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Forsterite from
Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Municipality
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite1 photo of Forsterite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:80954
Long-form Identifier:1:3:80954:4
GUID (UUID V4):d9558225-d34f-459c-a4e8-74686b319db5
Localities for Forsterite in this Region
Danburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
0.1km (0.0 miles) Danburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.8km (12.9 miles) Weston meteorite (incl Easton; Trumbull; Fairfield), Easton (Weston), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
40.5km (25.1 miles) Turkey Hill, Prospect, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
49.3km (30.6 miles) Forest of Dean Mine, Fort Montgomery, Town of Highlands, Orange County, New York, USA
73.8km (45.9 miles) Wethersfield (1982) meteorite, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK F ew minerals are commonly or uniquely...specimens from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, can be seen in many American and foreign...include phlogopite, magnetite, spinel, grossular, forsterite, monticellite, diopside, calcite, and wollastonite...limestone at Coles Brook in Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is also known from the Bolton...Bolton or Whitcomb quarry at Bolton, Worcester County, where it occurs in densely packed, yellowbrown, rounded
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...BY THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP*...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)
LOCALITY AT DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, 1837-1965 By RONALD EVERETT JANUZZI Danbury, Connecticut One of the...mineralogical literature had its beginning at New Kaven, Connecticut on the 15th day of June, 1835 A.D. It was on...Street and Padanaram Road) in the village of Danbury, Connecticut. It was within this restricted area that...the geological survey of Connecticut. It was collected in the town of Danbury near the manufactory of...little room to doubt that the specimen found at Danbury, though found detached, was nevertheless derived
Journal (issue)
HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly...abandoned Kelly Bank iron-manganese mine in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Because of its light color and friable...crystallized turquoise from Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia (Mitchell, 1977), and also it is unlike...a similar geological environment in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Montgomery , 1969). The purpose
Journal (issue)
HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly...abandoned Kelly Bank iron-manganese mine in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Because of its light color and friable...crystallized turquoise from Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia (Mitchell, 1977), and also it is unlike...a similar geological environment in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Montgomery , 1969). The purpose
Journal (issue)
Fluorite Crystals with Galena Crystals, Socorro County, N. Mex. A very fine selection in stock. Crystals...JUNE, 1965 CONTENTS THE DANBURITE LOCALITY AT DANBURY, CONN—Ronald E. Januzzi THE HISTORY AND MINERAL...(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
Report (issue)
............................ 22 Spinel, Orange County, N. Y............................................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...few miles north of New York City in Westchester County. One of these mines at Bedford has been in continuous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Corporation of America Mine No. 4, St. Lawrence County, New York T he technological development of mankind...famous Tilly Foster iron mine near Brewster, Putnam County (see Cook 2008 and references therein) was the...Essex County; excellent sharp octahedra to 2 cm have been collected at Port Henry in the same county. The...of America’s No. 4 mine at Balmat, St. Lawrence County, is well known for lustrous magnetite crystals...Jeff Scovil photo. Connecticut from outcrops along the western side of the Connecticut River and in cliffs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EPIDOTE FROM HAWLEYVILLE, CONNECTICUT* Davrs M. Leenau, Department oJ Geology,Columbia Unioers.i.ty...paper. LocarroN Hawleyville, Conn., is east of Danbury, Conn., on route 25 a few miles north of the junction...and.massive quartz EPIDOTE FROM HAWLEYVILLE, CONNECTICUT 65 with muscovite crystals along the pegmatite...25,27L (1939). EPIDOTE FROM HAWLEVVILLE, CONNECTICUT 67 tified as stilbite. From this data it seemsprobable...oxide per cent. EPIDOTE FROM HATTILEYVILLE,CONNECTICUT 69 Herdsman given below in Table 2.It can be
Journal (issue)
entire mining complex is known as the Yongchun County Lead Pit and Limestone Mine, although each individual... 3: Haultruck exiting lower portal of Yongchun County Lead Pit and LimestoneMinewhere fluorite crystals...owned by the government, specifically Yongchun County, but all work is contracted out to a privately...been reported in the Pioche District or in Lincoln County. At least I am somewhat consoled that apparently...dodecahedron for fluorite crystals from the Yongchun County Lead Pit and Limestone Mine The already famous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Poundridge area in northeastern Westchester County, New York, is underlain by the Poundridge and Siscowit...limestone-Hudson River shale sequence of Dutchess County to the north. The area has been subjected to regional...concerns the northeastern corner of Westchester County, New York, 35 miles north of New York City and...(1936) of the structure and petrology of Dutchess County, New York, has much bearing on the present study...in his reconnaissance study of the geology of Connecticut. Berkey (1907; 1911) and Berkey and Rice (1919)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
scapolite, tremolite, and particularly fine forsterite (boltonite) specimens up to large sizes. Also...m o n t . Orders not less than 100 lbs. F.O.B. Danbury or Burlington. Wholesale only. Also oolitic hematite...r a l s " . W i l b u r J. Elwell, 2 Duck St., Danbury, Conn. SIDERITE—Fine light tan to dark brown cleavable...o m the famous locality at Roxbury Station, Connecticut. 2 x 2 to 4 x 4 , $ . 5 0 to $ 2 . 0 0 . W e...d , mounted, and i d e n t i f i e d , postpaid USA, $ 2 . 0 0 . Specimens average approx. 1 " . Irma
Book
be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...typical crystal shape. Goethite, Tintic, Utah, USA * 16.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 om Drusy These minerals have...linarite, Bingham, New Mexico, USA * 9x 75 x 2.cm Arborescent copper, Michigan, USA * 35 x 8 x 1 cm Radiating
Book
President, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California, USA and Dr Demetrius Pohl, PhD (Stanford), former curator...geology), American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. CONTENTS Foreword 6 Preface 7 Introduction 8 ...vicinity of the tsavorite mining area in Taita-Taveta County. PHOTOCOURTESY OF BRUCEBRIDGES THE NEOPROTEROZOIC...Transparent light blue aquamarine comes from Meru County in Kenya; translucent blue-green, euhedral hexagonal...crystals are known from the Baragoi area, Samburu County, Kenya. Keller(1992) describes gem-quality aquamarine
Journal (issue)
on page 4) Mineral News ----2 Newry, Oxford County, Maine (Continued from page 1) For example. chemical...hornblende", "biotite", clinochlore, dravite, forsterite, ilmenite, magnesiohomblende, magnetite, prehnite...Associated Rocks in the Newry Hill Area, Oxford County, Maine, Bulletin 6, Maine Geological Survey, pp...library@ $195.00 plus $15.00 Priority shipping (USA). We accept all major credit cards, PayPal, checks...Show Danbury Mineralogical Society; New Milford High School, Danbury Road, New Milford, Connecticut.; Saturday
Journal (issue)
up on sleep, I am already away two weeks from the USA. This journey started with an early trip to Munich... Based on the prevalent spessartine in many Connecticut pegmatites, it occurred to me that the chemistry...those of anthophyllite. It is associated with forsterite, talc, serpentine minerals, chlorite, chromian...evaporites in a potash mine near Penobsquis, Kings County, New Brunswick. The new mineral name is for Canadian...and mineral history enthusiast $24,00 per year in USA $30,00 per year elsewhere Matrix Publishing Company
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...and gyp­ sum at the Bull Moose pegmatite, Custer County. AVAILABILITY Over half of the species discussed...Kehoite, a new phosphate from Galena, Lawrence County, South Dakota. American Journal o f Science, 46...rio KOK 3K O • 161 Sherman Avenue Meriden, Connecticut 06450 \ 203-235-5467 f Q fb im o n Q5%Sarrisen/...classics just acquired! 15 Queenwood Avenue Fairfield Park Bath, Avon BA1 6EU ENGLAND Tel: 0225-312-835
Journal (issue)
comes from the Polar Star Mine, Dutch Flat, Nevada County. Suites of minerals, supplying invaluable data...boundary between Danvers and Topsfield in Essex County, Massachusetts. The mine was worked, but nothing...referred tQ the 17th century at an unknown place in Connecticut, transparent quartz; the white Muscovia glass...melanterite] at Lebanon, New Hampshire [now in York County, Maine, due to a boundary change] in the weathered...E. S. Dana (1888). found in the clays of the Connecticut River, later de­ scribed by Tarr (1935), for
Book (volume)
beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...stream gravels, cut banks, breaks, hillsides, etc.Fairfield agates. CUSTER:  N, (1) near Laughing Water Cr
Journal (issue)
White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...3x3x8 feet in the Luella Mine near Avon, Latah County, Idaho ; and etc. Origin The crystals have reached...pegmatite of the Harding Mine near Embudo, T aos County, New Mexico, has been mined and sent to Washington...been found in the solid pegmatite at Portland, Connecticut. Some of the pockets found have been of very
Book
states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...Corocoro, Bolivia, and at Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper is found in abundance in the Keweenaw area...and from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. In the USA gold is often obtained by individual prospectors...suitable for pencils comes from Sonora, Mexico. In the USA a major locality is at Ticonderoga, New York State...localities in Chile, and from the Mohawk mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan; also from Lake Superior, Ontario. Treatment
Book
granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the...potential for specimen sales. Shale (Pennsylvania, USA) 57 Mineral Descriptions For each species the...Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species, 5th ed., Tucson, USA, published by the Mineralogical Record, 1987, and
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Mineralogical Record (PO Box 35565, Tucson, Arizona, USA). This has been in ex istence since the early 1970s...published in other countries as well as in the UK and USA, with the result that a good deal of detail on foreign...the Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Pockets of this type rarely exceed...but if Mg-rich (dolomite) may give serpentines, forsterite, spinel and the tremolite-actinolites. Igneous...to produce electrical balance. In the mineral forsterite, two Mg atoms, each with a valency of 2 ' , combine
Journal (issue)
fluorite pyrophyllite wollastonite chamosite forsterite pyrrhotite zoisite chromite grossular quartz...hematite, chrysocolla, quartz and shattuckite. Forsterite Mg2Si04 Of contact metamorphic origin in the...(Bonillas et al., 1916); composition (fayalite or forsterite) not indicated. Orthoclase KAlSi3Os A common...as fibrous gray groups with tremolite, talc, forsterite and pyrite (Tenney, 1913). Uncle Sam shaft— “M...Columbus, Ohio 43229 (614) 436-1458 Danbury High School, Danbury, CT Downington Inn, Downington, PA Franklin
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Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illlnois Indiana...g·o '-I o I Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey University of Connecticut Box U-45 Storrs...Storrs, Connecticut . V V Delaware Geological Survey .,,University of Delaware Newark, Delaware f '1...northeast part of the Coosa Coal Field, St. Clair County, Alabama, by H. E. Rothrock. 1949. 69 B. 50 Well...and G. L. Richardson. 91 1940. district, Franklin County, Alabama, by E . F. Burchard and H. D. Pallister
 
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