With several of these types of threads starting, I decided to make one for my home state, Connecticut. So go ahead, post those CT specimens! [pic id=376006 width=600 float=left][/pic] http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,240590#msg-240590 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:19:49 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,267123#msg-267123 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,267123#msg-267123
Samarskite and Columbite [www.mindat.org] [www.mindat.org]
Beryl [www.mindat.org]
Chalcocite [www.mindat.org]
Montebrasite [www.mindat.org]
Spessartine [www.mindat.org] [www.mindat.org]
Rubellite [www.mindat.org] [www.mindat.org]
Amazonite [www.mindat.org] [www.mindat.org]
Bustamite [www.mindat.org]
Almandine [www.mindat.org] [www.mindat.org]
Smoky Quartz [www.mindat.org] [www.mindat.org] [www.mindat.org]
Amethyst [www.mindat.org]
Morganite [www.mindat.org] [www.mindat.org]
Schernikite [www.mindat.org]]]> Tony Albini Scrapbook Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:41:29 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,266268#msg-266268 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,266268#msg-266268 Rowan Lytle Scrapbook Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:15:03 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,266221#msg-266221 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,266221#msg-266221
I collected this beryl in the middle of a rainstorm at Nathan Hall Quarry in early June 2012. The boulder it originaly was in was about 50lbs. I was trimming it down under a tarp since it suddenly started down pouring . Originaly, I was trimming the specimen down for the 2 little crystals on the right. I noticed the bottom section next, but just thought it to be a deformed ugly crystal. While trimming the bottom of the boulder, a large chunk fell off, revealing the single 17cm crystal that points up. The rest of the trimming was done at home :-) Overall the specimen is 25cm wide and 17 cm tall.

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]]> Adam Berluti Scrapbook Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:49:52 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,265819#msg-265819 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,265819#msg-265819 Rowan Lytle Scrapbook Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:59:13 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,265794#msg-265794 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,265794#msg-265794
Regards, Tony]]> Tony Albini Scrapbook Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:30:06 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,265714#msg-265714 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,265714#msg-265714
Did you collect that pocket beryl from case in a pocket, or did you dig it from the dumps?]]> Adam Berluti Scrapbook Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:49:43 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,265685#msg-265685 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,265685#msg-265685 Enjoy!
Tony

Microlite - [www.mindat.org]
Columbites - [www.mindat.org] & [www.mindat.org]
Almandines - [www.mindat.org] & [www.mindat.org]
Columbites - [www.mindat.org] & [www.mindat.org]
Elbaite - [www.mindat.org] & [www.mindat.org]
Triploidite and Lithiophilite - [www.mindat.org]
Triploidite - [www.mindat.org]
Apophyllite - [www.mindat.org]
Datolite - [www.mindat.org]
Aquamarines - [www.mindat.org] & [www.mindat.org]
Ferberites - [www.mindat.org] & [www.mindat.org]
Fluorite - [www.mindat.org]
Columbites - [www.mindat.org] & [www.mindat.org]
Columbites - [www.mindat.org] & [www.mindat.org]
Tantalites - [www.mindat.org] & [www.mindat.org] & [www.mindat.org]
Fluorapatites - [www.mindat.org] & [www.mindat.org]
Danburite - [www.mindat.org]
Wodginite - [www.mindat.org]
Heliodor - [www.mindat.org]
Chrysoberyl - [www.mindat.org]
Columbites with samarskite - [www.mindat.org]
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[www.mindat.org]]]> Tony Albini Scrapbook Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:28:39 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,258964#msg-258964 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,258964#msg-258964 Michael Otto Scrapbook Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:04:05 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,258300#msg-258300 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,258300#msg-258300 As for the julgoldite, yes he did have it tested and it was confirmed. I believe he sends specimens to Germany for testing.]]> Rick Sinclair Scrapbook Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:21:47 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,250864#msg-250864 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,250864#msg-250864

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Simpson Quarry, South Glastonbury,Connecticut]]> Matthew Kimball Scrapbook Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:50:05 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249896#msg-249896 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249896#msg-249896

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]]> Rowan Lytle Scrapbook Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:26:49 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249547#msg-249547 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249547#msg-249547 Matthew Kimball Scrapbook Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:21:27 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249523#msg-249523 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249523#msg-249523 Rowan Lytle Scrapbook Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:39:19 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249479#msg-249479 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249479#msg-249479 Donald Peck Scrapbook Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:31:27 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249397#msg-249397 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249397#msg-249397
It is a vein of quartz about 1-4in thick running through the schist in the RR cut. about 3in beneath the vein is a barren pegmatite. the tourmaline radiates from the top of the vein, going from massive to well crystallized where it contacts the quartz. I am pretty certain it crystallized well before the quartz filled in the vein. There are occasionally small pockets about 1cm wide where the quartz contacts the tourmaline. there is a significant amount of iron around, and i have observed some magnesium staining on a nearby quartz vein, which contained quartz crystals in one spot.

I hope that can be of help.]]> Rowan Lytle Scrapbook Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:18:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249374#msg-249374 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249374#msg-249374 David Bernstein Scrapbook Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:31:59 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249341#msg-249341 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249341#msg-249341 [www.mindat.org]]]> Harold Moritz Scrapbook Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:51:04 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249333#msg-249333 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249333#msg-249333 it is brown,
it occurred in a thin quartz vein,
and the crystals have similar faces to the pierrepont ny uvites.]]> Rowan Lytle Scrapbook Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:16:37 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249000#msg-249000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,249000#msg-249000

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]]> Matthew Kimball Scrapbook Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:00:46 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248765#msg-248765 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248765#msg-248765
cheers,
stephanie :-):-)]]> Stephanie Martin Scrapbook Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:14:40 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248757#msg-248757 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248757#msg-248757 If you believe that assay, then I have a bridge in NYC for sale :-) More like a ploy by the backers to "mine" investors.
The more interesting part of that 1890 Hovey article is the petroleum info. I've seen a piece of oil shale from the Pomperaug Basin that was literally oozing oil....you could light it with a match. There's petroleum all over the Hartford Basin, too, and exploration was done in the 1980s. But that's a story for another thread.

Stephanie:
Those nice babingtonites on calcite are from the O&G Quarry No.2. That is essentially the main "Southbury" locality, even though mostly in Woodbury, it has always been casually called or labelled Southbury - see the text I wrote on the mindat page.
Fritz]]> Harold Moritz Scrapbook Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:22:33 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248753#msg-248753 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248753#msg-248753 Rowan Lytle Scrapbook Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:15:06 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248741#msg-248741 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248741#msg-248741
Interestingly, and harking back to a previous post which stimulated a lot of interest, Scott says " Hovey (1890) mentioned the presence of gold and silver in the metamorphic rocks drilled during oil exploration in th Pomperaug Valley: "At 1,250 feet free-milling gold and silver-bearing rock was struck, which ASSAYED (my emphasis) at $10 worth of gold and $3 worth of silver to the ton." "]]> Mickey Marks Scrapbook Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:04:27 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248737#msg-248737 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248737#msg-248737 Rowan Lytle Scrapbook Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:43:06 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248732#msg-248732 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248732#msg-248732
I'll take a look at your piece, Rowan. Always like looking at something new. :)-:)-D]]> David Bernstein Scrapbook Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:33:50 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248731#msg-248731 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248731#msg-248731 The spot mine came from is a place I think you should take a look at David. It is something else!]]> Rowan Lytle Scrapbook Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:27:42 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248712#msg-248712 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248712#msg-248712
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The above links are two possibilities as to the origen of your piece. There are several other Quarries in Connecticut that are known for this mineral assemblage but since your piece is labeled Southbury, it is probably one of the above , more likely O and G Quarry number 2.]]> David Bernstein Scrapbook Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:39:36 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248705#msg-248705 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,240590,248705#msg-248705
I don't have time take photos to show all the specimens I would like in all the great threads that are running, so I have decided to try and pick one specimen for each thread. Hard choices.
My favourite specimen for Connecticut is this thumbnail of babingtonite druse on calcite peaks. I am not sure how common this is at the location but there are no pics in the gallery. I do not have a precise quarry, location is only indicated as Southbury, so maybe you Connecticut experts could help me out with that. Not the greatest photo as it is foggy here today in Southern Ontario.

Babingtonite on Calcite
Southbury, Connecticut.
approx 3 x 2 x 2 cm

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