I am utterly confused about this locality. I have collected at Hale Walker before, but never once seen any tourmaline, the only black crystals being columbite. Also, the perportions mentioned of the beryls there are very different from my experiences, for I have found an aqua 9in long an 1in wide, and many large, ugly beryls to 6 inches wide. Further more the beryls in the mindat pictures look nothing like the beryls I have found, which seem to match up more with pelton's quarry. The matrix itself appears different. In attempt to find epidote in quartz veins around the pegmatite, nothing was found. The description of the two quarries is accurate, it seems. Am I just in a different spot, or is the mindat info wrong? :S -Rowan http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231215#msg-231215 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:03:33 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,250878#msg-250878 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,250878#msg-250878 UM, read the note at the bottom of my article. :-S]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:39:38 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,238136#msg-238136 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,238136#msg-238136 -Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:04:10 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,235617#msg-235617 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,235617#msg-235617 -Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:03:49 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,234882#msg-234882 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,234882#msg-234882 Harold Moritz Localities Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:01:02 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,234708#msg-234708 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,234708#msg-234708 David Bernstein Localities Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:07:33 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,234644#msg-234644 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,234644#msg-234644 Is this what the quarry looked like. Here are some photos.
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[www.mindat.org]]]> Adam Berluti Localities Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:10:42 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232286#msg-232286 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232286#msg-232286 -Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:47:21 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232284#msg-232284 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232284#msg-232284 John Betts Localities Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:28:22 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232282#msg-232282 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232282#msg-232282 -Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:20:26 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232275#msg-232275 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232275#msg-232275 Harold Moritz Localities Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:04:06 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232270#msg-232270 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232270#msg-232270 -Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:48:47 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232211#msg-232211 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232211#msg-232211 Well, attached is the figure from Cameron et al (1954). You can see the two small prospects in the pegmatite dike that goes up the hillside from right to left and the dump at the foot of the rightmost cut.
Fritz]]> Harold Moritz Localities Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:17:13 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232179#msg-232179 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,232179#msg-232179 -Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:09:15 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231920#msg-231920 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231920#msg-231920
I found one specimen of epidote crystals in quartz within one of the dumps, others come from the general area - not necessarily right near the pegs.

I dont understand the confusion over names, there are only three pegmatites in Connecticut with the name Hale in them - the Hale-Walker prospects, the old Hale Quarry (aka Andrews Quarry), and the new Hale Quarry.]]> Harold Moritz Localities Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:59:00 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231429#msg-231429 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231429#msg-231429 Sam Cordero, Jr. Localities Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:56:57 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231326#msg-231326 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231326#msg-231326 Rob (The Rock Hunter) Shepard Localities Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:22:18 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231297#msg-231297 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231297#msg-231297 -Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:01:45 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231254#msg-231254 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231254#msg-231254 Matt Neuzil Localities Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:58:58 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231250#msg-231250 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231250#msg-231250
As for out in the field, I've only found 2 chards of gemmy material, one aqua and one golden, from Case Q. I've found lots and lots of beryl crystals, just not gemmy ones. Good luck ! I think the color of the beryl from these pegmatites is Class A if you find a gemmy one. The color on the specimens I've seen is outstanding.

Even those that are opaque, if desired, could be made into some jewelery or used for some art.]]> Sam Cordero, Jr. Localities Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:41:43 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231241#msg-231241 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231241#msg-231241 Rowan Lytle Localities Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:02:41 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231240#msg-231240 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231240#msg-231240 Rob (The Rock Hunter) Shepard Localities Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:51:29 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231239#msg-231239 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231239#msg-231239 Rowan Lytle Localities Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:18:22 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231238#msg-231238 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231238#msg-231238 -Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:08:32 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231237#msg-231237 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231237#msg-231237

So, I'm really confused. Not to mention being confused by the many workings named Hale in that neck of the woods. I wish I had a dollar for all the minerals that are supposedly found at localities and are not there despite thorough and repeated searching.]]> David Bernstein Localities Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:51:07 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231229#msg-231229 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231229#msg-231229 Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:08:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231219#msg-231219 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231219#msg-231219 no trace whatsoever of any pegmatite minerals is left, just schist and granitic country rock, and a hole.]]> Alfredo Petrov Localities Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:42:18 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231215#msg-231215 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,231215,231215#msg-231215 :S
-Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:11:09 +0000