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Spinel from
Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Spinel
Formula:MgAl2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spinel data
Locality Data:Click here to view Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:249331
Long-form Identifier:1:3:249331:2
GUID (UUID V4):036d113a-6ff6-4f39-b07b-ec01eca2423c
Nearest other occurrences of Spinel
9.0km (5.6 miles) Old lime quarries, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) Chelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
53.5km (33.2 miles) Iron Mine Hill quarry, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
74.8km (46.5 miles) Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
78.9km (49.1 miles) Saddleback Mountain, Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Resources of the Hudson and Maynard Quadrangles Massachusetts By WALLACE R. HANSEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Prepared in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...granite__________________________________________ Acton granite_________________________________________...geology of the Hudson and Maynard quadrangles, Massachusetts. 2. Map showing surficial geology of the Hudson..._ _ _ 28. Laminated silts in Concord, near the Acton town line_______ Page. 3 9 10 10 11 12 17 22 22
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
botryoidal of gabbroic and noritic composition and spinel pyroxenites clusters. Individual crystals from...isograds. CHECK LIST OF MAINE MINERALS acanthite—Acton, Franklin, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Newfield, Sullivan...k, Stoneham, Topsham bismutite—Topsham bornite—Acton, Auburn(?), Bingham, Blue Hill, Concord, Norridgewock(...Newry, Paris, Poland, Rumford ((copiapite)) copper—Acton, Blue Hill, Cherryfield, Penobscot, Sorrento, Sullivan...)—Stoneham New York Herkimer "Diamonds" Herkimer County is well known for its quartz crystals, some of
Report (volume)
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...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Book (volume)
......................... 183 Reports from the Acton Silver Mines and Other Districts .................Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................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
Report (edition)
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...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on...~1~:~g~i_~dM:,~~~at1lgse~t Mining Properties on tile ACTON lode !or sale. lor tbe Forest City Mining Stacie...specimens of minerals and fossils in Aroostook County and elsewhere in northern Maine. Most of the bedrock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
opx (Mg# 0.89) with 15% melt and 3% secondary Cr–spinel (EVSSK Babu, personal communication, unpublished...1140−1270◦ C. They interpret the formation of Cr–spinel within the glass pockets due to the melting of...a rising kimberlite column close to the garnet–spinel transition in the SCLM. More recently discovered...Lithospheric studies based on surface waveform analysis (Acton et al. 2010; Maurya et al. 2016) suggest lithospheric...of Mitra et al. (2006), Julia et al. (2009) and Acton et al. (2010) and found to be nearly the same. These
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Planetary Sciences 54-814, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139, USA E-mail: bpweiss@mit...NRM is poorly understood (Gattacceca et al. 2003; Acton et al. 2007). ETM are also commonly rich in sulfides...amount. 227 Figure 6 A ugus t 2009 REFERENCES Acton G, Yin Q-Z, Verosub KL, Jovane L, Roth A, Jacobsen...planetesimals. Science 322: 713-716 Yu Y, Gee JS (2005) Spinel in Martian meteorite SaU 008: implications for
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Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA, MA b hartwk@miamioh.edu Department of Earth...44106, USA, bzs@case.edu Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA, alan...Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA 17603-2827, USA, AC CE P d stan.mertzman@fandm.edu f Department...Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA, YHaileselassie@cmnh.org g Dept. de Mineralogia...further indicate the basalts were generated from spinel-dominated shallow melting, consistent with significantly
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Massachusetts—Rick Cowley, "216 Parker St., South Acton, Mass. 01771. Can supply mineral locations in Mass...York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. North Carolina...FRIENDSHIP. Swiss Made Synthetic Rough Available In SPINEL W H O L E BOULES Downloaded by [University of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
enriches the melt in alumina. We show that the spinel-derived Al3+ ions could have been accommodated...of the spinel-derived alumina molecules was exsolved as the melt dehydration proceeded. Spinel corrosion...microprobe, Fe3+/SFe measurements, melt/ fluid-spinel interactions Introduction Glass-bearing reaction...consist of sieve-textured rims on clinopyroxene and spinel, reaction rims on orthopyroxene, and reaction pockets...pockets developed around amphibole and spinel. Besides patches of glass, the pocket assemblage contains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Subir K. Banerjee b , Yohan Guyodo c , Gary D. Acton d a Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University...Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Institute for Rock Magnetism, Wincell School of Earth...Minneapolis, MN, USA c Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA d Ocean...Program, Texas ApM University, College Station, TX, USA b Received 6 July 2001; received in revised form...TM60 (Fe330:6 Ti0:6 O4 , where x = 0.6 is the ulvo«spinel content) [26]. The presence of titaniumrich titanomagnetite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and solubilities of Rh, Ru and Ir in olivine and spinel” [Chem. Geol. 494 (2018) 19–29/0009-2541] T Irina...Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia c School of Earth Sciences...section P29PSi (or P27PAl for spinel) should be read as 29Si (or 27Al for spinel) Page 22, first column, 6th...1300 °C 6 Discussion 6.1 Incorporation of Rh in spinel Page 25, second column, Eq. (2): MgAlR2ROR4R+2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Australian National University. 142 Mills Rd, Acton ACT 0200. matthew.valetich@anu.edu.au PT John...Australian National University. 142 Mills RI Rd, Acton ACT 0200. SC Richard Arculus. Research School...The Australian National University. 142 Mills Rd, Acton ACT 0200. NU Susumu Umino. School of Natural Science...Ridge. Volcanic glass as well as orthopyroxene and spinel hosted melt inclusions in these sands span almost...al., 2018). Petrographic observations show that spinel and olivine are the first crystallising phases
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139...02139, USA 2 CNRS, Aix-Marseille Universite, CEREGE UM34, 13545 Aix en Provence, France 3 Department of Earth...University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, New York 10458, USA 5 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American...Central Park West, New York City, New York 10024, USA * Corresponding author. E-mail: gattacceca@cerege...been observed by Acton et al. (2007) in chondrules of the Bjurb€ ole L/LL4 chondrite. Acton et al. (2007)
Journal (issue)
analysis was performed using an Amray (Bedford, Massachusetts) scanning electron microscope (SEM) coupled...Morphological and gemmological features of gem-quality spinel from the Goron deposit, southwestern Pamirs, Tajikistan...Tajikistan S.A. Ananyev and S.I. Konovalenko Abstract: Spinel of gem quality from the Goron deposit, Shakhdarinsky...essentially bimineralic spinel-chlorite rock with up to 54% by weight of spinel. Many euhedral crystals...incandescent light. Keywords: colour change, gem-quality spinel, Goron, Pamir mountains, Tajikistan 1. Introduction
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...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...Pennsylvania Amherst College Library, Amherst, Massachusetts Gail and Victor Blomquist library, Dresden,...Museum Archives, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Richard P. Hauck library, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA Department of Geology and Geophysics, University...Hawaii, 1680 East-West Rd., Honolulu, HI 96822, USA Received 25 January 2006; received in revised form...Samples oxidized to magnetite–hematite buffer. Spinel phase. magnetism approach. Iron-rich basalts were...[34]. The Fe–Ti oxides were identified as either spinel-series titanomagnetite (Timt) or rhombohedral-series...coincident with the {111} plane poles of the host spinel phase (maghemite). This crystallographic relationship
Journal (issue)
gagtl@btinternet.com). Mother E_arth 205 - 207 Acton Lane, Chiswick, London, W+ luclusion a11d cl,emical...chloride from sea water. Main producers are the USA, former Sm-iet Union and Norway. It provides us with... cw Jersey, cw 16 York, Nevada and California, USA; Mt Vesuvius, lt:tly, Shetland Isles, Scotland and... China. Massive varieties come from the Western USA; Quebec, Canada; Snarum, Norway and Coorong, South...good nitromagnesite. These are Madison County, Kentucky, USA; and Baume and Salina, Jura, France. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr...Monmouth, Me., sent in an interesting specimen from Acton, York Co., Me., It consists of small, whitish brassy...arsenopyrite with small lead-gray masses of galena. MASSACHUSETTS — "I am mailing you a package containing a couple...Counties) . Samples enclosed consist of: "From Madison County — Lot 1 10 crystal, V4 to 1 inch. — Lot 2 - 15
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
confidence limits on the value of Y are determined after Acton The variance on a~, for each value of X (assumed...Southeastern Oregon lavas (olivine, plagioclase, and spinel). Wholerock analyses representative of these rock...doctoral dissertation. Univ. Calgary. Alberta, ! 10p. Acton, F. S.. 1959, Analysis of straight-line data: John...198 I. A new approach to null correlations of Massachusetts, 341 p. proportions: Jour. Math. Geology, v...tectonic 1-25. associations: Pacific Northwest of the USA, in Lc Maitrc. R. W., 1983, Numerical petrology:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1680 East West Road, POST 712, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, della Vita e...inventory of definitively extraterrestrial chromiumrich spinel grains (0.006 grains/kg sediment) does not indicate...considerably larger quantities of other Cr-rich spinel grains (>2 grains/kg sediment). Grains such as...Sci. 36, A50. Ebel D. S. and Grossman L. (2005) Spinel-bearing spherules condensed from the Chicxulub...A&M University, College Station, TX 77845–9547, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.2973/ odp.proc.ir.177.1999
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Journal (issue)
Fluorite Crystals with Galena Crystals, Socorro County, N. Mex. A very fine selection in stock. Crystals...(chalcedony pseudomorph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida, near the famous Suwannee River. This...and Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6...1965—5th Annual Swapping Bee and Picnic of the Fulton County Mineral Club will be held at John Boyd Thatcher...Nebr. Aug. 21, 22, 1965 — 2nd Annual Western Massachusetts Rock and Mineral Swap and Auction. For more
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The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA c Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology...Honolulu, HI, USA d Chicago Center for Cosmochemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA e Department...two days. From the HF residues all opaque chrome spinel grains were picked under a stereo light microscope...of chrome spinel grains into extraterrestrial (EC) or terrestrial (or “other chrome spinel” = OC) based...Massignano we have found a total of 1349 opaque chrome spinel grains (Table 1; Fig. 1). Of these, only 25 have
 
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