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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Anorthite
Formula:Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Comments:According to Schooner (circa 1985): "Yellowish anorthite is rather common in the calc-silicate assembly [in the host Collins Hill Formation]".
Habit:massive granular
Colour:yellowish
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anorthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:917130
Long-form Identifier:1:3:917130:5
GUID (UUID V4):f7177636-a30c-4ba5-af67-65c0f17f590b
Nearest other occurrences of Anorthite
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘGreat Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
9.3km (5.7 miles) ⓘLinkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘThulite locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
40.8km (25.4 miles) ⓘBecker Quarry (Becker's Quarry), West Willington, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
86.0km (53.5 miles) ⓘPelham asbestos mine, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...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
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...______________________________________ _ Location of pegmatite districts ___________________ _ Previous work...Acknowledgments ______________________________ _ History of pegmatite mining inN ew England _______ _ Mica mining _...deposits _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic...________________________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ______
Journal (issue)
I; X Contents for August, 1947 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................714 NORTH JERSEY MINERAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP TO CONNECTICUT. By K atherine B . Kanth ......................·························731 REMINISCING ON COLLINS HILL, CONN. By David H . Seaman ................... A. 702 R OCKS AND MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY NORTHWEST FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES CONVENTION...oilwell located 5 miles north of Fort Cobb, in Caddo County, of western Oklahoma, reached a depth of 17,823
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 (issue)
o,,/.,,/4 '°'1, /"'", l9J/.3 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Y., whose very interesting article, "The Pekin Quarry at Lockport, N. Y." appeared in last month's issue...highway 36, between SusanvilJe and W estwood, Lassen County, Calif. Above highway at this point several different...of the Feather River bridge, at Oroville, Butte County, Calif. West of Highway 39, between Oroville and...Bear River, near Colfax, on highway 49, Ne~ada County, Calif. One piece of petrified wood was all that
Report (issue)
Alexander Falster, pegmatite specialists from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown...pegmatites. Most ore beryl occurs in massive pegmatite zones where crystals may reach considerable size...can be found adjacent to the core margin of the pegmatite and in Suggested Chromophores for Beryl Color-generating...crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms... 8.4m: The largest beryl crystal at the Bumpus quarry in Maine was 8.4 meters long, 1.9 meters in diameter
Journal (issue)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a Function of the Distance from the Wallrock-Pegmatite Contact. A. One Lattice Type Present. B. More...Disturbing Factors on the Cooling History of a Pegmatite and thus on the Distribution of Accessory Elements...wallrock-pegmatite contact, and the eftect of disturbing factors on the cooling history of a pegmatite are...is dependent on the mode of formation of the pegmatite. The problem of the origin of pegmatites can therefore...favored replacement of an earlier simple "magmatic" pegmatite by hydrothermal solutions. The detailed mapping
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
Report (volume)
........................................... Connecticut................................................lists. Twenty-five years ago the annual imports of Portland cement were four times the domestic production...combined production and imports of Portland cement. To-day the Portland cement industry is distributed generally...Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Report (volume)
Survey's lists. Twenty-five years ago the imports of Portland cement were four times the domestic production...combined production and imports of Portland cement. To-day the Portland cement industry is distributed generally...Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Book (volume)
.........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Book
fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its production of...Stanford University, Marcelle Weber of Guilford, Connecticut, and Richard Bostwick of Bloomfield, New Jersey...the AutoCAD program. Helen Brumbaugh of the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Library managed to obtain a seemingly...lamp—the fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from... or the intense green of autunite from Spokane County, Washington. The color and beauty of minerals under
Book
fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its production of...Stanford University, Marcelle Weber of Guilford, Connecticut, and Richard Bostwick of Bloomfield, New Jersey... AutoCAD program. Helen Brumbaugh of the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Library managed to obtain a seemingly...lamp—the fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from...or the intense green of autunite from Spokane County, Washington. The color and beauty of minerals under
Book
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
Journal (issue)
Recent Work on the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey.......................................growing. It will serve as a model for future non-USA chapters of FM. A membership list has been prepared...name long associa­ ted with tourmaline and other pegmatite minerals. The mine is posted against trespassing...among bulldozed rubble at the Bound Brook basalt quarry of the Houdaille Company, at Bound Brook, New Jersey...coming from a breccia zone whose contact with the quarry floor was in the form of an ellipsoid approximately
Book (volume)
.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
.........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
meteorites Dhofar 1673, 1983, and 1984 Patrick J. A. HILL 1 *, Gordon R. OSINSKI 1,2, Neil R. BANERJEE1...Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130–4899, USA 4 Earth Sciences Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University...lithic clasts, the Mg # of mafic phases versus the anorthite content of feldspars is similar to other highland...© The Meteoritical Society, 2018. 2 P. J. A. Hill et al. FeO and MgO contents, and low concentrations...distinguished as lunar regolith breccias (Herd and Strickland 2012; Herd et al. 2014a, 2014b). The main masses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 97207-0751, USA 2 NASA Headquarters...3E46, 300 E Street, SW, Washington, D.C., 20546, USA 3 Western University, Department of Earth Sciences...New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131-0001, USA Abstract: Meteoritical Bulletin 101 contains 2639...Alkali Flat 32°18.360’N, 108°54.228’W New Mexico, USA Found: 2011 Mar 7 Classification: Ordinary chondrite...Anthony Gap 32°0’21.04"N, 106°33’37.02"W Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States Found: 8 Oct 2011 Classification:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1984; Dallmeyer and LĂ©corchĂ© 1989; Martyn and Strickland 2004). A series of overthrust sheets, which comprise...which was recently classified as an IOCG type (Strickland and Martyn 2002). In particular, the geometry...of the Akjoujt area (modified after Martyn and Strickland 2004). A complex set of D2 and D3 thrust faults...Joul represent local prospects for Cu and Au (Strickland and Martyn 2002) 5°65’’E ? Oc Or Akjoujt ar...for much of its length (Sougy 1969; Martyn and Strickland 2004). Stratigraphy The Akjoujt area features
Book (volume)
Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...crystal . Seven corundum crystals . Map of Corundum Hill—Ellijay area . Map of Cowee Creek area . Cowee Creek...orthoclase crystal Map of Amelia, Va. An amazonite pegmatite Dr. George F. Kunz California kunzite crystals...Mt. Mica Largest crystal from Mt. Mica Eh Towne Quarry 180 Tourmaline Queen Mountain IgI Tourmaline crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA This article has been accepted for publication and...zoned or heterogeneous in 18O (Ferry, Kitajima, Strickland, 31 & Valley, 2014) reflecting a range of prograde...(Bowman, Valley, & Kita, 2009; Errico, Barnes, Strickland, & Valley, 2013; Ferry, Ushikubo, Kita, 50 ...kyanite + staurolite + biotite + margarite ± anorthite ± 136 muscovite + Fe-Ti oxides (Feenstra, 1985)...emery-marble contacts the assemblage of margarite- 137 anorthite-corundum occurs (Jansen & Schuiling, 1976) along
Journal (issue)
Contents for November-December, 1948 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................····························905 VESUVIANITE CRYSTALS FROM ESSEX COUNTY, N. Y. By E. B. Rou iey 906 MONAZITE OCCURRENCE.........................................912 ONYX QUARRY AT TOLENAS SPRINGS, CALIF. By R. F. Henley ...... 882 R OCKS AND ~ l lNl'.HAI.~ CHlPS FROM THE QUARRY Grieger'‱ Encyclopedia and Super- Catalog of his...namely, grossularite, meionite, zoisite, and anorthite. Each of these minerals is a calcium aluminum
 
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