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Wollastonite from
Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
Species:Wollastonite
Formula:Ca3(Si3O9)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wollastonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:131303
Long-form Identifier:1:3:131303:1
GUID (UUID V4):a3450f9e-535e-440b-90c8-807737ef7a52
Localities for Wollastonite in this Region
U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Wollastonite
3.7km (2.3 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
55.9km (34.8 miles) Redwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
69.1km (43.0 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
78.0km (48.5 miles) State Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
81.9km (50.9 miles) Fort George (192nd Street & Audubon Avenue), Washington Heights, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
87.2km (54.2 miles) Mount Adam, Pine Island, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
90.5km (56.2 miles) Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, 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.............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK F ew minerals are commonly or uniquely...specimens from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, can be seen in many American and foreign...forsterite, monticellite, diopside, calcite, and wollastonite. There are many scattered occurrences of chondrodite...limestone at Coles Brook in Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is also known from the Bolton...Bolton or Whitcomb quarry at Bolton, Worcester County, where it occurs in densely packed, yellowbrown, rounded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Africa, Southwest Africa and Southern Rhodesia. CONNECTICUT An illustrated talk on "Kennecott's Lead Mines"...Artifacts" given by Dr. Mervin E. Oakes of Brookfield, Connecticut. . . . The New Haven Mineral Club heard...pink dolomite, clear calcite, tremolite and wollastonite. With luck, perhaps pyrite, fuchsite, galena...England area, with some beautiful examples of the Connecticut mica. . . . Learning that the ocean is the world's...Gem, Lapidary and Minerd Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, put on a bake sale to finance its Project
Report (issue)
Graham, and Greenlee Counties, Arizona, and Hidalgo County, New Mexico. Reston, Va. : U.S. Geological Survey...the Diablo Mountain Wilderness study area, Lake County, Oregon. Reston, Va. : U.S. Geological Survey ;...Geologic map of the Seminoe Dam NE quadrangle, Carbon County, Wyoming. Reston, Va. : U.S. Geological Survey...Creek (CO-010-003) Wilderness Study areas, Moffat County, Colorado. [Denver, CO] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior...and Hidalgo counties, New Mexico, and Greenlee County, Arizona. [Denver, CO] : Dept. of the Interior
Journal (issue)
Fluorite Crystals with Galena Crystals, Socorro County, N. Mex. A very fine selection in stock. Crystals...(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...1965—5th Annual Swapping Bee and Picnic of the Fulton County Mineral Club will be held at John Boyd Thatcher...LOCALITY AT DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, 1837-1965 By RONALD EVERETT JANUZZI Danbury, Connecticut One of the most
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the dissolution rates of diopside, forsterite, wollastonite, and hornblende. These authors found no evidence...Society of America meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA coorganized by Curt White, Chen Zhu, and Eric Oelkers...Chudeav, O.V. (Eds.), Water–rock interactions. Brookfield, Rotterdam, pp. 895 – 898. Pokrovsky, O.S., Schott...transport of injected CO2 on the Colorado Plateau, Utah, USA. Chem. Geol. 217, 387–405 (this issue). Xu, T., Apps
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ilmenite (Fe–Kα, Ti–Kα), albite (Si–Kα, Na–Kα), wollastonite (Ca–Kα), olivine (Mg–Kα), Mn metal (Mn–Kα),...character. Compositionally, clinopyroxenes vary with wollastonite component ranging from 34 to 43 mol%, enstatite...Ab Albite, En Enstatite, Fs Ferrosilite, Wo Wollastonite, Fo Forsterite, Fa Fayalite, b.d. below the...differentiation of triassic dolerite magmans, north Carolina, USA. Contrib Mineral Petrol 20(1):57–80 Rollinson HR...Volcanol Geoth Res 199:85–95 Shellnutt JG, Bhat GM, Brookfield ME, Jahn BM (2011) No link between the Panjal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
depositislimited,with onlyminorto traceamounts of wollastonite, prehnite,epidote,andchloritereplacinggarnetandpyroxene...occurringin anhedralcrystalaggregates rite, calcite,wollastonite, and sulfides,consisting of replacingup to 90...Garnet Garent Overgrowth Poikiloblast Wollastonite Wollastonite Siltstone 514.181B 378.78.5 Siltstone...eveins contacts Wollastonite-calcite- Massivepyroxene-garnet Epidote-wollastonite-calcite epidote...Po = pyrrhotite,Py = pyrite,Qtz = quartz,Wo = wollastonite; S(1)= liquid sulfur. 46.0 52.0 Toronto Stock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
þ garnet  wollastonite þ calcite (ii) garnet  wollastonite þ calcite; (iii) wollastonite þ calcite....are defined by the lower stability limit of wollastonite. The temperatures are inferred with a calculated...El-Enen et al. modelling results indicate (i) wollastonite, which occurs first 13 m away from the lower...maximum temperature of c. 575  C, (ii) there, wollastonite formation lasted for approximately 170 years...was 480  C, and temperatures sufficient for wollastonite formation lasted for about 140 years. Introduction
Book
including gold in a state forest in central Connecticut last spring. Moreover, similar gold deposits...11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...Localit1e•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Br1.tol County Mineral Localit1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...24--25 Dukes County Mineral Loeal1tiea •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26--21 Duk •• County Fo.sil Loeal1tie
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent writes is...Gunnison, Gunnison Co., Colo., seeking beryl. CONNECTICUT—Richard Schooner, Box 215, East Hampton, Conn... he mentions a few minerals found in Middlesex County, Conn. "Sillimanite evidently exsists, at least...white mineral from the Strickland quarry may be wollastonite, of an odd type. I am still trying to get it... who mentioned the mine in "The Minerals of Connecticut," could never have visited the place, since a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mainly garnet, diopside, scapolite, epidote, and wollastonite (Figure 3A). The intrusive contact zone varies...by theand Thermo Electron Corporation, Waltham, USA, at the Re-Os Laboratory of include albite, silicic...diopside, scapolite,(JDC). epidote, and isochron wollastonite 187Re decay constant of 1.666 × 10−11 weighted...sphalerite, bismuthinite, and gold. Non-metallic minerals USA) coupled an elemental analyzer (EA-IRMS, Thermoepidote..., garnet and diopside), and calcite (Figure 3). USA) at the State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry
Book
_________________________________________ 4 Wollastonite _________________________________________________..._________________________________________________ 72 Wollastonite ________________________________________________...Talc______________________________________________________ 598 Wollastonite _______________________________________________...its alkali content provides fluxing action. Wollastonite Among the industrial minerals high terahedra...hardness are also found in chain silicates. Wollastonite is characterized by the repeating, twisted,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
respectively. The viscosities were measured with a Brookfield LVTD head (full-scale torque : f.g x lQ 3 Nt...20 s countingtimes. Standardsare albite(Na),wollastonite(Ca, Si), and MnTiO3 (Ti) and synthetic glasses
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 ..........................................
Report (issue)
.......................11 The Ledge (Charlotte County Granite) quarry...........................................................................167 Brookfield mine ...................................................................................338 Brookfield mines.......................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 30. Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 64. Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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;
Report (issue)
.... Preliminary grade and tonnage model of wollastonite skams(18i) ...................................towards high grades. ~ The grade distributions of wollastonite, potash in bedded salt, lacustrine gypsum, and...io O Model 18g GRADE AND TONNAGE MODEL OF WOLLASTONITE SKARNS By G.J. Orris There is significant correlation...Mountain Barite Valley Baw Hin Khao Big Stubby Brookfield Camamu Bay Castle Island Cathy (Walt) Changdo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
i 7”) :36 Viscosities were measured with a Brookfield RVTD viscometer head. This viscometer head drives...and BOIIINGA Y. (1984) Anorthite, andesine. wollastonite, diopside, cordierite and pyrope: thermodynamics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
spindles of standard dimensions were attached to a Brookfield viscometer head and then immersed in the samples...orthoclase (K, Al), hematite (Fe), periclase (Mg), wollastonite (Ca), ilmenite (Ti), bustamite (Mn), Cr2O3 (Cr)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Southern Tien Shan (Fig. 1, 2). According to Brookfield (2000), this segment is underlain by alternating...the collision with the Kazakhstan continent (Brookfield, 2000; Biske and Seltmann, 2010). The closure...spectrometer Optima-4300DV (manufactured by Perkin Elmer, USA), and then overlimits - by four-acid digestion with... 7A); a thin (up to 10-20 cm) discontinuous wollastonite zone is present at the margin of the pyroxene...et al., 2005). In particular, paragenesis of wollastonite+pyroxene in prograde calcic skarn is formed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
00 Su rp ri se Surprise Lake Batholith N USA 135 30' E Pacific Ocean ke 0 La Alberta 120...Daybreak (Sn-F) 2 = Unnamed (wollastonite-garnet) 3 = Unnamed (wollastonite) 4 = Atlin Magnetite (Sn-Cu)...cut by veins containing radiating crystals of wollastonite up to 3 cm long. In hand sample, some brown...are associated with minor amounts of barren wollastonite-garnet skarn (Fig. 3). The Daybreak occurrence...Map 1712a, scale 1:2 000 000. Wheeler, J.O., Brookfield, A.J., Gabrielse, H., Monger, J.W.H., Tipper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization (Izokh et al. 1975; Kupchenko et al. 1985; Brookfield 2000; Seltmann et al. 2011; Konopelko et al....plagioclase–pyroxene – pyroxene – garnet+pyroxene – wollastonite; the plagioclase–pyroxene and pyroxene zones...zones are endoskarn, and garnet–pyroxene and wollastonite zones are exoskarn. Pyroxene occurs as fine-grained...between pyroxene and marble zones, and a thick wollastonite zone is locally present adjacent to the marble...Phlogopite/biotite T O Vesuvianite Garnet Wollastonite Plagioclase Quartz G R A N O D I O R I T E
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...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...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...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
 
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