 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo.... July/August: Beryl, variety aquamarine, with schorl and albite, variety cleavelandite, 49er Pocket,... Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Bill Larson specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with molybdenite crystals at Cleator in Yavapai County. The hexagonal crystals are found frozen in quartz...minium crystals. Connecticut Thomaston Figure 1: Molybdenite, Cleator, Yavapai County, Arizona. California...Laporte, Indiana. "Regarding the Thomaston, Connecticut, report in the November/December 1986 Rocks &...terminated 3-5-cm labradorite crystals in Clark County. Maine Crandallite Crandallite was once reported...fairfieldite. 504 ROCKS & MINERALS Dana Morong of Durham sends in the following report: " A s I live not |  | | Book | | of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...CUMBERLAND DERBYSHIRE DEVONSHIRE 55 56 DORSETSHIRE DURHAM 60 ESSEX 61 61 62 62 62 63 60 GLOUCESTERSHIRE...KENT LANCASHIRE LEICESTERSHIRE LINCOLNSHIRE MIDDLESEX MONMOUTHSHIRE NORFOLK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORTHUMBERLAND...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARIZONA—"Under separate cover 1 am sending you another Yuma County mineral. Look it over as it is a most interesting...my name in R&M. Was glad to send him some Yuma County specimens. That Novice Column is a very nice gesture...expect to see any more tourmaline except the black schorl which is common all over the countryside. "Several...so I cannot orient the manner of deposition." CONNECTICUT — The following item, dated Sept. 8, 1954, was...sooner—too many items have been sent in for Connecticut. The item reads: 142 "A few weeks ago, while |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Rockford to collect beryl, black tourmaline (schorl) and smokey quartz. Pick, shovel, hard hat and...Ames Bixeman and Olin Lewis of the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society, Lake Wales, presented...visible length of petrified wood." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, are continuing...Gem Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, visited the Medford quarry near Westminster...JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1976 to the Pierrepont area produced schorl, tourmaline (green), mica, pyrite, uralite and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | covered water reservoir at the right side tourmaline (schorl) and radiating brownof the road, and next to this...contrasting sharply with the white quartz matrix. The schorl crystals are slender and of various sizes. Occasionally...grained 4«A«I Quarts-perthite-cleavelandite- tt*» Schorl pegmatite,coarse grained + + •» '•• + Pegmatite...other minerals, is intimately associated with the schorl, often in parallel growth. The samarskite crystals...found in the form of thorn-like cones implanted on schorl crystals. These masses of di326 vergent radiating |  | | Catalog/List | | tlB.50. 30. BARITE. Magma Mine,Superior,Arizona,USA. Several tabular,yellow BJrite ::tls distributed... 49. BROOKITE. Moses Hill,Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA. 3 matrix free tabular,black xtls with striated faces...8mm. L6 each. 50. CALCITE.Andersons Mine,Indiana,USA. Interesting lucent amber coloured,euhedral twin...Nice 68. CELESTITE/BLENDE/CALCITE. Clay City,0hio,USA. Ruby red Sphalerite xtls to 10mm and as aggregates...Attractlve. LC,t8. 103, DOLOHlTE. Treece,Arkansas,USA. Excellent pink,vell-terminated xtls silowing textbook |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*, Cathleen D. Brown Department of...prominent NE–SW trending unit that extends from Connecticut to New Brunswick, Canada and occupies much of...Vermont, NY – New York, MA – Massachusetts, CT – Connecticut, RI – Rhode Island. Map modified after Brown...margins of quartz-rich pods. Black tourmaline (schorl–dravite) and almandine-rich garnet are common accessory...and amethyst may also occur. Tourmaline (dravite, schorl and foitite), almandine and spessartine garnet |  | | Catalog/List | | CHLORARGYRITE. Defiance Mine, Darwin, California, USA. Nice sharp modified cubic xls of chlorargyrite to...FLUORITE and CHALCOPYRITE. Denton Mine, Illinois, USA. Seven intergrown cubic xls to 30mm of a dark purple...FLUORITE. Rogerly Quarry, Stanhope, Weardale, Co. Durham. A nice group of about ten green cubic xls to 10mm...Tunnel, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA. A shallow cavity in matrix showing quartz with crude...10x10x16mm. £25. 41) SCHORL, APATITE and ALBITE. Dassu, Skardu, Pakistan. A 25mm black schorl xl intergrown |  | | Catalog/List | | CHLORARGYRITE. Defiance Mine, Darwin, California, USA. Nice sharp modified cubic xls of chlorargyrite to...FLUORITE and CHALCOPYRITE. Denton Mine, Illinois, USA. Seven intergrown cubic xls to 30mm of a dark purple...FLUORITE. Rogerly Quarry, Stanhope, Weardale, Co. Durham. A nice group of about ten green cubic xls to 10mm...Tunnel, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA. A shallow cavity in matrix showing quartz with crude...10x10x16mm. £25. 41) SCHORL, APATITE and ALBITE. Dassu, Skardu, Pakistan. A 25mm black schorl xl intergrown |  | | Catalog/List | | most much smaller. 70x30x40mm. £30. 2) APATITE, SCHORL, FELDSPAR and QUARTZ. Luxulyan, Cornwall. A 40x40mm...ironstained feldspar and quartz xls to 20mm and a I 5nun schorl xl. The apatite spans between the matrix and a...9) CALCITE on FLUORITE. Cave-i n -Rock, lllinois, USA. An intergrown group of purple cubic fluorite xls...xls to 4mm. 60x55x30mm. £22. IO) CASSJTERlTE and SCHORL. Balleswidden Mine, St Just, Cornwall. A good heavy...cassiterite xls to 2mm intergro1�n with the odd schorl needle to I0mm. 50x50x35mm. £65. 11) CASSITERITE |  | | Catalog/List | | xtls, 1. AHAZO!IITE/MORION. Pikes Peak,Colorado,USA. Typical Feldspar/Quartz pcgmatitic matrix fragment...vlth small area or velvety,radlal 13.00. Hine,Utah,USA. Small blue crystalline Malachlte. lOxlOxlOmm. 26...00. 28. BARITE/CALCITE. Sterllng,Logan County,Colorado,USA. A Dana classic spcclmcn shoving pale grcy...Frizlngton,Cumbria. Pleasant little re-import from USA of a North Drltlsh classlc. Pale blue,gemmy,transparent...L20.00. Jl. DARITE. ~oble,Cleveland Co,Oklaho~a,USA. Attractlve,red-brovn af crystalllne plates vhlch |  | | Catalog/List | | i.2<. FUOUTE. cambo!ceels hn~, W2J.rd~12, Co Durham, Intergrown group of yellmr cubic xls to 18mm showing...æALCOPYRITElu'\JD CALCITE. D2nton Min2, Cav2 in Rock, Illinois, USA Niæ group of skeletal purpl8 cubic xls to 22mn p2...black bronze Cr.1mbok22ls Mine, Weardc1.l2, Co Durham. Pale ;recn partly cc... SPHALERITE 0N GALENA Elim,OQd Mine. Tennessee, USA. •Group of three sharp cubic galena Xls, the larg2st...S'TRCNl'IÅNITE.Min2rva No 1 Mine, Cc:1vein Rock, Ill., USA. Pale purple cubic fluorite xls and rretrix 2'lrnost |  | | Catalog/List | | Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The Knipe, S. Scotland Masson Hill, Derbyshire...Nenthead A3 A3 A3 £3 £1.50 £2 Haxis, Arizona, USA A3 £1 A3 A3 £1 £3 A3 A3 A3 A3 £1 £1 £1 £1.50...Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais Brazil Pyrrhotite Pitcher, Oklahoma, USA Chalcopyrite on Dolomite...Belstone Qy, Devon Arsenopyrite & Garnet Colarado, USA Covellite & Chalcopyrite Whitesmiths Mine, Strontian...Wales A7 A7 £2 75p Utah, USA Cornwall (Fisher) Arkansas, US.A Georqia, USA Gunheath, Cornwall (Weller) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | favorite collecting spots. (Sgd.) Vernon Wertz. CONNECTICUT Mrs. Peg Marble, President of the Worcester...Tourmaline Lo cality. The results: Black Tourmaline (schorl), feldspar crystals and garnets. ROCKS AND MINERALS...the Gen, Lapidary and Gem Society of Mont gomery County, Rockville The art ist, whose signature does not...the Geological History of Maryland The Frederick County Gem and Mineral Club, Freder ick, held a panel...TENNESSEE The Chattanooga Geology Club and the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club (Georgia), made a joint field |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NORTH CAROLINA By W M . J. FURBISH Duke University Durham, North Carolina ^7706 Recent work on the mineralogy...would indicate a composition slightly toward the schorl end of the schorldravite series. Besides the basic...the Hillsborough tourmaline contains more of the schorl molecule. Small, very well crystallized forms of...association with iron-saturated minerals would indicate a schorl ROCKS AND MINERALS composition. X-ray diffractograms...would like to express his thanks to M. A. Smyre of Durham, North Carolina, for graciously supplying material |  | | Book | | Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson |  | | Book | | of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...Bath. MAINE. BOWDOIN. Schorl, common, very abundant. (C.) BOWDOINHAM. Schorl, very large, perfect,...in beds. Mica, sometimes very beautiful green, Schorl, black, masses sometimes contain fragments of quartz...Graphite, in a friable granite. (C.) GARDINER. Schorl, very abundant. (C.) GEORGETOWN. Made, in small...GREENWOOD. Graphite, 6 m. from Paris Court House. (C.) Schorl, with graphite. HARPSWELL. Staurotide, in mica |  | | Catalog/List | | clove-brown Axinites. LC,£6. AGATE VAR THUNDER EGG. Oregon,USA. Large,polished h alf-geode shov ing scarlet and...colour, TN,£65. 11. ANATASE. Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA. Perfect,off-matrix,cube-octahedral 4mm xtl. Boxed...£4. 12W. ANDRADITE GARNET. San Benito County,California,USA. Ex George Holl oway collection. Single...; bubbly Goethite. SC,£20. ANTHOPHYLLITE. Connecticut,USA. l�hite,crystalline matrix veined with long...green-black,laminate cryst.ils. SC,£4. APATITE. Renfrew County,Ontario,Canada. Large,hexagonal crystal scc tion(80x20mm |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (5.3 cm). Figure 13: Silver, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan (11 cm). A photograph of this specimen...Soapstone quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Figure 50: Colorless spinel twin...cm). Figure 59: Black schorl crystal on microcline, Haddem Neck, Connecticut (9 cm). 1 Figure 58:...chalcopyrite crystals. Boltsburn mine, Rookhope, Weardale, Durham, England (14 cm). Figure 71: Wire silver from...wulfenite crystals from the Glove mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona (12.5 cm). ' • .IT- . -* Figure 87: |  | | Journal (issue) | | twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan Root...5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino County, California (#1869). Jerry Cone photo. Aurichalcite...sphalerite, 20 cm, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Paul Bordovsky photo. Wire silver...silver, 7.5 cm, from the Hongda mine, Lingqiu County, Shanxi, China. Paul Bordovsky photo. Calcite, 9 cm, |  | | 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 |
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Unnamed pegmatites, Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA