Locality type: Outcrop Classification Species: Microcline Formula: K(AlSi3 O8 ) Comments: In dolomite, intimately associated with oligoclase and with rare danburite. Not seen on specimens preserved at Yale Peabody Museum. A specimen labeled "orthoclase" was predominantly albite based on the abundance of polysynthetic twinning. Habit: massive Colour: white Quality for species: Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) Abundance at site: Common Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Microcline data Locality Data: Click here to view Danburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 804572 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:804572:0 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘ North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘ Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘ Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘ Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘ Danbury beryl prospect, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘ Cook Quarry on Harry Wiley Farm, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘ U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘ Grace Feldspar Mine, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘ Biermann Quarries (Bethel quarries; Codfish Hill Quarry), Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘ U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Brookfield Bypass), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA References Search for references including Microcline Danburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
