 | | 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 (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) | | MINEBALOGICALSOCIETYOF AMERICA 51 STRICKLAND'S QUARRY, PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT EAR,L V. SHANNON U. S. Nat;ional Museum...Undoubtedly the best pegmatite locality at presenbbeing operated in Connecticut, from the standpoint...standpoint of the mineralogist, is Strickland's quarry in Portland. This interesting quaruy is easily accessible...slope of Collins Hill, about 4 kilometers (2llmlles) northeast of Portland Station. Collins Hill is indicated...way to reach the quarry is to go to Middletown, board a trolley car marked Portland, and ride to the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS FROM 1 CONNECTICUT HILL By Richard Schooner P. O. Box 215 East Hampton, Conn. Collins Hill, in the...the town of Portland, undoubtedly represents the most remarkably mineralized area, of its size, in southern...southern New England. The hill is not especially large, but several different formtions are present, and...has been done on the giant pegmatite at the summit. The Strickland Quarry is enormous, consisting of...treats it as a northern continuation of the Strickland Quarry. The accompanying map should furnish whatever |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OCCURRENCE OF' RHODONITE WILBUR G. FOYE Weskyan Uniuerdty The granite pegmatitesof Connecticut have yielded...Middletown and portlandespeciallythe Strickland quarry, Collins Hill, portland- have produced a goodly number...1 Rice and Gregory, Manual of the Geology of Connecticut, Ct. Geol. Nat. Hist. Suruey, Bull,6,73; Professor...columbate-tantalatecompound,but the silicate, rhodonite, has not appeared,as far as known, in any of the...narrow dike near the entranceto his quarrY, Mr. F. E. Strickland cameupon a pocket lined with the usual |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | float) at Sand Mountain, Clark, Routt Co., Colo. CONNECTICUT — A letter, dated Aug. 7, 1953, comes from Walter...of it reads :— "I will report on my trip to Connecticut and my visit with Richard Schooner of East Hampton...worthwhile. First we visited the famed Strickland Quarry (near Portland, Conn.) which is being worked presently... Since all the water has been drained from the quarry, one won't believe the gigantic hole that was left...actually visits the place. We then visited the Hale quarry in search of manganese dentrites which were 576 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Station, Delaware Countyl and the other in the quarry near Boothwyn which yielded the colurnbite described...collections of several mineralogists of Delaware County, the writer found included t'sphene" (titanite)'...OCCURRENCE OF' RHODONITE WILBUR G. FOYE Weskyan Uniuerdty The granite pegmatitesof Connecticut have yielded...Middletown and portlandespeciallythe Strickland quarry, Collins Hill, portland- have produced a goodly number...1 Rice and Gregory, Manual of the Geology of Connecticut, Ct. Geol. Nat. Hist. Suruey, Bull,6,73; Professor |  | | 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) | | They are sometimes found in town libraries or county buildings. Occasionally club members in a community...Club of Annandale ~ joyed a Field Trip to the Rhodonite Mines near Dixie. According to reports shook loose...Artifacts Society, Rock Hill, scheduled a trip to the smoky quartz 10eation near Liberty Hill. RHODE ISLAND A...MillROCKS AND MINERALS eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fallsington, when they travelled there for corundum...attended by 209 collectors who showed up at the Eureka Quarry. Specimens found were smoky quartz crystals, calcite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | community of Talucah near Vahlermoso Springs, in Morgan County, north Alabama. A large portion of this cave had...of Mines, I heard of an active uranium mine or quarry a couple of miles from town. Following the highway...stopped to collect specimens of malachite in a pegmatite which had been blasted through during construction...at the contact between an otherwise ordinary pegmatite and soft schist. There were solid masses of uraninite...which I'd ever seen from a United States pegmatite." CONNECTICUT—In his letter, dated Jan. 15, 1956, Richard |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Oklahoma. The pegmatites were the Bennett pegmatite mine, Oxford County, Maine (Wise et al. 1994; Wise and Rose...Harding pegmatite, Taos County, New Mexico (Chakoumakos and Lumpkin 1990); Strickland-Cramer pegmatite, Portland...Portland, Connecticut; Midnight Owl pegmatite, White Picacho District, Arizona (London and Burt 1982);...Mountain pegmatite, Rumford, Maine (Brown and Wise 2001); and the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine...count rates. Standards and sources used were Mn-rhodonite (USNM), Fe-augite (Penn State), F-topaz (Utah) |  | | Journal (issue) | | o,,/.,,/4 '°'1, /"'", l9J/.3 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Hausmanite Braunite Low- grade Ores Rhodochr~ite Rhodonite Franklinite Formula Mn0, Mn,O...H20 Mn,0, Mn20...type contain rhodonite, which would become separated out ·with the rhodochrosite. As rhodonite makes a siliceous...this method proved unsatisfactory. Even if the rhodonite were absent, the ore must be dried and sized before...qua rtz and the 1 166 ROCKS AND MINERALS rhodonite simply pass into the tailings. The ore is now |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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 .......................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...______________________________________ _ Location of pegmatite districts ___________________ _ Previous work...Acknowledgments ______________________________ _ History of pegmatite mining inN ew England _______ _ Mica mining _...deposits _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic...________________________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ______ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers of this column will...sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners of the cube...pieces are all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County, Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,...cubes from Trestia, Transylvania region, Maramures County, Romania, appears to be a complete replacement...to describe is difficult. The Burnt Hill tungsten mine, York County, New Brunswick, is located in a metamorphic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | beryl were found; and to the Chester, Vt. Talc Quarry for talc specimens. On Saturday the group visited...after working several hours, removed beautiful rhodonite which they shared with all. In addition, specimens...Geological Society, Incorporated, 1245 Forest Avenue, Portland, Maine, held their Annual Election of Officers...lived in Saco. The Home-base of this Society is in Portland, Maine. We hold all of our meetings at: The Beach...Museum of Natural History 1245 Forest Avenue, Portland, Maine Our meetings are at 8:00 P.M. the last |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Connecticut................................................lists. Twenty-five years ago the annual imports of Portland cement were four times the domestic production...combined production and imports of Portland cement. To-day the Portland cement industry is distributed generally...Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1941 eonk,,,u '°"' /u",, 191/-1 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................NW to 8O°NW. The schist is intruded by several pegmatite bands which run parallel to the foliation. These...caisson. On the northeast side of the caisson the pegmatite just described I If sea level is con sidered zero...coarser-grained pegmatite dike about 14 inches wide, with salmon-colored feldspar. The older aplitic pegmatite near...very prominent in the schist but common in the pegmatite. Details of the N orth River Shaft. This was sunk |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...unequal length and none is with the others. Rhodonite and some of the at right angles feldspars are...(manganese silicate). Malachite and azurite are rhodonite also carbonates. Apatite, a phosphate, can be...apatite in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina,... quartz may be commonly contain crystals, rhodonite, metallic and rhodochro- associated. Another |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | members and friends of M.S.P. acsection met at the Quarry Garden Farm, home cepted the invitation of the...to arrange a proand Light Company to visit their quarry, power gram for the coming year. installation and...MEMORIAM Member, Frank Hall was called to the Upper Quarry on August 19th. The Greatest Collector needed a...good in heaven. Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society The Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society meets...Members of the Society journeyed to the Gillette Quarry in Haddam Neck, Conn. Those attending the trip |
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