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Crandallite from
Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Crandallite
Formula:CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Comments:Schooner (1955) reports it "as microscopic crystals associated with bertrandite" found by Gunnar Bjareby. However, he does not mention it in any of his subsequent writings on the area.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Crandallite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:96191
Long-form Identifier:1:3:96191:4
GUID (UUID V4):fa780938-00e4-43ac-aa19-49bbb04dcff8
References
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6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia... If you have ever had the desire to detonate a quarry blast or create an earthquake you will be able...Figure 7—Manganoan Calcite – Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - “Wonderful World of Agates”...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the...An unusual specimen from the Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, Wisconsin) is a sheet copper (figure 6). One of
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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)
MINERALS FROM 1 CONNECTICUT HILL By Richard Schooner P. O. Box 215 East Hampton, Conn. Collins Hill, in the...the town of Portland, undoubtedly represents the most remarkably mineralized area, of its size, in southern...southern New England. The hill is not especially large, but several different formtions are present, and...has been done on the giant pegmatite at the summit. The Strickland Quarry is enormous, consisting of...treats it as a northern continuation of the Strickland Quarry. The accompanying map should furnish whatever
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Richard A. Bideaux M ineralogist feature articles Pegmatite Phosphates: Descriptive Mineralogy and Crystal...hiddenite specimens in his collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal...Directors of the Foundation of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. It was my pleasure, and... New York; the exhibition of the New Haven, Connecticut, Mineral Society; or the Annual meeting of the...interpenetrating twin cubes of thorianite from Hud­ dersfield County, Quebec. Their addresses: Vickery — 4 Brendon Road
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A Checklist Minerals of Connecticut Although perhaps best known for its garnet, chalcocite, and tourmaline...tourmaline, Connecticut also boasts many other mineral species. BRUCEJARNOT R O . B o x 627 M a r t i n...e , N e w J e r s e y 08836 T he study of Connecticut minerals has enjoyed a long peri­ od of attention...reviews of this mineral list. Dr. Bruce Jarnot, a Connecticut native, has avidly collected both minerals and...collections of Connecticut gems and minerals in existence. 386 R O C K S & MINERALS Two Connecticut localities
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collect a few specimens. "The locality is the Jeffrey quarry located 1/2 mile outside North Little Rock city...city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated July 31, 1963 from Richard Purifoy,...platy selenite xls. Very interesting specimens. CONNECTICUT — "I am sending two quartz xl specimens found...sale by Horace W . Slocum, 625 No. Wilson St., Rock Hill, S. C. Along with the price list was his letter...letter dated Aug. 10, 1963, from Miss Florence Strickland. ILLINOIS — "Here are some tiny, doubly terminated
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natromontebrasite, brazilianite, goyazite, gorceixite and crandallite from rare-element pegmatites in Namibia J. R...F) is reported from the Daheim pegmatite. In the Okatjimukuju pegmatite, montebrasite has been replaced...replaced by a number of phases including crandallite CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5 H2O and brazilianite NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4...which has also been found to contain not only crandallite but also its solid solution analogues: goyazite...and texturally is intimately intergrown with crandallite, goyazite and gorceixite at Okatjimukuju. The
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had access to many quarries in the state of Connecticut. Gem-quality tourmaline crystals had been found...like this piece, as most of the fluorites from the quarry are green, and this one is truly atypical. After...and dealer. Today, in 2008, the only place in Connecticut where such finds can be easily collected is Green’s...COVER: gold on quartz, 4.5 inches tall, Placer County, California Dedication This book is dedicated...Group, Inc., 650 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA, www.maplegatemedia.com Library of Congress Control
Catalog/List
important species. Kyanite A.C. Prospect, Union County, Georgia. This is the most magnificent exhibition... 13.50 7.90 Sillimanite Green Prospect, Hart County, Georgia. Enormous (up to 3.6 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm) gray...Blue-Schist Facies Lawsonite Reed Ranch, Marin County , California. Blue-gray lawsonite segregations...00 Talc Road cut, near San Andreas. Calaveras County, California . 1.4 cm 70 % complete This small suite...84A25 25.00 Clintonite (brittle mica) Commercial Quarry , Crestmore. California . Numerous dark-green
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phosphorus handbook. Wiley. New York Moore PB (1982) Pegmatite minerals ofP(V) and B(III). Mineral Assoc Can...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals...large masses in pegmatite at several mines in the Custer-Pringle area, Custer County, and at the Etta...Etta mine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in pegmatite at Chanteloube, France; Buranga, Ruanda;...Sukula and Lemnas, Finland; and in several other pegmatite deposits Amblygonite Optical Constants: IX
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ADULARIA Adu 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...localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...18:185187 ALLACTITE AJlactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by P. J. Dunn) 14:251-252 ALLCHAR Famous
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R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Moun­ tain Pass. South from here it is all down hill to Silverton. Backtracking about 600 meters (2000...of the National Belle mine, Red Mountain, Ouray County, San Juan Mountains, Colorado. GEOLOGY The National...On the largest of the fissures intersecting the hill on the northeast side the original National Belle...Longfellow mine just across the pass in San Juan County show a zonation from the center of the deposit
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1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION 1955 HOLIDAY HILL PRESS 1485 FORCE DRIVE, MOUNTAINSIDE, N. �- Copyright...week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside... James L. Faulkner {Ridlonville) of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association, Mr. John E. Duffy and...and help received during past visits to Oxford county. Special thanks must be given above all to those
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barium strontium m em ber of the pyro- • Panda Hill, T an za n ia chlore-m icrolite series l x l $....... 203 J. Douglas Scott Hidalgoite from Gold Hill, U t a h ................................................ 21 4 Wayne C. Leicht Crandallite from Gore, Frederick County, V irg in ia ....................ille r a n S e c ti o n , ann. mtg. Mar, 22-24 Portland, Oregon Amer. Fed. of M in. Societies & Eastern...Texas D ept, of Earth Sciences Portland State University, Box 751 Portland, Oregon 97207 A1 L ewis, P.O
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scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Forsterite, 2 cm, from St. John’s Island, Egypt. Ray Hill collection; Michael Bainbridge photo. Topaz, 4 cm...row, from left) Mesolite, 5.1 cm, from the F-Line quarry, Washington; John Cornish collection. Elbaite,...Sean Finneson (WA) Greg & Nancy Hendricks (OR) Ray Hill (WA) Alex Homenuke (BC) Bob Jackson (WA) Dave Leppert...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal
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publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...gem-producing areas in the United States, admittedly. Connecticut has produced a few tourmalines, aquamarines,...However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite district in North
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abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rare-with scorodite in U-bearing lignite in the Caves Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from
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........................ 83 The History of Lord Hill, Black Mountain, Mount Apatite, and Nathaniel H...... 315 Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ...............................Paul Moore Electron Microprobe Analyses for Crandallite-Group Minerals from Maine Pegmatites ..........permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...gratefully dedicated. Gene Foard (right) at Swamp #1 quarry, Topsham. Gene Foard speaking with Frank Perham
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27, 281-300, 350-372, 441-451, 1942), are: crandallite (yellow to white bands and areas veining and..., San M ateo, CA 94403 H. Earl Pem berton, 1638 Hill St., Santa M onica, CA 90405 Abel Selburn, 24700...the fiord is the famous cryolite mine, a unique pegmatite deposit composed of cryolite, cryolithionite,...about. On the 62 south side of the island is a pegmatite, best exposed at low tide. Work was immediately...followed, the operations were trans­ ferred to the pegmatite veins in the shore cliffs northwest o f the Lille
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Corporate Document (Series)
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Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...of Canada. Clay Mineralogy, by R. E. Grim (McGraw-Hill, 1968). Crystal Chemical Classification of Minerals...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;
Report (volume)
rocks.______________________________________ Connecticut- _________________________________________________...quadrangle..____________--_-___-_-_-_-______-_--Gold Hill quadrangle.__.__--__--_-_-__--_-_-___-_--______...Calif., California. Colo., Colorado. Conn., Connecticut. Del., Delaware. D. C., District of Columbia...magnetite, sericite. B. Quartz monzonite. East spur of hill south of manager's residence, Ajo mine. Quartz,...field notes), 0.3 mile west of summit of Leland Hill. Typical. As usual in this rock, biotite is chloritized
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...mineral localities: The Bristol copper mine, Connecticut........................................ 433 by...Creek, Arizona 85331 T h e Bristol m ine in Connecticut has produced world-class specimens o f crystallized...the city of Bristol, in Hartford County, north-central Connecticut. After some tentative beginnings,...c a r i Quarry kHARTFORD Bristol Mine o * ^ i ^ •t K -x \ Portland Strickland Quarry • W ATERBURY
 
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