 | | 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) | | c u t 06443 Microminerals of Connecticut For a small state, Connecticut offers a goodly array of micromineral...yedlinite. To return to the subject of this article, Connecticut is divid ed geologically into three areas: the...(Altamura 1995). T h e micromineral treasures of Connecticut thus fall into three groups: ( 1 ) metamorphic...belt of world-famous peg matites along the Connecticut R i v e r in the Eastern Highlands, and ( 3 )...best known Connecticut collecting sites is Thomaston D a m , Thomaston, Litchfield County. Specimens |  | | Book (edition) | | CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM...arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized in...quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California...precious variety of beryl. Amethyst and agate geode. Purple or lavender amethyst crystals line cavity, ...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 |  | | Report (edition) | | much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...crystal pockets include quartz (colorless, smoky, amethyst, or rose), colored tourmaliee, beryl (golden and...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on...with cavities containing spectacular deep-purple amethyst crystals on a matrix of white quartz crystals |  | | Report (volume) | | stones that react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great |  | | Journal (issue) | | It is located in the northwestern part of Mesa County in the western part of Colorado, about 15 miles...least known prehnite locality is in the Farmington, Connecticut, area. Although recognized by many authorities...are more abundantly found in good condition, is Farmington Mountain, sometimes referred to as Rattlesnake...chief who led the raid on the inhabitants of Farmington in the latter half of the seventeenth century...this locality is west of Hartford on the Farmington-H artford cut-off. Farmington, or Rattlesnake mountain |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | other localities worth checking are Roxbury, Connecticut and the Pints Quarry at Raymond, Iowa. Looking...crystal groupings from Breckenridge District, Summit County, Colorado. Under the microscope fine crystal group...localities in Nevada, Idaho Springs' Clear Creek County, and Mexico where gold and many other fine minerals...[University of Florida] at 06:30 07 August 2017 CONNECTICUT Dr. William A. Henderson, Jr. conducted a workshop...about the various aspects of the rock hobby. The Connecticut Council met to discuss the progress in improving |  | | Catalog/List | | fpolished.) 73. h. Hartz. 71. L. Compact. Munroe, Connecticut. (Chlorophane.) der, Heated emits a beautiful...whitish veins and crystals. 75. L. Munroe, Connecticut. Sp. 2. Do. Rhomhohedral Fluor- Haloide. Triv...Marble. Bituminous limestone 169. L. Milford, Connecticut. 160. L. Egypt. MPMMII Var. Marble, Var. ... 163. L. Var. Breccia-marble. West Haven, Connecticut. 164. L. Middlebury, Vermont. 165. L. Mount...mica, and carbonate of lime. 196. L. Southbury, Connecticut. Fibrous limestone, impreg- nated with bitumen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lapidary Society, Inc., Birmingham, were told. CONNECTICUT A panel discussion led by Dr. Clifford Joseph...for the Litchfield County Mineral Club, West Hartford. . . . "Geology of Connecticut" was the subject of...the bulletins and the Sandy River Mineral Club, Farmington, used this pattern for its program. The tape...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton. 205 MASSACHUSETTS Dr. Cornelius S...500 00 10 feathery native copper xls. pp 2.00 10 amethyst xls, nice color for cutting or tumbling, pp ' |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Club of Class II (Multiple Page) Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, deChips and Facets scribe a field...trip to the petrified wood location in Baldwin County. The Piedmont Prospector cover reminds me of the...Quarry was the recent objective of the St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club, Potsdam, for limestones...August 2017 dary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, is preparing under the direction of...trip was to Deer Hill, near Stowe, Maine, for amethyst. . . . The Nashoba Valley Mineralogical Society |  | | Journal (issue) | | awards, and future and past mineral symposia in the USA. The speaker program for the Tucson Symposium (Feb...for minerals and mineral lovers, for me, Greenlee County was the Holy Grail. A serendipitous visit to a...minerals from a young age, where her childhood in Farmington, New Mexico was spent on field collecting trips...contents of a new mineral museum. She now works, in Farmington, NM, as the Manager of Things for mindat.org...Tschernichite, Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA, Fov: 3.5 mm , Photo by Rudy Tschernich It is with |  | | Book | | jewelry, Rock Crystal and its colored varieties, Amethyst, Prase, Chalcecite, dony, Carnelian, Chrysoprase...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...common, very abundant. (C.) LOVELL. One crystal Amethyst, crystallized and amorphous ; beautiful. was found...Theodore Stone, and Mr. Jonathan Plummer, abundant. Amethyst, a large number of crystals found in sinking a...mountain, which is situated on the east side of Connecticut riv,er, opposite Brattleborough, E. village, |  | | 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............. |  | | Book (volume) | | 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,...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...arranged alphabetically: P. B. Goodsell, Hartford, Connecticut, 44 p. Hentschel, G., 1983, Die mineralien |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Boykin, Editor, Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County. Chips and Facets, Mrs. Wanda K. Wasilkowski, Editor...Pennsylvania. Bulletin, Evelyn Wolfe, Editor. Cayuga County Gem and Mineral Club. Rockhound Newsletter, Howard...group dedicated to micro mounting. CONNECTICUT The Middlesex County Gem and Mineral Club, Moodus, reported:...Mineral Club, Sebago Lake, dug for quartz and amethyst crystals at Deer Hill. Black Tourmaline crystals...Mica. * * * * * The Sandy River Mineral Club, Farmington, report finding chyastolites at Kingfield, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | agenda for the Mo bile R ock alld Gent S ociety. CONNECTICUT A slide illustrated tal k on " Panning G old...a study coll ection of Connecticut material for the Un iversity of Connecticut Scho ol of Educatio n....program agenda of the Salldy River Mineral Club, Farmington. . . . . Member assignments of topics to demonstrate...Gem, Lapidary and Afineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, arranged an Open House Field Trip for...Qualitative Analysis". NIEW YORK The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern, heard a talk |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | was interesting reading. . . . The St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club) Massena, heard a talk by...Chakoumakos for the Sandy River Mineral Club, Farmington. PENiNSYLVANIA The Gem City Rock and Mineral...Field Trip to the Brewer The Mine in Chesterfield County. . WeJtern South Carolina Gem and Minerai Society...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County. Wheaton . . . . Doctor Ballantine has been conducting...teaches chemistry at Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, she was a consultant to NASA operations at the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Florida] at 07:16 08 August 2017 Rockingham County Mineral Club President, Charles Setliff 1301 Courtland...a n d Silver Spring, Md. 20901 Minerals Beaver County Rock and Mineral Society President, William Schroeder...bulletin of the Rock and Min eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, carries a splendid article on...The members of the Sandy River Min eral Club, Farmington, cooperated with the Division of Science & Mathematics...Mathematics of the University at Farmington in an open house. Visitors could attend ses sions on: spectroscopy |  | | Journal (issue) | | For the Mineral Collector. THE CLAY-STONES OF CONNECTICUT. BY H. W. H. STILLWELL. FOR the clay-stone collector...inary trip to these clay-beds ; we will start from Hartford on the 8.30 an. car, which arrives at Windsor...which we follow northward, crossing the beautiful Farmington River, by the large stone bridge. The first crossing...bank, at the foot of which flows the beautiful Farmington River. This bank being nearly one hundred feet...the author all success. He deserves it. LARGE AMETHYST CRYSTALS. FOUR geologists from Harvard, who have |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W e regret to note the closing of one of the amethyst collecting areas in Virginia due to misuse of.... . . The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fallsington, called on member Bob Edgar to show...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, heard an interesting talk on grinding and polishing...telescopes. MAINE The Sandy River Mineral Club, Farmington, received a box of mineral specimens of the type...to the trip. ROCKS AND MINERALS CONNECTICUT The Middlesex County Mineral and Gem Society, held a spring |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Club of Prince George County, President Howard Shipp gave the officers a balance...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County held a meeting devoted to competitive displays...The Wayne two-mile stretch of roadway. They col County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, lected 10 leaf bags...Schauffler who demonstrated bers' use The St. Lawrence County his methods of crystal growing that are Rock and...the Antarctic today. The Bergen County Mineralogy and the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | along a trend within the Morefield mine in Amelia County, Virginia. Brightwell (1999, 2001) analyzed amazonite...specific group of minerals: a calcite assemblage, an amethyst assemblage, a hiddenite assemblage, and an emerald...SPECIES IDENTIFIED IN A FULCURITE FROM FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT. A. A. Shefleer' and B. M. Jarno& 'Lunar...the intersection of Routes 6 and 177 in Farmington, Connecticut. This occurrence resulted from the combined |  | | 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 |  | | 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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