 | | 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 (issue) | | 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia... If you have ever had the desire to detonate a quarry blast or create an earthquake you will be able...Figure 7—Manganoan Calcite – Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - “Wonderful World of Agates”...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the...An unusual specimen from the Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, Wisconsin) is a sheet copper (figure 6). One of |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | Pegmatites of the Middletown Area Connecticut GEOLOGICAL SU R V EY BULLETIN This report concerns work...GEOLOGY PEGMATITES OF THE MIDDLETOWN AREA, CONNECTICUT By FREDERICK STUGARD, JR. ABSTRACT The pegmatites...pegmatites of the Middletown area in Connecticut have been mined almost continuously for feldspar and muscovite...interest because they are the potential source of beryl, the ore mineral of beryllium. From 1948 to 1950...area and to ascertain relations of beryl-bearing pegmatites to non-beryl-bearing pegmatites and to type of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VICINITY TOWN, CONNECTICUT OF MIDDLE- W. G. Fol'e, Wesleyan Unhersity A few of the pegmatite quarries in...prospect-holes opened in Middlesex and adjacent portions of Hartford counties, Connecticut, fourteen may be selected...Wesleyan University (Locality 18, Fig. 1). The Connecticut pegmatite dikes are composed of predominating quartz...found in orthogneiss, the Pelton quarry (Locality 4), east of Collins HilI and within the Glastonbury...locality from which precious beryl has been taken (Locality 9) near the Gillette quarry, south of Haddam Neck |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatiticliquors during the time of emplacementof the pegmatite bodies. At least part of the added chemical elements...an origin dependentupon the introductionof the pegmatite.'The compositionof a contact-metamorphic mineral... five in southern New Hampshire, and two in Connecticut. The localities, with references to geologicaldescriptionsin...listed in Table 1. TABLE 1. LIST OF NEW ENGLAND PEGMATITE LOCALITIES SAMPLED, WITH REFERENCES TO DESCRIPTIVE... Golding's Feldspar Quarry, near Bay Point Landing, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine ............ |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1937 . . CONTENTS FOR MAY, 1937 Chips from the Quarry ......................................................................... Minerals of the Strickland Quarry. By Peter Zodac ........................ Wesleyan...Members ............ Some Mineral Localities Near Portland, Conn. .................................... The...Auoc:iatlon 130 ROCKS and MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY (Formerly the Bulletin Board) A NEW LAPIDARY MACHINE...ASSOOIATIO!II }8 WHOLE No. 70 MINERALS OF THE STRICKLAND QUARRY By PETER ZODAC Editor "Rocks and Minerals" |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE PARAGENESIS OF THE WALDEN PEGMATITE, PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT (PART ONE) By DAVID M. SEAMAN American...in a number of pegmatites In the Middletown, Connecticut district indicates that there is a general trend...as at Varutrask, Sweden; and at other lithium pegmatite localities outside the United States. Special...the paragenesis of the minerals of the Walden pegmatite since it has been opened up only in recent years...this complex, lithium pegmatite was readily available. Location The Walden Quarry, or Walden Gem Mine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | c u t 06443 Microminerals of Connecticut For a small state, Connecticut offers a goodly array of micromineral...yedlinite. To return to the subject of this article, Connecticut is divid ed geologically into three areas: the...(Altamura 1995). T h e micromineral treasures of Connecticut thus fall into three groups: ( 1 ) metamorphic...on "Hercynite Crystals from the Kimzey Calcite Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, and Their Distinction from...belt of world-famous peg matites along the Connecticut R i v e r in the Eastern Highlands, and ( 3 ) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINEBALOGICALSOCIETYOF AMERICA 51 STRICKLAND'S QUARRY, PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT EAR,L V. SHANNON U. S. Nat;ional Museum...Undoubtedly the best pegmatite locality at presenbbeing operated in Connecticut, from the standpoint...standpoint of the mineralogist, is Strickland's quarry in Portland. This interesting quaruy is easily accessible...slope of Collins Hill, about 4 kilometers (2llmlles) northeast of Portland Station. Collins Hill is indicated...way to reach the quarry is to go to Middletown, board a trolley car marked Portland, and ride to the |  | | Book | | CONNECTICUT mmES MINERALS V Tourmaline Crystal from Haddam, Connecticut John Hiller, Jr. Hillers CryctaLShop...- CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS K c^oi c3— A r CONNECTICUT MINES AND MINERALS published privately l i...Shelton, Connecticut I DEDICATION This book is dedicated to the mineral clubs of Connecticut, Continued...1971, John Hiller, Jr, 3 Peters Lane Shelton, Connecticut II CONTENTS 3. 5, l i 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11...24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Connecticut Mineral Clubs Cleaning and Trimming Oxalic Acid |  | | 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...variety sericite replaces feldspars, spodumene, beryl, topaz, and tourmalines in pegmatites. Muscovite...2.8 cm high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of the...Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS FROM 1 CONNECTICUT HILL By Richard Schooner P. O. Box 215 East Hampton, Conn. Collins Hill, in the...the town of Portland, undoubtedly represents the most remarkably mineralized area, of its size, in southern...southern New England. The hill is not especially large, but several different formtions are present, and...has been done on the giant pegmatite at the summit. The Strickland Quarry is enormous, consisting of...treats it as a northern continuation of the Strickland Quarry. The accompanying map should furnish whatever |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Connecticut Gems & Gem Minerals A variety of Connecticut's beautiful gemstones are represented in East...elbaite and beryl, have been widely sought as gemstones. I n earlier years, several Connecticut lo calities...included the Gillette quarry (elbaite), Roe bling mine (beryl), and Slocum quarry (beryl). Harte (1944) states...states that "Connecticut has produced a very considerable number of gem stones in the semi-precious variety...Gillette and Strickland, famous for their tourmalines." Most gem-quality minerals from Connecticut surfaced |  | | Report (issue) | | albite, lepidolite (Mt. Bity, Madagascar); bavenite, beryl, albite, cassiterite, columbite, tourmaline (Londonderry...(Londonderry, Australia); calcite, albite (Strickland quarry, Connecticut, USA). Distribution: In Madagascar, from...Uganda. In the USA, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and the Harding...Harding pegmatite, Dixon, Taos Co., New Mexico. On the Huron claims, 16 km north of Point du Bois, Manitoba... Italy. From the Maantienvarsi pegmatite dike, ErÄa jÄarvi pegmatite area, Orivesi, Finland. At Tittling |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu URANI NITE Strickland Quarry, Portland, Connecticut Topsham, Maine etals and metallurgy...8-mm uraninite on matrix from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Connecticut;Bruce Jarnot specimen, Jeff Scovil...from the Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Author’s specimen and photo. ...Maine pegmatites, including the Groves quarry, Auburn; Tamminen quarry, Greenwood; Dunton and other quarries...quarries near Rumford; and the well-known Swamp No. 1 quarry occurrence at Topsham where brilliantly lustrous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SULFIDES A N D SULPHOSALTS IN PEGMATITE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 A...sulfide minerals are com monly found in granite pegmatite as ga lena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite...mineralogical curiosities. Most of the sulfides noted in pegmatite are of the common ore minerals most commonly found...deposits. The only economic sulfides recovered from pegmatite are bismuthinite, and molybdenite. Bismuthinite... Molybdenite has been a byproduct from pegmatite at Blue Hill, Cambdage Farm, Tunk Pond, and Cooper in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE PARAGENESIS OF THE WALDEN PEGMATITE, PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT (PART III) (Continued from last issue)...Weber, Mamaroneck, N. Y. Quartz in soda-lithium pegmatite is generally much less abundant than the cleavelandite...crystals of albite, lepidolite, colored tourmaline, beryl, apatite, topaz, fluorite, phenakite, bertrandite...replacement body in the Walden pegmatite appears to be: first, caesium beryl, either morganite or gashenite...inter-grown with c/eavelandite Irom the Walden Quarry, Poriland, Conn"ecticut. ROCKS AND MINERALS 595 |  | | Report (issue) | | Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...______________________________________ _ Location of pegmatite districts ___________________ _ Previous work...Acknowledgments ______________________________ _ History of pegmatite mining inN ew England _______ _ Mica mining _...deposits _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic...________________________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ______ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES Downloaded by [University of Florida] at 10:46 04 August 2017...California; in the Petaca district of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; from the Harney Peak region of South...Reagan mining district, Kern range, White Pine County, Nevada. SULFUR, S, occurs very rarely in pegmatites...New York. GRAPHITE. C, is rather uncommon in pegmatite. In the eastern and southeastern Adirondack region...Yarmouth, and Madrid, Maine. Also at Portland and Haddam Neck, Connecticut, and Native Elements (5) GOLD, Au |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE PARAGENESIS OF THE WALDEN PEGMATITE, PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT (PART II) (Continued from last issue)...crystallizing mass of pegmatite in the lithium replacement body in the Walden pegmatite. It envolved the rubellite...replacement lense after the deposition of the caesium beryl, montebrasite, rubellite, other colored tourmalines...the late lithium replacement body of the Walden pegmatite in broad, lath-like, euhedral crystals several...are the largest euhedral crystals found in this pegmatite and are tightly intergrown with or embedded in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 04:13 19 December 2014 Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado A s virtually every collector knows...and some districts, such as those in San Diego County, California, and many of those in Minas Gerais...Beautiful specimens of variously colored tourmaline, beryl, and spodumene from such occurrences grace many...premier aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted by Jacobson and Lees...veins. Commonly associated minerals are topaz, beryl, Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor of Rocks |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most...most popular of all collectible minerals is beryl. Its wide variation in color, particularly in the gem...the United States. High-quality specimens of the beryl gems, such as emerald and aquamarine, and to a lesser...lesser extent heliodor, morganite, bixbite (red beryl), and goshenite, are particularly prized, as are...unusual localities. A few collectors specialize in beryl, assembling magnificent collections that have been |  | | Journal (issue) | | and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California................................. 110 by Jack Crowley The Bertrandites of Connecticut................................114 by William...o rc l W \ Beryl. The Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina...104 The Mineralogical Record FRANK PERHAM Pegmatite Miner, Geologist and Humorist by Pete J. Dunn...pegmatites than most, he is also a dedicated pegmatite miner, a crack diesel engine mechanic, and is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Dayton Road District SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT JOHN H. BETTS 215 West 98 Street, Apt. 2F New...promising forgotten locations in Connecticut is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South Glastonbury....article are the northernmost in the Middletown-Portland pegmatite district (fig. 1). They are in South Glastonbury...miles north-northeast of Portland, Connecticut, just north of the Portland-South Glastonbury town line...the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north |
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Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA