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Astrophyllite from
Rattlesnake Hill, Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Astrophyllite
Formula:K2NaFe72+Ti2[Si4O12]2O2(OH)4F
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Astrophyllite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rattlesnake Hill, Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:678449
Long-form Identifier:1:3:678449:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Astrophyllite
25.1km (15.6 miles) Grants Mills, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
25.5km (15.9 miles) Diamond Hill Granite Company quarry (Catamint Hill quarry; Calumet Hill quarry), Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
27.3km (17.0 miles) Beacon Pole Hill quarry, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
71.0km (44.1 miles) Blackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
4 7 3 - 9 The chemistry of riebeckites of Massachusetts and Rhode Island PAUL C. LYONS t Boston University...University, College of Basic Studies, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, U.S.A. SUMMARY.Four new chemical analyses...riebeckites of the hypersolvus granites of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Riebeckites of southern New...distribution of the hypersolvus granites of Massachusetts and Rhode Island is shown in fig. I. The alkali...Island are riebeckite-aegirine granites and the Rattlesnake granite is a riebeckite granite. Modal data on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
................................... 461 Diamond Hill felsite.............................................. Riebeckite-bearing granite porphyry Diamond Hill quartz deposits.......... Sheldonville quartz vein...remarkable quartz deposit known locally as Diamond Hill. As will appear beyond, all three of these for­...much dispute. The riebeckite rocks near Cumberland Hill mark, so far as is known, the southernmost extension...feature of the petrology of th<; eastern part of Massachusetts and which reach their most important development
Report (issue)
Geology of Massachusetts E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedharn Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian... Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane G. Stratigraphy of the...Belt, Central Massachusetts H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts I. Intrusive...Intrusive Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts L.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-E-J The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy
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arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...quartz (crystals), sillimanite (Avery Hill, crystals). Belmont area: fluorapatite (blue-green), and orthoclase...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded by
Book
MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust
Report (issue)
Geology of Selected Quadrangles In Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was printed as separate...Toulmin 3d. (B) Geology of the Norwood quadrangle, Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, by Newton E. Chute. (C) Surficial...quadrangle, Worcester and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts, by Donald F. Eschman. (D) Geology of the Taunton...quadrangle, Bristol and Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts, by Joseph H. Hartshorn. o ; Bedrock Geology...Vicinity Massachusetts > w By PRIESTLEY TOULMIN 3d GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN MASSACHUSETTS ~s -GEOLOGICAL
Report (issue)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Book
WORCESTER .W o] ~P- FM Red beds of fhe. /=zh NORFOLK SELL IS(^HAM ° HARVARD CONGLOMERATE andL SCI...ANDOVER SHARON GRANITE SYEN/TE ^, ^^^ MERRIMACK I I GROUP...Department of Geology Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 02215 to; PREFACE In 1966, John Rodgers...Davis in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, and gradually extended itself. oo over New...Stephen P. Leatherman Jay E. Leonard Paul Co Lyons Sharon Mosher Daniel P. Murray Richard S. Nay lor William
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Review, Chicago, Illinois. 4. Economist, Boston, Massachusetts. 5. Daily Report, San Francisco, California...Nevada County, California. 7. Daily Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada. 1. 2. 8. Sierra County Tribune...Standard, Eureka, Humboldt County, California. Inyo Independent, Inyo County, California. 11. Arizona...ice plant, which pany. grows in Santa Barbara County." Wines. Buena Vista Vinicultural Society of San...wines. C. H. Le Franc, of New Almaden, Santa Clara County, red and white wines. M. Keller, Rising Sun and
Report (issue)
pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado, by John W. Adams and Frederick Stugard...to pitchblende-bearing veins at Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, by George W. Walker and Frank W. Osterwald...Geology of the Los Ochos uranium deposit, Saguache County, Colorado, by R. C. Derzay _·- _______ ____ __...permeable rocks in the Morrison formation, Mesa County, Colorado, by David A. Phoenix_--Sedimentary features...uranium-vanadium deposits in the Uravan district, Montrose County, Colorado, by Robert L. Boardman, E. Bartlett Ekren
Journal (volume)
Iron Ores XI. ; 1 Hills, S. in Mexico by R. T. Hill with notes on the associated Igneous Rocks by W... — Wells 121 XVII. — Ceratops Beds of Converse County, Wyoming by B. Hatcher 135 Pendulums for XVIII...to North American Geographic Development by R. T. Hill 307 XXXVIII. Electrical Oscillations of Low Frequency...Geologicai Survey.) On the Bay shore of Calvert county, Maryland, extends a cliffs, remarkable for their... one mile south of Plum Point Landing, Calvert County, Maryland. — Pelecypoda. Ostrea, sp., Anoruia
 
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