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Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 56' 16'' North , 72° 44' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Tariffville1,324 (2017)3.7km
Salmon Brook2,324 (2017)5.1km
Simsbury Center5,836 (2017)8.7km
Suffield Depot1,325 (2017)8.8km
Windsor Locks12,498 (2017)9.3km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Connecticut Valley Mineral ClubSpringfield, Massachusetts22km
Bristol Gem & Mineral ClubBristol, Connecticut34km
Lapidary and Mineral Society of Central ConnecticutMeriden, Connecticut45km
Mindat Locality ID:
6767
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:6767:9
GUID (UUID V4):
d207ae75-3f0f-4535-9aae-fd8e86d736ce
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Tilcon Quarry


Quarry in the Jurassic (205 mya) Holyoke Basalt. Mineralization occurs in gas vesicles (pockets) and in fault zones, some of them heavily brecciated and recemented with fine-grained calcite.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


21 valid minerals. 2 erroneous literature entries.

* - Minerals that have never been found, but their existence is inferred in some way (e.g. from pseudomorphs)

Detailed Mineral List:

Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
Habit: tabular voids
Description: Tabular voids in later crystallized minerals are very common here, as in all Connecticut trap rock quarries. Nearly all anhydrite in the basalt dissolved away leaving these voids.
'Apophyllite Group'
Formula: AB4[Si8O22]X · 8H2O
Habit: tabular, in spherical aggregates
Colour: white to creamy
Description: Aggregates of tabular crystals can reach 3 to 4 cm. This habit is characteristic for this locality, other area trap rock quarries have bipyramidal crystals.
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Babingtonite
Formula: Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Habit: blocky to wedge-shaped
Colour: black
Description: Crystals to a little over 1 cm, surfaces are mix of smooth and lustrous to rough textures. Commonly associated with prehnite, calcite and quartz.
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Description: Mistaken identification of calcite crystals twinned on a face of the shallow negative rhombohedron and showing much growth distortion so that they look tabular.
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Habit: rhombohedral, scalenohedral, tabular butterfly twins on {01bar12}
Colour: white, pale rose
Fluorescence: orange-red
Description: A variety of forms and sizes occur, most commonly rhombohedral and scalenohedral, with rhombic overgrowths up to 4 cm on scalenohedral cores showing a pale rose color and frosty luster associated with sprays of needle quartz epimorphic on dissolved anhydrite. Tabular butterfly twins to 5mm or so also occur.
Celestine
Formula: SrSO4
Habit: tabular
Colour: colorless to very pale blue
Description: Crystals typically small, <1.5 cm.
References:
'Chalcodite'
Formula: K(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)27
References:
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Datolite
Formula: CaB(SiO4)(OH)
Habit: complex prisms with chisel-point terminations
Colour: pale apple green
Description: Gas vesicles rich in crystals lining the walls were once abundant. Never found singly. Crystals can reach over 2.5 cm, larger ones typically transparent, smaller crystals translucent to opaque - grading to porcelaineous crusts. Excellent specimens in major museums.
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Formula: KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O
Habit: tabular, in spherical aggregates
Colour: white to creamy
Description: Aggregates of tabular crystals can reach 3 to 4 cm. This habit is characteristic for this locality, other area trap rock quarries have mostly bipyramidal crystals.
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
References:
Galena
Formula: PbS
Habit: skeletal cuboctahedral
Colour: gray
Description: A single 12mm skeletal cuboctahedral crystal is known, associated with datolite and yellow calcite.
Goethite
Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
References:
Gypsum var. Selenite
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
References:
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Habit: coatings, botryoidal aggregates, rosettes
Colour: specular to rusty-red
Description: Mostly as rusty-red coatings on calcite and quartz, tiny blebs or as specular to rusty-red rosettes to several mm.
Hematite var. Iron Rose
Formula: Fe2O3
'Julgoldite Subgroup'
Formula: Ca2XFe3+2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
Habit: isolated botryoidal or "bow-tie" radiating crystal aggregates.
Colour: very dark green
Description: Identified by Raman spectroscopy as pumpellyite.
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Habit: massive to acicular
Colour: green
Description: Associated with chrysocolla.
'Manganese Oxides'
References:
'Manganese Oxides var. Manganese Dendrites'
References:
'Petroleum var. Albertite'
References:
'Petroleum var. Bitumen'
Habit: amorphous
Colour: black
Description: Brittle, glassy, conchoidal fracture with sharp edges. Found in faults and pockets. Dessicated residue from the upward migration of crude oil from stratigraphically lower, petroleum-rich black shales in the Shuttle Meadow Formation.
Prehnite
Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Habit: Botryoidal to conical aggregates of tabular crystals
Colour: various shades of green
'Pumpellyite Group'
Formula: Ca2XZ2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
Habit: microfibrous botryoids, crusts, bowties
Colour: blue-green, dark olive green to black
Description: Few specimens have been confirmed by analyses to differentiate it from several other possible pumpellyite group minerals.
'Pumpellyite Subgroup'
Formula: Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
Habit: isolated botryoidal or "bow-tie" radiating crystal aggregates.
Colour: very dark green
Description: As late-forming micro-crystal aggregates in pockets. Thought to be julgoldite but identified as pumpellyite using Raman spectroscopy by Paul Bartholomew, U. of New Haven, 2014.
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Habit: elongated prismatic, Cumberland habit
Colour: colorless, milky, smoky
Description: Typically associated with calcite, datolite or prehnite, crystals range from tiny ones epimorphing dissolved anhydrite (forming sparkling columns to a several cm long) to prismatic ones to 15 cm. Cumberland habit crystals typcially up to 1-2 cm found in groups or singly.
Quartz var. Amethyst
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Milky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
References:
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
References:
'Stilbite Subgroup'
Formula: M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
Stilpnomelane
Formula: (K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
References:

Gallery:

AB4[Si8O22]X · 8H2O 'Apophyllite Group'
Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH) Babingtonite
K(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)27 'Chalcodite'
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 Chrysocolla
CaB(SiO4)(OH) Datolite
(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) Epidote
KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 Prehnite
Ca2XZ2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A 'Pumpellyite Group'
(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O Stilpnomelane

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.α-Fe3+O(OH)
Hematite
var. Iron Rose
4.CB.05Fe2O3
4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz
var. Amethyst
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Milky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anhydrite ?7.AD.30CaSO4
Celestine7.AD.35SrSO4
Baryte ?7.AD.35BaSO4
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
var. Selenite7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Datolite9.AJ.20CaB(SiO4)(OH)
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Babingtonite9.DK.05Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Prehnite9.DP.20Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Fluorapophyllite-(K)9.EA.15KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O
Chrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
'Chalcodite'9.EG.40K(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)27
Stilpnomelane9.EG.40(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
Unclassified
'Manganese Oxides'-
'Pumpellyite Group'-Ca2XZ2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
'Apophyllite Group'-AB4[Si8O22]X · 8H2O
'Stilbite Subgroup'-M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
'Manganese Oxides
var. Manganese Dendrites'
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'Petroleum
var. Albertite'
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'var. Bitumen'-
'Chlorite Group'-
'Pumpellyite Subgroup'-Ca2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
'Julgoldite Subgroup' ?-Ca2XFe3+2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Apophyllite GroupAB4[Si8O22]X · 8H2O
H BabingtoniteCa2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
H ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
H DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Fluorapophyllite-(K)KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O
H Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
H PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
H Pumpellyite SubgroupCa2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
H Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
H Stilpnomelane(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
H Gypsum var. SeleniteCaSO4 · 2H2O
H Pumpellyite GroupCa2XZ2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
H ChalcoditeK(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)27
H Julgoldite SubgroupCa2XFe23+[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
BBoron
B DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C CalciteCaCO3
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
O AnhydriteCaSO4
O Apophyllite GroupAB4[Si8O22]X · 8H2O
O AragoniteCaCO3
O BabingtoniteCa2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O CelestineSrSO4
O ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
O DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O Fluorapophyllite-(K)KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O
O Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O HematiteFe2O3
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
O Pumpellyite SubgroupCa2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
O QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
O Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
O Stilpnomelane(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
O Gypsum var. SeleniteCaSO4 · 2H2O
O Quartz var. Milky QuartzSiO2
O Hematite var. Iron RoseFe2O3
O Pumpellyite GroupCa2XZ2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
O ChalcoditeK(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)27
O Julgoldite SubgroupCa2XFe23+[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
FFluorine
F Fluorapophyllite-(K)KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O
F FluoriteCaF2
NaSodium
Na Stilpnomelane(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
MgMagnesium
Mg Stilpnomelane(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
Mg ChalcoditeK(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)27
AlAluminium
Al ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Al Pumpellyite SubgroupCa2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
Al Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
Al Stilpnomelane(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
Al ChalcoditeK(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)27
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
Si Apophyllite GroupAB4[Si8O22]X · 8H2O
Si BabingtoniteCa2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Si ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Si DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si Fluorapophyllite-(K)KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O
Si PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Si Pumpellyite SubgroupCa2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Si Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
Si Stilpnomelane(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
Si Quartz var. Milky QuartzSiO2
Si Pumpellyite GroupCa2XZ2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
Si ChalcoditeK(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)27
Si Julgoldite SubgroupCa2XFe23+[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
SSulfur
S AnhydriteCaSO4
S BaryteBaSO4
S CelestineSrSO4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
S Gypsum var. SeleniteCaSO4 · 2H2O
KPotassium
K Fluorapophyllite-(K)KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O
K Stilpnomelane(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
K ChalcoditeK(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)27
CaCalcium
Ca AnhydriteCaSO4
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca BabingtoniteCa2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca Fluorapophyllite-(K)KCa4(Si8O20)(F,OH) · 8H2O
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Ca Pumpellyite SubgroupCa2XAl2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
Ca Stilpnomelane(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
Ca Gypsum var. SeleniteCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca Pumpellyite GroupCa2XZ2[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
Ca Julgoldite SubgroupCa2XFe23+[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
MnManganese
Mn BabingtoniteCa2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
FeIron
Fe BabingtoniteCa2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe Stilpnomelane(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36 · nH2O
Fe Hematite var. Iron RoseFe2O3
Fe ChalcoditeK(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)27
Fe Julgoldite SubgroupCa2XFe23+[Si2O6(OH)][SiO4](OH)2A
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
SrStrontium
Sr CelestineSrSO4
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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