State Route 118 Bantam River bridge, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Dark brown pinite pseudomorphs after cordierite in massive quartz. Former Trinity College collection #7231. Harold Moritz specimen.
© 2022 Harold Moritz
Pinite pseudomorph after cordierite in quartz. Former Trinity College collection #7231. Harold Moritz specimen.
© 2021 Harold Moritz
Pinite pseudomorph after cordierite from 19th century locality. From Silas Bronson Library collection (1893) Attached Foote label says simply pinite
© Howard Heitner
Ilmenite in white massive quartz boulder. October 2012.
West dipping Rowe Schist under the western abutment for the state Route 118 bridge over the Bantam River. October 2012.
Massive white quartz boulders in and along the Bantam River. Massive white quartz segregations are common in the Rowe Schist. October 2012.
Small staurolite crystals pepper the Rowe Schist outcrop. October 2012.
© 2012 Harold Moritz
Interesting cribbing or some kind of structure in the river bed on the north side of the bridge. Part of the old dam? October 2012.