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Schorl from
Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Comments:Very likely from the Great Ring Farm locality.
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Schorl associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:721906
Long-form Identifier:1:3:721906:1
GUID (UUID V4):cf9f196f-b3dc-435d-9842-61ccca5a3a16
Localities for Schorl in this Region
Captain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
6.6km (4.1 miles) Danbury beryl prospect, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) Captain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) Biermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
11.8km (7.4 miles) Curtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) Redding Glen (Redding Ridge), Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) Western Connecticut State College, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) State Route 67 construction site, Oxford, New Haven 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...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)
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...belt of world-famous peg­ matites along the Connecticut R i v e r in the Eastern Highlands, and ( 3 )...best known Connecticut collecting sites is Thomaston D a m , Thomaston, Litchfield County. Specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Rockford to collect beryl, black tourmaline (schorl) and smokey quartz. Pick, shovel, hard hat and...Ames Bixeman and Olin Lewis of the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society, Lake Wales, presented...visible length of petrified wood." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, are continuing...Gem Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, visited the Medford quarry near Westminster...JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1976 to the Pierrepont area produced schorl, tourmaline (green), mica, pyrite, uralite and
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of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...Bath. MAINE. BOWDOIN. Schorl, common, very abundant. (C.) BOWDOINHAM. Schorl, very large, perfect,...in beds. Mica, sometimes very beautiful green, Schorl, black, masses sometimes contain fragments of quartz...Graphite, in a friable granite. (C.) GARDINER. Schorl, very abundant. (C.) GEORGETOWN. Made, in small...GREENWOOD. Graphite, 6 m. from Paris Court House. (C.) Schorl, with graphite. HARPSWELL. Staurotide, in mica
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stones, and pebbles mixed with quartz, granite, and schorl rock; little rounded, and of the best quality where...angular and subangular granite, felspar, quartz, schorl, veinstone materials mixed with granitic gravel...subangular, and rounded masses of granite, quartz, schorl, veinstones, small quantities of tin ore; clay-slate...and subangular stones of quartz, slate, elvan, schorl rock, slate veinstones, and occasionally granite...mould 2. Gravel, stones of slate, quartz, elvan, schorl rock, and occasionally granite 3. Peat On 4. Tin
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of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD...possible, the various mineral- localities in the same county around their respective post-towns. A few cases...rule, where a parish or village is situated in one county, and its post-town in another. Chains of hills
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...[University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Czechoslovakia France Germany Japan Italy Mexico Namibia USSR USA Zaire Total Total number of species during 5-year...operating mine is the White Pine mine in Ontonagon County at the southwest end of the district. The great... It begins in Ontonagon County, continues northeast through Houghton County, out onto the Keweenaw Peninsula...location of the Minesota mine, Rockland, Ontonagon County, Michigan. rock and souvenir shops, especially
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tributary, which enters the main valley draining from Newtown, but at low tide one can see ridges of killas striking...alteration, we have the tourmalinisation, producing the schorl rock of Godolphin Warren. The zone of greatest...granite country. There are no quarries in this schorl rock, though the surface pits suggest that it has...show a gradation from the normal granite to the schorl rock. The Elvans. A late stage in the history of...principal mining centres are scattered throughout the county, the areas of mineralisation are closely associated
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 ..........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(cf. Phillips, 1974; Gibbard & Stuart, 1974). In Newtown estuary on the Isle of Wight, a fossiliferous deposit...quantities of other lithologies including quartzite, schorl and Greensand. The limited distribution on land...A. 1986. The Pleistocene geology and faunas at Newtown, Isle of Wight. Proceedings of the Isle of Wight
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
motored via the Helston-Penzance road as far as Newtown. By walking along Prah Lane the members reached...Tregonning Hill and collecting specimens of the typical schorl rock for which the former locality is well known
Book
long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...5 cm (Grice and Gault, 1981). CONNECTICUT Litchfield, Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals...crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described in print by Charles Upham Shephard...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted
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 (article/letter/editorial)
up to 2.0%0 between pegmatite dikes in San Diego County, California, U.S.A., can also be explained by exchange...in this paper, and the location of the San Diego County pegmatites (B.E. Taylor et aI., 1979). 129 localities...wall Kiawa pegmatite, Petaca district, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico: K-57 coarse-gr. pegmatite qtz-fsp...pegmatite; zone (5) +11.2 T-20 fine-gr. qtz-ab-schorl pegmatite +10.8 Ksp Crestmore pegmatite, southern...pegmatites: P-4 qtz-tour +12.8 P-14 Newtown, Connecticut +11.1 RC-329 sanidine pegmatite, New
Report (issue)
the sole Wholesale Agent to the Trade outside the County of London. 1909. Price FO'Ur Sliillings. •••...in junction with, the Dartmouth Slates between Newtown and Lawhire. The :faulted Dartmouth ,Slates near...perfectly clear though the mud films are converted into schorl, the s_iliceous films being· repre�nied by reconstructed...small qua11tity, none can be detected in this. No schorl is pr,esent i11 a.ny 0£ the sections, and the 1·ock...biotite1 a little muscovite, and, in some cases, schorl a1·e also pr·esent, while the £elspar o:f the ground
Report (issue)
CONTENTS Introduction Asbestos Barite Franklin County Fulton and Bucks Counties Corundum Page 1 1 5...Magnesite Phosphate minerals Cumberland County Juniata County 18 23 25 25 26 Potash 29 Quartz-Mint...Quartz-Mint 32 Rock salt 36 Crawford County Elk County 36 37 Erie and Forest Counties 38 McKean, Potter...ment is from the Second Survey report on Chester County, C4, p. 350. "Asbestos is also an associate of...on the farm of Jacob Sides, in Aston, Delaware County, and also in Upper Providence, where it exists
Report (issue)
penetrated by numerous granite veins and by veins of schorl rock. The resemblance o.£ the succession to that... from whose notes �he following account of the county westwa1"d to Godrevy is taken. The cliffs from...granite, and is an exact parallel to the formation 0£ schorl rock, to be described in a subseq11ent chap.t er... GEOLOGY OP LAND'S ENJ), areas near lodes or schorl veins are quite useless for large blocks, :for...straight p a•r allel-sided eight-inch dyke oi black schorl rock, which runs direct from high water to low
Journal (volume)
Cornwall, in Polladan Cove,* an enormous mass of schorl-rock intervenes between the granite and slate....Just, the Narrow -point, and Caseley's -cairn ; schorl is plentiful, but may be procured finely crystallized...fDtn lode WHEAL30 . .to4ft Size . . oftin .of schorl and quartz two .of 45° angle an at this with ...iron ,mbrown schorl and .felspar nelspar 20uartz nd ed uch qlarge felspar ,wRed schorl and porphyretic...PaQ)4iSW7grained tin of qoxide felspar ,fwhite schorl .and W.;avTein 30° of angle atan join slate and
Book (edition)
Magntsia, Potath, &c. Soapftone, 59 , Chlorite 60 Schorl, 6 1 Clay-flate, . . . . , , . . . . ...upon gneifs, from the Stafford Springs, in Connecticut.- Davis, The Diamond Rock, fituated eaft of...bubbles of air, may be seen in it ; also crystals of schorl or titanium, crystals of chlorite, and iron ore... A mens drae mine, near Redrutb, in the same county ; and another variety, very much resembling flint...masses, or in beds or New- York city, in loofc county of Richmond, (N. Y.) near the health eftablifhment
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...35 x while etching cleavage etched green County, California; 138 The basal face is has cracks...11 Superb, doubly Photo No. terminated Diego County, and c {oool} several Harold & with The
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
Book (edition)
Granite .. Granite • Schorlaceous Granite Schorl Rock .. .. Schorl -· _ Granite Veins and Dvkes Granitic...from the Crumlin Quarries, near Tallaglit, Dublin County, Ireland. The limestone belongs to the '' calp...irregular masses, and ptttches in Portland Storie.-Newtown Quarries, near Tisbitry, Wilts. 36.-FLINT, from...containing f·ossil co1·als.-Brown's 1-Iill Quarry, County ~f Carloio, Ireland. 39.-BALA LDIESTONE, very impu1~e...crystals of staurolite, and very small crystals of schorl. 96.-DITTO ; Consols Mine, Redruth, Cornivall.
Book (edition)
Schorlaceous Granite .. Scborl Rock, with Note Schorl, with Note Granitic Veins and Dykes, Felspathic...445. CLAY SLATE, alte1~ed. Nea1· Hollyu,ood, County Wicklow. Near junction of slate and g,-anite. Seems...A.0Eous SLATE (J1ear Granite). Hollywood Glen, County Wicklo1.v. . Possesses a wavy sttucture, probably...imperfect crystals of' staurulite. Near Hollywood, County Wicklow. Sliglitly foliated and gneissic in structure...staurolite. 449. MICA SLATE, close upon Granite. County Wicklow. From a foliated rock containing much mica
 
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