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Linnaeite from
Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA


03897670017368382387253.jpg
Linnaeite, etc.

Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
03897670017368382387253.jpg
Linnaeite, etc.

Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
05281270017339891996564.jpg
Linnaeite, etc.

Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Linnaeite
Formula:Co2+Co23+S4
Comments:An isolated occurrence of minute, steel-gray twinned octahedral crystals on magnetite was recovered in 1955
Also noted as micro octahedral crystals modified by the cube. Associated with white serpentine and dolomite. As well as magnetite, chondrodite and altered clinochlore.
Habit:twinned octahedron, cubo-octahedral
Colour:steel-grey
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Erythrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Linnaeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:100812
Long-form Identifier:1:3:100812:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Linnaeite
36.9km (22.9 miles) ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
(Januzzi, 1966, 1989) (Nightingale 2001)
Jensen (1978) Minerals of New York State, p.114
 
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