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Albite from
Bordonaro Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Comments:Mostly massive, minor vuggy zones with micro-crystals or albite and quartz.
Colour:white
Luminescent properties:none
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Abundance at site:Extremely common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ4 photos of Albite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Muscoviteⓘ4 photos of Albite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Microclineⓘ4 photos of Albite associated with Microcline at this locality.
Berylⓘ3 photos of Albite associated with Beryl at this locality.
Schorlⓘ2 photos of Albite associated with Schorl at this locality.
Uraniniteⓘ1 photo of Albite associated with Uraninite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bordonaro Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:654629
Long-form Identifier:1:3:654629:8
GUID (UUID V4):b434c91e-bb6a-497a-b5ec-c62d3efb73c8
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘGotta-Wannerstrom Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘGotta-Walden Prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘAppletree Lane, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘCape Hall Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘPratt Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed pegmatite prospect #7, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
References
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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)
Study of the Pegmatites of the Middletown Area, Connecticut D. G. BROOKI~S Department of Geology, Kansas...18, 1969 Abstract. The pegmatites of Eastern Connecticut have a mineralogy consistent with a magmatic...taken at variable distances from the Sbriekland Quarry pegmatite have remained essentially closed systems...t i t e s of t h e M i d d l e t o w n area, Connecticut h a v e been s t u d i e d b y n u m e r o u...bordered on the west by the Triassic rocks of the Connecticut Valley and to the east by pre-Triassic gneisses
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...characteristics are usually richer in perthite, albite, muscovite, or quartz. The grain size increases...pegmatites by the addition of tourmaline, muscovite, albite, and beryl. The total resources of beryl, sheet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Dayton Road District SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT JOHN H. BETTS 215 West 98 Street, Apt. 2F New...of the most promising forgotten locations in Connecticut is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South...article are the northernmost in the Middletown-Portland pegmatite district (fig. 1). They are in South...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND OF CONNECTICUT. VINCENT E. SHAININ. ‱ ABSTRACT. In 1942 4‱., about 120 Connecticut pegmatites...investigatedmany beryl-bearingpegmatites.In Connecticut, betweenOctober1942and January 1944,about 120...a partial appraisalof the beryl resources of Connecticut. The investigations were carriedon by Cameron...studieddomesticpegmatitesduring the war.2 PEGiVfATITES IN CONNECTICUT. Most pegmat{res{n Connecticutthat have been...the igneous and metamorphicrocks east of the Connecticut River,andlie withina district14 mileslongand9
Report (issue)
___ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Connecticut ___ _ Geology of the Middletown district ___________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect...prospect __________________ _ Bennett feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________...Brown-Thurston beryl prospect __________ _ Bumpus feldspar quarry ________________ _ Donahue mica prospect _________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is reported to be Mississippian (Huvelin 1977; Bordonaro 1983). Previous studies of massive sulfide deposits...perpendicularly to the maximum E–W dimension (Huvelin 1977; Bordonaro et al. 1979). The location of these units presumably...Eastern and Central zones in the Jebilet Massif. Bordonaro et al. (1979) suggested a lateral facies change...second, well-spaced schistosity (Huvelin 1977; Bordonaro 1983; Mayol 1987). The effects of deformation...correlation with the Kharrouba Flysch. Subsequently, Bordonaro (1983) revised the stratigraphy, using the name
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and have a low-grade, chlorite–muscovite–quartz–albite– oligoclase metamorphic assemblage. The Draa Sfar...top of an interpreted basin-fill succession (Bordonaro, 1983). Beauchamp et al. (1991) interpreted the...characterized by three types of magmatic activity (Bordonaro, 1983; Aarab and Beauchamp, 1987; Bernard 283...and late brittle deformation (Huvelin, 1977; Bordonaro, 1983; Bernard et al., 1988; Essaifi et al., 2004)...as folded and dislocated sheet-like orebodies (Bordonaro, 1983; Bernard et al., 1988). Massive sulphide
Journal (issue)
mineral localities: the G illette quarry, Haddam Neck, Connecticut ....................................Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36) Tuolumne County; 2.54 cm, 1.9 cm (39) Seaton mine, Amador County; 12.07 cm...Dorado County; 1.5 cm (55) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 8.26 cm (60) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 4.76...Dorado County; 4.29 cm (62) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 2.22 cm (63) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 2.54... Figure 3. Gold from the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California: shown on the facing page as no. 60
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Silurian and Devonian terranes (Huvelin, 1977; Bordonaro et al., 1979). Thus, the eastern Jebilet belong...with the eastern part (Bordonaro et al., 1979; Gaillet, 1980; Gaillet and Bordonaro, 1981). The outcropping...equivalent of the Kharrouba Flysch (Bordonaro et al. 1979; Gaillet and Bordonaro, 1981). The Sarhlef series have...greenschist-facies as shown by the mineralogical assemblages: albite, chlorite, phengite (Ab, Chl, Phg) in pelites and...epidote (Tr-Act, Ep) in mafic rocks (Huvelin, 1977; Bordonaro, 1983); (3) The main tectonic phase (D2) dated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the SchiefermĂŒhle quarry, a black shale quarry contiguous to the mine. This quarry, used for backfilling...Buchholz and Luppold (2008) from the SchiefermĂŒhle quarry. Geohistorical analysis of the stratigraphic record...available stratigraphical data (Strauss 1970; Bordonaro et al. 1979; Sperling 1986; Bernard et al. 1988;...to the mineralized horizon at the SchiefermĂŒhle quarry constrained the age of the ore host sequence to...numerous and abrupt facies and thickness variations (Bordonaro et al. 1979). The massive sulfide deposits occur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
assigned to the Sarhlef Series (Huvelin 1977; Bordonaro 1983; Playford et al. 2008; Moreno et al. 2008)...pyroclastic and volcanic rocks (Huvelin 1977; Bordonaro et al. 1979). Igneous activity started at ca...mappable HT-LP metamorphic aureole (Huvelin 1977; Bordonaro 1983; El Hassani and Zahraoui 1982; Essaifi et...ankerite-siderite, calcite) (Fig. 6g), tourmaline (Fig. 6h), albite, rutile, ilmenite, magnetite, and sulfide minerals...consequences for gold deposition. Chem Geol 194:119–141 Bordonaro M (1983) Tectonique et pĂ©trographie du district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Meseta domain remain controversial. For example, Bordonaro et al. (1979) assigned Tournaisien to Middle Visean...ages for these Ma 300 310 320 Stephanian Bordonaro et al. (1979) Huvelin (1977) Westphalian Namurian...dusty cores partly replaced by sericite with fresh albite rims; K feldspar and quartz are fresh. Calcite...Marocaines: Mineralium Deposita, v. 23, p. 104–114. Bordonaro, M., Gaillet, J.L., and Michard, A., 1979, Le
Book
States for each, further in of “spirit a Connecticut, patriotism.” the gem considered October,...and weighs 235.5 carats, morganite rough Diego County, California, weigh Lea Collection), and from...Properties be the largest a was story Angeles County and photographs prepared from a 6,021- International...hexagonal in while 194—201), (pp. less filled with albite, Similar relict cavities with Moss, Norway,...35 x while etching cleavage etched green County, California; 138 The basal face is has cracks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
selected (Ka if not speciïŹed) were: F (topaz), Na (albite), Mg (pyrope), Si, Al, K (sanidine), P (ïŹ‚uorapatite)...position. As standards we used apatite (F and P), albite (Na), forsterite (Mg, Si), anorthoclase (Al), orthoclase...SPSV plotted in the orthoclase (Or)-anorthite (An)-albite (Ab) triangular diagram, showing the compositional...silicic magmas. Master’s Thesis, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States. CAROFF, M...pegmatites from Gordon Butte, Crazy Mountains (Montana, USA): comparisons between potassic and sodic agpaitic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits representing the sandstones [44,49]. Bordonaro et al. [50] revised the stratigraphy of Central...measured in quartz, amphibole, muscovite, chlorite, albite, and whole rocks in metapelites, gabbros, and felsic...felsic rocks from both the footwall and chlorite, albite, and whole rocks in metapelites, gabbros, and felsic...Investigations Report 2010-5070-C; USGS: Reston, VA, USA, 2012. Lydon, J.W. Ore deposit models #14, volcanogenic...J. Earth Sci. 1991, 28, 2024–2041. [CrossRef] Bordonaro, M.; Gaillet, J.L.; Michard, A. Le gĂ©osynclinal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
characterized by a widespread bimodal magmatism (Bordonaro, 1983), represented by numerous felsic, maïŹc or...greenschist facies minerals (chlorite, tremolite, albite, prehnite, sericite) prevail in the Kettara shear...axial valley. Journal of Geology, 83, 61–78. Bordonaro, M., 1983. Tectonique et pétrographie du district...Valley shear zones in the Appalachian Mountains, USA. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 14, 213– 226. Coogan...alteration of the Trinity ophiolite (California, USA). Chemical Geology, 89, 87–115. Léger, A. & Ferry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
prehnite and pumpellyite as well as very scarce albite, 110 actinolite, quartz, and zeolites. This sub-greenschist...395-402, La Plata. 455 Cuerda, A., Cingolani, C., Bordonaro, O., 1993. Las secuencias sedimentarias eopaleozoicas...Soc. America Spec. Paper 265, Boulder, 501 CO, USA, pp. 113–137. 502 Kokogian, D.A., Spalletti, L...Setting. Spec. Pap. 265. Geol. Soc. Am., Boulder, CO, USA, pp. 79–91. 554 555 Reat, E.J., Fosdick, J.C.,
Journal (issue)
Contents for January - February, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ........................................................... THE OAKS CORNERS, N. Y ., LIMESTONE QUARRY By Claude H . S1nith ............................AND MINERALS 2 ---~;~------~-~ CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ..,...,..,..,_--...,-, w,..,.......,.., ,..,_____...town is located near the western edge of Morrill County which is in western Nebraska. Flowing south of...collected are very similar to those from Sweetwater County, Wyoming. These are dear chalcedony with small
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Project 233 IU S UNES 0 (I R.D. DALLMEYER, Athens, USA J.D. KEPPlE, Halifax, Canada (Directors) ~ Terranes...of Geology University of Georgia Athens, Ga 30602 USA Dr. J. P. LECORCHE Laboratoire de Geophysique et...Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA 2 Faculte des Sciences et Techniques de St. Jerome...Mauritania, abstracts and program, Univ Georgia (USA), pp 27-37 Black R, Caby R, Moussine-Pouchkine A...anatomy of mountain ranges. Princeton Univ Press, USA Caen-Vachette M (1988) Le craton ouest-africain et
Report (issue)
l'orogÚne calédono-hercynien (Michard, 1976 ; Bordonaro et al., 1977) et l'on y reconnaßt d'ouest en est...schisteuses monotones, à séricite, chlorite, quartz, albite, etc., dont l'épaisseur est dif_ ficile à évaluer...pyrite oxydés ( piste de la ~are) ou micaschistes à albite abondante, à caractÚrt:- de métagreywacke. Par...Jbel Sahrlef dans les Jbilet (Huvelin, 1975 ; Bordonaro, :en prép.). Sur cette base, la formation de LallaTittaf...chlorite Quartz + muscovite + chlorite ± épido~e ± albite L'épidote se présente en grains subsphériques,
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Resource Reviews Series editor John Slack, Reston, VA, USA More information about this series at http://www...John F. Slack U.S. Geological Survey Farmington, ME USA ISSN 2365-0567 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-31733-5...National Center, Mail Stop 954, Reston, VA 20192, USA © Springer International Publishing Switzerland...and Ercit 2005), and are classiïŹed as complex to albite–spodumene types (KĂŒster 2009). In the mobile belts...with VHMS deposits of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Bordonaro et al. 1979) and integrated into a global genetic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
basanites. In the groundmass are analcime, nepheline, albite, augite, ±olivine and minor amounts of phlogopite...a groundmass of augite, kaersutite, biotite and albite, intensely replaced by calcite. These alkalic volcanics...porphyritic. The variolitic groundmass consists of albite (An 8 . 10 ) and femic minerals, strongly altered...mesostasis are usually hydrothermally altered in albite-epidote-chlorite-actinolite assemblage. Alkaline...Sci., Vol. 17. Baldis, B. A. J., Beresi, M. S., Bordonaro, O., and Vaca, A., 1982, Evolutionary synthesis
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Ohio USA Jon J. Smith Stratigraphic Research Section Kansas Geological Survey Lawrence Kansas USA Brian...Engineering University of Mississippi Oxford Mississippi USA ISSN 0275-0120 ISBN 978-94-017-8720-8     ISBN 978-94-017-8721-5...South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, SD, USA Sunil Bajpai Department of Earth Sciences, Indian...Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA Andrew P. K. Bentley Department of Earth and Environmental... PA, USA Danita S. Brandt Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, MI, USA Ashley
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423–434. Álvaro, J.J., Ahlberg, P., Babcock, L.E., Bordonaro, O.L., Choi, D.K., Cooper, R.A., Ergaliev, G.Kh...sources: an example from the Cenozoic of western Utah, USA. In: Taylor, R.P., Strong, D.F. (Eds.), Granite-Related...The peralkaline tin-mineralized Madeira cryolite albite-rich granite of Pitinga, Amazonian Craton, Brazil:...Weisbrod, A., 1992. The Beauvoir topaz-lepidolite albite granite (Massif Central, France); the disseminated...of the McAllister Sn–Ta-bearing pegmatite Coosa County, Alabama. Canadian Mineralogist 27, 93–105. Förster
 
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