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Scapolite from
Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
Species:'Scapolite' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:A specimen of lavender massive granular material is on display at Wesleyan University.
Habit:massive
Colour:lavender
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scapolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:924104
Long-form Identifier:1:3:924104:6
GUID (UUID V4):24a54fb8-af04-469c-8455-7315baffe2da
Nearest other occurrences of Scapolite
8.3km (5.2 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.8km (5.4 miles) Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.3km (7.6 miles) Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) State Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) Advance Stone Quarry, Boardman's Bridge, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 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
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.............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
262 Sytle M. Antao Unit-cell parameters for scapolite solid solutions and a discontinuity at Me75, ideally...(Interim) Thomas Blanton ICDD 12 Campus Blvd. Newtown Square, PA 19073 tblanton@icdd.com Managing Editor...Centre for Diffraction Data 12 Campus Boulevard Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073-3273, U.S.A. boris@icdd...Centre for Diffraction Data 12 Campus Boulevard Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073-3273, U.S.A. kabekkodu@icdd...100 Brook Hill Drive West Nyack, NY 10994-2113, USA. Periodicals postage paid in New York, NY and additional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
read :— 1. " The Igneous Rocks of the Coast of County Waterford." By F. R. Cowper Reed, Esq., M.A., F...fieldevidence, as shown by the coast-sections from Newtown Head to Stradbally. The igneous rocks there exposed...other felsites and ashes, developed near Great Newtown Head, which show the same dip and strike and partake...and coarse agglomerates, developed from Great Newtown Head to Garrarus; and possibly the xenolithic felsites...an acid character, and the felsitic masses of Newtown Head, Knockmahon, etc., were extruded ; probably
Book
of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...mountain, which is situated on the east side of Connecticut riv,er, opposite Brattleborough, E. village,...Oxide of Iron, (earthy,) near, 8 in. E. from Connecticut river, a bed 5 to 8 feet thick in gneiss ; the...precipitous hill, whose base is washed, by the Connecticut river. Garnet, in the vicinity of the locality...Limestone. Hornblende Slate. Slate. (Sil 5.272.; Scapolite ? in great quantities, associated with quartz
Book (edition)
topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville
Report (issue)
............................ 22 Spinel, Orange County, N. Y............................................of the southwesterly section of the State of Connecticut, the southeasterly portion of New York State...depression, extending from the present Bockland County, New York, through New Jersey toward the southwest...operations of this kind are now under way in Westchester County. 16 M'liLKTIX NF.W YORK MINKRALOCJICAT; CLUB...few miles north of New York City in Westchester County. One of these mines at Bedford has been in continuous
Report (issue)
the Berkshire Massif, Western Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont A. Blastomylonites Associated With...at the Western Edge of the Berkshire Massif, Connecticut and Massachusetts-A Preliminary Report B. Chronology...Domes of Southwestern Massachusetts and Western Connecticut G. Minor Folds and Derived Orientations of...the Berkshire Massif, Western Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont A. Blastomylonites Associated With...at the Western Edge of the Berkshire Massif, Connecticut and Massachusetts-A Preliminary Report, by Nicholas
Journal (issue)
Collins The Lake Clear-Kuehl Lake area, Renfrew County, Ontario.........................................descloizite from the Chalk Mountain mine, Churchill County, Nevada .........................................clinopyroxenes, clinoamphiboles, phlogopite, titanite and scapolite. The calcite is either whitish or, as at Turner’s... Concession VI, North Burgess Township, Lanark County. Perthite was the name given by Thomas Thomson...is a pegmatite dike cropping out beside a paved county road about 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Perth
Report (issue)
4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating...42 9.86 4.77 13.60 100.69 2.277 LOCALITY: Berks County: Birdsboro. MESOLITE m Na Al Si3Oio.2H O 2 2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that found on Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, contained segregated masses of coarse orthocl...northwesterly line between Philadelphia and Mont(romery County, it has been largely quarried for over a century...Vanartsdalen's quarry near Feasterville, in Bucks County, where a small bed of limestone is exposed and...diameter, some quite good, poor specimens abundant; scapolite chiefly in its variety ekebergite, but also in...noted marble quarry is at Marble Hall, Montgomery County, on the Ridge Road about fourteen miles from Philadelphia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
McClune, International Centre for Diffraction Data, Newtown Square, Pennyslvania. Jenkins, R. and Snyder, R... Koivula, J. I. and Chadwick, K. M. 共2008兲. “Scapolite with diopside inclusions,” Gems. Gemol. 44, 277–277
Book (edition)
Axinite 282 Danburite, lolite 286 Mica Group Scapolite Group 287 292 293 286 Nephelite, Sodalite,...or orange. A massive fluor, from Huntington, Connecticut, shows beautifully the emSome kinds of white...minerals, with nitIn some cases (as leu cite, scapolite, labradorite, ric acid. etc.), where no jelly...near Clear Lake, in California; Inferno, Humboldt County, and Rabbit Hole Mines, Nevada; near Evanston,...Y.; Greenville, N. C.; near Attleboro, in Bucks County, Pa.; Wake, N. C. ; on Tyger River, and at Spartanburg
Report (Issue volume)
Cashtown Orrtana Carr Hill Fairfield (Mell's mine) McNair farm Fairfield SW Jacks Mtn. Tunnel Hill and...mine (1, Delaware Co.) Location: 1.5 miles ENE of Newtown Square. History: Chromite was mined here before...this class is the Gap Nickel mine in Lancaster County. The deposit consists of pyrrhotite, pentlandite...of deposits is located mainly in western Adams County in late Precambrian metabasalt and adjacent metarhyolite...(18, Adams Co.) Location: On the road between Fairfield and Fountaindale, on the southeast slope of Jacks
Journal (issue)
Raven Hills Court, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919 USA; tel: (303) 598-1233 66 The Mineralogical Record...clinopyroxenes, amphiboles, micas, apa­ tite, scapolite and accessory minerals (titanite, zircon, magnetite...vein-dike near Long Lake in Olden Township, Frontenac County. Tabular pseudo-orthorhombic euhedra up to 10 cm...crystal (1.6 x 2 cm) from Olden Township, Frontenac County, Ontario. George and Susan Robinson specimen. menite...itself is for the type locality near Perth, Lanark County, Ontario.) Huge crystals of microcline up to half
Book
of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD...possible, the various mineral- localities in the same county around their respective post-towns. A few cases...rule, where a parish or village is situated in one county, and its post-town in another. Chains of hills
Report (volume)
covering early Mesozoic geology of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland...offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Scapolite Smectite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite...596 p International Centre for Diffraction Data, Newtown Square, Frst
Report (volume)
porphyry........................................... Scapolite-pyroxene rock...................................The Heroult electric furnace near Baird, Shasta County, Cal., was erected in 1907 by the Noble Electric...ago a small plant was started near Auburn, Placer County, Cal., to smelt the iron ores from a little deposit...on Clealum River, Kittitas County, Wash.; in Skagit Valley, Skagit County, Wash.; on Pit River near Redding...Redding, Shasta County, Cal.; in Gold Valley, Sierra County, Cal.; at Minaret, Madera County, Cal.; at Iron
Book (volume)
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...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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
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...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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Journal (issue)
cassiterite(6,9-7;o)+o Icassi1ite~9~7,O)+O Chatham, USA CR Crystal Res.Com.,Australia O extra flinty o...emerald(l,&•2,77) -aqvamarine(2M-U&y heliodor(^z, -scapolite (2,63-2,70)-2^ X ~ 1,56 synthetic emera d...anisotropic ~54 I -microcline amazonite~ \ scapolite (2,63-2,70)-0 scaeolite (2,63-2,70)-0 t t t t...are peridot and sinhalite; quartz, iolite and scapolite with low birefringence; sillimanite a n d euclase)...Hulme, Elizabeth, York. Jones, Stephen Richard, Newtown, N.S.W., Australia Aria, Felisart, Ramon, Barcelona
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
 
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