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Kaolinite from
Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:719070
Long-form Identifier:1:3:719070:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
7.0km (4.3 miles) Kaolin mine, Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
37.2km (23.1 miles) Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
42.7km (26.5 miles) Rockside Quarry, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
58.8km (36.5 miles) Shenandoah Mine, Shenandoah, Town of East Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, USA
64.8km (40.3 miles) Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
75.0km (46.6 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
76.9km (47.8 miles) White Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
77.4km (48.1 miles) Brack Gem prospect (Brack prospect), East Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
78.8km (49.0 miles) Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
81.6km (50.7 miles) Terp Road pegmatite, Hog Hill, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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