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Grossular from
Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
Species:Grossular
Formula:Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Comments:In a calc-silicate rock with vesuvianite and quartz.
Habit:massive
Colour:pale orange
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Vesuvianite2 photos of Grossular associated with Vesuvianite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Grossular associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Grossular data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:965216
Long-form Identifier:1:3:965216:3
GUID (UUID V4):0f3e750c-680d-4c54-88c9-715bffaa6367
Nearest other occurrences of Grossular
5.9km (3.6 miles) West Redding grossular locality, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.9km (11.1 miles) Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) Baldwin Quarry (Milford Quarry), Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
41.6km (25.9 miles) Woodhaven, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
41.9km (26.0 miles) Reynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
46.2km (28.7 miles) Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
51.6km (32.0 miles) Pegmatite quarry and ultramafic rock, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
56.6km (35.2 miles) Stony Creek Quarry (Norcross Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries; Castellucci Quarry), Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per­ mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality in the state...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the...Mountain quarry has produced worldclass crystals of grossular (the Vermont state gem), vesuvianite, and clinochlore...gersdorffite glaucophane goethite gold graphite grossular grunerite gypsum halotrichite? harmotome/phillipsite...cities and differ from some states that have strong county governments with jurisdiction over large expans­
Report (edition)
much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...be unfamiliar to the novice collector (e.g. "grossular" and "elbaite" for members of the garnet and tourmaline...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on...more common minerals in this setting are orange grossular (a member of the garnet group), green diopside
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.............
Catalog/List
covered~ Mine,Ajo,Pima greenish (Belstone light County blue coating on , Arizona U.S.A) Cl92 ANDRADITE...micros and masses on (Ballycormick near Shanagolden, County U.K.journal of Mines and Minerals isssue lxl f3...section No 3 Mine, Red Canyon rich yellow masses on County, Nevad2 U.S.A) 2x2 f8 coverage (Liberty (West...(from 50/50 Au/Ag to 70/30 Au/Ag) County, Nevada U.S.A.) ~4.80 C:208 FASSAITE s Om e ...Cl"ys·:~c:tJ :;-; !~-'':·~,-plE'C2 C:umb·,--:i.,0\) GROSSULAR single two common crystal 1.Jit:h T ir on matrix
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
STETTIN COMPLEX, WAUSAU SYENITE COMPLEX, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and...Mineral & Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St., Bethel, ME 04217. The Stettin Complex is the oldest and...SPESSARTINE FROM THE FINCH MINE, HAYDEN AREA, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. D. Dallaire1, A. U Falster2, and W. B...Group, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, 99 Main St., Bethel, ME 04217. An investigation of material collected...Barking Spider mine) in the Hayden area in Gila County, Arizona, revealed a specimen with an interesting
Book (volume)
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,...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...arranged alphabetically: P. B. Goodsell, Hartford, Connecticut, 44 p. Hentschel, G., 1983, Die mineralien der
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
garnet during Barrovian regional metamorphism, Connecticut Valley Synclinorium. Oliver M. Wolfe and Frank...samples from the previously well-characterized Connecticut Valley Synclinorium in central Vermont. Raman...regional Barrovian style metamorphic terrane in the Connecticut Valley Synclinorium of central Vermont with a...of garnet growth. 2 | GEOLOGICAL SETTING The Connecticut Valley Synclinorium (CVS) is a Silurian-Devonian...and Spear (1994) inferred that near the town of Bethel, the mapped RMC is not a fault boundary due to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered almandine...found at several mines near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe Hill quarry...collected at Mount Apatite near Auburn, Androscoggin County; and the Bumpus quarry, ROCKS & MINERALS 244-253...the Melrose and nearby mines at Stoneham, Oxford County. Phenomenal trapezohedral almandine crystals exhibiting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
photo. Maine Mineral & Gem Museum PO Box 500, Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis62@gmail.com MONTANA CRYSTAL...Gulch in the Little Belt Mountains of Judith Basin County. Then Pete Knudsen described the history of and...Boulder Batholith: Bald Mountain, a quarry where grossular and diopside are found, and the Little Gem mine...mineral curator at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum in Bethel, Maine. Volume 95, May/June 2020   261 Figure... 2018. The Little Gem amethyst mine, Jefferson County, Montana. Rocks & Minerals 93 (6): 498–516. Knudsen
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...White 347 Hawleyite and phosphate minerals from Bethel Church, Indiana, including a second occurrence...Fluorapatite from the King Lithia mine, Custer County, South Dakota .. 361 by M. L. Wilson, J. B. Paces...vanadinite-mimetite from the Lake Valley mines, Sierra County, New Mexico. Genth and vom Rath reported that several...November-December, 1984 Hawleyite and Phosphate Minerals from bethel churchi,indiarn, including a second occurrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM THE PALERMO #1 PEGMATITE, GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA NICOLA ROTIROTI Università degli Studi...Gem and Mineral Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St, Bethel, Maine 04217, U.S.A. JAMES W. NIZAMOFF Omya, Inc...the Palermo #1 pegmatite, North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, U.S.A. (Moore et al. 1973). As...siderite. Palermo #1 pegmatite, North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, U.S.A. The crystal structure of...stored at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, Bethel, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. (catalogue # MMGM-MP2-06-25-2015-1)
Journal (issue)
(newryqs@rochester.rr.com) Jim Mann 57 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217 (m tm ann@megamlink.net) Reddingitc...Quarry, Branchville village, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, the reddingite from the occurrence is...3114 El Dorado Ave. N., Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403, USA, and includes CD, pamphlet, and annual updates beginning...the Merced River and its tributaries in .1aripo a County. Results: gold. gold, gold, everywhere, nothing...library@ $195.00 plus $15.00 Priority shipping (USA). We accept all major credit cards, PayPal, checks
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical Society , Inc. P.O Box 2642, Danbury, Connecticut 06810-2642 January 2012 VOLUME 62 The Danburite...her constancy, True friendship, and fidelity. Grossular garnet photo by Rob Lavinsky Page 2 Garnet...various particular gem varieties such as andradite, grossular, spessartine, pyrope and almandine, where we can...hardness seems to range from 6.5 – 7 (andradite and grossular) to 6.5 – 7 (uvarovite) and 6.5 – 7.5 (spessartine)...info Notes from Other Clubs … Shale Mail Orange County Mineralogical Society is getting ready for the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pegmatites from the Oxford Pegmatite Field (Maine, USA) Lorena Hernández-Filiberto 1, *, Encarnación Roda-Robles...Pegmatites from the Oxford Pegmatite Field (Maine, USA). Minerals 2021, 11, 802. https:// doi.org/10.3390/min11080802...Gem Museum, P.O. Box 500, 99 Main Street, Bethel, ME 04217, USA; wsimmons@uno.edu (W.B.S.); kwebber@uno...Almandine-spessartine garnets, from the Oxford County pegmatites and the Palermo No. 1 pegmatite, record...(SiO4 )3 ), spessartine (Mn3 Al2 (SiO4 )3 ), grossular (Ca3 Al2 (SiO4 )3 ), andradite (Ca3 Fe2 (SiO4
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BD10 Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • All cast aluminum tank, table...# 168787 HP14 Slab Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • 1/2 HP continuous duty motor...Francisco, CA Fallbrook Gem & El Dorado County Hilton Orange County/ Mineral Societies 2017 Mineral & Gem...Gem Society’s Costa Mesa Crystal Fair, County Fair Fall Festival Annual Gem Show Building (Formerly Hall...Fallbrook, CA 92028 Sunday 9am – 4pm El Dorado County Fairgrounds 100 Placerville Drive, Placerville
Book
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...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...Simmons: Hawleyite and phosphate minerals from Bethel Church, Indiana, including a second occurrence...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Acord, editor, Stone Age, published bv the Lincoln County Gem and Mineral Society. Class V . Original articles...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince Georges County, and author of Tumble Polishing of Gem Stones....done! ( v . w . ) NEW YORK Welcome to the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, a new C l u b and...Syracuse to place a display case in the Onondaga County Savings and Loan bank in downtown Syracuse. Member...Fossils from St. Leonard, Maryland. — T h e Rockland County Min­ eral and Gem Society, Suffern, held a Show
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
graftonite—Greenwood graphite—many locations greenockite—Casco grossular— Ashland, Cornish, Cushing, Limerick, Mapleton...)—Stoneham New York Herkimer "Diamonds" Herkimer County is well known for its quartz crystals, some of...Monson, Skow- ottrellite-South Portland pargasite(?)—Bethel, Parsonsfield, Phipps­ hegan burg (analyses?) margarite—Winslow...psilomelane—see romanechite pumpeUyite—Aroostock County purpurite—Auburn, Greenwood, Hebron, Newry pyrargyrite—Franklin...uvite, xenotime, zinnwaldite, and others. tremolite—Bethel, Bowdoinham, Ray­ mond, Rockland, Thomaston REFERENCES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Black Mountain field, Canton, Peru, Greenwood, Bethel, Norway, Stoneham, Newry, Stowe, Minot, at Rumford...I L 1975 241 in pegmatite at Warren in Knox County, Maine. DICKINSONITE, a hydrous sodium, manganese...metal in pegmatite at the old Glines Mine in Oxford County, Maine, together with quartz, apatite, and pyrite...Lewiston, and Madrid, Maine. GROSSULAR1TE, or grossular, is a member of the garnet group of minerals.
Journal (issue)
outcrops from Poland in eastern Onieda County to Fonda in Montgomery County, and laterally equivalent formations...Rock Products quarry in St. Johnsville, Montgomery County the quartz crystals tend to be less clear than...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phon e: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com...found an extraordinary one for the L os Angeles County Museum of Natural History collection; though it...Firefly- Pignay Mine. Pandora M1111ng Di strict, Grand County, Utah. Also red beryl, the "oldfashioned'' kind
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217 USA ABSTRACT The garnet line is a planar fabric...1) extending from New Brunswick, Canada into Connecticut. The CMB is primarily composed of Silurian– Devonian... The portion of the CMB surrounding the Oxford county pegmatites in western Maine has recently been referred... Alm ¼ almandine; Spess ¼ spessartine; Grs ¼ grossular. HVY ¼ Havey pegmatite; MT ¼ Mt. Mica pegmatite...feldspars from the Mount Mica pegmatite, Maine, USA. Canadian Mineralogist 52(2), 221–233. 1085 REUSCH
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GOLD FROM THE WILD AMMONOOSUC RIVER, GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE. J. S. Genga, C. B. Handler, and...FROM THE WILD AMMONOOSUC AND BAKER RIVERS, GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE. C. B. Handler, J. S. Genga, and...dominated by almandine, with minor spessartine, grossular, and pyrope components. Magnetite crystals display...MINERALIZATION ON NOYES MOUNTAIN, GREENWOOD, OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE. J. Spiegel1, A. U. Falster2, and W. B....Group, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, 99 Main St., Bethel, ME 04217. During access road construction between
Journal (issue)
Topeka-Kentucky Giant and Indiana veins, Ouray County, Colorado........................................been a popular collecting site fo r chromian grossular, terminated millerite and large diopside crystals... chrome garnet [grossular]” (Geological Survey of Canada, 1862). The green grossular attracted the attention...the Brush collection at Yale is a specimen of grossular which was presented by General Adams in 1867....year, Eustis showed samples of miller­ ite and grossular when he presented his paper on the mine to the
 
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