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Rose Quartz from
Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Rose Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rose Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:431703
Long-form Identifier:1:3:431703:6
GUID (UUID V4):9a3b30d4-9c0b-4bb8-80a3-cdf3db8c4842
Nearest other occurrences of Rose Quartz
41.1km (25.5 miles) Rye Circle Rose Quartz Locality, East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
69.2km (43.0 miles) Quabbin Aqueduct Shaft #4 locality, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
78.9km (49.0 miles) Mansfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
83.8km (52.1 miles) Husband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
84.4km (52.4 miles) Burroughs beryl prospect, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
85.4km (53.1 miles) Andrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
85.5km (53.1 miles) Big Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
85.6km (53.2 miles) Hale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
89.8km (55.8 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
90.0km (55.9 miles) State Forest Quarry No. 1 (State Forest #1 Quarry; Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Gilsum, in Alstead Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Although found in Brazil and other foreign...Some of the aquamarine collected at this New Hampshire locality is so highly chatoyant that it equals...long-forgotten occurrence of precious serpentine in Massachusetts was first reported in 1827 in an article in...down into the tertiary formation at Williamsburg in Hampshire County. The serpentine was said to be equal...upon Noyes Mountain in Greenwood Township, Oxford County, Maine, when an estimated 8 tons of the commercial
Report (volume)
MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON...after .olivine ............. FiG. 1. Garnet, with quartz iuclosures.......................................Survey, a inineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass. This lexicon was...Geological A MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, MASS. By B. K. EMERSON...within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the last issue appeared a short item relative to quartz crystals (milky and rock crystal) found at Hans...378 is undoubtedly the Hahns Peak area in Routt County, northern Colorado. It is not usually especially...moonstone from Stephens County, which are unusually good ; also, rutilated rose quartz from the property of...near the new waterworks dam at Mountain Ciy, Rabun County, Ga. He has a yellow cabochon of unusual beauty...Rabun County. The prize of the lot is opalescent rose quartz from the Kell mica mine in Rabun County. This
Journal (issue)
Speer Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia Richard S. Mitchell and Arthur S. Katz...CRYSTALLIZED TURQUOISE from near Lynch Station, Campbell County, is Virginia's unique contribution to the mineral...grown crystals on a matrix of either milky vitreous quartz or soft mica schist. Drusy, botryoidal, spherulitic...Specimens from the Rutherford pegmatites, in Amelia County, are famous for the per­ fection of their thin...crystalline spessartine masses, microlite crystals, quartz crystals, and others. Simi­ lar cleavelandite also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting... 50 miles northeast of Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16, Township...fluoresces blue (through the quartz) under the Mineralight; in addition the quartz crystal has a colorless...pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado, a few miles northwest... N . J., donated to R & M two quartz specimens—groups of milky quartz and rock crystals—both coming from
Book
MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:....................................................................... New Hampshire.................................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that... B. K., A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Book
Fossil-Basilosaurus cetoides Gemstone-Star Blue Quartz Soil-Bama Series Mineral-Rhodochrosite Rock-Yule...Florida Gem-Moonstone Stone-Agatized Coral Mineral-Quartz Crystal Soil-Myakka Fine Sand Series Rock-Bauxite...Mineral-Gold Mineral-Staurolite Fossil-Shark Tooth Gem-Quartz 35 36 36 38 38 38 Rock-Serpentine * Hawaii ...Dinosaur-Astrodon johnstoni Gem-Patuxent River Stone * Massachusetts Gem-Rhodonite Fossil-Dinosaur Track Mineral-Babingtonite...Fossil-Jsotelus 115 114 94 a) * Oklahoma Rock-Barite Rose Soil-Port Silt Loam Series a3 96 97 97 Fossil-Saurophaganax
Book
CUMMINGS, BILLIARD, & CO. 1825. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT. District Clerk's Oflht. BE it remembered..." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the, District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE -. University Press, Milliard...Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and Jacob (Hall.) (Webster.) Hampshire Gazetteer...perfect, and abundant, sometimes in very white quartz. Beryl, large crystals in graphic granite, also...Schorl, black, masses sometimes contain fragments of quartz, and feldspar. Feldspar, sometimes white, granular
Catalog/List
this modification best. specimen contains, also, quartz, topaz, The mica, and ox- ide of tin. 58. L... yellow color, coated with minute crystals of quartz and iron pyrites. 63. L. Johann Georgenstadt...eenish white cubes, intermingled with crystals of quartz. 65. L. Moldava Bannat. Green ; massive fluor...emits a beautiful emerald-green light. it pale rose red, which the light. It it loses on a short...lateral planes situated longitudinally ; The upon quartz. in granite with yellow represented by figures
Journal (issue)
................... 591 THE LEAD MINES OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. By E. C. Foster ···-···594 ~NERAL COLLEC11NG...third class road ite which tho it looks similar to quartz bears right and runs northeast to an in- has a...LEAD MINES OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. By EDWARD C. FOSTER Instructor of Science, Williamsburg (Mass.) High...lead mines of Hampshire County are easily reached by car from Northampton, Massachusetts. Northampton...Northampton, county seat of Hampshire County, is situated on the west bank of the Connecticut River and east of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
founded in 1970. Dr. Thomas Krakauer in charge. WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA College of William and Mary Department...the most unusual of the gems are the faceted rose quartz, chrysoprase, and Mexican cherry opal. Of local...collected from the Morrison formation of E m e r y County, Utah, about a decade ago. F o r visitors coming
Book (edition)
CongresS; J / in the year 1834, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Commonwealth in the Clerk's Office of the ...Secretary of the of said i ; District of Massachusetts. by Edward D. Bangs, in the name and District...Excellency, John davis, Esq. Governor of Massachusetts. I HAVE the honor to present you with the second...the 3d of March , 1830, the Legislature of Massachusetts passed a Resolve, authorizing and requesting...Antiquarian Society at Worcester; One copy to the Massachusetts Historical Society One copy to the Boston Society
Journal (issue)
FALL IN LOVE WITH ROSE QUARTZ THE EARTH’S TREASURES • MINERALS & JEWELRY VOL. 52 NO. 2 • FEBRUARY 2022...February 7 View All Lots and Bid at HA.com/8070 Quartz Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais,...Moss Drive, P.O. Box 740252 Houston Texas, TX 77074 USA Stock No. 9-1059K Sale Tel : +1 832 641 5014 ;...Earth’s first stable granitic continents, or cratons, rose above dense basaltic oceanic crust 2.6 billion years...the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. The launch provided a fabulous night-time light
Book (volume)
greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...source of true emeralds and outstanding quartz crystals. New Hampshire has also yielded a few aquamarines...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...specimens is sometimes disastrous as well. While rose quartz crystals frequently occur on a stained matrix
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
25-pointer to a 71-carat citrine square cut. Using quartz, tourmaline, garnet, topaz, tanzanite, peri­ dot...stone aside, and tried again with smoky quartz, rose quartz, citrine and Herkimer diamond, but it was...crystals from Emerson, Georgia; there was smoky quartz found at Hillsboro, Georgia by a member and emerald-cut...we'd like to repeat. —Mrs. Annis W. MacRae 4225 Williamsburg Dr. College Park, Ga. 30337 Editor, Rocks &
Report (edition)
cover photograph: Pink tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...are the same minerals that fonn ordinary granite: quartz, feldspar, and mica. Concentrations of high-quality...quarries, and help point the way to collecting sites. Quartz occurs in a variety of colors, but most of it is
Journal (issue)
Cute FORMS and SHAPES In any elabbed atone - Jade, quartz, agate, glaaa, etc. Works well on Metallcs such...Bicentennial Cut, done in smoky quartz. Side view of the smoky quartz. STERLING WIRE ROUND Gauge Per...Auditoriun1 29 July-I Aug.-Franklin, NC- \lacon County Fairgrounds 29 July-2 Aug.- Bancroft, Ontario,...public library in his home town, Marblehead, Massachusetts. The method used for the channelwork is that...Texas June 17-20 Midwe,t Federation Show West County Exposition Cent.er St. Louis, Missouri July 22-25
Book (volume)
Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . .................................................... 323 Michael A. Wise and Timothy R. Rose Analyses of Primary Phosphates from Pegmatites...of Geology at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He began teaching there in 1931 and he retired...permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified
Journal (issue)
Boulder Bec!ch on Lake Mead. Nevad~ The Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc. (Paul 0 . Drury, Publicity...deep in the woods, we came across a vein of gray quartz about eighteen inches wide. It was faulted and...places and a shaft was dug parallel to it. A pile of quartz and waste rock surrounded the opening of the pit...However, there were the usual sulfides present in the quartz and in the walirock. I collected some pyrite, galena...geologists, pointed out to me an excellent example of a quartz vein which had been offset laterally by faulting
Book (volume)
from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Report (volume)
......................... Nassau Gas Works, Williamsburg................................ Jericho......... Atlantic County .................................................... Cape May County................Eastern Cumberland County ........................................ Eastern Burlington County.................Southern and eastern Ocean County .................................. 109 Monmouth County.......................Eastern Middlesex County .......................................... Ill Eastern Mercer County ............
 
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