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Triphylite from
State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Triphylite, etc.

State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Classification
Species:Triphylite
Formula:LiFe2+PO4
Comments:Anhedral masses to a few cm, translucent fresh material is greenish-gray altering around the edges mostly to blue vivianite and black rockbridgeite (much nearby albite stained by the latter) and associated with pyrite in local fracture fillings.
Habit:anhedral masses
Colour:greenish-gray
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Vivianite9
Rockbridgeite4
Albite3
Quartz3
Muscovite3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Triphylite data
Locality Data:Click here to view State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:860447
Long-form Identifier:1:3:860447:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Triphylite
41.3km (25.6 miles) ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
45.1km (28.0 miles) ⓘAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘBlandford mica mines, Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
51.0km (31.7 miles) ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 2, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
56.1km (34.9 miles) ⓘAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘRock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘFillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
 
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