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Chondrodite from
Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
Species:Chondrodite
Formula:Mg5(SiO4)2F2
Comments:Included in a list of minerals with no supporting information or specific localities, but it is a common accessory in area marble.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chondrodite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:131030
Long-form Identifier:1:3:131030:6
GUID (UUID V4):63f46a11-bb3e-4ab8-af47-bffae108c34b
Nearest other occurrences of Chondrodite
14.9km (9.3 miles) North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
20.8km (12.9 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
23.6km (14.6 miles) Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) Mahopac Mines, Town of Carmel, Putnam County, New York, USA
35.6km (22.1 miles) Advance Stone Quarry, Boardman's Bridge, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
44.5km (27.7 miles) Bog Meadow Pond, Town of Highlands, Orange County, New York, USA
50.8km (31.6 miles) Twin Lakes, Woodbury, Orange County, New York, USA
50.8km (31.6 miles) Stony Point (Woodbury), Rockland County, New York, USA
54.7km (34.0 miles) Greenwood Furnace, Arden (Greenwood), Orange County, New York, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State.............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
11:53 03 August 2012 Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK F ew minerals...famous Dekalb locality). However, one mineral, chondrodite, occurred in world-class specimens from a New...significance. Still, chondrodite specimens from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, can be...of the species. Consequently, an outstanding chondrodite has been nominated as the Connoisseur’s Choice...specimen for this, the New York State issue. Chondrodite is a typically unspectacular mineral that varies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per­ mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...the littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 × 4 cm and was collected...the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of the specimens from this...Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil...localities are the pegmatites around Newry in Oxford County. Newry muscovite crystals in the collection exhibit
Report (issue)
............................ 22 Spinel, Orange County, N. Y............................................N. J........................................ Chondrodite, Sparta, N. J..................................of the southwesterly section of the State of Connecticut, the southeasterly portion of New York State...depression, extending from the present Bockland County, New York, through New Jersey toward the southwest...operations of this kind are now under way in Westchester County. 16 M'liLKTIX NF.W YORK MINKRALOCJICAT; CLUB
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and scrapers. CONNECTICUT — The following note, dated Sept. 1, 1955, on some Connecticut minerals were...sandstone in western Missouri (at Nevada in Vernon County) and is from what you might call a fossil or breached...Route # 2 3 , before entering the property. "Chondrodite and spinel are quite Anoka, which is 14 miles...found it very in- distorted rude crystal of chondrodite, teresting. He has quite a collection, made identified...the atmosmostly by trades." phere, leaving the chondrodite and graphNEVADA — Small yellow-brown xls ite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
St., Miami, Fla. Lynchburg, Va. The Chautauqua County Gem and Mineral Society, of Dunkirk, New York The...Society, of Richmond Hill, Long Island, N. Y. Moore County Rockhounds Club, Inc., of Pinehurst, N. C. Northland...Society, of Connecticut, are working on a new project, assembling a collection of Connecticut minerals for...Scott Fanton Museum. Mr. and Mrs. George Braun of Ridgefield showed films of mineral localities taken during...hunt blue and pink corundum, sphene, diopside, chondrodite, talc, rutile, among other minerals. The Newark
Journal (issue)
Fluorite Crystals with Galena Crystals, Socorro County, N. Mex. A very fine selection in stock. Crystals...(chalcedony pseudomorph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida, near the famous Suwannee River. This...and Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6...1965—5th Annual Swapping Bee and Picnic of the Fulton County Mineral Club will be held at John Boyd Thatcher...LOCALITY AT DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, 1837-1965 By RONALD EVERETT JANUZZI Danbury, Connecticut One of the most
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
polished stones. No lists, no shipments. ORANGE CHONDRODITE — In snow w h i t e calcite. A t t r a c t i...stone jewelry. Fred's Gem Den, Lounsbury Rd., Ridgefield, Conn. 0 6 8 7 7 . Tel. 4 3 8 - 6 0 6 7 . CATALOGS..., Philipsburg, Montana. 629 MISCELLANEOUS CONNECTICUT - LAPIDARY EQUIPMENT Tumbler Qt. size Vibrator...Franklin-Sterling M i n e r a l Exhibits Fulton County M i n e r a l Club 608 580 636 Gems & Minerals
Book (volume)
.........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Book (edition)
by J. H. New BENHAM, Haven, Ct Court of Connecticut iff EARTH PREFACE. IN the preparation of...or orange. A massive fluor, from Huntington, Connecticut, shows beautifully the emerald it green phosphorescence...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford There is...at large quantities of this gas. Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs ; in BuncombeAt Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEMSTONE - WHOLESALE SPECIALS! NEPHRITE JADE:Riverside County m i n e - r u n . Dark flowering greens, greys...Ave., Galesburg, Illinois. 6 1 4 0 1 . ORANGE CHONDRODITE — In snow w h i t e calcite. A t t r a c t i...stone jewelry. Fred's Gem Den, Lounsbury Rd., Ridgefield, Conn. 0 6 8 7 7 . Tel. 4 3 8 - 6 0 6 7 . C
Journal (issue)
headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at rhe...Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las...AND MINERALS 647 YOU’LL LIKE OUR MATERIAL CONNECTICUT SPECIMENS - Beryl (many localities); Portland...bastnaesite & allanite, microlite xls, etc.); Danbury (chondrodite); Middletown (massicot & litharge-x-rayed); cobalt
Book (volume)
.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Journal (issue)
annual affair will be staged again at the Pima County' Fairgrounds at 4700 South Sixth Ave., Feb. 18-19-20...Texas 78502. y J: April 30, May 1, 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at the...American Federation of Mineralogical Soc­ held at Pima County Fairgrounds, 4700 S. ieties and the California...Wetmore Rd., Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Tucson, Ariz. Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention...Box 4261 Bonanza Rd. Annex, March 4-6, 1966—Gila County Gem & Min­ Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106. eral Show
Journal (issue)
............. TWO INTERESTING ZEOLITES FROM CONNECTICUT—John A. Pawloski CORE OF THE EARTH—Iron - nickel...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...and Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6...1965—5th Annual Swapping Bee and Picnic of the Fulton County Mineral Club will be held at John Boyd Thacher...International Rock Swap sponsored by the Jefferson County Rock & Mineral Club on the ranch of Leslie Rose
Journal (issue)
and Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6...1965—5th Annual Swapping Bee and Picnic of the Fulton County Mineral Club will be held at John Boyd Thacher...International Rock Swap sponsored by the Jefferson County Rock & Mineral Club on the ranch of Leslie Rose...to have been found in the Cooney Hills in Platte County. Precious apple green or light green jade used...hillsides northeast of the Glendo reservoir in Platte County. The area has been thoroughly picked over, but
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...pegmatite (g) Mount Antero, 12.000 (h) Chaffee County, Colorado (i) from the Smith collection feet... mine, canyon) district where found (township, county, (i) how obtained (g) state) details) 52
Journal (issue)
CA. Host, Gem and Mineral Society ot San Mateo County. H.B. Murnan, P.O. Box 53, NAS Moffett Field, CA...Demonstrations, displays. dealers. Apr. 8 and 7. Amador County Gem and Mineral Society. 91h Annual "Gold Oust...Jordislte llparlte Knotted Biotite Schist Chalcedony Chondrodite Peperlno ALL PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE 20 specimens...tourmaline, lepidolite and others. - The Rockorder CONNECTICUT The Pick and Wheel, bulletin of the Westchester...(including micros) can still be found at the Ridgefield Pegmatite Mine with some digging in the dumps
Book
topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 ...Holbrook ; University of Arizona. Tucson . California· County Museum. University of California and University... State Museum. and Bureau of Mines, Denver. Connecticut : Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven
Book
Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
Journal (issue)
World's Fair of Gems and Minerals." Host. Clark County Gem Collector•. Las Vegas Convention Center. Las...Western Maine Gem and Mineral Festival. Oxford County Mineral and Gem Association sponsor. Gould Academy...and Mlne,.I Socletlff. 10th Annual Show. " Lake County 'Diamonds' and green Onyx." Masonic Temple. Highway...Washington St.. Dubuque 52001 . July 13 and 14. Lincoln County Gem and Mlne,.I Society. 6th Annual " Down-Maine"...Oil Sandstone • I lsemannlte with Jordlsi te Chondrodite Peperino ALL PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE 20 specimens
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Mountings Metal Detectors • MOST ITEMS POSTPAID TO USA DESTINATIONS e 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE VIS4'...Available $15.00 each bag or 2/$25.00 PREPAID to any USA addnu (WNhlngton rnld1nta add l.1"1ft) Fig. 11 ...show and convention, being held at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura on July 26-28, 1985. As...Cut Gems P.O. BOX 145-G LIVERPOOL, TEXAS 775T7 USA C.Z. List 51(7mm ....•..•. 61C8mm.. • • , • • •...• Three LBStS1995 MINIMUM ORDER $18 postpaid in USA. Subscribe to our CATALOG of cabochons. beads. slabs
Report (volume)
Facility (ESRF, France), Advanced Photon Source (APS, USA), and SPRing-8 (Japan). The dotted lines at the top...1980). Dymek et al. (1988) ciaimed that Ti- chondrodite rather than Ti-clinohumite is a mantle phase...upper mantle in the Bull Park kimberlite, Arizona, USA. Contrib Mineral Petrol 56:243-253 Arai S (1978)...Dymek RF, Boak JI, Brothers SC (1988) Titanian chondrodite- and titanian clinohumite-bearing metadunite...of coesite in Mengzhong eclogite from Donghai county, northeastern Jiangsu Province, China. Mineral
 
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