| Locality type: | Outcrop |
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| Species: | Bismuthinite |
| Formula: | Bi2S3 |
| Comments: | A few slender crystals of this species have been detected (Shepard 1837) |
| Habit: | elongated, slender |
| Colour: | metallic |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Bismuthinite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Chrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 660293 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:660293:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | f0b05583-3181-4243-8652-c1df1bd2ae1a |
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| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘTimms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘRock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.0km (1.8 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘHewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘLong Hill prospects (Turkey Hill prospects), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.2km (3.2 miles) | ⓘWorth and Selden Quarries (Victoria Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.0km (4.3 miles) | ⓘSlocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.2km (6.3 miles) | ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.4km (8.4 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.9km (8.6 miles) | ⓘPelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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 | | 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 |  | | 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) | | pegmatite in New York is at Bedford in Westchester County. Its complex zoning and mineralogy are approached...by the pegmatite at Batchellerville in Saratoga County. The McLear pegmatite in the St. Lawrence Lowlands...associated with beryl at Bedford (Pough 1936). Bismuthinite, Bi2S3, is a notable and unique occurrence in...and Kinkel quarries (Black 1948; Tan 1966). Bismuthinite appears as gray crystals (to 1 cm long), with...with a metallic luster and foliated texture. Chrysoberyl, BeAl2O4, occurs at two main localities in New |  | | Report (edition) | | CHAPTER l. INTRODUCTION . . . . .I .I Format of locality descriptions How to use the maps . . . . . . ...11 11 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 CHAPTER 3. MINERAL LOCALITY DESCRIPTIONS AND MAPS . . 21 CHAPTER 4. CHECKLIST...INDEX . . .. . .. . . 105 105 106 Locality index (by town) Locality index (by name of site) . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...CleaveIand's portrait. As istance in identifying locality photographs and supplying other information was' |  | | 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 |
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