 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization |  | | Book (edition) | | THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State............. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Connecticut Gems & Gem Minerals A variety of Connecticut's beautiful gemstones are represented in East...sought as gemstones. I n earlier years, several Connecticut lo calities were successfully mined for gem...included the Gillette quarry (elbaite), Roe bling mine (beryl), and Slocum quarry (beryl). Harte (1944)...(1944) states that "Connecticut has produced a very considerable number of gem stones in the semi-precious...Gillette and Strickland, famous for their tourmalines." Most gem-quality minerals from Connecticut surfaced |  | | Report (volume) | | Pegmatites of the Middletown Area Connecticut GEOLOGICAL SU R V EY BULLETIN This report concerns work...GEOLOGY PEGMATITES OF THE MIDDLETOWN AREA, CONNECTICUT By FREDERICK STUGARD, JR. ABSTRACT The pegmatites...pegmatites of the Middletown area in Connecticut have been mined almost continuously for feldspar and muscovite...morphic and .igneous.rock units in the area near Great Hill. .The pegmatites are composed essentially of perthite...similar to the main part of the body. This type of pegmatite is of limited economic value. About 25 percent |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1937 . . CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1937 Chips from the Quarry ......................................................................... Minerals of the Strickland Quarry. By Peter Zodac ........................ Wesleyan...Members ............ Some Mineral Localities Near Portland, Conn. .................................... The...Auoc:iatlon 130 ROCKS and MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY (Formerly the Bulletin Board) A NEW LAPIDARY MACHINE...ASSOOIATIO!II }8 WHOLE No. 70 MINERALS OF THE STRICKLAND QUARRY By PETER ZODAC Editor "Rocks and Minerals" |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular...aquamarine, and to a lesser extent heliodor, morganite, bixbite (red beryl), and goshenite, are particularly...Show, morganite, the pink variety of beryl, so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has...column, the first being emerald (Cook 1993). Morganite is, of course, typically described as pink in...often taken with respect to what is considered morganite so that even orange-colored (apricot or salmon) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE PARAGENESIS OF THE WALDEN PEGMATITE, PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT (PART III) (Continued from last issue)...Weber, Mamaroneck, N. Y. Quartz in soda-lithium pegmatite is generally much less abundant than the cleavelandite...body in the Walden pegmatite appears to be: first, caesium beryl, either morganite or gashenite, or both...inter-grown with c/eavelandite Irom the Walden Quarry, Poriland, Conn"ecticut. ROCKS AND MINERALS 595...have penetrated into exposed areas in the Walden pegmatite, chiefly along fractures. They have caused some |  | | Report (issue) | | Alexander Falster, pegmatite specialists from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown...page 22). These include aquamarine, red beryl, morganite, emerald, goshenite, and heliodor. Known for millennia...pegmatites. Most ore beryl occurs in massive pegmatite zones where crystals may reach considerable size... aquamarine and morganite, can be found adjacent to the core margin of the pegmatite and in Suggested...crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | QUARRIES AND MINERALS OF SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT. J. H. Betts, 215 W. 98th St., #2F, New York...locations is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South Glastonbury, Connecticut. This region was exploited...Mid196 ROCKS 81MINERALS dletown-Portland, Connecticut, pegmatite district. They are found in South...Glastonbury, about 5 miles north-northeast of Portland, just east of Route 17. The area is roughly triangular...the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | up to 880 carats were mined from one Brazilian pegmatite. Ideally, spodumene is LiAlSi,O,. Some analyses...the Harding mine in Taos County, New Mexico; the enormous Bernic Lake pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada; Bikita...Androscoggin County; Georgetown, Sagadoho County; and Andover and Newry, Oxford County, Maine. Purple...for cabachons was found near Lithia in Hampshire County, Massachussetts. Small fragments of pale purple...have been reported from the Strickland quarry, Middlesex County, Connecticut. One of the more intriguing |  | | Book | | had access to many quarries in the state of Connecticut. Gem-quality tourmaline crystals had been found...like this piece, as most of the fluorites from the quarry are green, and this one is truly atypical. After...and dealer. Today, in 2008, the only place in Connecticut where such finds can be easily collected is Green’s...COVER: gold on quartz, 4.5 inches tall, Placer County, California Dedication This book is dedicated...Group, Inc., 650 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA, www.maplegatemedia.com Library of Congress Control |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES DAVID M. SEAMAN American Museum of Natural History, New York...found in all types of pegmatite from the common granite type to the lithium pegmatite. Many localities have...crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other large...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3...School Section pegmatite of Fremont county, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS Maine, Connecticut, and California |  | | Book (edition) | | topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for...grained that its as well as in Brazil their pegmatite gems. same material as granite, but so fine...material either gravel pits, feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float"...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collect a few specimens. "The locality is the Jeffrey quarry located 1/2 mile outside North Little Rock city...city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated July 31, 1963 from Richard Purifoy,...platy selenite xls. Very interesting specimens. CONNECTICUT — "I am sending two quartz xl specimens found...sale by Horace W . Slocum, 625 No. Wilson St., Rock Hill, S. C. Along with the price list was his letter...letter dated Aug. 10, 1963, from Miss Florence Strickland. ILLINOIS — "Here are some tiny, doubly terminated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A Checklist Minerals of Connecticut Although perhaps best known for its garnet, chalcocite, and tourmaline...tourmaline, Connecticut also boasts many other mineral species. BRUCEJARNOT R O . B o x 627 M a r t i n...e , N e w J e r s e y 08836 T he study of Connecticut minerals has enjoyed a long peri od of attention...reviews of this mineral list. Dr. Bruce Jarnot, a Connecticut native, has avidly collected both minerals and...collections of Connecticut gems and minerals in existence. 386 R O C K S & MINERALS Two Connecticut localities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "CESIUM" AND THE STi iTE OF "CONNECTICUT" By B E R N A R D W . JOHNSON 1 6 W a d s w o r t h S t . ,...there is a rare type known as a L I T H I U M PEGMATITE and here within this type is where cesium is found...lithium pegmatites include: Beryl: Aquamarine, Morganite (pink), yellow, white. ROCKS AND MINERALS Tourmaline:...exploring a lithium pegmatite. Pollucite has been found in very small traces in the old STRICKLAND QUAR R Y in...in Portland, Connecticut. It has also been found in small traces in the BRANCHVILLE QUARRY, BranchviUe |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | traces compared with Maine, California, and Connecticut deposits, though Quebec had O:1e pegma- Black...East and South of Middletown, Conn., along the Connecticut River for approximately 15 miles, lies the second...second important New England tourmaline bearing pegmatite series. Discovered at the end of the last century...dozen important finds. At the well known Strickland Quarry, over 100 minerals, including pollucite, purple...among the crystals of topaz, bi-color beryl, morganite, and columbite, were found clusters of erneralite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...States (from Thurston 1955). Essentially all pegmatite districts contain some aquamarine. Volume 68,...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...8 cm long), Blue Lady mine, Aquanga, San Diego County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | I; X Contents for August, 1947 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................714 NORTH JERSEY MINERAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP TO CONNECTICUT. By K atherine B . Kanth ......................·························731 REMINISCING ON COLLINS HILL, CONN. By David H . Seaman ................... A. 702 R OCKS AND MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY NORTHWEST FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES CONVENTION...oilwell located 5 miles north of Fort Cobb, in Caddo County, of western Oklahoma, reached a depth of 17,823 |  | | Book | | Stories in Stone Early Connecticut Silver, 1700–1840 by Peter Bohan and Philip Hammerslough Introduction...Starr Stories in Stone How Geology Influenced Connecticut History and Culture by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer...Boer Stories in Stone How Geology Influenced Connecticut History and Culture Jelle Zeilinga de Boer ...978–0-8195–6891–5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Geology—Connecticut. I. Title. qe93.z45 2009 557.46—dc22 2009011073...Sidebar: Gems in Quarry Tailings Sidebar: Other Historic Quarries and Mines in Connecticut 4. Settlers and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rhodochrosite on sulfides, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...November/December: Copper, Cliff mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum specimen...Manganese-BariumMineral Locality in Northern Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 320-25 Behierite, Wisconsin, 170 Beudantite...J., Minerals of the Granite Gap Mines, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, 298-305 Biotite, Wisconsin, 173 Bitumen...Mineralogy Chile, luanheite, 120-22 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5-7, 85-87, 149,213-15,293-95,373-75 |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: the G illette quarry, Haddam Neck, Connecticut .................................... San Mateo, CA 94403 (415-345-6228). HARDING PEGMATITE CATALOG The University of New Mexico Geology Museum...and archival material related to the Harding pegmatite in north-central New Mexico. This well-known collecting...suites of samples from specific zones within the pegmatite; a variety of analytical data have been obtained...Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36) Tuolumne County; 2.54 cm, 1.9 cm (39) Seaton mine, Amador County; 12.07 cm |  | | Book | | ponents feldspar, quartz and mica it is known as pegmatite. Most of our metals and gems come from the liquids...process. In a sense this is the opposite of the pegmatite formation because here rain water carries decomposed...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...basic types of rock or to become familiar with pegmatite formations. 4. Visit repeatedly one of the nearest...than emerald are aqua¬ marine, heliodor and morganite. As with rubies and sapphires, these stones share |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |
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Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA