Schorl

Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Schorl crystals 10 mm tall in smoky quartz. Collected by Harold Moritz from the CCC quarry in 2004.

Muscovite

Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Euhedral muscovite crystal 35 mm across. Collected by Harold Moritz from the CCC quarry in 2006.

Schorl

Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

18 mm incomplete crystal. P. Cristofono specimen and photo, field collected 2009.

Annite, Quartz, Microcline

Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Books and crystals of annite in coarse-grained quartz / feldspar (mostly microcline?) matrix on the quarry wall. The green is assorted moss / lichen overgrowth. These crystals are higher on the wall and nearly impossible to remove without totally destroying them. Largest annite crystal about 6 cm across. Image taken June 4, 2012; visit ...

Schorl, Microcline, Quartz, Albite

Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Large crystal of schorl in very coarse-grained quartz / feldspar (mostly microcline and perhaps albite, note two different textures of feldspars in the image, one altering more than the other). The green is assorted moss / lichen overgrowth. These crystals are higher on the wall and nearly impossible to remove without totally destroying them. ...

Microcline

Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

A decently formed microcline crystal in the quarry face. Lens cap is 5 cm.

CCC Quarry (2009)

Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

Wall of pegmatite at the CCC quarry. P. Cristofono photo, August 2009.

Panoramic view of quarry

Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

A panoramic view of the quarry face and dump. April 2015.