| THE WALDEN GEM MINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN American Museum of Natural History, New York, N. Y. The Walden...the Walden farm just off of Cotton Hill road about five miles northeast of Portland, Connecticut. To...Middletown, Connecticut across the Connecticut River over the high bridge and into Portland and continue...continue eastward from Portland along 6A to the junction with route 17. Turn north on route 17 past the Gotta...road and the first farmhouse on your right is the Walden farm. Drive along the dirt road between the barn |
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Jarnot, Bruce (1995) Connecticut Gems & Gem Minerals. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (6) 378-382 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.11761564 |
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| Connecticut Gems & Gem Minerals A variety of Connecticut's beautiful gemstones are represented in East...hydrothermal veins to metamorphic trap rocks—have produced gem minerals. Some species, such as datolite, are of...earlier years, several Connecticut lo calities were successfully mined for gem rough; these com mercial...included the Gillette quarry (elbaite), Roe bling mine (beryl), and Slocum quarry (beryl). Harte (1944)...(1944) states that "Connecticut has produced a very considerable number of gem stones in the semi-precious |
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Sinkankas, John (1989) Emerald and other Beryls. Geoscience Press, Prescott, AZ. |
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| notes and compressed on to the major sources gem materials. a colossal (Continued on amount back...Biblical Other The and and Beryl in Indian Gem Lore, Modern Europe Lapidaries, 24 Early Lapidaries...Beryls, for 10. 217 Beryl, Historical and Goshenite, 217 Aquamarines, 221 and 280 Inclusions,...According 14. World Sources of Ore and to Gem Beryl Color, 327 Immersion Fluids for Afghanistan... specimens the rich green of other recorded gem recognized the mica as a even a ore is distinct |
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Beste, Bob (2014) Location Guide for Rockhounds in the United States (4th ed.) Vol. 1 - Part I - Alabama through Florida. |
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| .........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |
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Beste, Bob (1996) Location Guide for Rockhounds in the United States (2nd ed.) Vol. 1 - Part I - Alabama to Idaho. |
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| .........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................Preface Each year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States...there is enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |
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Beste, Bob (2005) Location Guide for Rockhounds in the United States (3rd ed.) Vol. 1 - Part I - Alabama through Idaho. |
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| .........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................Preface Each year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States...there is enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |
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Sinkankas, John (1997) Gemstones of North America Vol. 3. Geoscience Press, Inc., Tucson, AZ. |
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| Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings...newer events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most...of turquoise and peridot, although for the latter gem, much larger facetable rough crystals appear with |
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Sinkankas, John (1997) Gemstones of North America Vol. 3. Geoscience Press, Inc., Tucson, AZ. |
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| Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings...newer events to bring the history of North American gem 1nining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most...of turquoise and peridot, although for the latter gem, much larger facetable rough crystals appear with...will make it easier for readers to investigate the gem literature further or to obtain those references |
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Moore, T.P. (2016) Moore's Compendium of Mineral Discoveries 1960 - 2015 Vol. 2. Mineralogical Record Inc. |
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| MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...5 cm (Grice and Gault, 1981). CONNECTICUT Litchfield, Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals |
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Ransom, Jay Ellis (1974) Gems and Minerals of America - A Guide to Rock Collecting. Harper & Row. |
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| Rock-Hunter's Range Guide Petrified Forest Trails Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California High...Denny, whose thirty years of lapidary production of gem stone jewelry may be found in hundreds of West Coast...Maps as Guides to New Fields; Other Maps Useful to Gem and Mineral Hunters viii Contents 7. Care and...Cataloging Specimens; Taking Photographs 8. Your Gem and Mineral Collection 114 General Organization;...Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois |
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