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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Barton, William R. and Carl. E. Goldsmith. (1968), New England Beryllium Investigations. US Bureau Mines Report of Investigations 7070. |
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| Personal Collection |
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| Januzzi, Ronald. E. (1994) Mineral Data Book - Western Connecticut and Environs. Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Manchester, James G. (1931) The Minerals of New York City and its Environs. Bulletin of the New York Mineralogical Club Vol. 3 (1) New York Mineralogical Club |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Shepard, Charles U. (1839): Notice of Danburite, a new mineral species. American Journal of Science: series 1, 35 (1): 137-139. |
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| Former Ed Force collection |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| King's Mark Environmental Review Team Report (1984) Old Quarry Nature Center Danbury, CT., King's Mark Resource Conservation & Development area, Warren, Connecticut. |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569
Januzzi, Ronald. E. (1994) Mineral Data Book - Western Connecticut and Environs. Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| J. Zolan field observation |
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| Specimens collected by Jeremy Zolan on 7/4/2007 |
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| Jeremy Zolan Coll. |
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| |
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| Unpublished map September 6, 1967 by John Hiller |
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| Jeremy Zolan |
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| Agar, William M. (1933), Notes on the Danbury granodiorite gneiss. American Journal of Science: series 5, 25: 1-19. |
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| Tony Nickischer |
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| mineral-resources.findthebest.com (n.d.) http://mineral-resources.findthebest.com/l/103431/Ritch-Diorite-Gneiss-Rock-Quarry |
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| self-identified |
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| mineral-resources.findthebest.com (n.d.) http://mineral-resources.findthebest.com/l/66538/Voorhis-Diorite-Gneiss-Rock-Quarry |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569 |
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| field observations and collection of David Bernstein and Harold Moritz |
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| Samuel Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their localities. Boston
Dana 6: 13 & 62
Dana 7:I:606. |
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| Notes by Jeremy Zolan |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569
Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569
Earle C. Sullivan Collection specimen #20-11-P
Earle C. Sullivan Collection specimen #20-11-P |
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| Cruson, Daniel. (1991), Feldspar Quarries and The Mining History of Newtown. Triassic Valley Bulletin: August/September. |
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| Cruson, Daniel. (1991), Feldspar Quarries and The Mining History of Newtown. Triassic Valley Bulletin: August/September. |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Lapham (1957): Epidote from Hawleyville |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569 |
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| Ryerson, Kathleen H. (1976): Rock Houndβs Guide to Connecticut. Pequot Press. |
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| Manchester, James G. (1931) The Minerals of New York City and its Environs. Bulletin of the New York Mineralogical Club Vol. 3 (1) New York Mineralogical Club |
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| Altamura (2005) |
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| Hiller, John. (1967), unpublished sketch map. |
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| Manchester, James G. (1931) The Minerals of New York City and its Environs. Bulletin of the New York Mineralogical Club Vol. 3 (1) New York Mineralogical Club |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255
Cameron, Eugene N.
Larrabee, David M.
McNair, Andrew H.
Page, James T.
Stewart, Glenn W. |
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| Jeremy Zolan Collection/Field Observations |
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| Murphy, Raymond H., Jr. (1966), Mineralogy of West Redding, Conn., Garnet Locality, Rocks and Minerals, 41(12): 896-897. |
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| Manchester, James G. (1931) The Minerals of New York City and its Environs. Bulletin of the New York Mineralogical Club Vol. 3 (1) New York Mineralogical Club |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Hiller, John T., Jr. (1968): Rediscovered Quartz-Sulfide Prospect. Rocks and Minerals. Vol. 43, No. 8, p. 587. |
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| ridgefieldct.org (2006) http://ridgefieldct.org/content/52/124/576.aspx#Barrack%20Hill%20Refuge |
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| Jeremy Zolan Collection |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569
Henderson, William A., Jr., Charles Weber and Marcelle Weber. (circa 1970), An Alpine Vein Deposit in Stratford, Conn. unpublished manuscript. |
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| Jeremy Zolan |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Hobbs, W. H. (1901): The old tungsten mine in Trumbull, Conn. USGS Annual Report 22:7-22.
Gurlt, Adolf. (1894): On a remarkable deposit of wolfram-ore in the United States. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers: 22: 236-242.
Hitchcock, Edward and Benjamin Silliman. (1826): Topaz. American Journal of Science: series 1: 10: 352-358. |
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| J. Zolan Collec. |
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| Mickey Marks |
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| Sullivan (1985)
Specimens collected by Earle Sullivan, Harold Moritz collection |
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| Jeremy A. Zolan |
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| Rocks & Minerals (1995) 70:397
Januzzi (1994) |
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| Jeremy Zolan field observation |
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| Shepard. (1825): Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut. |
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| Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974 |
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| Rowan M. Lytle
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Amethyst] Percival, James Gates. (1822), Notice of the locality of sulphate of barytes from which a specimen was analysed by Mr. G. T. Bowen
and various other mineral localities in Berlin, Conn., American Journal of Science: s. 1, 5: 42-45. |
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| [var. Amethyst] Fred Schuster |
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| Ed Force collection
Ed Force collection |
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| Schooner, Richard. (1961), The Mineralogy of Connecticut. Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut. |
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| Wilson, Wendell E. (2001) Notes From the Editors - Old Yuma mine. The Mineralogical Record, 32 (6) 426-501 |
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| Former Ed Force collection |
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| Former Ed Force collection |
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| John Burnham |
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| John Burnham collection |
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| Rocks & Min.: 20:518. |
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| [var. Amethyst] Collection of A. Berluti based on old label |
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| Rocks & Min. (1963) 38:577 |
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| Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 |
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| www.geol.vt.edu/gradstu/pwelch/research.html |
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| [var. Amethyst] Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569
Mineralogical Record (1990) 21:203-213
Kenneth Holt specimen (locality info corrected courtesy of John Betts) |
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| Wolfe, C. W. and Vilks, I. (1960): Pseudomorphs after Datolite, Prehnite and Apophyllite from East Granby, Connecticut. Am. Mineral. 45, 443-447. |
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| Collection of Mark A Gottlieb |
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| [var. Amethyst] White, John, and Cook, Robert. (1990): Amethyst Occurrences of the Eastern United States. Mineralogical Record. vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 203-213.
Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their localities. Boston |
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| [var. Amethyst] Schooner, Richard. (1961): The Mineralogy of Connecticut. Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Simpson, Howard E. (1966), Bedrock Geologic Map of the New Britain Quadrangle, Connecticut. US Geological Survey Map GQ-494. |
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| Barton, W. & C. E. Goldsmith (1968) New England Beryllium investigations. US Bureau Mines RI 7070 |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Rocks & Min.: 70:379 |
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| Bastin, Edson S. (1910): Economic Geology of the Feldspar Deposits of the United States. U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 420. |
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| |
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| Jones, Robert W. (1960): Luminescent Minerals of Connecticut, A Guide to Their Properties and Locations. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| Betts (1999).
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| Field observations. |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations. |
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| Betts, John. (1999): The Quarries and Minerals of the Dayton Road District, South Glastonbury, Connecticut. Rocks and Minerals. Volume 74, Number 2. pp. 110-121. |
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| Betts, John. (1999): The Quarries and Minerals of the Dayton Road District, South Glastonbury, Connecticut. Rocks and Minerals. Volume 74, Number 2. pp. 110-121. |
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| Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255
Januzzi, 1976. Mineral Localities of CT and Southeastern NY State, p.148 |
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| Rocks and Minerals (1999) 74:110-121
Personally collected by Kevin Czaja. |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations. |
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| [var. Rose Quartz] AmMin 7:4 |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Bastin, Edson S. (1910): Economic Geology of the Feldspar Deposits of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 420, Government Printing Office. |
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| Bastin, Edson S. (1910): Economic Geology of the Feldspar Deposits of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 420, Government Printing Office. |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations. |
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| Betts, John. (1999): The Quarries and Minerals of the Dayton Road District, South Glastonbury, Connecticut. Rocks and Minerals. Volume 74, Number 2. pp. 110-121. |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| Field observations |
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| Betts, John. (1999): The Quarries and Minerals of the Dayton Road District, South Glastonbury, Connecticut. Rocks and Minerals. Volume 74, Number 2. pp. 110-121. |
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| Field observations |
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| Davis, Fred E. and Stefan Nicolescu. (2011): Samarskite Rediscovered at the Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Connecticut. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History: 52(1):135-152.
Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 |
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| John Burnham |
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| John Burnham |
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| [var. Chalcedony] John Burnham collection |
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| Longwell, Chester R. and Edward S. Dana. (1932), Walks & Rides In Central Connecticut and Massachusetts. Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor, New Haven: 513. |
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| Schooner, Richard. (1958): The Mineralogy of the Portland-East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam Area in Connecticut (With a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough). |
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| |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Jeremy Zolan, Mike Polletta, and Paul Stroh collections |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| P. Cristofono collection |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Amethyst] R.Shepard Collection |
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| personal identification by Fred Schuster |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Simpson, Howard E. (1966), Bedrock Geologic Map of the New Britain Quadrangle, Connecticut. US Geological Survey Map GQ-494.
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Mike Polletta specimen |
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| Identified by Mike Polletta. |
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| Simpson, Howard E. (1966), Bedrock Geologic Map of the New Britain Quadrangle, Connecticut. US Geological Survey Map GQ-494. |
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| Shepard, Charles U. (1837), A Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut. Hamlen, New Haven. |
|
| Silliman, Benjamin. (1819), Localities of Minerals. American Journal of Science: s. 1, 1: 240-1. |
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| Former Ed Force collection |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [Chalcedony var. Carnelian] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
|
| Emerson, B. K. (1902), Note on Corundum and a Graphitic Essonite, from Barkhamsted, Connecticut. American Journal of Science: s. 4, 14: 234-6. |
|
| Taylor, Steuben. (1823). Localities of minerals. American Journal of Science: s. 1, 6: 246. |
|
| John Burnham collection |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
|
| Bell, Michael and Diane Mayerfeld. (1982), Time and the Land: the story of Mine Hill. Roxbury Land Trust and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. |
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| Anonymous (1827): Native iron found in Canaan. (Conn. U. S.). The Philosophical Magazine, Series 2, Vol. 2 (7), 71-73. |
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| Former Ed Force collection |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Robinson, Samuel. (1825), A Catalogue of American Minerals, With Their Localities
Including All Which Are Known to Exist in the United States and British Provinces, And Having the Towns, Counties, and Districts in Each State and Province Arranged Alphabetically. With an Appendix, Containing Additional Localities and a Tabular View. Cummings, Hilliard, & Co., Boston. |
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| Gates, Robert. (1961) The Bedrock Geology of the Cornwall Quadrangle. State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut. Quadrangle Report No. 11. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
|
| Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255
USGS Professional Paper 255: 305. |
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| Ed Force collection
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Collected by A. Berluti in 2011 |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Robert Wilken collection. |
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| Shepard, Charles U. (1837), A Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut. Hamlem, New Haven. |
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| [var. Chalcedony] Shepard, Charles U. (1837), A Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut. Hamlen, New Haven. |
|
| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
|
| Gaines, M. R. (1887): Notes on some Mineral localities in Litchfield, Conn. American Journal of Science: s. 3, 34:406-7. |
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| Brunet, William M. (1977). Ilmenite Occurrences In Litchfield, Connecticut. Rocks & Minerals: 52(11): 415-20. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569 |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Samuel Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their localities. Boston |
|
| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Dana 6: 1061. |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Shepard, Charles U. (1837), A Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut. Hamlem, New Haven. |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Bell and Mayerfeld (1982): Time and Land: The Story of Mine Hill (Roxbury Land Trust and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies). |
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| Dale and Gregory (1911) |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569
Ronald Januzzi collection |
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| Bell, Michael and Diane Mayerfeld. (1982), Time and the Land: the story of Mine Hill. Roxbury Land Trust and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. |
|
| [var. Citrine] Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Samuel Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their localities. Boston |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
|
| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
|
| Field observations |
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| Vogt, Wolfgang. (1991), Rediscovering Thomaston Dam. Lapidary Journal: April.
Rocks & Minerals (1985) 60:119-124
Segeler, Curt and Molon, Joseph. (1985), The Thomaston Dam Site, Thomaston, Connecticut
Zodac, Peter. (1959), Minerals at Thomaston Dam, Connecticut
Fluorite: The Collector's Choice. Extra Lapis English No. 9
Rocks & Minerals: 60(3): 119-124.
Rocks & Minerals: 34: 3. |
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| Moritz field observations |
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| Dana 7:761 |
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| Jeremy Zolan Collection/Field Observation |
|
| Mike Polletta field observation |
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| [var. Chalcedony] Orcutt, Rev. Samuel. (1878), History of Torrington, Connecticut. J. Munsell, Albany: 174-179. |
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| Yale Peabody Museum collection |
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| Januzzi, Ronald (1959) The Minerals of Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State.. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut. |
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| Shepard, Charles U. (1837) A Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut. Hamlen, New Haven. |
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| Januzzi, Ronald (1959) The Minerals of Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State.. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Samuel Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their localities. Boston |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Bill Barret Coll. Specimen, Minerals identified by Jeremy Zolan |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Mike Polletta Observation |
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| [var. Amethyst] former Ronald Januzzi collection. |
|
| Garabedian, James A. (1998), Secondary Mineralization of Half-Moon Vesicles in the Mesozoic Basalt of the O&G#2 Quarry, Woodbury, Connecticut. University of Connecticut Master of Science Thesis.
Bill Barrett Coll. |
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| [Chalcedony var. Agate] Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
|
| Bowen (1823 & 1824) |
|
| Observation by Jeremy Zolan |
|
| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
|
| Fluorite: The Collector's Choice. Pawloski, John. (2006), Connecticut. in Fluorite: The Collector's Choice. Lithographie, East Hampton, Connecticut: 64.
Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569
Brunet, William M. (1980): Minerals of the Trap Rock Ridges of the Connecticut Valley With Emphasis on Reedβs Gap Quarry Near Durham. Rocks and Minerals: 55 (6): 232-5.
Yedlin, Neal. (1962), The Micro-mounter. Rocks and Minerals: 37(5-6): 248. |
|
| Adam Berluti |
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| [var. Rose Quartz] Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, With Their Localities
Hitchcock, Edward. (1823): A Sketch of the Geology, Mineralogy, and Scenery of the Regions contiguous to the River Connecticut. AJS Vol 6. p. 213. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Barton and Goldsmith (1968): New England Beryllium Investigations. US Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 7070. |
|
| Rowan M. Lytle Collection |
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| Schooner, Richard. (1958): The Mineralogy of the Portland-East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam Area in Connecticut (With a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough).
Zodac, Peter. (1940): A Chlorophane Occurrence Near East Hampton, Conn. Rocks & Minerals, vol. 15, no. 11, p. 376. |
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| Schooner, Richard. (1961), The Mineralogy of Connecticut. Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut.
Schooner, Richard. (1958), The Mineralogy of the Portland-East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam Area in Connecticut (With a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough). Published by Richard Schooner
Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255
Shannon, Earl V. (1920) The old lithia mine in Chatham, Connecticut. American Mineralogist, 5 (4) 82-84
USGS Professional Paper 255.
Ralph Lieser of Pappyβs Beryl Shop, East Hampton
and Howard Pate of Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut. |
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| Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 |
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| Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 |
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| Schooner (1958, 1961) |
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| Rowan M. Lytle Collection |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Stugard, Frederick, Jr. (1958), Pegmatites of the Middletown Area, Connecticut. USGS Bulletin 1042-Q. |
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| Cameron et al (1954): USGS Prof Paper 255 |
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| Cameron et al (1954) USGS Prof Paper 255 |
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| Baston, Edson S. (1910) Economic Geology of the Feldspar Deposits of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 420. |
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| Cameron et al (1954) USGS Prof Paper 255 |
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| Cameron et al (1954) USGS Prof Paper 255 |
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| Fred Davis photo |
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| Taylor, Steuben. (1824), Miscellaneous localities of minerals. American Journal of Science: s. 1, 7: 253-4. |
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| LMSCC Newsletter, Sept. 2005
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 |
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| Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255
P Cristofono collection, 2007
David Busha collection |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Former Richard Schooner collection |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Cameron et al (1954) |
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| Robinson (1825), Silliman (1819) |
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| [var. Amethyst] Schooner, Richard. (1961): The Mineralogy of Connecticut. Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Harold Moritz collection (former Ronald Januzzi collection) |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| www.lmscc.org/CCCQuarry.htm |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Williams, Horace S. (circa 1945): Article for New York Society of Mineralogists. Brainerd Public Library, Haddam, Connecticut. |
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| Williams, Horace S. (circa 1945): Article for New York Society of Mineralogists. Brainerd Public Library, Haddam, Connecticut. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Harold Moritz field observations during decommissioning. |
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| Field observations |
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| Scovil, Jeffrey A. (1992): Famous Mineral Localities: the Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Connecticut. (Mineralogical Record, 23(1):19-28.)
Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255
Mineralogical Magazine 1902 13 : 97-121. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Ingerson, Earl. (1938): Uraninite And Associated Minerals From Haddam Neck, Connecticut. American Mineralogist: 23 (4): 269-276. |
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| Field observations |
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| 2015 field observations by Harold Moritz |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Seaman, David (1976) Pegmatite Minerals of the World. In Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Connecticut.
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Former Don Miller collection |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Former Don Miller collection |
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| Schooner, Richard. (circa 1980s), Untitled manuscript on central Connecticut mineralogy. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Williams, Horace S. (1899): Letter to Miss Eveline Brainerd of Haddam, February 18, 1899. Brainerd Public Library, Haddam, Connecticut. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Kevin Czaja Collection |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569 |
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| Williams, Horace S. (circa 1945): Article for New York Society of Mineralogists. Brainerd Public Library, Haddam, Connecticut. |
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| Williams (circa 1945 and 1899)
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Williams, Horace S. (circa 1945): Article for New York Society of Mineralogists. Brainerd Public Library, Haddam, Connecticut. |
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| Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255
USGS Professional Paper 255. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Lundgren, Lawrence Jr. (1979) The Bedrock Geology of the Haddam Quadrangle. Quadrangle Report 37.. State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut |
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| Foye, Wilbur G. (1926) The occurrence of thulite at Haddam, Connecticut. American Mineralogist, 11 (8) 210-212 |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Davis, James W. (1901), The Minerals of Haddam, Conn. Mineral Collector: 8(5): 65-70. |
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| Former Ed Force collection |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569
Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Rocks & Min.: 16:279. |
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| [var. Rock Crystal] Rocks & Min.: 16:279. |
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| Cameron et al (1954) USGS Prof Paper 255 |
- White Rock Mining District
| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| London (1985)
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Ryerson (1972)
Schooner (1958)
Cameron et al (1954) |
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| Samuel Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their localities. Boston |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Fred Schuster. personal observations |
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| Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 |
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| Field observations |
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| Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 |
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| Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:351-358 |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 |
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| [var. Rock Crystal] Rocks & Min.: 12: 141-143. |
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| Schooner, Richard. (1958): The Mineralogy of the Portland-East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam Area in Connecticut (With a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough). Published by Richard Schooner
Schooner, Richard. (1955): 90 Minerals from 1 Connecticut Hill. Rocks & Minerals: 30(7-8): 351-8.
Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255
USGS Professional Paper 255: 333-338.
Ralph Lieser of Pappyβs Beryl Shop, East Hampton
and Howard Pate of Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut. |
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| Rowan M. Lytle Collection |
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| Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255 |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Hanson, S., Jarnot, B. M., Falster, A. U., Simmons, W. B., and Nizamoff, J. W., 2003, Nb-Ta-Ti Oxide Minerals from Two Pegmatites of the Middletown Area, Connecticut, Program with Abstracts, v.30, p. 11. |
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| Field observations. |
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| Stugard, Frederick, Jr. (1958): Pegmatites of the Middletown Area, Connecticut. USGS Bulletin 1042-Q. |
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| Rocks & Minerals (1970) 45:443-449
Rocks & Minerals (1970) 45:595-600 |
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| Visual identification by Mike Polletta |
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| Specimens collected by Jeremy Zolan in Feb., 2006
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Schairer, John Frank (1931): The Minerals of Connecticut(State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 51) |
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| Foye, 1949. The Geology of Eastern CT, p.83 |
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| Foye, 1949. The Geology of Eastern CT, p.83 |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Ryerson, Kathleen, H: Rock Hounds Guide to Connecticut 1972 |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569
Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Rocks & Min.: 24:358. |
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| Philip Thibodeau |
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| [var. Amethyst] Samuel Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their localities. Boston |
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| Powell, Richard C. and Wolfgang Vogt. (1987), Cinque Quarry, A Suburban Site in Connecticut Makes Collecting a Cinch. Rock and Gem: (6): 36-39. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| J Zolan Collection |
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| P. Cristofono collection |
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| Vener, Herm. (1987): Report on the Road Cut [Mclay Avenue] off Grannis St [Laurel Street] Just Past the Cinque Quarry. Triassic Valley Bulletin. |
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| Eric Quinter collection, Harold Moritz collection |
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| Dana, Edward S. (1877) On the occurrence of Garnets with the Trap of New Haven, Connecticut. American Journal of Science: s3-14(81): 215-218. |
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| Observed David S. Bernstein- July of 2011 |
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| [Chalcedony var. Agate] Rocks & Min.: 70:381 |
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| Collected by A. Berluti in 2011 |
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| [var. Amethyst] Mineralogical Record (1990) 21:203-213 |
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| Rowan M. Lytle Collection |
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| Shannon, Earl V. (1920) The trap quarry at Meriden, Connecticut. American Mineralogist, 5 (2) 34 |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Curtis, G. M. (1906), A Century of Meriden: Journal Publishing Company, Meriden, Connecticut: 228-233. |
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| Robonson (1825) |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Anthony Scalzi collection |
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| Anthony Scalzi collection |
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| Robinson, Samuel. (1825): A Catalogue of American Minerals, With Their Localities
Including All Which Are Known to Exist in the United States and British Provinces, And Having the Towns, Counties, and Districts in Each State and Province Arranged Alphabetically. With an Appendix, Containing Additional Localities and a Tabular View. Cummings, Hilliard, & Co., Boston. |
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| Alfred E. Hammer collection |
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| Shepard Collection |
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| Harold Moritz Collection |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Samuel Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their localities. Boston |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Specimen identified by Mike Polletta |
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| Nekkhi Murtishi
Nekkhi Murtishi |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569
Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. |
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| Jeremy Zolan Micromount Collection |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Amethyst] Brace, John P. (1823), Miscellaneous Localities of Minerals. American Journal of Science: s.1, 6: 250-1. |
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| Bill Barrett collection |
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| Bill Barrett Coll. |
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| Recently collected by Jeremy Zolan (2005). |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Chalcedony] Michael Otto collection |
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| Yale Peabody Museum specimens |
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| Cameron, Eugene N., , (1954) Pegmatite investigations, 1942-45, in New England. Professional Paper 255. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp255
Rocks & Min.:13:20. |
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| [var. Amethyst] Mineralogical Record (1990) 21:203-213
Samuel Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their localities. Boston |
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| Mike Polleta specimen as small crystals |
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| J. Zolan/M. Polletta observation |
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| Former Ronald Januzzi collection |
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| Deasy, Ryan, Robert P. Wintsch, Bryan Wathen, Ryan McAlteer, David Bish and Romain Meyer. (2015), Tectonic Slivers of Oceanic Terrane(s)?: Sheeted Dikes and Sheared Gabbros in south-central Connecticut: Field Trip A1 in Guidebook for Field Trips in Connecticut and Massachusetts, 107th Meeting of the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, Martha S. Gilmore and Phillip G. Resor editors.
Shepard, Charles U. (1837): Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut. B. L. Hamlem, New Haven. |
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| Visually identified as massive material by Mike Polletta |
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| Samuel Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their localities. Boston |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569 |
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| Jarnot & Jarnot (2004) |
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| Eric Quinter collection |
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| Benjamin Silliman collection |
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| Dale, T. Nelson and Gregory Herbert E. (1911): The Granites of Connecticut (USGS Bulletin 484). |
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| Dale, T. Nelson and Gregory Herbert E. (1911): The Granites of Connecticut (USGS Bulletin 484). |
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| Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569 |
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| Ted Johnson collection |
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| Shepard (1837): Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut.
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation. |
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| Dale, T. Nelson and Gregory Herbert E. (1911): The Granites of Connecticut (USGS Bulletin 484). |
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| [var. Amethyst] Weber, Marcelle H., Sullivan, Earle C. (1995) Connecticut Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 396-409 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761569
Rocks & Min. vol. 64 (1989) |
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| collected by Fred Schuster |
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| Visual ID by Mike Polletta And Jeremy Zolan |
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| Henderson, William A., Jr, and Michael Haritos. (1989), Amethyst Scepters, Salem, New London County, Connecticut. Rocks & Minerals: 64(6).
A. Berluti collection |
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| Dale, T. Nelson and Gregory Herbert E. (1911): The Granites of Connecticut (USGS Bulletin 484). |
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| Dale, T. Nelson and Gregory Herbert E. (1911): The Granites of Connecticut (USGS Bulletin 484). |
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| Dale, T. Nelson and Gregory Herbert E. (1911): The Granites of Connecticut (USGS Bulletin 484). |
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| [Chalcedony var. Agate] John Burnham |
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| [var. Rose Quartz] Gems and Minerals of America - Jay Ellis Ransom-1974 |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Jeremy Zolan collection, Harold Moritz collection |
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| Zodac, Peter (1948), Diamond Ledge, West Stafford, Conn. Rocks & Minerals: 23: 611. |
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| Skehan, James W. (2008). Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island (Missuola, MT: Mountain Press), p. 110. |
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| Barker. (1962): Cordierite Garnet Gneiss and Associated Microcline-Rich Pegmatite at Sturbridge, Massachusetts and Union, Connecticut. AmMin 47 |
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| [var. Amethyst] Bartsch, Rudolf C. B. (1940): New England Notes. Rocks & Minerals, vol. 15, no. 8, p. 274. |
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| Horowitz, Irving L. (2003): The Remarkable Quartz Crystals of West Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut. Rocks & Minerals: 78(4): 257-261.
Ague, J. J. (1995): Deep Crustal Growth of Quartz, Kyanite and Garnet into Large-Aperature, fluid-filled fractures, northeastern Connecticut, USA. Journal of Metamorphic Geology: 13: 299-314. |
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| [var. Amethyst] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Eric Quinter collection. Former Edward Force collection. |
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| [var. Amethyst] Mineralogical Record (1990) 21:203-213 |
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| [var. Rose Quartz] Former Ed Force collection |
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| [var. Milky Quartz] Min.Rec.:20(5):390. |
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| [var. Amethyst] Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| [var. Amethyst] Clark, Bill. (2001). Connecticut Quartz: Interesting Specimens from a former Collecting Site. Rock & Gem: 31(8). |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication. |
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| Former Don Miller collection |
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| Former Bob Albanese collection |
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| [var. Smoky Quartz] Wells, H. L. (1887), Bismutosphaerite from Willimantic and Portland. American Journal of Science: s. 3, 34: 271-4. |
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| old collection label |
Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA