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Clark Ledge pegmatite locality, Chesterfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA

Granite pegmatite. Berkshire pegmatite field. (Occasionally also called the "Reed Farm Ledge" or "Dodge Ledge", after more modern owners.)



References:
Gibbs, George. (1818). On the Tourmalines and Other Minerals Found at Chesterfield and Goshen, Massachusetts, American Journal of Science, vol. 1, pp. 346-351.

Hitchcock, Edward (1835). Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts, pp. 490-492.

Emerson, B. K. (1917). The Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island (USGS Bulletin 597), pp. 255-256.





Mineral List:
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
Almandine
Autunite
Beryl
Biotite
Cassiterite
Columbite-(Fe)
Cookeite ?
Elbaite
Lepidolite
Microcline
Microlite (TL)
Muscovite
Pollucite
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Schorl
Spodumene
'Tourmaline
var: Watermelon Tourmaline'

Zircon


21 entries listed. 16 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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