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Kyanite from
Quartz mine (Judd's Bridge kyanite locality), Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


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Kyanite, etc.

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Kyanite, etc.

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Kyanite

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Kyanite, etc.

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Kyanite, etc.

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Kyanite, etc.

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Kyanite

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Kyanite, etc.

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Kyanite, etc.

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Kyanite, etc.

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Kyanite

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Kyanite, etc.

Quartz mine, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Kyanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Comments:As beautiful blue, bladed crystals and crystal aggregates in milky quartz veins and in host schist associated with ilmenite, staurolite, apatite, and damourite plus the host schist's rock-forming minerals. Blades can be singles or in subparallel aggregates, reaching about 15 cm long and 2-3 cm wide.
Habit:elongated, flattened prisms and subparallel aggregates
Colour:blue
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz20
Muscovite4
Staurolite3
Clinochlore2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kyanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Quartz mine (Judd's Bridge kyanite locality), Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (18 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130097
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130097:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kyanite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘQuartz prospects, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘNew Preston, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘBerry Road kyanite locality, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘGreen's Farm locality (Roxbury garnet mine; Roxbury Falls garnet mine; Garnet Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘNonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘIlmenite locality, Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.1km (10.7 miles) ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.1km (13.8 miles) ⓘWaterbury Road quarry, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘReynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
Schairer, John F. (1931): Minerals of Connecticut. State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 51.
Januzzi, Ronald (1959) The Minerals of Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State.. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut.
Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569p.399
 
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