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Techniques for CollectorsAnybody know where "sunset hill" Conn. is? Specimen of Bismuthinite from there
1st Jul 2011 22:31 UTCBeth Schaefer
I have a specimen (thumbnail) of bismuthinite, listed from Sunset Hill, Conn. I can't find "sunset hill" on mindat.org. I have attached a photo.
I did google searches and the closest match were a few roads named sunset hill (and a golf course!).
Are there any conn. experts in old mines who have heard of this location? This is an old specimen, -it was acquired in 1955 (by Alex Knoll) but it could have been collected much earlier.
Thanks!
2nd Jul 2011 00:11 UTCSam Cordero, Jr.
2nd Jul 2011 00:21 UTCSam Cordero, Jr.
2nd Jul 2011 02:00 UTCDavid Bernstein Expert
2nd Jul 2011 03:20 UTCStephan Segedy
Good Luck,
Stephan
2nd Jul 2011 14:09 UTCJoseph Polityka Expert
Keep truckin' and happy Fourth of July to our American Midaters.
Best,
Joe
2nd Jul 2011 16:29 UTCDavid Bernstein Expert
5th Jul 2011 19:48 UTCHoward Heitner
7th Jul 2011 02:41 UTCSam Cordero, Jr.
7th Jul 2011 03:39 UTCBeth Schaefer
7th Jul 2011 17:36 UTCHarold Moritz 🌟 Expert
A search of place names on my digitized USGS topo maps for Connecticut revealed 5 Sunset Hills.
Of these, the likely ones are:
in northern Wilton just 1.2 miles south of Branchville (but unlikely because everyone typically called the quarry at Branchville either by that village name or by the initial owner Fillow).
or in northern Redding just southwest of Huntington State Park, within which the Biermann pegmatite quarry is located. Sunset Hill itself is a large drumlin, which would be made of glacial till and not have exposed bedrock. However, the state park, located in southeastern Bethel just east of Sunset Hill Road, which extends from Bethel into Redding, did not exist until 1973 and there is no previous place name for the land it occupies. Thus this locality often has a vague name or just "Bethel" on old labels. I think the specimen looks like a typical bismutite pseudomorph after bismuthinite, see one that Ronald Januzzi found at Biermann's:
http://www.mindat.org/gallery.php?loc=6788&min=687
So I'd have to go with Biermann's quarry as the actual locality, the label says Sunset Hill probably because the road would be the last geographic feature an old-time collector would be on when going there. I dont know if this name should be added to the official mindat locality aliases for Biermann as it is pretty unusual, but I think the image can be posted to that page, with a qualifier in the photo description that the label says "sunset hill".
Fritz
PS, While Dave Bernstein may think I "know everything" B), I do have many resources (mostly hard to find now) on Connecticut minerals etc., which I consult when these problems come up. I wouldnt want to know everything because, to quote Monty Python (penguin on top of the tele sketch), "That would take all the mystery out of life"!
13th Jul 2011 01:40 UTCSam Cordero, Jr.
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