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Vesuvianite from
Devil's Den (Devil's Den lime pit), Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Comments:Crosby (1888) reported an analysis of a massive brown mineral and found it to be vesuvianite. Sears (1894) did not initially accept this identification, but later (Sears, 1905) he apparently changed his mind.
Habit:massive
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Devil's Den (Devil's Den lime pit), Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:127087
Long-form Identifier:1:3:127087:7
GUID (UUID V4):2c03e2b1-94df-4d34-a510-ef0fc23d9771
Nearest other occurrences of Vesuvianite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Devil's Basin, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
53.2km (33.1 miles) Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
55.3km (34.3 miles) Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
60.0km (37.3 miles) Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) Pulpit Road locality, Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
72.7km (45.2 miles) Webster prospects (Sanford vesuvianite locality; Goodall Farm prospect; Webster vesuvianite prospect), Sanford, York County, Maine, USA
73.9km (45.9 miles) Marlborough Junction locality, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
98.0km (60.9 miles) Piper Hill prospect, Newfield, York County, Maine, USA
99.4km (61.8 miles) Ham and Weeks Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
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