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Dravite from
Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Dravite
Formula:NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Comments:Early references to Monroe in Dana "near Lane's Mine" were very general. Actual locality is at the Great Ring Farm, at the intersection of Great Ring Road and Route 34 in Newtown. See that mindat.org locality page for details on its rediscovery.
Described in Dana as "perfect dark brown crystals in mica-slate...sometimes to two inches in length and breadth."
Habit:short prismatic, doubly-terminated with rhombohedrons
Colour:dark brown to black
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dravite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:37835
Long-form Identifier:1:3:37835:4
GUID (UUID V4):d36a7fca-08a4-48d0-8cf8-4e06e0850dfd
Nearest other occurrences of Dravite
5.0km (3.1 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) Biermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) Woodhaven, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
58.4km (36.3 miles) State Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
64.1km (39.8 miles) Vespa stone quarry, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
67.5km (41.9 miles) Sunset Quartzite Quarry, East Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
79.6km (49.4 miles) Inwood Valley (Inwood), Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
80.5km (50.0 miles) 172nd Street & Grand Concourse, The Bronx (Bronx County), New York City, New York, 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
81 Dravite-bearing rocks from Dinas Head, Cornwall. By S. O. AGRELL, B.A., F.G.S. Department of Geology...associated rock-types of the magnesia-rich tourmaline, dravite. I t is proposed now to describe these tourmaline-rich...the question of their origin. Distribu~wn of Dravite-bearing Rocks. Adinoles with accessory tourmaline...grade into dravite-bearing adinoles have already been published [1, pp. 314-315]. 2. Dravite-bearing adinoles...more recent work. (a) Isolated rods or tufts of dravite needles of appro~Smately the same size as the minerals
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University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse...listed. L O CA L I T I E S B Y C O U N T Y Albany County Indian Ladder: brookite; F. Old Callanan quarry:...11 August 1859: olivinebronzite chondrite. Bronx County Various excavations: chabazite, harmotome, quartz...quartz (amethyst), stilbite; F. Clinton County Au Sable Forks, iron mines north of: microcline (sunstone)...stilbite, titanite, zircon, others; F, C. Columbia County Ancram lead mines: barite, galena, sphalerite,
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Sunstone cabochon, Owls Head Mountain, Franklin County, 18 × 25 mm, G. and S. Robinson specimen, G. Robinson...Robinson photo; blue fluorite, Penfield, Monroe County, 46.6 carats, A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum specimen...photo; peristerite cabochon, Macomb, St. Lawrence County, 12 × 18 mm, G. and S. Robinson specimen, G. Robinson...Titanite (sphene), Tilly Foster mine, Brewster, Putnam County, 6.70 carats, Harvard Mineralogical Museum specimen...Robinson photo; diopside, DeKalb, St. Lawrence County, left—kite cut 3.96 carats, right—oval cut, 10
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searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...ciifce—Westchester County.................. Tne McLear pegmatite—5t. Lawrence County.....................Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County..................................................Counties.. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County................. Clinton hematite.............
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searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...pegmatite-Westchester County .......... . The Mclear pegmatite-St. Lawrence County .......... . Minerals...Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County .................................... . Hematite...Counties .. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County ......... . Clinton hematite .................
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from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the American Museum of Natural History in New...requirements for the boy scouts in the Suffolk County Council of the BSA. Michael Lamonica, a science...vowel occurs, e.g. fluorodravite instead of fluor-dravite. The other is to rename the entire tourmaline group...just used for the apatite group, e.g. dravite-(OH) instead of dravite and uvite-(F) instead of uvite, etc...etc.-or maybe it would be dravite-OH and uvite-F-there is a rationale for the difference, but it's hard
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is the case for the Tilley Foster mine (Putnam County), which was well described by Nightingale in a...mineralogy of the Sterling mine, Antwerp (Jefferson County), which were well documented by Robinson and Chamberlain...Clintontype; 10. Columbia County iron mines (Burden iron mine); 11. Dutchess County iron mines; 12. Staten...old entrance to the former Sterling mine, Orange County. The stratabound orebodies (a) alternate with layers...also from all other known occurrences in Orange County. During his time as the assistant geologist for
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Richard A. Bideaux WSNni Rutile From Watertown Connecticut................................................in a g eo d e from Hall's G ap, Lincoln County, Kentucky. Photom icrograph by Ben K inkead. The...after large sharp scheelite xl (Trum ­ bull, Connecticut) scheelite, complete yellow 1 inch xl in quartz...while collecting from a roadcut in Watertown, Connecticut, I found a single piece of schist containing...micro rutile crystals I have ever seen from Connecticut—crystals much more desirable than the distorted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the graphite from Ticonderoga and the spinel from Monroe, and many are accompanied by abundant related documentation:...crystal, 8 cm, from the Tilly Foster mine, Putnam County (specimen M27637). Specimen label, handwritten...with attached old label (Tilly Foster mine, Putnam County) (specimen M6616). Figure 9 (center right). Chondrodite...Chondrodite, 3 cm, from the Tilly Foster mine, Putnam County (specimen M5944). Figure 10 (lower right). Spectacular...clinochlore, 4 cm, from the Tilly Foster mine, Putnam County (specimen M13973). Travel to Europe: The Grand
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (issue)
on limestone along r~:t~JQ.\{t;_t:l'!'P_erland County, 5 miles southwest of Carlisle. Photo courtesy~'of... Greene County, with 12 major underground mines planned, may become the "numero uno" county for coal...A wooded area southeast of Colebrook in Lebanon County contains a unique geologic feature. An unusual...- Located in the woods north of Lawn in Lebanon County is this unusual example of the weatheri ng of diabase...digenite diopside djurleite dolomite *downeyite dravite dumortierite enargite enstatite epidote epsomite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MICROMINERALS FROM BLACK JACK CANYON, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA. E. Grundel, 2000 S. 2d St., No. 8, Arlington...mileposts 162 and 163 near Black Jack Canyon, Greenlee County, Arizona. The specimens are found in the vesicles...Graham Counties,Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines, county geology map series 3-4. A NEW OCCURRENCE OF CUBIC...5 Volume 78, March/April2003 119 San Benito County, California; Tamvatnei, Siberia; and near Gulsen...rock is also the source for staurolitein Patrick County, Virginia.) A small stream-which passes through
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and the mine shows the old Lane bismuth mine, at Monroe, promise of being another No. 1 producer. Plans...Plans are being made to build a large Fairfield Co., Conn. camp in the spring. The fluorspar (fluorDELAWARE...silver mountings. Now Mountain (Cobb Co., Ga.). The dravite it looks as if I will have to make a speis yellow...Georgia. The Cobb p:bbles have been found in Chicago, County specimen was collected by Bob Cook Co., III., on...away." Delphi is in the western part of Carroll County in the central part of the state. IOWA — A nice
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Occurrence in Carroll County, Georgia" (November/December 1988). Banks County 184 ROCKS & MINERALS...Bentley provided many of the photographs. Baldwin County Milledgeville district—between the State Sanitarium...pit—east of S.R. 243 near the Baldwin-Wilkerson County line: kaolinite (Martin and Stafford, 1972). Cheatham...property—Route 3, Commerce, 4.8 km from the Jackson County line, 8 km east of Commerce on S.R. 59, and 0.8...[University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 Barrow County Arnold mine—1.6 km northeast of Statham, near the
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
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sarcopside. PENFIELD QUARRY, MONROE COUNTY NEW YORK, AND WALWORTH QUARRY, WAYNE COUNTY, NEW YORK: PAST AND PRESENT...(Devonian) in north-central Ohio near Milan, in Huron County. Apatite has also previously been reported from...Early tourmalines are typically schorl with minor dravite or foitite components and characterized by strong
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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
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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
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Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen, Harold and... near Badger Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...manganoan, Argentine vein, Idarado mine, San Miguel County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Ed Raines photo...Mountain Diamond Mine near Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, 23 1-37 Bostwick, R., see Media Reviews...Carlson, S., Mineralogy of Point Prospect, Keweenaw County, Michigan, 222-28 Carrollite, Colorado, 388 Celestine
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Cherryfield, Penobscot, Sorrento, Sullivan cordierite—Monroe, Sidney ((corundum))—Smyrna covellite—B rooksville...Limerick, Phipps­ burg, Thomaston, Union, Vienna, 2R5 dravite-Blue Hill, Newry(?) ((dufrenite)) dumortierite—Green...)—Stoneham New York Herkimer "Diamonds" Herkimer County is well known for its quartz crystals, some of...psilomelane—see romanechite pumpeUyite—Aroostock County purpurite—Auburn, Greenwood, Hebron, Newry pyrargyrite—Franklin
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R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...and gyp­ sum at the Bull Moose pegmatite, Custer County. AVAILABILITY Over half of the species discussed...Kehoite, a new phosphate from Galena, Lawrence County, South Dakota. American Journal o f Science, 46...rio KOK 3K O • 161 Sherman Avenue Meriden, Connecticut 06450 \ 203-235-5467 f Q fb im o n Q5%Sarrisen/...classics just acquired! 15 Queenwood Avenue Fairfield Park Bath, Avon BA1 6EU ENGLAND Tel: 0225-312-835
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publicized effort, the mining of variscite nodules at Fairfield, Utah (the type locality for what are now known...museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens...and FLECK, G. (1980) The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineralogical Record, 11 (4), 231–232...and HAWES, W. (1978) Quartz and pyrite from King County, Washington. Mineralogical Record, 9 (6), 352–353...Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Collected December 21, 2008 with Fred E
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beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified 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...stream gravels, cut banks, breaks, hillsides, etc.Fairfield agates. CUSTER:  N, (1) near Laughing Water Cr
 
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