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Acushnet Quarry (P. J. Keating Quarry; Tilcon Capaldi Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry; Blue Stone Quarry; Old Bluestone Quarry), Acushnet, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA

Latitude: 41°40'25"N
Longitude: 70°54'7"W
Crushed stone quarry originally operated by the Blue Stone Quarry Co.

Mineral List

Albite
var: Pericline
Amphibole Supergroup
var: Byssolite

Calcite
'Chabazite'
'var: Phacolite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Epidote
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Hematite
var: Iron Rose
'Heulandite'
'Hornblende'
Ilmenite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Malachite
Muscovite
Orthoclase
Prehnite
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
'Stilbite'
Titanite
Zoisite


28 entries listed. 17 valid minerals.

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References

Cahoon, James C. (1985). Massachusetts: A Classic Swiss Alpine Cleft Mineral Region (Boston Mineralogical Symposium program book, May 1985)

Tacker, R. Christ (2008). Carbonate in igneous and metamorphic fluorapatite: Two type A and two type B substitutions. American Mineralogist v. 93; no. 1; p. 168-176.

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