Walnut Hill Pegmatite Prospect, Huntington, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA

This historic site was noted for its terminated spodumene crystals, collected in the mid- to late-1800s and now found in museums around the world.

Ref.: Emerson, B. K. (1917): Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, USGS Bulletin 597, p.257.

Ref.: Shaub, B. M. (1954): Walnut Hill Spodumene Ledge Near South Worthington, Massachusetts (Rocks & Minerals 29-339)

Mineral List:

	Albite

	Almandine ?

	Apatite-(CaF)

	Autunite

	Beryl

	'Columbite'

	Elbaite ?

	Heterosite

	Lepidolite

	~~Lithiophilite~~

	Microcline

	Muscovite

	~~Purpurite~~

	Quartz

	Schorl

	Spodumene

	Triphylite

	Triplite ?

	Zircon

	var: Cyrtolite

20 entries listed. 15 valid minerals. 2 erroneous literature entries.

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