| | 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............. | | | Book | CONNECTICUT mmES MINERALS V Tourmaline Crystal from Haddam, Connecticut John Hiller, Jr. Hillers CryctaLShop...- CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS K c^oi c3— A r CONNECTICUT MINES AND MINERALS published privately l i...Shelton, Connecticut I DEDICATION This book is dedicated to the mineral clubs of Connecticut, Continued...1971, John Hiller, Jr, 3 Peters Lane Shelton, Connecticut II CONTENTS 3. 5, l i 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11...24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Connecticut Mineral Clubs Cleaning and Trimming Oxalic Acid | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Begun in 1957, construction on the Thomaston Dam ex posed dozens of mineral spe cies to make this a...England collecting locality. The Thomaston Dam Site Thomaston, Connecticut Figure 1: Overhead view of the...Nichols Street Fairfield, Connecticut 06430 THOMASTON, L I T C H F I E L D COUNTY, CONNECT I C U T , is...the west central part of the state, where the Thomaston flood control dam, about a mile north of the town...town, spans the Naugatuck River valley. Whereas Thomaston was well known as the seat of the Seth Thomas | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | from Georgia. Jan.-Feb., p. 20 sonite in Humboldt County, Nevada. Bolick, Glenn R. How to Cover Showcase...Take Along. May p. 185; The Dubeski, Bernard M. Kyanite, Fuchsite. Quality of Mineral Specimens. JulyJuly-Aug...Conejos County, Colorado. Oct., p. 394 Molon, Joseph. Minerals from Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Connecticut...Schrader, Ed. L . Analcime and Thompsonite in Humboldt County, Nevada. JulyAug., p. 283 Seaman, David M. Color...Conejos County, Colorado. Richard S. Mitchell. Oct., p. 394 Connecticut—Minerals From Thomaston Dam, Thomaston | | | Book (edition) | CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD KYANITE LAZULITE t^^*l IDOCRASE lOLITE k:^ RUBY /^^...topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for...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...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^ | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Kyanite Downloaded by [Laurentian University] at 02:10...times quite beautiful rock-forming minerals is kyanite. It is one of a triad of aluminosilicates that...and described from many hundreds of localities, kyanite is particularly well known as a valuable industrial...especially familiar to collectors because the kyanite-rich “quartzite” once exploited at Graves Mountain...2008). Surprisingly attractive, reasonably priced kyanite specimens are traditionally available from several | | | Report (volume) | correlations between western Massachusetts and Connecticut are suggested UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...quadrangle ------------------------------------Thomaston quadrangle -------------------------------------Bristol...recent mapping in the eastern part of western Connecticut. The Hoosac Formation, the Rowe Schist, and the...of units west of the domes. In the Torrington, Thomaston, and Waterbury quadrangles mapped by C. W. Martin...ENGLAND that has been mapped northward from Thomaston into Unit II of the Hartland Formation in the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Co.) Colo. CONNECTICUT — "About a year ago I had an opportunity to visit the famous Thomaston Dam site...site at Thomaston (Litchfield Co.), Conn., where I found a specimen of blue kyanite in quartz on the face... N. Y. (an authority on Thomaston minerals) who said it was the best kyanite he ever saw from the locality...confirmation of my guess as to the rock I found in Marion County, Florida. "I say it's jasper, flint and agate....From Idaho wilderness area near Stanley in Blaine County, Idaho. Some of these come in very large xls." | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | apophyllite—see fluorapophyllite aragonite—Jim Pond, Thomaston arfvedsonite—York ((argentite))^see acanthite...MINERALS calcite—many locations cancrinite—Gardiner, Litchfield, West Gardiner ((carnotite)) cassiterite—many...Machiasport, Mount Vernon, New Limerick, Phipps burg, Thomaston, Union, Vienna, 2R5 dravite-Blue Hill, Newry(...gypsum—Oakland, Skowhegan halloysite—Rockland, Thomaston hatchettolite—see pyrochlore hematite—many locations...)—Stoneham New York Herkimer "Diamonds" Herkimer County is well known for its quartz crystals, some of | | | Report (issue) | Number 59 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE THOMASTON QUADRANGLE, GEORGIA By James Wood Clarke ATLANTA...No. 59, "Geology and Mineral Resources of the Thomaston Quadrangle, Georgia" by Dr. James Wood Clarke...and the report covers in detail the area of the Thomaston quadrangle, about 250 square miles. The report...quarry sites, graphite, iron ore, sand and gravel, kyanite, springs, and recreational areas. Respectfully...weathering of charnockitic rock in the Public Park of Thomaston ------------------------------~-----39 Fig. 10 | | | Report (edition) | much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...of dark-red almandine (garnet), ~hite to blue kyanite, gray or pink andalusite, or brown staurolite....abundant in the Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming...igneous rocks. An outstanding example is the Litchfield area, where there is a type of syenite rock known | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Aragonite, 236 Bald Knob Manganese Deposit, Allegheny County, North Carolina, W. B . Sim mons, Jr., 130 Barite...Columbia, Yukon Territory, 9; rutile, Hastings County, 284 Canfield, F . A . , 232 Canfieldite, 233 Caryopilite...267 Coming Events, 40, 144, 199, 249, 296 Connecticut, Thomaston Dam site, 119 Copiapite, 180 Coquimbite...172 Dietrich, R. V., Lone Jack Quarry, Rockbridge County, Virginia, 157 Dinosaurs, 71, 174 Diopside, 238...Pegmatites, Crystal Mountain District, Larimer County, Colorado, 219 Jade, Gold, and Topaz from the Cassiar | | | Report (volume) | Bristol Quadrangle, Hqrtforct litchfield, and New ~Haven Countie&, Connecticut U.S. G EO LOG I CAL SURVEY...3 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Bedrock...Bristol Quadrangle, Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties, Connecticut By HOWARD E. SIMPSON Prepared...Prepared in cooperation with the State of Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Metamorphosed...Bristol Quadrangle, Hartford, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties, Connecticut. (U.S. Geological Survey bulletin; | | | Book (volume) | greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...gem-producing areas in the United States, admittedly. Connecticut has produced a few tourmalines, aquamarines,...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...arranged alphabetically: P. B. Goodsell, Hartford, Connecticut, 44 p. Hentschel, G., 1983, Die mineralien der | | | Journal (issue) | Mayo Atlanta, Georgia Neal Yedlin New Haven, Connecticut Rocks& Minerals Official magazine of the Eastern...Stones S. L. Godshalk Minerals from Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Connecticut Joseph Molon Peter Zodac FEATURES...publication of the Tuscarora Lapidary Society, Delaware County, Penn sylvania 446 ROCKS AND MINERALS Can be...93555 447 r z o K _ CO 2<5 co O Q -----THOMASTON DAM Q < O UJ z cc Q UJ > CC de ...COLLECTOR'S CORNER MINERALS FROM THE THOMASTON DAM, THOMASTON, CONNECTICUT By JOSEPH MOLON 84th Arty Det APO | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | club The Calhoun County Rock and Mineral Club, Jacksonville, in vaded Cleburne County for some excel...excel lent specimens of kyanite and mica. A recent program, "Abstract Art in Rocks", by Prof. McCleur, was...through the carefully kept pictorial record. CONNECTICUT The Stamford Museum Mineralogical Society held...successful auction of spe cimens for members Thomaston Dam produced fine micro specimens of wurtzite...of Stamford recount the Geological History of Connecticut. DELAWARE The Delaware Mineralogical Society | | | Catalog/List | 2x3-50C, 3x4-$1.00, 50C/lb. ANTHOPHYLLITE - S. Thomaston, Maine - gray fibrous mas ses with quartz - l"-5c... lxl-50c, about lxlxl-75c ARSENOPYRITE - S. Thomaston, Maine - rich Xne. & massive with some quartz...2x3-40c, 3x3-65c, 3x4-$1.00, 35c/1b. CALCITE - Thomaston, Maine - pure gray to white cleav able masses...CALCIUM LARSENITE - see ESPERITE 5 CANCRINITE - Litchfield, Maine - yellow masses rich in Syenite - 111...2x2-$1.50, 2x3-$2.50, about 3x3-$4.50, $6.00/lb. KYANITE - Windham, Maine - top quality clean colorful light | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...district—Standridge property, about 7.0 km east of Lula: kyanite, sericite, vermiculite (Furcron, 1960c). Maysville | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | CONNECTICUT ROCKS AT LUTZ By MRS. FRED SWEET 42 N. School St., Manchester, Conn. When the Lutz Junion...geographical location of minerals common to Connecticut. Mr. Sweet used a display case donated by a leading...background for the exhibit. He obtained a County map of Connecticut which he glued to a sheet of Vi" plywood...presses a button to see where mineral is found in Connecticut 124 ROCKS AND MINERALS The samples are of...corresponding quarries and locations (all in Connecticut) shown on this exhibit follow: Barite Basalt | | | Book (volume) | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | blue, purple Azurite - purple Malachite - green Kyanite - blue, brown Rutile - reddish-brown Staurolite...was reported in 1843 at Williams Ferry in Hall County by Dr. Stevenson while panning for gold. The stone...several years. Other diamonds have been found in Hall County, but the source rock has never been located. Whether...color. In 1887 a diamond was found in Clay ton County (now a part of Fulton), and a shaft was sink in...success. Finds have also been reported from Twiggs County below the fall line, where the stone is supposed | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Acord, editor, Stone Age, published bv the Lincoln County Gem and Mineral Society. Class V . Original articles...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince Georges County, and author of Tumble Polishing of Gem Stones....done! ( v . w . ) NEW YORK Welcome to the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, a new C l u b and...Syracuse to place a display case in the Onondaga County Savings and Loan bank in downtown Syracuse. Member...Fossils from St. Leonard, Maryland. — T h e Rockland County Min eral and Gem Society, Suffern, held a Show | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | been found at the Andrews quarry, Portland, Connecticut; with monazite crystals at 185th Street and the...New York City, N.Y. ; at the Dake mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; with tysonite in Cheyenne Canyon...Springs, Colorado; and with rutile in Alexander County, North Carolina. MONAZITE, is essentially a phosphate...half inches in size at the Dake mine in Mitchell County. It occurs also in crystals at the Ray mine near...Burnsville and the Ramsey mine near Toledo in Yancy County, North Carolina. Large masses of Monazite occurred | | | Report (issue) | THE MOUNT CARMEL AND SOUTHIJOTON QUADRAM3LES, CONNECTICUT by Crawford E. Fritts New data concerning the...approximately 111-square miles in south-central Connecticut were obtained in the course of detailed geologic...and kyanite zones here is approximately the mirror-image of metamorphic zones in Dutchess County, New...of rocks of pre-Triassic age, New Haven County, Connecticut oo.....«..».o.»».....o (Pocket) 2. ^ Analyses...Late Triassic (or younger) age, New Haven County, Connecticut ...... (Pocket) 3. Stability of minerals |
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Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA