| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Albite |
| Formula: | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | Mostly as a rock-forming component of the host pegmatite, small crystals lining cavities, or as hemispheres of cleavelandite |
| Habit: | equant or tabular |
| Colour: | white |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 22 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 5 |
| Fluorapatite | 4 |
| Muscovite | 4 |
| Microcline | 2 |
| Schorl | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Albite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Morris Dam Quarry (East Morris Dam), Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 649976 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:649976:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Albite |
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| 3.6km (2.2 miles) | ⓘRoute 109 roadcut, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.1km (3.8 miles) | ⓘReynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.7km (4.2 miles) | ⓘState Routes 8 and 222 interchange, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.5km (4.7 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam pegmatite, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.2km (5.7 miles) | ⓘLead Mine Brook, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.4km (5.9 miles) | ⓘFlanders Road (Brushy Hill), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.6km (6.0 miles) | ⓘState Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.5km (6.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 8 interchange 34 (formerly 37), Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.8km (6.7 miles) | ⓘHancock Brook Dam, Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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Morris Dam Quarry, Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA