Locality type: Mine Classification Species: Elbaite Formula: Na(Li1.5 Al1.5 )Al6 (Si6 O18 )(BO3 )3 (OH)3 (OH) Formation: Primary Comments: Elbaite occurs in 3 major ways here: 1) as blue, massive material intergrown in or around triplite pods, 2) as elongated, grassy green crystals to several cm within muscovite books in the cleavelandite-rich intermediate zone (these tend to be the most translucent), and 3) as subhedral, generally opaque, darker green crystals to several cm within lepidolite-cleavlandite-quartz matrix. Habit: massive to elongated prismatic Colour: blue or green Abundance at site: Common Confirmation Validity: Confirmed Confirmation Methods: Visually Identified Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Lepidolite 10 Albite 8 - var Cleavelandite 6 Muscovite 4 Triplite 3 Quartz 3 - var Smoky Quartz 1 Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series 2 Beryl 1 Fluorapatite 1 Spessartine 1 Cookeite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Elbaite data Locality Data: Click here to view Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (7 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 37797 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:37797:5 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Elbaite
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Cameron, Eugene N., Larrabee, David M., McNair, Andrew H., Page, James J., Stewart, Glen W., Shainin, Vincent E. (1954) Pegmatite Investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Geological Survey Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 Search for references including Elbaite Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA