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Beryl from
Pelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Comments:Very well-formed and gemmy crystals, typically doubly-terminated.
Habit:elongated hexagonal prisms with pinacoidal terminations
Colour:blue-green, deep aqua to almost black
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Albite4 photos of Beryl associated with Albite at this locality.
Quartz4 photos of Beryl associated with Quartz at this locality.
Columbite-(Fe)1 photo of Beryl associated with Columbite-(Fe) at this locality.
Gahnite1 photo of Beryl associated with Gahnite at this locality.
Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series1 photo of Beryl associated with Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series at this locality.
Muscovite1 photo of Beryl associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:130225
Long-form Identifier:1:3:130225:7
GUID (UUID V4):dfe8c1d1-6ab2-4b24-8ed5-143a0f591c2c
Nearest other occurrences of Beryl
0.5km (0.3 miles) Synnott Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Penfield Quarry (Oak Leaf Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Schoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Hale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Gotta-Walden Prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) Walden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Bordonaro Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Appletree Lane, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia... If you have ever had the desire to detonate a quarry blast or create an earthquake you will be able...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
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut ......... 6 Table 3 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Connecticut...................................11 Figure 4...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a...Schairer, 1931. Fairfield County. Proceed up hill Cameron, et on Portland Ave. from Branchville; al,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
homogeneous. Sp. gr. = 5205-25; locality, Pelton's Quarry, Portland, Conn. (2.j Picked grains from the monazite...atomic weight of the oxides obtained from the Portland specimen was 140.1, which number was also used...[3], 24, 372--377).-1n Alexander Co., emerald and beryl crystals, on which the rare forms 3P% and 4P$ are
Book (edition)
Pyroxene and Amphibole Group 274 275 277 278 Beryl, etc 2. Unisilicates Chrysolite Group Garnet...Forms. SECTION. Figs. 1 to 3 represent 2. 1. BERYL. of 3. 12. MIMETITE. some 12 APATITE. Figs...called a lerylloid, as the planes are common in beryl. In Fig. 11 the planes 1 belong to a double six-sided...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,
Book (edition)
LIBRARY Connecticut Agricultural College Vol. Class No. Cost 1^ . £. Ji^o JLcL^^M^ RRITL 5490191T...accordance with the above. In f 154, of a crystal of beryl, the prism / is combined with the pyramids 1, 2...This is common in tourmaline to the prism. and beryl. The beryls of Monroe, Conn., often present these...fluids in In later years the matquartz, topaz, beryl, chrysolite, and other minerals. ter has been more...sometimes inclosed in large coarse crystals of beryl, occurring in granite veins. An example of the
Book (edition)
accordance with the above. In f. 154, of a crystal of beryl, the prism is combined with the and the pyramids...to the prism. This is common in tourmaline and beryl. The beryls of Monroe, Conn., often present these...common salt, alum, and sulphur. is crystals . Beryl, Monroe, Conn. . place of each plane, as is is...fluids in In later years the matquartz, topaz, beryl, chrysolite, and other minerals. ter has been more...sometimes inclosed in largo coarse crystals of beryl, occurring in granite veins. An interesting example
Book (volume)
Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey," by Charles Palache. U. S. Geol. Sur...(1931). " The Minerals of Connecticut," by John Frank Schairer. Connecticut State Geological and Natural...Oregon. Placer County, Calif. Breckenridge, Oolo. Breckenridge, Colo. Placer County, Calif. Habit...of the Sierra Nevada and stretches from Mariposa County for more than 100 miles toward the The veins occur...chiefly from the Homestake mine at Lead in Lawrence County. In Alaska the most important lode mines are in
Journal (volume)
Reported. ia the Such Quartz and Placers of Joaephine County. immense sum of money mnat necessarily be exMany...argentiferous section in the em portion of Josephine county, a region that posaibilities immensely valuable...Caribbean sea, and the near the western edge of the county, the creek thority of the law. Mining needs no...1200 feet; a shaft 60 feet deep, a winze 65, and county. It is reported that capitalists have be worth...other States and Territories, they certainly Washoe county, Nev. The metal possesses a a small per cent of
Journal (volume)
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Journal (volume)
ready made out the State. At Forest City, Sierra county, to be thankful for a good deal. The telegraph...the country: On the Forest Hill divide, Placer county, where A remarkably good sample of a paper that...separates Bear river from Steep hollow in the same county constitutes another noted drift locality, the prominent...vey Thomas H. Fletcher, a resident of Sierra county since 1S50, died last week. He was at one time...bulkheads are 05 inches in diameter, rhere U Flat Boise County.— I have, in former letters, neglected to OalU
 
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