MicroclineVanartsdalen's Quarry, Southampton Township, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Photo: 2007, JGW There was an early error dating way back to an early edition of Dana which placed this location in Berks County.
Host rocks are metagabbro and scapolite metagabbro (Precambrian).
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18 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.
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References
Gordon, Samuel G. (1922), Mineralogy of Pennsylvania: 89.
Weiss, Judith J. (1947), "Origin of a Scapolite Metagabbro in Bucks County, Pennsylvania," Geological Society of America Bulletin: 58: 821-832.
Reed, Juliet C. (1976), Annotated Bibliography of Minerals New to the Pennsylvania List - 1965-1974, Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania, Inc.: 53, 58-59.
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