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Forsterite from
Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Comments:Included in a list of minerals with no supporting information or specific localities, an unusual mineral for the area.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:81343
Long-form Identifier:1:3:81343:1
GUID (UUID V4):36b0a59d-7048-469d-9cbe-87727472e629
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
9.9km (6.2 miles) Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Danburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) Weston meteorite (incl Easton; Trumbull; Fairfield), Easton (Weston), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.8km (12.9 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
45.9km (28.5 miles) Forest of Dean Mine, Fort Montgomery, Town of Highlands, Orange County, New York, USA
49.6km (30.8 miles) Turkey Hill, Prospect, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
78.6km (48.9 miles) Warwickite type locality, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, 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...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)
polished tumbled agate, jasper, etc., postpaid in USA for only $5.00. George W. Owens, 150 III. Dr., Jacksonville...Richey, Florida. CHOICE BARITE ROSES-From Cleveland County, Oklahoma. 2-inch size 75i postpaid. W.L. Hiss...SPECIMENS-From sources. Free price list. J . E. Byron, CONNECTICUT MINERALS A N D SPECIMENS FOR SALE—Beryl, rose...CHOICE FLUORESCENT TUNGSTEN ORE-Scheelite from Inyo County, California, hand-picked for brilliance. add 4...golden labradorite, % inch, 20 for $1.00; also Connecticut almandite garnets, good dodecahedron crystals
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)
implanted at 200 keV into single-crystal synthetic-forsterite targets and the depth profiles were measured...* Present address: Schlumberger-Doll Box 707. Ridgefield. CT 06X7? Research, P. 0. rable to that expected...which were cut from a single crystal of synthetic forsterite (Mg, SiOJ. After grinding and polishing, the...implantations and to T. J. Ahrens for the single crystal forsterite. This work was supported by the NSF [PHY79-236381
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chondrules are composed primarily of granular forsterite (Fa+,s) with subsidiary amounts of clinoenstatite...address ~hlurn~~ff-~ll CT 06877. U.S.A. Research, Ridgefield, glass. E. M. Stolper; Cr, natural chromite...resulted from the partial equilibration ofchondrule forsterite with the more ferrous olivine of the Allende...been much cooler, or they would have evaporated. Forsterite vaporizes at 1444 K at 10e3 atm, but the chondrules
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)
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 (issue)
ahout 20 miles north of Barstow, San Bernardino County, Calif. th th SC fr 0 ROCKS AND MINERALS...opographical Map for the Ellenville Quadrangle (Ulster County, N ew Y o k) shows ice caves in Shingle Gully on...74°21'20" W . Long., and 41 °42'55" N. l at. Ulster County is in the southeastern pa t of New York. If our...Gregory, Head Master ol the Country Day School, Fairfield, Conn., ow first meeting of the year was held...45-74. It contains 3 figs. Launay Township, Abitibi County: By S. H. Ross. An interesting report on the geology
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
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show...called bediasites from Bedias, a town in Grimes county. Gold is a subject by itself, but because the gem...gem. Likewise, benitoite comes from San Benito county, California. Many gem materials are named for people
Journal (issue)
Fluorite Crystals with Galena Crystals, Socorro County, N. Mex. A very fine selection in stock. Crystals...(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...LOCALITY AT DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, 1837-1965 By RONALD EVERETT JANUZZI Danbury, Connecticut One of the most
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
Report (volume)
diffraction patterns of post-spinel phase(s) of forsterite above 30 GPa were rather complicated, and was...Facility (ESRF, France), Advanced Photon Source (APS, USA), and SPRing-8 (Japan). The dotted lines at the top...marbles consist of dolomite, Mg-calcite, diopside, forsterite, and minor Ti- clinohumite and phlogopite. Mg-calcite...-T-P stabilities of diamond, coesite, enstatite, forsterite, graphite, magnesite, and dolomite in the system...enstatite + forsterite in lherzolite may be controlled by the reaction enstatite + magnesite = forsterite + diamond
Journal (issue)
minerals Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Fax: (213) 749-4107 Website: http://nhm.org/research/minsci...com) 13100 Spring St. Baldwin Park, California, USA 91706 Some personal observations, ruminations, reflections...ceiling. At the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, one of the great Chilean proustites was borrowed...specimens. He also had rare faceted, colorless forsterite crystals from Pamir (Tajikistan), which I found...Diamond Hill Quartz mine, Antreville, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Some specimens are very large
Book (edition)
by J. H. New BENHAM, Haven, Ct Court of Connecticut iff EARTH PREFACE. IN the preparation of...or orange. A massive fluor, from Huntington, Connecticut, shows beautifully the emerald it green phosphorescence...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford There is...at large quantities of this gas. Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs ; in BuncombeAt Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England
Book
turn east and proceed three-fourths mile along county road. STOP 1 Cut on north side of road, west slope...MINERALOGY, AND GENESIS OF SELECTED FIRECLAYS FROM LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO by 1 HERMAN PONDER AND W. D. KELLER University...Missouri ABSTRACT Fireclay deposits occur in Latah County, Idaho, as residual weathered products, and as...common product of weathering. INTRODUCTION In Latah County, Idaho, occur deposits of transported and residual... GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF FIRECLAYS FROM LATAH COUNTY 45 GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGIC SETTING OF T H E CLAYS
Book (edition)
OX5 1GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA First edition 1996 Second edition 2015 Copyright...3.179 Montmorillonite 2.608 Albite 2.620 Forsterite 3.213 Muscovite 2.831 Almandine 4.318 Galena...Olivine 3320 130 80 8540 4910 0.24 C Forsterite 3224 129.6 81.0 8570 5015 0.24 G 3320... 6.0–8.0 Sandstones B: Appalachian sandstones, USA 1.71–2.09 0.09–0.21 8.0–17.0 Carbonates B: Limestone... 6.5 (Ca) Ortho- and ring silicates Olivine—forsterite 5.03  0.18 6 (M), 5.06 (CR) 0.68 (M) Olivine—fayalite
Book (edition)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands San Diego, CA 92101-4495 USA Kidlington, Oxford OX51GB UK London WC1X 8RR UK...(http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions). In the USA, users may clear permissions and make payments through...Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; phone: (+1) (978) 7508400, fax: (+1) (978) 7504744...outcrop Limestones: Black River Limestone, Wood county, Virginia, Ordovician | 2984...3204 m Limestone... Pore space properties 55 b) Granite (Manitoba, USA; Katsube and Hume, 1987) with k in m? k=2.51-107
Book (volume)
[QC611.8.N35] [Former heading] Narrow Lake (Noble County, Ind.) USE Rivir Lake (Ind.) Narrow-leaved black...Johnson Homestead (Guilford, Conn.) BT Dwellings—Connecticut Nathaniel Poe (Fictitious character) USE Bumppo...Salvador NT — England NT [Former heading] — Connecticut NT Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National...National Historic Site (Mount Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y.) Saratoga National Historical Park (N.Y.)...Mansion National Historic Site (Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y.) World War Veterans Park at Miller Field
Book (volume)
te Uw Ptnua} JviM M fliMitr ; K*»Wi.i it » USA sr«t«> <#**1 Ssitfi t «. ts ...Sac^awea, Lake (Cowitz County, Wash.) UF Fowler Lake (Wash.) Lake Sacajawea (Cowitz County, Wash.) BT Lakes...Sacajawea, Lake (Franklin County, Wash.) UF Lake Sacajawea (Franklin County, Wash.) BT Lakes Washington...(Or.) UF BT Saddle Mountain (Lincoln County and Polk County, Or.) Saddleback Mountain (Or.) Saddlebag...making USE Saddlery Saddle Mountain (Lincoln County and Polk County, Or.) USE Saddle Bag Mountain (Or.) Saddle
Book
3.179 Montmorillonite 2.608 Albite 2.620 Forsterite 3.213 Muscovite 2.831 Almandine 4.318 Galena... Olivine 3320 130 80 8540 4910 0.24 C Forsterite 3224 129.6 81.0 8570 5015 0.24 G 3320...(CR), 0.74 (M) Ortho—and ring silicates Olivine—forsterite 5.03 6 0.18 (CH), 6 (M), 5.06 (CR) 0.68 (M)...Simplon tunnel 3.73 2.65 1.40 C Chester, Vermont/USA 3.49 2.61 1.34 C Switzerland, alpine rocks ...Epidote Ca2Al2Fe(SiO4)3OH 3.59 3.61 0.495 6.49 Forsterite Mg2SiO4 3.21 3.23 0.498 1.54 Fayalite Fe2SiO4
Journal (issue)
Index (mailed in February),Anftualsubscription for USA and Canada US $198.50(for subscription prices elsewhere...Subscription including Index (51 issues) UK & Eire £85 USA & Canada US$198.50 Airspeed onlv BF7450 Belgium Airspeed...Rest of World Airmail £150 Rest of World* 'Inoi USA, Canada & Europe) Personal subscription rates are...(09323) 41459 USA: Nature, 15 East 26 Street, New York, NY 10010 Credit card orders only (in USA & Canada):...Telex: 858493 Back issues: (Post-paid) UK, £2.50; USA & Canada, US$6.00 (surface), US$9.00 (air); Rest
Book (edition)
refer to Society of Plastics Industry, 1025 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ste. 409, Washington, DC 20036. See...Mohs hardness 6. Occurrence: California, Maine, Connecticut, South Dakota, Germany, Norway, France. Use:...2; hardness 7-7.5. Occurrence: Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, Nevada, Europe, South Africa, Australia...symptoms of hatters exposed to mercury in Danbury, Connecticut, and the ‘‘dead fingers’’ syndrome of workers...07°4H,O. A natural sodium borate found in Kern County, California. Properties: Colorless to white, two
 
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