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The state with the longest name! The formal name of this state is: "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations". Part of the Appalachians (Boston platform). Western part of state is granitic and metamorphic rocks. Eastern portion contains Narragansett basin. State has been glaciated.

There are 5 counties in the state. The counties are further divided into 31 towns, 8 cities, and 1 undefined area (consisting of water). [Source: US Census Bureau]

There were changes to the boundary between Rhode Island and Massachusetts in 1862, and the boundary was adjusted again in 1897.

Mindat Articles

Mineralogy of Rhode Island - A Literature Review by Michael Kieron

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Actinolite Aegirine Albite var: Andesine var: Cleavelandite ? var: Oligoclase 'Albite-Anorthite Series' 'Allanite' Allanite-(Ce) Almandine 'Amber' Amphibole Group var: Uralite Analcime Anatase Andradite Anglesite Ankerite Anorthite var: Labradorite Anthophyllite Antigorite var: Bowenite 'Apatite' Apophyllite-(KF) Aragonite Arfvedsonite Arsenopyrite 'Asbestos' Astrophyllite Augite Aurichalcite Autunite Axinite-(Fe) Azurite Babingtonite Baryte Bastnäsite-(Ce) Bertrandite Beryl var: Aquamarine Biotite Birnessite ? 'Bitumen var: Elaterite' Bornite Braunite Brookite Calcite var: Ferroan Calcite 'Cat's Eye' Cerussite 'Chabazite' Chabazite-Ca Chalcocite Chalcopyrite var: Auriferous Chalcopyrite Chamosite 'Chert' Chevkinite-(Ce) 'Chlorite Group' Chloritoid

Chloritoid var: Masonite Chrysocolla 'Chrysoprase' Chrysotile Clinochlore var: Pennine var: Ripidolite Clinochrysotile Clinozoisite 'Coal var: Anthracite' Columbite Columbite-(Fe) Copiapite ? Copper Cordierite Covellite Cryptomelane Danalite Datolite Diopside Dolomite Dravite Elbaite ? Enstatite Epidote 'Fayalite-Tephroite Series var: Knebelite' 'Feldspar Group' Ferrimolybdite Ferro-Actinolite Ferrohornblende 'Flint' Fluorapatite Fluorite var: Chlorophane Forsterite Galena 'Garnet' Genthelvite 'Gmelinite' Goethite Gold Graphite Greenockite Grossular var: Hessonite Gypsum Halite Harmotome Hematite var: Specularite Hemimorphite 'Heulandite' Heulandite-Ca 'Hornblende' Hydrocerussite Hydromagnesite Illite Ilmenite var: Washingtonite Ilvaite

Jamesonite Jarosite Kaersutite Kaolinite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Kyanite Laumontite Lepidocrocite Lepidolite Leucoxene Limonite Magnesiohornblende 'Magnesioriebeckite-Riebeckite Series var: Crocidolite' Magnesite Magnetite var: Titaniferous Magnetite Malachite 'Manganese Oxides var: Manganese Dendrites' Manganite Marcasite Meionite Melanterite Microcline var: Amazonite Molybdenite Molybdite Monazite-(Ce) Montmorillonite 'Moonstone' 'Mountain Leather' Muscovite var: Damourite var: Sericite Nacrite Natrolite Nontronite 'Olivine' Opal var: Opal-AN Orthoclase Ottrélite Paragonite Pargasite Parisite-(Ce) 'Perthite' Phlogopite Phosgenite Piemontite Powellite Prehnite 'Prochlorite' Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Agate var: Agate-Jasper var: Amethyst var: Basanite

Quartz var: Bloodstone var: Carnelian var: Chalcedony var: Citrine var: Jasper var: Milky Quartz var: Onyx var: Prase var: Rock Crystal var: Rutilated Quartz var: Sardonyx var: Smoky Quartz Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Riebeckite Rutile 'Scapolite' Scheelite Schorl Scolecite Sepiolite 'Serpentine Group' Siderite var: Sphärosiderite Sillimanite Silver Smithsonite 'Soapstone' Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite 'Stilbite' Stilbite-Ca Stolzite Sulphur Talc var: Steatite Tephroite ? Thorianite var: Uranothorianite Titanite var: Keilhauite Todorokite ? 'Tourmaline' Tremolite Turgite Uraninite Vesuvianite 'Wad' Wavellite Wolframite Wulfenite Xenotime-(Y) Zinnwaldite Zircon var: Cyrtolite Zoisite var: Thulite

294 entries listed. 155 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

USA Rhode Island Bristol Co. Barrington Barrington Brick Yard (Nyatt Brick Pit) Bay Spring quarries Bristol Bristol Coal prospect Bristol Ferry Callan quarry Mount Hope Warren Peter Church quarry Kent Co. Coventry Cardi quarry Foster Ledge Granite quarry Jackson Granite quarry East Greenwich Route 4 roadcut Warwick West Warwick Natick Prospect Hill Newport Co. Jamestown Beavertail State Park Jamestown Graphite mine West Shore Little Compton Little Compton Graphite Mine Middletown Paradise quarry Peckham quarry Newport Ballard quarry Brenton Cove Fort Adams quarry Pirate Cave Portsmouth Case Coal mine (Mount Hope Coal mine) Cory's Lane (Corys Lane prospect) Dyer Island Hummock Granite quarry Mitchell mine New England Coal mine (Aquidneck Coal mine) Priory prospect Taunton Copper Company Coal mines (Portsmouth Coal mine) Tiverton Construction Materials Corp. quarry (Fish Road quarry) Providence Co. Blackstone River Burrillville Garvey Granite quarry Glendale State Route 102 road cut Harrisville Battey Farm Spring Lake Steere Farm High Street Granite quarry Oakland State Route 102 road cut Old Sylvester Arnold mine Pascoag Peck Farm Central Falls Central Falls quarry Cranston Arlington Fenner Ledge mine (Fenner's Ledge; Arlington mine) Cranston Graphite mine (Budlong Coal mine; Sockanosset Coal mine) G. L. Gross mine Hopkins Iron Mine Howard prospect Interstate 295 road cut Keating Quarry (Tilcon Capaldi Quarry; Gammino Quarry) Oaklawn Oaklawn Soapstone quarry Cumberland Ashton Poker Hill Beacon Pole Hill quarry Berkeley Lynch Quarry (Quinn Quarry) Cumberland Hill Diamond Hill Diamond Hill Iron prospects Diamond Hill Granite Company quarry (Catamint Hill quarry; Calumet Hill quarry) Diamond Hill Reservoir Grants Mills Highland Commercial Drive Housing development in Staples Road Iron Mine Hill quarry Manville Quarry (Todesca Quarry; Forte Brothers Quarry) Maple Ridge Drive McLaughlin's Ledge Scott Road Manganese prospects Sneech Pond copper mines (Copper Mine Hill) Staples Road Manganese bed Stephens Ledge Valley Falls Roger Williams Mine Valley Falls Mine Wrightman's Ledge Zoisite locality East Providence Kettle Point quarry McCormick quarry (Ide Ledge quarry) McCormick quarry (Pierce Field) Phillipsdale Phillipsdale Coal mine Riverside Silver Spring Squantum Woods State Park Vue de l'eau Rumford Hunts Mills Foster Blanchard Farm

USA Rhode Island Providence Co. Foster Homestake mine Moosup Valley mine Pioneer mine Rock of Ages quarry South Foster Young-Matthewson quarry Glocester Chepachet Durfee Hill Gold mine Johnston Angell Farm Brown Lime quarry Graniteville Bear Ledge quarry (Pine Hill quarry) Hi-Lo Construction Co. Quarry Interstate 295 / US Route 6 road cuts Jenkins Lime quarry Mineral Spring Ave. locality Ochee Springs Quarry (Johnston Soapstone Quarry) Smith St. locality Snake Den Jamesonite locality Lincoln Arnold Lime quarry Lime Rock Conklin quarry Dexter Quarry (Dexter Lime Quarry) Harris Quarry (Harris Lime Quarries) Manville Manville Talc Mine (Manville Mine) Old River Road quarry Route 146 road cuts North Providence Centredale Cardarelli Granite quarry Fruit Hill Avenue North Smithfield Old Scythe-Stone quarry Union Village railroad cut Waterford Pawtucket Providence Chalkstone Avenue Dyerville Manton Avenue Quarry (Manton Quarry; Violet Hill Quarry) Neutaconkanut Hill Roger Williams Park Wanskuck Wanskuck Granite quarry Scituate Kent Nipmuck quarry Rockland Smithfield Diamond Ledges Greenville Magnetite locality Interstate 295 & State Route 7 Spragueville Mann School House Road Wolf Hill quarry Winsor Heights Woonsocket Old Maids quarry Thayer Granite quarry Washington Co. Charlestown Klondike Granite Quarry Quonochontaug Exeter Mount Tom road cut Hopkinton Ashaway Diamond Hill (Ashaway Village) Larsen Granite quarry South Hopkinton Narragansett Bonnet Shores Narragansett Pier Tower Hill Watson Pier New Shoreham Block Island Black Rock Point North Kingstown Hamilton Hazzard quarry Saunderstown Stook Hill Wickford Richmond Interstate 95 road cuts South Kingstown Kingston Hill Moonstone Beach Mooresfield Granite quarry Tower Hill Lead mine (Cajoot Mine) West Kingston Westerly Bottinelli Granite quarry Bradford Crumb Granite Quarry Newall Granite Quarry Sullivan Granite Quarry (Sullivan Quarry) Calder & Carnie Granite Quarry Catto Granite Quarry Chapman Granite Quarry Dixon Granite Quarry Frazer Granite Quarry Gencarelli Granite Quarry New England Granite Quarry Redstone Granite quarry Smalley quarry Smith Granite quarry Smith North Granite Quarry State Route 1 bypass State Route 78 Weekapaug White Rock quarry

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