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Smoky Quartz from
Chrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Smoky Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Habit:massive
Colour:smoky gray
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Spessartine4 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Spessartine at this locality.
Albite4 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Albite at this locality.
Chrysoberyl4 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Chrysoberyl at this locality.
Fahlunite3 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Fahlunite at this locality.
Columbite-(Fe)3 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Columbite-(Fe) at this locality.
Beryl2 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Beryl at this locality.
Zircon1 photo of Smoky Quartz associated with Zircon at this locality.
Talc1 photo of Smoky Quartz associated with Talc at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smoky Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:660299
Long-form Identifier:1:3:660299:4
GUID (UUID V4):9481a6f8-c558-4672-9332-08b88fc66ac6
Nearest other occurrences of Smoky Quartz
1.4km (0.9 miles) Timms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Jail Hill Road locality (Jail Hill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Quarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Forest Ridge Road, Higganum, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Connecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) Haddam Volunteer Fire Station, Higganum, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Rock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry (CCC Quarry; Smith Quarry; Turkey Hill quarry lot), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) State Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...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 as a guide...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
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)
ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...found are bauxite, coal, mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...Rock Run. "Quartz, mica, iron ore, coal and limestone are found all over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a I The history of chrysoberyl discoveries helps document the growth of mineralogy as a science and...a hobby in the United States. United States chrysoberyl localities appear to number a handful and have...only minute quantities of gem-quality material. Chrysoberyl is probably not as rare as believed, since its...observed crystal forms. Mineral Varieties The name chrysoberyl comes from the transliterated Greek words xpuods...described and named by Werner in 1789 as krisoberil. Chrysoberyl as a gemstone is known for its two varietiesalexandrite
Journal (issue)
SLIOKY QUARTZ CRYSTAL. HA DDALI NECK, CONN. COLLECTION 01" JAMES W. DAVIS, PORT CHESTER, N. Y. aTHEe—...N0. 5 For the MINERAL COLLECTOR. THE MINERALS OF HADDAM, CONN. BY James W. DAVIS. PART II. EPIDOTE, found...it is very abundant, occurring in a vein of smoky quartz, having for walls Epidosyte rock. it also penetrates...liancy of color of those crystals found in the smoky quartz. Nathan iel Cook obtained many beautiful specimens...brilliant faces and rich color. The color at this locality is particularly fine and many of the smaller crystals
Journal (issue)
page 8) In this issue … Mineral of the month: Chrysoberyl ..... p. 2 February program details ........... ........................... p. 10 Geology of quartz in Arkansas ............. p. 11 In memoriam: Jennie...Day! Chrysoberyl by Sue Marcus Our February Mineral of the Month is a real gem— chrysoberyl. The mineral...required for its composition. By 1789, the name “chrysoberyl” seems to have received acceptance by scientists...and since chrysoberyl was unknown in ancient times, Pliny could not have meant chrysoberyl (BeAl2O4)
Report (edition)
cover photograph: Pink tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield...CHAPTER l. INTRODUCTION . . . . .I .I Format of locality descriptions How to use the maps . . . . . . ...11 11 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 CHAPTER 3. MINERAL LOCALITY DESCRIPTIONS AND MAPS . . 21 CHAPTER 4. CHECKLIST...INDEX . . .. . .. . . 105 105 106 Locality index (by town) Locality index (by name of site) . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatite in New York is at Bedford in Westchester County. Its complex zoning and mineralogy are approached...by the pegmatite at Batchellerville in Saratoga County. The McLear pegmatite in the St. Lawrence Lowlands...but also for feldspar of other grades, as well as quartz, muscovite, and crushed pegmatite. The high-purity...(old unpublished data of the Town of Bedford). Quartz was shipped to the Bridgeport Wood Finishing Company...Company. The demand for high-quality feldspar and quartz extended the mining to other quarries, such as
Journal (issue)
Township, along the Susquehanna River, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Bixby 1914). This farm was just...other contributions that appear in its pages. Locality articles should not be construed to permit or...and the magnificent selenite crystals of Piute County, of which many museums now have specimens (Bixby...and Tim Q. [George] Shirley at Opaline, Owyhee County, located 18 miles south of Caldwell, Idaho. Some...Bixby cited this abandoned pegmatite as in Douglas County, the abundant presence of schorl suggests the pegmatite
Book (volume)
Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . .............................................. 341 Neil A. Wintringham Maine Mineral Locality Index ..........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified...Bennett pegmatite, agreed to write about that locality. Carl Francis, curator of minerals and meteorites
Book
useful and correct information in regard to the locality and value of Gems in the present state of scientific... . . . . . . ............... . . . . . . .. Chrysoberyl, Cymophane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . .; . . 266 Common quartz—rose quartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-...species form perfect holohedric combinations. Though quartz and apatite appear as such, I NJ yet properly
Field Trip Notes
decreases, falling to the chlorite zone along the Connecticut River. Further east it increases, and the rocks...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...(1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 170. (1919)...Geology of the Schroon Lake quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 213-214....complex^, domical anticlines just west of the Connecticut river » The largest of these, the Chester dome^
Book (edition)
Clerk's office, of the District Court of CHARLES Connecticut. Printed by Hezekiah Howe. PREFACE. THE to...in the mineral kingdom. is con- A crystal of Quartz, Iron-pyrites, or Topaz, is an individual in the...Examples of this kind may be seen in uncrystallized Quartz, massive Garnet, and common Feldspar. Such minerals...inorganic called a simple mineral. is crystal of Quartz, or a fragment of one mineral is a distinct... Mica, is which is an aggregate formed of Quartz, Feldspar and Porphyries, Lavas and most Slaty
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. OX OK LIBRAR LEN NEW YORK PRE FACE . The...enabled to infer the primary planes of a crystal of quartz from the sound and acoustical figures produced...signification , this term applied only to crystals of quartz, which the ancient philosophers believed to be...signification, this term applied only to crystals of quartz, which the ancient philosophers believed to be...Attempts of this kind are sometimes edectual with quartz. In many instances. clearage cannot be ejected
Report (volume)
are as follows: COLORADO. Mineralogy. Montrose County, uranium-vanadium deposits: Weeks, A. D., 13R....Iron, Cook County, titaniferous magnetite: Grout, F. F., 5. IRON. Minnesota, Cook County, titaniferous...Journal. Birmingham, Ala. Ala. Geol. Survey Bull.; County Rept.; Inf. Ser.; Map; Mus. Paper; Special Rept...Rept. Alabama Geological Survey Bulletin; County Report; Information Series; Map; Museum Papers; Special... 12 SERIALS Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. Trans. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences Transactions. New
 
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