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Columbite-(Fe) from
Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Columbite-(Fe)
Formula:Fe2+Nb2O6
Comments:As small pocket crystals to large subhedral masses in the intermediate plagioclase-quartz mineralized zone. Schooner (1958): "innumerable specimens, including well developed crystals up to three or four inches across; heavy aggregates of parallel tabular crystals in cleavelandite were abundant when the locality was active in 1953."
Habit:tabular to elongated prisms
Colour:black with yellow, blue to purple iridescence
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Albiteⓘ16 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Albite at this locality.
Fluorapatiteⓘ9 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Cleavelanditeⓘ7 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ5 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Quartz at this locality.
Muscoviteⓘ5 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Microclineⓘ3 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Microcline at this locality.
Almandineⓘ2 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Almandine at this locality.
Monazite-(Ce)ⓘ2 photos of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Monazite-(Ce) at this locality.
Berylⓘ1 photo of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Beryl at this locality.
Goethiteⓘ1 photo of Columbite-(Fe) associated with Goethite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Columbite-(Fe) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (39 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:133320
Long-form Identifier:1:3:133320:6
GUID (UUID V4):36ca6a3b-2bde-43b9-a85e-35d8114e18d4
Nearest other occurrences of Columbite-(Fe)
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘPenfield Quarry (Oak Leaf Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘBordonaro Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 2 (State Forest #2 Mica Mine; Carini Quarry), Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 1 (State Forest #1 Quarry; Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘNathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Pegmatites of the Middletown Area Connecticut GEOLOGICAL SU R V EY BULLETIN This report concerns work...GEOLOGY PEGMATITES OF THE MIDDLETOWN AREA, CONNECTICUT By FREDERICK STUGARD, JR. ABSTRACT The pegmatites...pegmatites of the Middletown area in Connecticut have been mined almost continuously for feldspar and muscovite...morphic and .igneous.rock units in the area near Great Hill. .The pegmatites are composed essentially of perthite...similar to the main part of the body. This type of pegmatite is of limited economic value. About 25 percent
Book
Stories in Stone Early Connecticut Silver, 1700–1840 by Peter Bohan and Philip Hammerslough Introduction...Starr Stories in Stone How Geology InïŹ‚uenced Connecticut History and Culture by Jelle Zeilinga de Boer...Boer Stories in Stone How Geology InïŹ‚uenced Connecticut History and Culture Jelle Zeilinga de Boer ...978–0-8195–6891–5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Geology—Connecticut. I. Title. qe93.z45 2009 557.46—dc22 2009011073...Sidebar: Gems in Quarry Tailings Sidebar: Other Historic Quarries and Mines in Connecticut 4. Settlers and
Journal (issue)
Contents for September-O ctobe r, 1949 JPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................CO., PENN. By A. J. Boucot ........492 GILLETTE QUARRY, HADDAM NECK, CONN. By Helen Stobbe ...... 496...AND MIN ERALS 1·- - - , I CHIPS ~-,ROM ~J~HE QUARRY -----------------------------Copy Lost in Mails...through the desert they camped at the base of the hill which was about 950 feet high. Dr. Bolton heard...winds continually blow the sand up the sides of the hill, and as it rushes up the slope it emits a multitude
Book (edition)
Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...six other special lists of minerals, such as pegmatite minerals, contact-metamorphic minerals, and secondary...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...on the market. The mines at Bisbee, in Cochise County, have produced large quantities of gem-quality...mineral stamp issued in 1992. At Morenci, in Greenlee County, gem-quality azurite was also commercially recovered
Book (edition)
Mexico (#2, column 1) and TENNANTITE, Dresser quarry, Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada (13, column 2). ...Memoir 122. "Clay Mineralogy," by R. E. Grim (McGraw-Hill, 1968). "Crystal Data: Determinative Tables," Third...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson,
Report (issue)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, USA; rmoscati@usgs.gov Institute of Precambrian Geology...metal Vishnyakovskoe located in the East Sayan pegmatite belt and tin deposits within the Tuyukan ore region... the The northwestern part of the East Sayan pegmatite belt, which stretches for more than 50 Vishnyakovskoe...East Sayan pegmatite belt, which stretches eral pegmatite fields. The Vishnyakovskoe pegmatite field lies...graben near the contact several pegmatite fields. The Vishnyakovskoe pegmatite field lies in northwest part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
veins at depth. Sample Jian-1. China, Chongyi County, Jiangxi Province. The Jiangxi W–Sn district is...also contain minor amounts of wolframite and columbite-tantalite. 9 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT The Rondînia...minerals, including zircon, thorite, PT monazite, columbite-tantalite, cassiterite, bastnaesite, and xenotime...primarily originate from the substitution of Ti, Fe, and W for Sn (e.g., Farmer et al., 1991; Lerouge...activators and result in light CL features, in contrast to Fe, which quenches luminescence and results in dark
Corporate Document (Series)
a broad reference such as 'Pieman River' or 'Middlesex' has been retained due to a lack of more specific...least one sample so-labelled is probably from Broken Hill, NSW. Catalogues of the major mineral finds have...Cleveland tin deposit, Avebury nickel mine, Colebrook Hill copper-bearing axinite skarn and Mt Ramsay tungsten...in the 1880s and 1890s, including the Colebrook Hill copper mine south of Rosebery and the Balfour copper...clinochlore), based on specimens from Stichtite Hill,near the Adelaide mine at Dundas. AS. Wesley, the
Book
charindustrial resources such as abrasive materials and Portland cement. A directory will guide traveling mineralogists...Mineralogy ; Human and Vertebrate Minerals; Metallurgy; Portland Cement Mineralogy; Resin and Amber; and Synthetic...series between forsterite (Mg 2 Si04) and fayalite (Fe 2 Si0 4 ) (see Olivine Group), group names, such... P fen to f atto a m= nm= 1 10 A (see Portland Cement Minerion-exchange properties of Zeolites...Publishing Scripta Company, Washington, DC 20005 USA. Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 1947-, Munksgaard, Noerre
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
properties of the calcium aluminates occurring in Portland cement clinkers (AKATSU et al., 1968). In an investigation...(1) disseminations in pyrrhotite-dominated massive Fe-Cu sulfide ores, (2) structurally controlled scheelite...high-T ZnS is black and homogeneous and enriched in Fe-Mn-Cd-Cu-Se-Co-In-Sn, while at Rabenstein low-T ZnS...(Rabenstein). Across zoned ZnS grains, co-variations with Fe-content (0.3 to 6 wt.%) or Cu (70 to 5000 ”g/g) are...content and a simultaneous increase in the Mg and Fe content. Secondary zoning toward the plagioclase-orthopyroxene
Book (volume)
Brown, j Hans Friedrich Gadow, F.R.S., Ph.D. Strickland Curator and Lecturer on Zoology in the University...devised at the same time by the English engraver Hill, was acquired by Wyon for £2000, and was ultimately...Tromp and De Ruyter, the battle beginning off Portland and ending near Calais; (2) the fight of June...the Hon. East India Company, which defended this hill fortress for several months, and finally, before...of those that carried with them the clasps “ Chin Hill 1892-93,” and “ Kachin Hills 1892-93,” which were
Book (edition)
Support' and then Obtaining Permissions'. In the USA, users may clear permissions and make payments through...Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA01923, USA; phone: ( +1) (978) 7508400, fax: ( +1)(978) 7504744...cadmium23 by precipitation of the red insoluble [Fe(aa'dip)8] [CdlJ. These reactions, which are described...compounds. See for example, the sensitive tests for Fe 2 0 3 and V 2 0 5 by means of molten 8-hydroxyquinoline*...or color reagent. A good example is the masking of Fe + 3 ions by F~ ions; the effect is due to the production
Book
Truran, Jr. and A. Heger University of Chicago, IL, USA 1.01.1 INTRODUCTION 1.01.2 ABUNDANCES AND NUCLEOSYNTHESIS...H He He O, C C Ne Ne, Mg O, Mg O Si, S Si Fe Secondary products 14 N O, 22Ne s-Process Na Al...iron-peak nuclei from titanium to zinc (Ti – V –Cr – Mn – Fe– Co –Ni – Cu –Zn). Calculations of explosive nucleosynthesis...of our galaxy yield ,2 £ 109 yr. at a metallicity [Fe/H] ,21 (Kobayashi et al., 2000; Goswami and Prantzos...inverted triangles (source Truran et al., 2003). [Fe/H] ,24 to 23, have been reviewed by Wheeler et al
 
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