I recently found specimens from CT on John Betts sight and have not seen these localities: Huckleberry Hill, Avon (Mt. Tom), East Haddam the second is an almandine similar to those found a lieser's ledge, and the other is said to be from near the canon lead mines. any ideas? -Rowan Lytle http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239702#msg-239702 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:59:57 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,269271#msg-269271 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,269271#msg-269271 Tony Albini Localities Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:29:27 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,269264#msg-269264 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,269264#msg-269264 Nate Localities Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:08:43 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,267268#msg-267268 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,267268#msg-267268 Mark Gottlieb Localities Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:15:09 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,267261#msg-267261 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,267261#msg-267261 this summer (2012) I took a couple of people there on a field trip and we were there no more than 5 minutes before the owner who lives in the house next to what's left of the locality told us in no uncertain terms that if we didn't leave immediately he would have us arrested for trespassing. There isn't much left of the mine except for a little material from the dumps right next to the culvert going under the road]]> Rick Sinclair Localities Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:30:30 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,262762#msg-262762 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,262762#msg-262762
I was at the Simpson quarry this week and the dumps seem to be picked over.]]> MIchael Sharpe Localities Wed, 06 Jun 2012 03:10:31 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,258291#msg-258291 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,258291#msg-258291 Rick Sinclair Localities Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:00:48 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,251540#msg-251540 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,251540#msg-251540 Harold Moritz Localities Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:58:05 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,251535#msg-251535 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,251535#msg-251535 Rowan Lytle Localities Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:37:30 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,251502#msg-251502 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,251502#msg-251502
Harold, I'm surprised you missed this one (about "Strickland Hill Prospect")!!!]]> William C. van Laer Localities Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:11:35 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,251488#msg-251488 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,251488#msg-251488 John Bean Localities Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:29:56 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,249743#msg-249743 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,249743#msg-249743 Sorry I waited a few weeks on giving up this info, I had told associates of other haunts in the past, with only deep regrets,Beer bottles on site, unfilled holes,garbage ect. and it would break my heart to find a no trespassing sign here. however I have milled it over in my mind this last week, read alot of mindat posts, and have come to a conclusion that this place deserves far more than an amatuer such as myself mousing around the edges. It would be great if the Bristol club could get access. Either way, Im sure you freindly people of Mindat can do something to save some of these beautiful minerals from the chipper! JB]]> John Bean Localities Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:10:25 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,246656#msg-246656 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,246656#msg-246656 Rowan Lytle Localities Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:04:14 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,246594#msg-246594 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,246594#msg-246594 Rowan,

As promised, here are three pictures of phantom quartz from the Route 11 roadcut in Salem. I collected these in May 1976. The phantoms are pale amethyst in clear quartz. Some are multiple phantoms.

Mickey]]> Mickey Marks Localities Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:45:15 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,246586#msg-246586 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,246586#msg-246586
I have posted some photos of amethyst from the Route 11 roadcut in Salem. None of those show phantoms, but there were loads of phantom quartz crystals from there. I'm going to search my collection to see if I kept any. If I did, I will post a picture.

Mickey]]> Mickey Marks Localities Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:23:32 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,246561#msg-246561 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,246561#msg-246561 Rowan Lytle Localities Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:46:58 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,246251#msg-246251 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,246251#msg-246251 found some great quartz crystals recently, just cant bring myself to give up the locale! would really like to spend some time with a ct. geologist, and get a clue? on some things, before xmas. anyways heres some cool ct quartz! pic 1, the freeze blew a pocket wall apart, freezing the pocket mud into rock solid peanut butter! still it looked and tasted just like the arkansas brand! didnt want to put directly into water, for fear of more cracking. so I left my pack indoors for the night, turning my pack into a (coffee filter) for the water in the mud as it thawed over the carpet all night. the next day it reached room temp and I was able to dissolve the mudmass with water in a screen, pic 2 I am a lucky dog! pic 3 a little muriatic, cleans the rust, showing green inclusions and well defined phantoms!
Yeah ct. minerals are like Frank Fappa, the best band you never heard!]]> John Bean Localities Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:14:54 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,245389#msg-245389 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,245389#msg-245389 Rowan Lytle Localities Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:46:47 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,245327#msg-245327 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,245327#msg-245327 Great info, thanks, been wanting to take a look at that place.
Do you know what the name of the street is on Huck. Hill where they intercepted the quartz veins? I'd like to get the precise locality up on mindat.]]> Harold Moritz Localities Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:37:26 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,245237#msg-245237 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,245237#msg-245237 I was also lucky enough to be roofing on huck hill when they ripped into those nice big quartz pockets, funny thing,I think the road down the backside of that project is called emerald hill. wish I saw Will there, would have been something seeing my old school housemaster all muddied up!
The Barkhamsted location might be Satans Kingdom, there is a lot of old diggins near the top of the dirt rd near the 4way, also the river trail that the lifeguards walk for the tuberide has yielded some beryl. that is probably one of the prettiest places in ct. but I never seem to have a hammer on me when I go there to swim.JB]]> John Bean Localities Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:01:42 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,240335#msg-240335 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,240335#msg-240335 Rowan Lytle Localities Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:59:00 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,240253#msg-240253 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,240253#msg-240253 www.mindat.org]
There's a lot of woods in that area!]]> Harold Moritz Localities Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:47:02 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,240234#msg-240234 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,240234#msg-240234 John Betts Localities Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:54:18 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239890#msg-239890 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239890#msg-239890 Rowan Lytle Localities Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:52:15 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239888#msg-239888 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239888#msg-239888 Harold Moritz Localities Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:22:40 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239858#msg-239858 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239858#msg-239858 Rowan Lytle Localities Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:19:09 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239813#msg-239813 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239813#msg-239813 -Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:48:47 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239781#msg-239781 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239781#msg-239781 -Rowan]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:47:52 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239780#msg-239780 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239780#msg-239780
I think there is some excellent pub food to be eaten near that Middletown parking lot.]]> David Bernstein Localities Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:20:35 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239778#msg-239778 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239778#msg-239778 -Rowan Lytle]]> Rowan Lytle Localities Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:42:08 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239761#msg-239761 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,105,239702,239761#msg-239761 Rob (The Rock Hunter) Shepard Localities Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:30:15 +0000