| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Muscovite |
| Formula: | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Comments: | Major accessory in the pegmatite. Euhedral crystals rare. |
| Habit: | pseudohexagaonal tabular |
| Colour: | silvery |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Muscovite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Eureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 640539 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:640539:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d219673a-c7b5-4e6e-b454-3b792eba0d15 |
| Localities for Muscovite in this Region |
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| Eureka Quarry #1, Eureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Eureka Quarry #2, Eureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Eureka Quarry #3, Eureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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| 0.0km (0.0 miles) | ⓘEureka Quarry #2, Eureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.1km (0.0 miles) | ⓘEureka Quarry #3, Eureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.1km (0.0 miles) | ⓘUnnamed pegmatite prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | ⓘEureka Quarry #1, Eureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry #3, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.2km (0.2 miles) | ⓘDayton Road prospect #4, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘDayton Road prospect #3, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘDayton Road prospect #2, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘHusband Quarry #4, Husband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘUnnamed pegmatite prospect #4, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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 | | 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...Middletown area in Connecticut have been mined almost continuously for feldspar and muscovite mica since about...ascending order of sequence, mafic gneisses, the Glastonbury granite gneiss, Maromas granite gneiss, and Monson...feldspathic gneiss. These metasediments are cut by the Glastonbury granite gneiss, a gray to pink medium- to coarse-grained |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2016 The Quarries and Minerals of the Dayton Road District SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT JOHN H. BETTS...forgotten locations in Connecticut is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South Glastonbury. This region was...during the spring and summer of 1996. Location The quarries discussed in this article are the northernmost... They are in South Glastonbury, about 5 miles north-northeast of Portland, Connecticut, just north of...of the Portland-South Glastonbury town line and east of Route 17. The area, roughly triangular in shape |  | | Report (volume) | | showing location of slate deposits of Montgomery-Polk County slate district, Arkansas.........................Pennsylvania........... 76 XIV. Old Bangor quarry (south-southwest end), Pennsylvania .......... 76 XV. Derricks...Pennsylvania ........... 78 XVI. Map of Slatington quarries, Pennsylvania...............;......... 80 XVII...Slatington, Pa........................ 82 XVIII. Eureka quarry, near Slatington, Pa...................... Map of quarries in New York and Vermont slate belt, south part.... 88 XXI. Map of quarries in New York |  | | Report (volume) | | ..... Eldorado County, by E. C. Eckel. ................................ Merced County.......................... Bartow County.................................................. Polk County...................93 Northampton*County.............'................................. . 96 Lehigh County.................104 Carbon County..................................................... 108 Dauphin County..............116 Blount County.. ................................................... 115 Monroe County........... |  | | Report (volume) | | rocks.______________________________________ Connecticut- _________________________________________________...________________________________________________ South Dakota._______________________________________________...________________________________________________ South Dakota______--______.-____.--____--________ Tennessee...______ North Carolina and South Carolina___________________________ South Dakota____________________...Calif., California. Colo., Colorado. Conn., Connecticut. Del., Delaware. D. C., District of Columbia |  | | Report (issue) | | Contents. Chapter V.-Contim1ed. PAGE Stevens County..................................................Fields ..................................... Whatcom County .......................................... ...... Contents. vii. Chapter n.-Co11tin11cd. PAGE Skagit County ................................................................. .................... 178 King County .................................................................................... 198 Pierce County .............................................. |  | | Journal (volume) | | Company Report. South Africa Company Company Report. Broken Hill Proprietary Hill South Silver Mining Company...British South Africa Company .... 460 Broken Hill Proprietary. 763 Ditto. .Broken Hill .South Silver Mining...Mountain .... Shweli Dredging Skidoo Mines Company. South Kalgurli Gold Mines Standard Consolidated Stratton's...Loss of Cyanide Low Pressure Steam Turbines Luna County. New Mexico 60 192 281 144 .... X. Hollis....Page. Nevada's Metallic Wealth New Mexico, Luna County New Zealand, Dredging Industry E. McCormick. |
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