 | | 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...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 as a guide...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen; Chip Clark photo. March/April: Quartz, Middleville, Herkimer County, New York. John C. Medici specimen...Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. Ronald E. Bentley specimen and photo. July/August: Quartz, H. deLinde No...No. 4 mine, High Peak, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Private collection; Ronald E. Bentley photo. September/October:...September/October: Barite, Otero County, Colorado. Dan and Dianne Kile specimen; John Muntyan photo. November/December:...Allanite, Arkansas, 316 Amethyst Scepters, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, W. A. Henderson, Jr. |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's Guide Gem Hunter...that opals were unlucky long unfashionable, and amethyst lost some of its made them when high status...to one another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with / 1 for |  | | Journal (issue) | | Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds............................................ 3 Connecticut ................................................................................. 5 Rose quartz locality pegmatite ........................................................ 6 Barrus Farm pegmatite locality, ...............................................Himalaya pegmatite, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California. Within a narrow pegmatite small anhe- |  | | Book (volume) | | enormous variety and wealth of locality information concerning quartz gemstones are recognized in a separate...which provides a quick method of referring to any locality in the book. JS: Arlington, Virginia. June,...Geological Survey of Canada, while specific Canadian locality information was supplied by Dr. Victor Ben Meen...Department of Conservation; and on the Four Peaks amethyst deposit in Arizona by Dr. F. W. Galbraith of the...photographs of the Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | afalster@mainemineralmuseum.org Muzo-habit Quartz Zigras Mine, Garland County, Arkansas Q uartz, the best known...anorthite, constitutes 39 percent of the crust. Quartz at 12 percent is tied with potassium feldspar (microcline...K-feldspar plus quartz), whereas oceans are underlain by basalts (plagioclase plus pyroxene), so quartz can be...considered a signature mineral of the continents! Quartz occurrences are so numerous that they cannot be...featured twice: rutile-included quartz (Cook 1996) and crystallized rose quartz (Clifford 2012). To support |  | | Journal (issue) | | interesting and unusual experience. Visitors to this locality should see Mr. Frank C. Hooper, superintendant...field of exploration, and h o p i n g that black quartz, maybe ?" someone at the college would be familiar...familiar Well, this was close enough for a with the locality, we continued to Canton, native and after receiving...visited, not commonly known, or which )edge of black quartz. No, it wasn't the the casual collector will not...workings at Gouverneur, place, and the so called quartz was a vein Fowler, Talcville and Edwards may be |  | | Journal (issue) | | CRYSTALLIZED MELANOTEKITE from an American locality . Only recorded locality in Sweden furnished simply massive...Aug . , 1898 , Am . Jour . Sc . ) A NEW AMERICAN LOCALITY for SCHEELITE , WOLFRAMITE and JAROSITE . The...is composed of pegmatite or coarse vein granite, quartz predominating, and rests directly on a convex surface...was made by G. M. Urban, Brooklyn, N. Y. II. Plainfield, N. J. — On July 4, a small band of the faithful...numerous oldest inhabitants. The quarries near Plainfield, N. J., were the object of this exploring tour |  | | Book (volume) | | Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . .............................................. 341 Neil A. Wintringham Maine Mineral Locality Index ..........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified...Bennett pegmatite, agreed to write about that locality. Carl Francis, curator of minerals and meteorites |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dolerite Province Agamenticus ? Massachusetts N Connecticut Rhode Island 0 Kilometers 20 40 60 80 100...outlined by composite ring dikes of porphyritic quartz syenite. The centers are typically composed of...Granite), alkali granite (Mount Osceola Granite), and quartz syenite porphyry (Eby, Kruger, and Creasy 1992)...plutons (183–155 Ma) and the Albany Porphyritic Quartz Syenite ring-dikes in the eastern portion of the...Miarolitic cavities containing crystals of smoky quartz and feldspar are locally abundant and are generally |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals of wendwilsonite. Although the exact locality was not on the original label, it is presumed...was confined to this mine and is also the type locality for it. The specimen is now preserved in a private...and only the second locality known after Tsumeb, Namibia which is the type locality. Aluminocopiapite was...cinnabar. An old label indicated the locality only as Sonoma County, California. However in view of it's...specimen Continued on page 4 2 Minernl News New Locality for Phosphophyllite Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter Pebble Beach Pegmatites Lake Buchanan, Llano County, Texas Art Smith 9118 Concho Str. Houston, Texas...Canine Road Marble Falls, Texas 78654 .7 l Llano County has long been known for its rare-earth granitic...year. Continued on page 6 l. • Figure 1. Smoky quartz crystals from Pebble Beach pegmatites; Art Smith...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 Mineral News E-mail:...not necessarily the opinions of Mineral News. Locality descriptions described in this publication are |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $3.00 The Rock Dam Gold Prospect A New Quartz Locality, Dickinson Co., Mich~g_an Shawn M. Carlson...Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of...the dominant exposed bedrock in this part of the county. Excavated near the tum of the 20th century, the...themselves are thoroughly unglamorous, yielding neither quartz crystals nor any noteworthy accessory minerals...prospects, Bayley (1904) states that, "some of these quartz veins contain small quantities of free gold, as |  | | 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............. |  | | Book | | AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...crystals of edingtonite were first found in 1978. The locality has yielded lustrous, tabular crystals of ilmenite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | amazonite, the many varieties and associations of quartz found throughout the state rank it as one of the...for about 750 known mineral species.* Of these, quartz is one of the most desirable from a collector's...100-Year Record (Eckel, 1961). 374 ROCKS & MINERALS Quartz was a familiar gemstone to many early Colorado...list of Colorado mineral localities (in cluding quartz) was included in Hollister's The Mines of Colorado...September/October 1991 375 field collector with many quartz localities to investigate. Michalski (1984) reviewed |  | | Report (issue) | | Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler © 2012 Lithographic...Lithographic, Ltd. PO Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 • Fax: 1.303.482.1238 W\\w...States of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo...collection, Jeff Scovil photo Title (facing) Page Amethyst mouse with gold tail, 130 grams, 6.3 cm wide Carved...Brazilian amethyst Private collection, Robert Weldon photo © 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Council recently dropped its mining claim on the quartz locality at Hanson Creek, Washington. Unfortunately... It proved t. all parlles involved, USFS, King County police, WSMC, an probably the other claimants,...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...not necessarily the opinions of Mineral News. Locality descriptions described in this publication are...are not permission to visit or trespass on the locality. The Mineral News has no paid authors, reporters |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FEATURED MINERAL AT THE 1987 TUCSON SHOW UBIQUITOUS QUARTZ R O B E R T W. J O N E S 3520 N . Rose Circle Drive...prevalence in so many environments, it can be Figure 1: Quartz from Madagascar. Tom McKee specimen; Robert Jones...fine quartz crystals, specimens and gems. Many of the more spectacular specimens will be quartz upon...gold. A n d the lapidary would be lost without quartz, both as a medium for practice while learning and...to show the importance of quartz, look at its impact on science. It was quartz that Nicolaus Steno studied |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Sceptered Quartz Localities Washington is well known for world-class specimens of quartz, many of which...for its specimens of quartz. These include some spectacular clusters of quartz crystals asso ciated...dravite, and high-quality colorless quartz scepters and amethyst scepters. On a worldwide basis fine-quality...of quartz are frequently found in some of the quartz deposits of western Washington. Good quartz crystals...sceptered crystals, are most common in the quartz localities in King County. Most de posits are in explosion |  | | Journal (issue) | | small black micro crystals of manganbabingtonite, quartz, calcite, datolite, and inesite (identity confirmed)...(8 cm) tall, and J5/g inches (4 cm) thick. The quartz from here can also be nice; I had one large clear...specimens belong. A more recent find involves a new locality for spessartine 1998 California Show at the Pomona...by a quantity of glistening '·Herkimer diamonds" quartz crystals, in which she specializes. Most of them...book; these are newly dug from the old classic locality, Morgabal, in Aveyron Department, France. Also |  | | Journal (issue) | | Spann collection; Tom Spann photo. Fluorite with quartz, 11 cm, from Fujian Province, China. Keith & Diane...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root photo. Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from...what I found was chert with occasional well-formed quartz crystals. I had an insatiable curiosity to know...5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino County, California (#1869). Jerry Cone photo. Aurichalcite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the most part, low hi11s,similar to those of Connecticut. Only the extreme northern and southern portions...an asbestos reserve of 25 million tons. At this locality the asbestos is associated with serpentine intrusive...thin, flat quartz veins, which occur in great profusion. These are associated with quartz porphyry dikes...similar interests. Their first work was in the topaz locality of the Thomas Range, Utah, where fine, deep-colored...rhyolite. Their important contribution at this locality was the discovery of an occurrence of pseudobrookite |  | | Book | | basis, since people take field t r i p s b y locality rather t h - o n a n alphabetical o r m i n e...streams and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones...rubies, sapphires, aquamarines, garnets, topaz, amethyst and golden beryl are among the historic gems of...hun dreds of dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic...enthusiastic family found and mined an amethyst deposit in South Carolina which is pro ducing many pounds of large |  | | Journal (issue) | | Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by...Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ..........................................California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality Index Committee Gypsum crystals from near Zaragoza...Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed...for the other pegmatite gem mines in San Diego County, the collapse o f the Chinese tourmaline market |
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Quartz locality, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA