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Schorl from
Chrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Comments:Accessory mineral, crystals not that large or well formed compared to other localities.
Habit:subhedral short prisms
Colour:black
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Spessartine3 photos of Schorl associated with Spessartine at this locality.
Chrysoberyl3 photos of Schorl associated with Chrysoberyl at this locality.
Albite3 photos of Schorl associated with Albite at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Schorl associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:660300
Long-form Identifier:1:3:660300:7
GUID (UUID V4):4205251b-451e-47d0-b689-b6c54420f9c4
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
0.3km (0.2 miles) Hill above the parsonage (unnamed feldspar quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Tourmaline locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Timms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Almandine schorl and sillimanite locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Quarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Feldspar quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Connecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Knudsen prospects, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Long-lot Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex 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...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 as a guide...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
Report (edition)
CHAPTER l. INTRODUCTION . . . . .I .I Format of locality descriptions How to use the maps . . . . . . ...11 11 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 CHAPTER 3. MINERAL LOCALITY DESCRIPTIONS AND MAPS . . 21 CHAPTER 4. CHECKLIST...INDEX . . .. . .. . . 105 105 106 Locality index (by town) Locality index (by name of site) . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...CleaveIand's portrait. As istance in identifying locality photographs and supplying other information was'
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatite in New York is at Bedford in Westchester County. Its complex zoning and mineralogy are approached...by the pegmatite at Batchellerville in Saratoga County. The McLear pegmatite in the St. Lawrence Lowlands...Batchellerville are associated with quartz and schorl. The color varies from one crystal to another:...with a metallic luster and foliated texture. Chrysoberyl, BeAl2O4, occurs at two main localities in New...Batchellerville and Greenfield, both in Saratoga County. Another occurrence was mentioned by Levinson in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse... but for some of these occurrences, the exact locality is unknown to us. Please note that most of these...We have followed the format of earlier mineral locality articles by using an alphabetical listing of counties;...07:55 02 December 2014 also categorized each locality by geological mode of occurrence as described...of occurrence is indicated at the end of each locality listing with the following code: S = stratabound
Journal (issue)
Township, along the Susquehanna River, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Bixby 1914). This farm was just...other contributions that appear in its pages. Locality articles should not be construed to permit or...and the magnificent selenite crystals of Piute County, of which many museums now have specimens (Bixby...and Tim Q. [George] Shirley at Opaline, Owyhee County, located 18 miles south of Caldwell, Idaho. Some...abandoned pegmatite as in Douglas County, the abundant presence of schorl suggests the pegmatite was more
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals of vesuvianite from Olmsteadville; huge schorl, monazite, and polycrase crystals from Conklingville...(Saratoga), New York, chrysoberyl locality as well as the Roe spar bed and “eupychroite” locality near Port Henry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
College, he taught at several places in Madison County and was principal of the Syracuse Academy, Utica...crystals of vesuvianite from Olmstedville; huge schorl, monazite, and polycrase crystals from Overlook;...Greenfield (Saratoga) chrysoberyl locality as well as the “eupychroite” locality and Roe spar bed near
Book (volume)
Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . .............................................. 341 Neil A. Wintringham Maine Mineral Locality Index ..........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified...Bennett pegmatite, agreed to write about that locality. Carl Francis, curator of minerals and meteorites
Book
useful and correct information in regard to the locality and value of Gems in the present state of scientific... . . . . . . ............... . . . . . . .. Chrysoberyl, Cymophane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....star with six rays; in certain varieties of chrysoberyl and adularia it has a bluish tint; and is also-very...and lucullite. (2.) Velvet-black; obsidian and schorl. (8.) Pitch-black or brownish-black; cobalt ochre...are— Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, Tourmaline, Chrysoberyl, Rubellite, ' Spinelle, Essonite, - Emerald
Field Trip Notes
decreases, falling to the chlorite zone along the Connecticut River. Further east it increases, and the rocks...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...(1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 170. (1919)...Geology of the Schroon Lake quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 213-214....complex^, domical anticlines just west of the Connecticut river » The largest of these, the Chester dome^
Book (edition)
Clerk's office, of the District Court of CHARLES Connecticut. Printed by Hezekiah Howe. PREFACE. THE to...regular composition of three which occur in Chrysoberyl. The individual 1 forms individuals with 2...traversed by delicate fibres of Asbestus also, in Chrysoberyl and Feldspar, (var. Adularia) in both of It ...30' and CHARACTERISTIC. 168 Names. 10. 1T CHRYSOBERYL. Prismatic Corundum. M. Forsterite. APPENDIX... Printed by Hczekiah Howe & Co. Court of Connecticut. TO IENJAMIN SILLIMAN, LL. D. PROFESSOR
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. OX OK LIBRAR LEN NEW YORK PRE FACE . The...place . (See a figure of a compound crystal of chrysoberyl.) It is very possible that twins of the first...angles of 120° and 60° . Such is the case in chrysoberyl. 2. Postnatal Compound Crystals. 78. Postnatal...1805, a stone , ) to the name of some person or locality , and rarely to some quality of the mineral, and...19 . Prim . 8 . Topaz , 3902 3-5--3-8. Rect. Chrysoberyl, 383. Prim . 8.5 . M dist. CLASS TRIMETRICA
Book (volume)
summarized in their specific gravity were Euiopean locality, country of Traube in 1886 found another subject...jade Geneva, obtained from the bed European locality, some had his attention thus called to the ...block of of several feet, buried in depth a locality believed to be from this angular, smooth-faced...presented was published by Kashgar, which names locality. interesting Way Thither,” Buddha, is related...mentioned 140-87). prevailing to be reported locality already down to modern to be much River in
 
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