| Locality type: | Prospect |
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| Species: | Beryl |
| Formula: | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
| Comments: | Subhedral to euhedral crystals. Most of the crystals are less than 2 inches long and less than 1 inch in diameter, but a few crystals 6 to 8 inches long and 3 to 5 inches in diameter have been found, and one crystal 16 by 13 inches is exposed. The crystals are commonly glassy and free of intergrown minerals. (Cameron et al 1954) |
| Habit: | hexagonal elongated prisms |
| Colour: | golden, yellow-green and green |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Muscovite | β3 photos of Beryl associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Quartz | β3 photos of Beryl associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Microcline | β1 photo of Beryl associated with Microcline at this locality. |
| Garnet Group | β1 photo of Beryl associated with Garnet Group at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Beryl data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Gotta-Walden Prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 686880 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:686880:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3ff3487e-367a-4477-823d-5be0c6566e22 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Beryl |
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| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | βWalden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | βBordonaro Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.7km (0.5 miles) | βAppletree Lane, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | βHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | βCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | βAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.2km (1.4 miles) | βSimpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.3km (1.4 miles) | βHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.5km (1.5 miles) | βSynnott Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.5km (1.5 miles) | βPelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex 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...pegmatites of the Middletown area in Connecticut have been mined almost continuously for feldspar and muscovite...interest because they are the potential source of beryl, the ore mineral of beryllium. From 1948 to 1950...area and to ascertain relations of beryl-bearing pegmatites to non-beryl-bearing pegmatites and to type of |  | | Report (issue) | | ___ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Connecticut ___ _ Geology of the Middletown district ___________..._______________________________ _ Beryl deposits _____________________________________ _ Beryl ___________________...uses of beryllium _________________ _ Types of beryl deposits _________________________ _ Comparison...____________________________________ _ Amounts of beryl in known deposits ______________ _ Descriptions...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___ |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Malachite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem...locating and identifying gems is needed if you are to prospect successfully. The basic information is neither... TYPICAL CRYSTAL FORMS <^ bi ^P CHIASTOLITE BERYL EMERALD FELDSPAR EPIDOTE ^?^ (& \ ^^ GARNET...with their six-faced flat-terminated prism of beryl belong here, as well as the variations that calcite |
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Gotta-Walden Prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA