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Sillimanite from
East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Sillimanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Comments:Forming lineations and aggregates with quartz in schist.
Habit:massive, fibrous
Colour:white
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2 photos of Sillimanite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sillimanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:734464
Long-form Identifier:1:3:734464:0
GUID (UUID V4):fbb27b41-3ec3-46f6-94be-5e8a51441d54
Nearest other occurrences of Sillimanite
5.0km (3.1 miles) Connecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Arnold Granite Quarry (General Brainerd Quarry; Great Hill Quarry; Hazelton Quarry; Haddam Quarry; Brookes Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) Almandine schorl and sillimanite locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) State Route 9 rock cuts, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Sillimanite type locality, Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
8.8km (5.4 miles) Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) Westchester, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) Linkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
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Book (edition)
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.............
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...siltstone of Triassic age, bounded by normal faults. An east-trending fault of indeterminate age probably offset...pegmatites of the Middletown area of central Connecticut have been mined almost continuously since about
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C. D. WoopuousE, General Nlanager: Champion Sillimanite, Inc. A general collection of 2000 specimens...especiallyrich in Colorado minerals (Clear Creek, Gilpin County, Georgetown,PikesPeak,and Table Mourlt,ain)number8000specimens... McNauana. Sprcnn 319 Collectionof ores. CONNECTICUT BnRNronn A. E. HnuuEn, Bnrrcpponr Bnnlruu...in mineralsfrom the Connecticutpegmatites(Haddam, East Haddam, Portland, and Middletown), including many...UNrvERSrrY. Ger.ossunc E. MrrcnBrr, GuNNELT,595 East Losey Street. A general collection of 1500 attractive
Book
of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Iron. (C.) , CAMDEN. Bog Iron ore. (J. P.) EAST ANDOVER. Sulphate of Iron, efflorescent, and abundant...River mountain, which is situated on the east side of Connecticut riv,er, opposite Brattleborough, E. village...Oxide of Iron, (earthy,) near, 8 in. E. from Connecticut river, a bed 5 to 8 feet thick in gneiss ; the...precipitous hill, whose base is washed, by the Connecticut river. Garnet, in the vicinity of the locality
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. In the preparation...or orange. A massive fluor, from Huntington, Connecticut, shows beautifully the emerald green phosphorescence...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...Blue Ridge at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. At Bath
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut (QE372. 18^7 EARTH SCIENCES LIBRARY PREFACE... massive from emerald fluor, Huntington, Connecticut, shows beautifully the green phosphorescence...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford There is...at large quantities of this gas. Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebulthe earth, ...at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe At Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. lition
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut BENHAM * SON, PHCtTEBS. PREFACE TO THE FIRST...or orange. A massive fluor, from Huntington, Connecticut, shows beautifully the emerald green phosphorescence...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe At Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England
Book (edition)
by J. H. New BENHAM, Haven, Ct Court of Connecticut iff EARTH PREFACE. IN the preparation of...or orange. A massive fluor, from Huntington, Connecticut, shows beautifully the emerald it green phosphorescence...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford There is...at large quantities of this gas. Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs ; in BuncombeAt Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. STEREOTYPED BY F. F. RIPLEY , NEW YORK 量1...cerium , oxide of manganese, oxide of zinc, Sillimanite , Silver, antimonial, argillaceous muriate of...annual value of the marble quarried in Berkshire county alone, amounts to more than 40,000 dollars. The...Champlain, and on the island of New-York, N. Y. Morris county, N. J. Species 6. FLUATE OF LIME . FLUOR .* ...Derbyshire fine specimens occur. U. S. Shenandoah county, and at Shephardstown, Va. Pe. ter's Creek, 17
Book (edition)
or orange. A massive fluor, frorn Huntington, Connecticut, sho,vs beautifully the etnerald green phosphorescence...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the to,vn of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the ,vater is in violent ebullition from...Blue Ridge at Warm and Hot Springs; in Buncombe county, N. C.; and on the Washita in Arkansas. At Bath...been met with, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, (fig. 4,) and Hall county, Georgia. The original rock
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut 3 STEREOTYPED BY F. F. RIPLEY, NEW YORK QE365...cerium, oxide of manganese, oxide of zincy Sillimanite, 315 Sulphuret magnetis, 301 radiated , 300...annual value of the marble quarried in Berkshire county alone, amounts to more than 40,000 dollars. The...Champlain, and on the island of New-York, N. Y. Morris county, N. J. Species 6. FLUATE OF LIME . FLUOR. * ...Derbyshire fine specimens occur. U.S. Shenandoah county, and at Shephardstown, Va. Pe. ter's Creek, 17
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. 3 STEREOTYPED BY F. F. RIPLEY, NEW YORK 4...cerium , oxide of manganese , oxide of zinc, Sillimanite , Silver, antimonial, argillaceous muriate of...annual value of the marble quarried in Berkshire county alone, amounts to more than 40,000 dollars. The...Champlain, and on the island of New-York, N. Y. Morris county, N. J. Species 6. FLUATE OF LIME . FLUOR. * ...Derbyshire fine specimens occur . U. S. Shenandoah county, and at Shephardstown, Va. Pe ter's Creek, 17 miles
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut STEREOTYPED BY P. F. RIPLEY , NEW YORK ca...cerium , oxide of manganese, oxide of zinc, Sillimanite: Silver, antimonial, Page. 315 Sulphuret magnetio...the marble to more than quarried in Berkshire county alone, amounts -Lanesborough ; 40,000 dollars...Champlain, and on the island of New-York, N. Y. Morris county , N. J. Species 6. FLUATE OF LIME . FLUOR. *"...Derbyshire fine specimens occur. U. S. Shenandoah county, and at Shephardstown, Va. Pe ter's Creek, 17 miles
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. STEREOTYPED BY F. F. RIPLEY , NEW YORK ADVERTISEMENT...radiated, 304 oxide of manganese, oxide of zinc, Sillimanite, 300 Sulphuret of lead, antimonial, 231 239...annual value of the marble quarried in Berkshire county alone, amounts to more than 40,000 dollars. The...Champlain, and on theisland of New York,N. Y. Morris county , N. J. Species 6. FLUATE OF LIME. FLUOR . This...Derbyshire fine specimens occur. U. S. Shenandoah county, and at Shephardstown, Va. Pe ter's Creek, 17 miles
Report (issue)
area that straddles the New England Upland and Connecticut Valley Lowland in central Massachusetts, Lower...Wisccusinan glricier advanced generally sovth 12° east. This glacier removed several meters of rock from...larger quantity from the preglacial valley of the Connecticut River. Till is thin in the uplands, but several...till in drumlins in and along the flark of the Connecticut Valley Lowland is composed of 51.5% sand, 28%...northward-expanding proglacial Lake Hitchcock in the Connecticut Valley. Initial melt water drainage to the southeast
Book (edition)
F1nery·furnace. A. fu·mace used in the conyersion of east iron 1n to bar iron. Filiform, [Lat~Jilum, a tbread_...01· orange. A massive fluor, ftorn Huntington, Connecticut, sho,vs beautifully the emerald green phosphorescence...springs in Columbia county, Ne·w York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, atroi·cl larg...Th,e ro is anotber locallty at Canoga,, Seneca county, where the ,vate1· is in violent ebullition fi·om...met with, in Rutherford county, .r ot1.h Carolina, (fig. 4,,) and Hall county, Georgia. . The orig1nal
Report (volume)
Berkeley, Calif. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. Trails. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences Transactions. New...Geol. Nat. History Survey Bull.; Misc. Ser. Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin;...11 Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Science Ser. [Paleontology Pub.] Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly;...Herbert, Jr. Ground-water resources of Liberty County, Texas : TJ. S. Geol. Survey, WaterSupply Paper...of some gold-base metal veins in eastern Grant County, Oregon [abs.] : Econ. Geology, v. 45, no. 4, p
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. OX OK LIBRAR LEN NEW YORK PRE FACE . The...Quartz, 397 . * Boracite , 402. Iolite , 395. Sillimanite, 377 . Staurotide, 411 . Gypsum . Prim . Prim... Idocrase, 4.7 3.35—3:45 Flucerine, 2.9—3.2 Sillimanite , 4: 755 3:3–3:5 Microlite, Chrysolite , 4.85...cyaneus , Kyanite. Diaspore. 2. E. dissiliens, Sillimanite. 3. E. Sillimanianus , 4. E. Bucholzianus, Bucholzite...Diaspore . 2. E. díssiliens, 3. E. Sillimanianus, Sillimanite. Bucholzite. 4. E. Bucholzianus, Genus 3 . TURMALUS
Book (edition)
by the Bureau of Land Management, in state and county parks and forests, and in private parks as well...often has empty camping sites and is only 130 miles east of crowded Yellowstone. Other National Park Service...more campers are: Grand Canyon National Monument, east of Lake Mead; the North Rim of Grand Canyon National...of such trails as the Appalachian Trail in the East, the Pacific Crest Trail in the West, and the Bruce...dreamed up this trail along the backbone of the East. It incorporates such previous trails as Vermont’s
Book (edition)
or orange. A massive fluor, from Huntington, Connecticut, shows beautifully the emSome kinds of white...near Clear Lake, in California; Inferno, Humboldt County, and Rabbit Hole Mines, Nevada; near Evanston,...N. H. ; at Shutesbury and Brimfield, Mass. ; at Haddam and Saybrook, Ct. ; near Warwick, N. Y. ; near...Y.; Greenville, N. C.; near Attleboro, in Bucks County, Pa.; Wake, N. C. ; on Tyger River, and at Spartanburg...the eastward of Halifax; GOLD. 125 in Beauce County, Canada; also, north of Lake Superior; and in the
Report (issue)
A293-A298 of this chapter. Numerous Federal, State, county, and local agencies and other organizations and... West-central Alaska ........................ . East-central Alaska ......................... . Southwestern...Hydrologic studies ..........••.............. Connecticut Valley urban project ................ . Greater...cooperators ............................. . State, county, and local cooperators ................. . Other...ZINC, COPPER, AND LEAD Formation of the enigmatic east Tennessee zinc ores Edwin Roedder (l97la) has studied
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long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...5 cm (Grice and Gault, 1981). CONNECTICUT Litchfield, Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals...crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described in print by Charles Upham Shephard...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted
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and other parts of North Wales in Scotland in the county of Wicklow, Ireland ; in Sweden, at Edelfors. In...Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines, and other East India Islands. In Africa, gold occurs at Kordofan...the sands of the Rhine at St. Aray, val du Drac ; county of Wicklow, Ireland ; on the river Jocky, St. Domingo...North Carolina at St. Francois Beauce, etc. , Canada East. PLATINIRIDIUM. Platinum and iridium in different...the eastern United States, in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and more abundantly in NewNo known locality
Book (edition)
LIBRARY Connecticut Agricultural College Vol. Class No. Cost 1^ . £. Ji^o JLcL^^M^ RRITL 5490191T...and other parts of North Wales in Scotland in the county of Wicklow, Ireland ; in Sweden, at Edelfors. In...Sumatra, Java, liomeo, the Philippines, and other East India Islands. In Africa, gold occurs at Kordofan...the sands of the Rhine ; at St. Aray, val du Drac county of Wicklow, Ireland; on the river Jocky, St. Domingo...North Carolina at St. Francois Beauce, etc., Canada East. m ; ; : ; Platiniuidium. —Platinum and iridium
Book (edition)
(16TH EDITION.) NEW YORK: JOHN WILEY AND SONS, 53 EAST TENTH STREET, Second door west of Broadway. 1891...and other parts of North Wales in Scotland in the county of Wicklow, Ireland ; in Sweden, at Edelfors. In...Sumatra, Java, Uorneo, the Philippines, and other East India Islands. In Africa, gold occurs at Kordofan...sands of the Rhine; at St. Aray, val du Drac ; county of Wicklow, Ireland ; on the river Jocky, St. Domingo...Carolina ; at St. Francois Beauce, etc., Canada East. PLATINIRIDIUM. Platinum and iridium in different
 
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