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Topaz from
Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Comments:Probably from topaz-quartz-muscovite-fluorite veins that occur within and around Old Mine park in northern Trumbull and extend into adjacent Monroe.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:131614
Long-form Identifier:1:3:131614:8
GUID (UUID V4):fdc6068f-174b-47d2-982b-928156124baa
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘCorporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.4km (2.8 miles) ⓘCorporate Drive road cut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘPorter Hill Road roadcut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘState Route 111 road cuts, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘPoquonock River outcrops, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) ⓘRidgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
54.6km (33.9 miles) ⓘTollgate Quarry (Tollgate Mine; Bidwell Quarry; China-stone Quarry), Middletown, Middlesex 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
Book (edition)
6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite.../^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS 4 GEM hunter's GUIDE (Cross-seaion at...weakness in the molecular structure of the mineral. Topaz, for instance, cleaves readily along the short direction...cation (moss-like), will be frequently misled All topaz crystal And is such a chameleon color, or jasper)...to his rough field for instance, that massive topaz quartz, although in the will come to tests.
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.............
Journal (issue)
6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia...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...full color. $15- each or both for $25postpaid in USA Excalibur Mineral Corporation 1885 Seminole Trl—Ste
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Newlin, Pennsylvania; Upper Merryall and Haddam, Connecticut; Russell and Westfield, Massachusetts ; from...Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai...Augustin Peak, Organ Mountains, New Mexico; in Connecticut, and Pennsylvania; and especially in San Diego...Mountain in the Crested Butte region of Gunnison County, Colorado, in good gem crystals. ANDRADITE, calcium-iron...Andradite has been found at Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and at other localities in Delaware
Report (volume)
Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
South. Information: D r . Elizabeth Leonard, 2180 Fairfield, San Diego, California 92110; 619/276-5374. News...Nebraska 68505-0342; 402/ 792-2348. March 28, 29—Monroe, Wisconsin. 18th Annual Show sponsored by the Badger...Badger Lapidary and Geological Society, Inc. Monroe Senior High School " M " Room, 1600 26th Street....18th Avenue, Monroe, Wisconsin 53566; 608/325-4313; and Steve Cecil, 1915 Ninth Street, Monroe, Wisconsin...dell High School G y m . March 28, 29—Meriden, Connecticut. " E d u c a ­ tion through Minerals" Gem and
Report (volume)
octahedron. Ready cleavage, however, can be a handicap; topaz and kunzite, for example, are difficult to cut into...Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral...to lapis lazuli and other blue stones; the term "topaz," to all yellow stones; and 206 CONTRIBUTIONS...some of the tints rarely found in nature. Yellow topaz from Brazil can be heated carefully and cooled to...permanent pink, resembling the rare, natural pink topaz. In a similar manner a colored zircon may be heat-treated
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (volume)
........................................... Connecticut................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sponsored by the Rock & Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County. Northminster Presbyterian Church, 140 Tren­ ton...Art Center, 430 South March 12, 13—Meriden, Connecticut. 18th An­ nual Show sponsored by the Lapidary...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Central Connecticut. Maloney High School, 121 Gravel Street. Informa­ tion:...by the West Texas Gem and Mineral Society. Ector County Coliseum, Exhibit Build­ ing A, 42d and Andrews...the Calaveras Gem & Mineral Society. Calaveras County Fairgrounds. Show Chairman: Jerry Bradford, 2068
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals and Fossils spon­ sored by the Williamson County Gem and Mineral Society. San Gabriel Community...19th Annual Show of the Gila County Gem and Mineral Society. Gila County Fair Grounds. Highway 60. Show...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Maryland, Inc. Charles Woodward High School, 11211...Quartz Garnets Chrysoberyls Morganites Rose Topaz Smoky Quartz Quartz Our gem and tumbling rough...ROCKS AND MINERALS April 2, 3, 4,1976-Meriden, Connecticut. April 3, 4, 1976-Green Bay, Wisconsin. The "Bicentennial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in this new department. Connecticut — John Hiller, 37 Dunhill Dr., Fairfield, Conn. 06430. — Can give...Peninsula, Michigan. Mr. & Mrs. Clare Handy, 10538 W. Monroe Rd., Onsted, Mich.—Northern Ohio and southern Michigan...localities in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. North...Rutilated Quartz Citrinea Chrysoberyls Rose Quartz Topaz Smoky Quartz Our gem and tumbling rough is obtained...1 " Braxil. $1.00, S2.0O. S3.00 «och. Importai Topaz Crystals — Term, gemmy color $2.00, $3.00, $4.00
Book (edition)
Ruby—Steatite — Strontianite—Sul¬ phur—Tin Ore—Topaz —Tourmaline—Variegated Copper Ore—Wad—Willemite—Zincite...Brilliants”—The Manufacture of Pastes—False Ruby, Topaz, Sapphire, Emerald and Carnelian—How to Distinguish...trapregion, like the shore of Lake Superior and the Connecticut River Valley, is likely to be a good locality...that its gravity (3.5) is too great, then it is topaz. Hii^All minerals that scratch glass are brittle...Colum¬ bia, Colorado and Connecticut Rivers; Crescent City, Cal.; Hancock County, Ga.; near Tampa Bay, Fla
Book (edition)
— — phur Ore — Tin — Wad Ore Tourmaline — Topaz — Willemite — Zincite, . . . . — Variegated Copper...Brilliants” — The Manufacture of — Pastes — False Ruby, Topaz, Sapphire, Emerald and Carnelian — How to Distinguish...locality for a to the western than eastern on Connecticut be found are silver sides of both mountain-chains...too that crystal, only great, then it is topaz. All minerals that scratch brittle, fusible and...generally by lakes 21 and City, Connecticut Rivers; Hancock County, Cal.; Tampa Bay, Fla.; Fulton
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
resinous lustre; by transmitted light it appears of a topaz yellow, or like smoky quartz; in the cavities, the...in this new department. Connecticut — John Hiller, 37 Dunhill Dr., Fairfield, Conn. 06430. — Can give...Peninsula, Michigan. Mr. & Mrs. Clare Handy, 10538 W. Monroe Rd., Onsted, Mich.—Northern Ohio and southern Michigan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...Found in the Lark mine, San Juan Co., Colo." CONNECTICUT—We are indebted to Horace Winchell, Associate...of wulfenite to be reported for the State of Connecticut." The following item, dated Oct. 3, 1954, comes...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples...Lots 612 580 and 649, 19th District of Paulding County."—Spring 1954 issue, page 48. IDAHO—"I am sending
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs and ridges and just...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional knobs and ridges and just...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mountain, which is situated on the east side of Connecticut river, opposite Brattleborough, E. village, in...resinous lustre; by transmitted light it appears of a topaz yellow, or like smoky quartz; in the cavities, the...in this new department. Connecticut — John Hiller, 37 Dunhill Dr., Fairfield, Conn. 06430. — Can give...Peninsula, Michigan. Mr. & Mrs. Clare Handy, 10538 W. Monroe Rd., Onsted, Mich.—Northern Ohio and southern Michigan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19th Annual Show of the Gila County Gem and Mineral Society. Gila County Fair Grounds. Highway 60. Show...Minerals and Fossils spon­ sored by the Williamson County Gem and Mineral Society. San Gabriel Community...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Maryland, Inc. Charles Woodward High School, 11211...Cincinnati, Ohio 45239. April 2, 3, 4, 1976-Meriden, Connecticut. Dealer Chairman: F'red Keitel, 7237 Berwood...Interstate Routes 9 1 , 66, and 15, Meridcn, Connecticut. Show CoApril 3, 4, 1976-Emigsville, Pennsylvania
Book (volume)
long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination of these pegmatites...beds, excavations, etc.ï‚ŸSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ï‚Ÿgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.ï‚Ÿpetrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
polished tumbled agate, jasper, etc., postpaid in USA for only $5.00. George W. Owens, 150 III. Dr., Jacksonville...booklet $4. 20 polished gem specimens: tourmaline, topaz, garnet, unakite and 16 others mounted in sturdy...Richey, Florida. CHOICE BARITE ROSES-From Cleveland County, Oklahoma. 2-inch size 75i postpaid. W.L. Hiss...rainbow rocks 40¿ Ib. Postage. Monroe Mineral Store, Lake Road, Monroe, N.Y. SLAB BUYII!-$4.50 will bring...SPECIMENS-From sources. Free price list. J . E. Byron, CONNECTICUT MINERALS A N D SPECIMENS FOR SALE—Beryl, rose
Catalog/List
. . . . . . . 7 Xline, white, in dolomite; Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Hexagonite Purple... . ..... . ... ... 78 Jasper Red, ordinary; Connecticut . . . . . . ... . . . . . . .. .... .27 *Bright...106 SIDERITE (ferrous carbonate) Xline, pure; Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...aluminum mctasilieatc) Clravablt; South Dakota, Connecticut, North Carolina . . 6 SPUR RITE (silicate and...TITANITE-Sce Sphene TOPAZ (aluminum fluosilicate) Cleavage-mass, gray; Connecticut. . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
California; and three miles west of Buntingville, Lassen County in the same state. GALENA, lead sulfide, has been...Andrews and Strick­ land quarries at Portland in Connecticut. Masses of sphalerite to fourteen pounds in weight...in pegmatite at Portland, and Glas­ tonbury, Connecticut; at Amelia, Vir­ ginia; Fairplay, California;...found at the Rock Landing Quarry at Haddam Neck, Connecticut. STANNITE, a copper, iron and tin sulfide has...spha­ lerite at the Strickland Quarry, Portland, Connecticut; also noted at the Big Chief Mine near Glendale
 
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