| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | 'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Comments: | micaceous, spongy, rusty pseudomorph after an unknown garnet species in the pegmatite |
| Habit: | trapezohedral pseudomorph |
| Colour: | rusty |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 1 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 1 |
| Albite | 1 |
| - var Cleavelandite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Garnet Group data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 709970 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:709970:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group |
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| 6.9km (4.3 miles) | ⓘTiticus Mica Quarry, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.2km (4.5 miles) | ⓘCasey Quarry (Ridgefield pegmatite), Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | ⓘOld Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.8km (11.7 miles) | ⓘBuresch Quarry, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 18.8km (11.7 miles) | ⓘBaylis Quarry (Bayliss Quarry), Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 18.8km (11.7 miles) | ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.4km (12.0 miles) | ⓘState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.8km (14.8 miles) | ⓘEast Village pegmatite prospect, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.9km (18.6 miles) | ⓘCurtis Quarry, Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.8km (19.2 miles) | ⓘHerbert Street - Wheelers Farms Road intersection, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA