Biotite from Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA


USA
Massachusetts Hampshire County Chesterfield ⓘ Clark Ledge pegmatite locality	"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localites" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
Easthampton ⓘ Loudville Lead Mines (Manhan Lead-Silver Mine; Southampton Lead Mine; Northampton Lead Mine)	Gleba, Peter P. (2008) Massachusetts Mineral and Fossil Localities. Kreueger Enterprises, Inc.
Granby ⓘ Carver Street construction site	Collected and identified by Jeremy Zolan
Huntington (Norwich) ⓘ Walnut Hill Pegmatite prospect	King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
Pelham ⓘ Pelham asbestos mine	Van Gosen, Bradley S. (2005) Reported historic asbestos mines, historic asbestos prospects, and natural asbestos occurrences in the eastern United States. USGS Open-File Report 2005-1189. (1917) Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bulletin Vol. 597. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b597
ⓘ Pelham Granite quarry (Ward Quarry; Valley Quarry)	Dale, T. N. (1910). Supplementary Notes on the Commercial Granites of New England (in Contributions to Economic Geology, USGS Bulletin 470).
Plainfield ⓘ Betts Manganese Mines (Anson Betts Mine; Plainfield Manganese Mines; Taconic Manganese Mines)	Quinn, Alonzo W. (1945). Geology of the Plainfield-Hawley area : with special reference to deposits of manganese and iron minerals (USGS Open-File Report: 45-28) "Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Alan Plante, Valley Geology Press, 1992.

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