 2 |
| Chlorite Group | 2 |
| Quartz | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Albite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Interstate 84 and US Route 202 interchange, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1242235 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1242235:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Albite |
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| 5.4km (3.3 miles) | ⓘDanburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.6km (3.5 miles) | ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.3km (4.5 miles) | ⓘOld Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.8km (5.4 miles) | ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 10.1km (6.3 miles) | ⓘTiticus Mica Quarry, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.3km (6.4 miles) | ⓘWest Redding grossular locality, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.5km (6.6 miles) | ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 10.9km (6.8 miles) | ⓘCasey Quarry (Ridgefield pegmatite), Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.2km (7.6 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.1km (8.1 miles) | ⓘCook Quarry on Harry Wiley Farm, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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