Lepidolite from
Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | 'Lepidolite' (not an IMA approved species) | |
| Formation: | Primary | |
| Comments: | Abundant in the lepidolite-cleavelandite zone. Shannon (1920) gives best overall description - "Some masses are composed of bright small scales of a beautiful deep purple-pink color, intergrown with fine platy cleavelandite stained yellow brown by iron, the contrast in colors yielding very showy specimens. Other coarser scaly masses are pale lavender to gray in color and much of the material shows small spheres up to the size of a pea composed of folia of grayish lepidolite embedded in white cleavelandite." Hess et al (1943) describe the lepidolite as "globular radial aggregates ranging from less than 1/4 inch to 3/4 inch in diameter". They analyzed the lepidolite for alkali metals and reported that a "visual estimate from the spectrographic pattern of the lepidolite gave K2O, 5.0; Na2O, 1.0; Li2O, 5.0; Rb2O, 3.0; Cs2O, 1.0" percent. | |
| Habit: | granular, as globular radial aggregates | |
| Colour: | gray to pink to purple | |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) | |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Albite | 13 | |
| - var Cleavelandite | 11 | |
| Elbaite | 10 | |
| Beryl | 5 | |
| Triplite | 5 | |
| Quartz | 5 | |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 3 | |
| Fluorapatite | 2 | |
| Spessartine | 2 | |
| Cookeite | 2 | |
| Muscovite | 2 | |
| Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Lepidolite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 37795 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:37795:7 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Lepidolite | ||
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘHalberg Quarries (Eureka Quarry; Cook Quarry; Gem Stone Quarry), East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘHewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 7.6km (4.7 miles) | ⓘTollgate Quarry (Tollgate Mine; Bidwell Quarry; China-stone Quarry), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 10.2km (6.4 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 10.3km (6.4 miles) | ⓘSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 12.9km (8.0 miles) | ⓘWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 14.9km (9.2 miles) | ⓘSimpson prospect #1, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA | |
| References | ||
Shannon, Earl V. (1920) The old lithia mine in Chatham, Connecticut. American Mineralogist, 5 (4) 82-84 | ||
Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA