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Cordierite from
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
Species:Cordierite
Formula:(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Comments:"with garnet in quartz. Norwich, two miles north of landing." Shepard (1837).
Habit:Massive
Colour:deep blue
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fahlunite3 photos of Cordierite associated with Fahlunite at this locality.
Cleavelandite3 photos of Cordierite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Cordierite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cordierite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:768374
Long-form Identifier:1:3:768374:9
GUID (UUID V4):2bb49c5d-2503-4362-a674-b85f1cf10bfd
Nearest other occurrences of Cordierite
37.5km (23.3 miles) Chrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
37.7km (23.4 miles) Thulite locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) Timms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
38.3km (23.8 miles) Unnamed amphibole-tourmaline-magnetite locality, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
38.4km (23.9 miles) State Route 9 Interchange 13 - Beaver Meadow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
39.9km (24.8 miles) Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
43.4km (27.0 miles) Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
43.6km (27.1 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
43.6km (27.1 miles) Schoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
52.2km (32.4 miles) Cordierite locality (Bigelow Pond), Union, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA. 3.42 (100), 3.37 (65), 2.204 (60), 2.541 (40), 2...28 Chemistry: (1) Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA; corresponds to Al 2:00 Si 1:00 O 5 : Polymorphism...Andalusite, kyanite, potassic feldspar, almandine, cordierite, biotite, quartz. Distribution: Of widespread...the USA, from Chester, near Saybrook, Middlesex Co., and near Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; from...Delaware Co., Pennsylvania; at Monroe, Orange Co., New York. In the Okkampitiya, Ratnapura, Deniyaya, and
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TURAL HISTORY. VOLUME LXVII, 1935-ARTIC-LE IX- NEW YORK Tebruary 26, 1935 4 2 <~~~~~~~~~~~~~7 A~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~............ 389 Definition .389 Literature .390 New Pseudomorphse .393 METHOD OF DESCRIPTION .393 ORIGIN...'On Some Pseudomorphous Minerals of the State of New York,' Assoc. Amer. Geologists and Naturalists, Rpt...Carolina). Chalcedony after interstices from Chester County, Pa., has been described by Vaux, G., 1935] ...following Haidinger, illustrated by examples from New York State. BREITHAUPT, A., 1815, 'Ueber die Aechtheit
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Report (volume)
Quadrangle Connecticut GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN Prepared in cooperation with the Connecticut Geological...Bedrock Geology of the Fitchville Quadrangle Connecticut By GEORGE L. SNYDER CONTRIBUTIONS GEOLOGICAL...BULLETIN 1161-1 Prepared in cooperation with the Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey UNITED..._______________________ Chemistry of rocks of Norwich and Fitchville quadrangles____________ Age___________________-_...FIGURE 1. The Honey Hill fault of southeastern Connecticut.__________ 118 2. Variation in some chemical
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VANDALL T. K I N G P.O. Box 90888 Rochester, New York 14609 NEW YORK £ J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary...map; adapted from U.S. Geological Survey map of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS...small particles is widely distributed over northern New England in glacial gravels, and many swiftly moving...The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality in the state...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the
Report (issue)
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Report (issue)
06] [100.70] (1) Mt. Cube quadrangle, Vermont, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O content is ideal for...talc, anthophyllite, cordierite, gedrite, chlorite, quartz. Distribution: From Norwich, Windsor Co., Vermont...corner of the Mt. Cube quadrangle, New Hampshire and Vermont, USA. Name: To honor petrologist David R...Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Type Material: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts... Washington, D.C., USA, 145724, 162422{162428; The Natural History Museum, London, England, 1982,117
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Report (issue)
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Park on the right before the quarry entrance. New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference (NEIGC)...1999 Field Trips in Northern Vermont and adjacent New York State A Complete schedule of trips will be published...be on display as will the northern section of the new Vermont State Bedrock Map 10:40 Darrin L. Santos:...UNDERWATER FAULT SYSTEM OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN NEAR PORT KENT, NEW YORK Gauley, Billie-J o L., Geology Department, Middlebury...into the lake of well-studied land based faults in New York and Vermont. Due to the limited access, little
Report (chapter)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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