 | | 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 (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) | | pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...the littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 × 4 cm and was collected...2.8 cm high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of the...Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil...localities are the pegmatites around Newry in Oxford County. Newry muscovite crystals in the collection exhibit |  | | Book | | had access to many quarries in the state of Connecticut. Gem-quality tourmaline crystals had been found...like this piece, as most of the fluorites from the quarry are green, and this one is truly atypical. After...and dealer. Today, in 2008, the only place in Connecticut where such finds can be easily collected is Green’s...COVER: gold on quartz, 4.5 inches tall, Placer County, California Dedication This book is dedicated...Group, Inc., 650 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA, www.maplegatemedia.com Library of Congress Control |  | | 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) | | and S. B. Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California................................. 110 by Jack Crowley The Bertrandites of Connecticut................................114 by William...Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina. Found in 1971, this group of crystals...104 The Mineralogical Record FRANK PERHAM Pegmatite Miner, Geologist and Humorist by Pete J. Dunn...pegmatites than most, he is also a dedicated pegmatite miner, a crack diesel engine mechanic, and is |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...spelling of the old word turamalin to tourmalin. Hill coined the term tourmaline garnet in 1771 in reference...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher...tourmaline was found in the pegmatites of San Diego County, California. The Advent of Chemical Analysis |  | | Journal (issue) | | SWEDEN 5 Cover 1. Hambeigite. Ranglad 'skoye pegmatite field, E. Pamirs. 8x 4 cm. Specimen:A.M. Skrigitil'...popularity in the world, while it is the leader in the USA. Recently, well known jewelry stones have been joined...Robert W. Jones (USA) and Michael Leybov (Russia) BOX 51 SHORT HILLS NEW JERSEY O 7 O 7 8 USA FAX: 2 0 1 -...and most interesting pegmatites of the Rangkul' pegmatite field are distributed over the area of the Muzkol-Rangkul'...with gemstones are distinguished in the Rangkul' pegmatite field. The first type comprises miarolitic pegmatites |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...sufficient supply demand for it. Deman- and euclase are examples of such rare but comparatively unwanted...apatite in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina,...collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In...hazards as well. Rocks can fall from a shattered quarry wall, a cliff, or an overhang. Someone on a rocky |  | | 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) | | (]OHi.,,/~ jo,,, ,4,w,J, l9J/..2. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Association 122 ROCKS AND MINERALs Chips from The Quarry D-EALERS NOW IS YOUR OP.PORTUNITY! It is most...some-· thing to crow about. The locality is Kern County, Calif. Apatite: This calcium phosphate is always...Bluish crystals on white natrolite from San Benito County, Calif., is one of the many minerals that has made...crystals in matrix from Crab Tree Mt., Mitchell County, N. C., were also on display. Aquamarine crystals |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...and create a demand for it. Demantoid garnet and euclase are examples of rare and comparatively unsought-after...of the gem-rich areas known as pegmatites. A pegmatite is a dike of exceptionally coarse quartz and feldspar...could form. The most productive sections of a pegmatite lie near the core of the thickest parts, where...collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In |  | | Journal (issue) | | ZODAC Contents for March , 1941 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Ccurrence. Sometimes a village or township and a county, or a village and a state have the same name and...happens that the village or city 1s not 1n the county of the same name nor even in the state. For example...minerals. Chester is also a large city in Delaware County. We have frequently run across minerals recorded...Was the locality the city of Chester or Chescer County ? Worse still, we have run across items in which |  | | Book | | Sydney: 20 Loftus Street Melbourne: 343 Little Collins Street Brisbane: 240 Queen Street CANADA Butterworth... 62, last line of description of Meldon Aplite Quarry: Read “1966: Proc. Geol. Ass. 77, 230); also bavenite...number of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map of the county in question, or of the new gridded sixinch sheet...explained at the head of the first site under each county. 12 INTRODUCTION The main site interests arc...Society of Antiquaries, all in London; and Dorset County Archives, Dorchester, and Wells Natural History |  | | Book (edition) | | abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rare-with scorodite in U-bearing lignite in the Caves Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from |  | | Book | | ians Mr. Atkins and Mrs. Brunton; Dr. or Morgan Hill, William Larson, CA; R. Fallbrook, W. Dr....always is Theophrastus Theophrastus. gazing John Hill by and J. F. Caley make it doubtful whether...gold links National Museum of Naples. McGraw Hill Book Co., After emerald The and and necklace...Baptiste V. J.-B. Ball 1676. 2nd ed. don: Oxford Hill, Caley, E. R., ence, on Press. 238 ed. in...Science. University Museum pp. 343 1971. McGraw-Hill Thorndike, facts University the Islip. 1855-57 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorite Crystals with Galena Crystals, Socorro County, N. Mex. A very fine selection in stock. Crystals.................... MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY..................................................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 401 9 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY 15th Eastern Federation Gem & Mineral Show New...(chalcedony pseudomorph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida, near the famous Suwannee River. This...and Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ev a d a .............469 by J. C. Rota P int's quarry, Black H a w k C ou n ty, Iow a .................the camp and sent 16 men to permanent rest on the hill above the lake (.Republican, 1883a). “ The brutality...36. FOUNTAIN, A. J. (1882) Report o f Doha Ana County: Bureau o f Immigration o f the Territory o f New...(1881) (ca.) Map of Sierra Mines, Daly, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. James D. Hague Papers, Huntington... v.8/#6 California Issue Benitoite, Gold, L.A. County Museum, Himalaya mine $7 v .9 /# 3 Kalahari rhodochrosite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Menzies Pink topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, U ta h .........................................TOPAZ crystals to 4 cm, on matrix, from Ghundao Hill, Mardan district, Pakistan. F. John Barlow collection;...Ginsburg et al. (summa rized in Cemy, 1982b, c). Pegmatite investigators in the U.S., notably Jahns (Jahns...the continental crust (Clemens and Wall, 1981; Collins et al., 1982) within typically long-lived, tectonically...trend in the western U.S. and Mexico. Within the pegmatite group, the complex, zoned intrusive type outnumber |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...cm, from the Defiance mine near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. 6 Supplement to The...2.3 cm, from the Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Ken Donn photo. Wulfenite (hot-pink)...from the Glove mine, Tyndall district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Collected in 1958; Ken Donn photo. Chalcedony...the Inspiration mine, Globe-Miami district, Gila County, Arizona. Ken Donn photo. Cerussite twins on matrix |  | | Book (volume) | | publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...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,...However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite district in North |  | | Journal (issue) | | since it will be held at the giant Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, let’s just call it the “Pomona...INTRODUCTION The recovery of sceptered amethyst on Diamond Hill, Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island has been...Figure 1. Generalized geologic map of southern Connecticut and Rhode Island showing the location of Ashaway...Permian granitic suite, are locally abundant. Diamond Hill is formed on the western limb of a north-south-trending...Bedrock Geologic Map o f the Ashaway Quadrangle, Connecticut-Rhode Island. U.S. Geological Survey Map GQ-403 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...of the Harris Creek fluorspar dis trict, Hardin County, Illinois. Rocks and Minerals, 63, 210-226. PARK...only. Keeping in time with Franklin and Sterling Hill The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc...back-country cabin south of the Rincon pegmatite district in San Diego County. Among his discoveries there was...Jeremejevite crystals to nearly 5 cm from the Cape Cross pegmatite near Swakopmund, Namibia. World’s best for the |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...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 |
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