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Best of Connecticut

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Mickey Marks
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 12, 2011 03:42AM 		us    
David, thanks for the kind remarks. The attached photos are of a beryl fragment which I collected in 1983 at the Roebling Quarry in Upper Merryall (New Milford). I was taking a lunch break with my back up against a tree, when I looked down and saw this beryl fragment right next to me. The first picture was taken with incandescent light, and the second, with LED. It measures 9 mm x 7mm.

Mickey
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Jay Buscio
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 12, 2011 09:04PM 		us    
Here's a letter from 1950 I thought some of you may enjoy seeing.

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Rob (The Rock Hunter) Shepard
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 12, 2011 09:13PM




Juvenile Eubrontes footprint from Moodus CT.....
Prenite from the O&G Quarry in Woodbury
Calcite from Roncari Quarry in East Granby....
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Rowan Lytle
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 12, 2011 09:31PM 		us    
More good stuff, all of you! I do particularly like the letter, thanks for sharing!

-Rowan Lytle

son: -picks up huge loose amethyst cluster- "Is this what we're looking for?"
father: "Holy #$@%!
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Mickey Marks
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 12, 2011 10:56PM 		us    
Here is another micro. Malachite spray, 2 mm long, from the Ellis Street and Route 72 construction site in New Britain, collected in 1975.
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Jay Buscio
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 12, 2011 10:56PM 		us    
Here's are two more Connecticut related paper items that a friend has held onto all these years.



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Rob (The Rock Hunter) Shepard
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 12, 2011 11:48PM


History of mining in CT...a good book.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/13/2011 12:28AM by R. Shep.
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David Bernstein
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 13, 2011 12:17AM
All I get is a small picture, no article, when I click.
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Adam Berluti
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 13, 2011 02:56AM
Here is a beryl that I collected at simpson quary on my first trip there in 2009. It is also the best one that I have ever collected from there.

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Jay Buscio
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 13, 2011 02:32PM 		us    
Chalcocite on Calcite, Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut. Measures 8 x 6 x 3 cm.

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Rowan Lytle
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 13, 2011 09:45PM 		us    
Nice chalco, Jay! And great beryl Adam!>:D<

-Rowan Lytle

son: -picks up huge loose amethyst cluster- "Is this what we're looking for?"
father: "Holy #$@%!
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David Bernstein
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 14, 2011 03:10PM
Yep, that is one magnificent Chalcocite. Thanks for sharing.
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Jay Buscio
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 15, 2011 03:57PM 		us    
Glad you all enjoyed the Bristol chalcocite.

For today we have an Amethyst from O & G Woodbury Quarry, Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. Measures 2.5 x 2.5 x 3 cm.

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Rowan Lytle
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 15, 2011 06:53PM 		us    
I am personally obsessed with Ct Amethyst right now. I collected some nice cutting rough at the Meriden target last month, and am going to try again soon!

-Rowan Lytle

son: -picks up huge loose amethyst cluster- "Is this what we're looking for?"
father: "Holy #$@%!
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William C. van Laer
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 15, 2011 09:58PM 		us    
Jay:
Really nice Bristol chalcocite...I was there collecting the day they knocked down the headframe, circa 1961...collected the dumps, but nothing special. Also, I used to work for Howard Hewitt....he was definitely a character and I learned a lot from him. Also collected at his Turkey Hill Quarry in Haddam.

William C. (CHRIS) van Laer: "I'm using the chicken to measure it..."
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Rowan Lytle
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 15, 2011 10:27PM 		us    
Wow, your lucky!::o I wish I could have been there!

-Rowan Lytle

son: -picks up huge loose amethyst cluster- "Is this what we're looking for?"
father: "Holy #$@%!
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David Bernstein
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 15, 2011 10:32PM
Re Bristol, someone told me a story about the day they bulldozed the main shaft and created an insane geyser of water. All the water at the bottom of the shaft had to go somewhere when all the fill and rock hit it. I think that shaft was several hundred feet deep. Chris, you wouldn't have taken any pictures of the head frame, did you?
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Jeremy A. Zolan
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 15, 2011 11:53PM
Be careful collecting at the Target in Meriden. I was met with extreme opposition by security when I went there last. I collected for about 10 minutes before security escorted me off premises.
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Jeremy A. Zolan
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 15, 2011 11:53PM
Be careful collecting at the Target in Meriden. I was met with extreme opposition by security when I went there last. I collected for about 10 minutes before security escorted me off premises.
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David Bernstein
Re: Best of Connecticut
November 16, 2011 12:11AM
They should be watching out for shoplifters, not rockhounds.
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