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LocalitiesFlatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, USA
10th Jan 2012 03:49 UTCPeter Cristofono
Goldsmith (1961) sampled "aegirine-augite granitic gneiss" from this quarry and reported aegirine-augite, monazite, allanite and sphene. I can find no other reference for aegirine or aegirine-augite from Flat Rock.
Goldsmith, Richard et al (1961). Sphene in Granitic Gneisses of Southeastern Connecticut (USGS Prof Paper 424-A).
12th Jan 2012 21:14 UTCRowan Lytle
I have, however, seen some aegrine in nearby outcroppings.
25th Jan 2012 02:26 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert
13th Feb 2012 00:16 UTCRachel Cesana
Good Hunting
Rach
13th Feb 2012 01:52 UTCMichael Kieron Expert
The Flat Rock and Scott quarries were separate operations. Flat Rock was among the larger quarries along with the Millstone and Booth quarries and operated until the 1940s. Scott was a small quarry and defunct prior to 1930.
-Mike K.
13th Feb 2012 15:41 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert
Is the author of "The Commercial Granites of New England" one of the same authors of "The Granites of Connecticut" (T. Nelson Dale and Herbert E. Gregory)? I have the latter but not the former, though I'd heard of it.
Thanks
Fritz
21st Feb 2012 22:37 UTCRachel Cesana
book is written by T.Nelson Hale, United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 738
rach
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