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Danalite from
Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Danalite
Formula:Be3Fe42+(SiO4)3S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Annite2 photos of Danalite associated with Annite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Danalite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Danalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:126994
Long-form Identifier:1:3:126994:9
GUID (UUID V4):fbfed1d9-d535-481e-96d5-82809848b835
Localities for Danalite in this Region
Blackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Pomeroy Quarry, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Railcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Danalite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Blackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Railcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
92.1km (57.2 miles) Grants Mills, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Fe2+ 4 Be3 (SiO4 )3 S Danalite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data: Cubic....Be3:48 Si3:02 O12 S: (3) Bartlett, New Hampshire, USA; by electron microprobe, BeO calculated from stoichiometry...Distribution: In the USA, at Rockport and Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts; on Moat Mountain, Conway...Haven, Connecticut, USA. Type Material: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 85384; National Museum...Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 124353; The Natural History Museum, London, England
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETROGRAPHICAL COUNTY, PROVINCE MASS. I. OF ESSEX THE area of igneous rocks in Eastern Massachusetts, especially...especially in Essex county, has been, as the late Geo. H. Williams said, " more discussed than any other...pages are written. I have visited the region of Essex county several times and collected a large number of...of its chief features. The igneous rocks of Essex county extend along the coast from Lynn to the New...Basin, but this paper does not include them. In Essex county they form a long ridge "extending in a northeasterly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS OF ROCKPORT. I{. E. MCKINSTRY MASSACHUSETTS Cambrid,ge, Mass. More than fifty years ago... on Cape Ann, by J. P. Cooke's description of danalite, a new beryllium mineral, and subsequently of...up to 7 cm. in diameter, as well as.cyrtolite, danalite, thorite, fluorite and molybdenite. MrNpner,s...shattered white quartz and granular black mica. Danalite. Rockport is the type locality for this mineral...Rockport. Am' J, Sci. l2l, 43, 2r7, 230, L867. a Danalite, a new mineral from Rockport, Am. J. Sci., l2l
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AMERICA MAY-JUNE, 1944 Nos. 5 and 6 HELVITE AND DANALITE FROM NEW MEXICO AND THE HELVITE GROUP* Jnwnrr...Discovery Gulch Deposits North End Deposits Properties Danalite North End Deposits Properties. staining methodfor...fi3 l/J 177 177 189 190 Assrnlcr Helvite and danalite occur at rron Mountain in Sierra and Socorro counties...three isomorphous species: helvite, MnaBeaSiaOrzS; danalite Fe4BessLor2s; and genthelvite, ZnrBeasiaorzS.The...known occurrence is West Cheyenne Caiion, El Paso County, Colorado. Genthelvite is isometric, tetrahedral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Danalite from Cornwall. By H. A. ~J_t~.aS, M.A., and G. T. PRIOR, ]~.h. tread November 10th, 1~91.]...1864, two years befol'e the first discovery of danalite in America, and is from Redruth. On a fractured...The minerals of the Helvite group (helvite and danalite) for many years were only represented by the small...usually regardod as pseudomorphs after holvite, o DANALITE FROM CORNWALL, ll A closer examination of the...composition the danalite found in granite at Roekport and Gloucester in Massachusetts (J. P. Cooke, Amer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Danalite from Cornwall. By H. A. ~J_t~.aS, M.A., and G. T. PRIOR, ]~.h. tread November 10th, 1~91.]...1864, two years befol'e the first discovery of danalite in America, and is from Redruth. On a fractured...The minerals of the Helvite group (helvite and danalite) for many years were only represented by the small...usually regardod as pseudomorphs after holvite, o DANALITE FROM CORNWALL, ll A closer examination of the...composition the danalite found in granite at Roekport and Gloucester in Massachusetts (J. P. Cooke, Amer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of the minerals of the helvite group helvite, danalite and genthelvite — which have been discovered with...practical, as well as scientific interest. Helvite, danalite and genthelvite are nesosilicates forming an isomorphous...stands for the manganese in helvite, the iron in danalite and the zinc in genthelvite. These three elements...helvite 614Mn, Fe, Zn)Be[SiO4]1 • 2(Mn, Fe, Zn)S; danalite 6I(Fe, Mn, Zn) Be[SiO41[ • 2(Fe, Mn, Zn)S; genthelvite...and a mineral is classified either as helvite, danalite or genthelvite in accordance with whether manganese
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fe and Zn members (danalite and helvine) and between the Fe and Mn members (danalite and genthelvite)....are presented) and the nearest approach to pure danalite (86 at. % Fe). Two new localities for genthelvite...preponderant, helvine, is commoner than the Fe 2+ member, danalite, and the Zn member, genthelvite, is by far the...discovered in abundance in 1964-8 and then assigned to danalite (but with an anomalously high density), indicated...discovered in I872 at Western Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, and was analysed and described by Genth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Z-phase of Assarsson, 325 INDEX Cape Ann, Massachusetts, granite, riebeckite, 473 Capo Pula, Sardinia...X-ray, 765 Cookstove Mtn., El Paso County, Colorado, genthelvite, danalite, 627 Coordination polyhedra, distortion...Cumberland, Rhode Island, riebeckite, 473; genthelvite, danalite, 627 Cumulo-kenyte, Kenya, anal., petr., 61 x...253 Damghan, Iran, turquoise, 640 Danalite, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hamp- INDEX 923 shire, New...coordination polyhedra, 53 i Dixon, New Mexico, danalite, 627 Dolerite, SinaL anal., 13 Dolomite, synthetic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
titanomagnetite, 843 Yxsjoberg, Vdstmanland, danalite, 627 Inverness-shire Skye, arfvedsonite, ferrorichterite...COLORADO Cookstove Mtn., El Paso County, genthelvite, danalite, 6z7 El Paso County, genthelvite, 627 St. Peter's...Peter's Dome, El Paso County, danalite, 627 Western Cheyenne Canyon, genthelvite, 6z7 MASSACHUSETI~ Cape...Cape Ann, granite, riebeckite, 473 Gloucester, danalite, 6z7 Loudville, wroewolfeite, langite, I Quincy...Government Pits, North Conway, danalite, 627 Iron mine, Bartlett, danalite, helvine, 627 Moat Mtn., North
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volume 65, pages 355-360, 1980 The stability of danalite, FeoBer(SiOr3S DoNero M. Bunr Department of Geology...pyrrhotite and more oxidizing conditions than fayatte. Danalite tends not to occur with hematite. Thesefacts can...stability of the end member. The diagram showsthat danalite, if it is stable at all, has an extremely narrow...Mountain, Bartlett, New Hampshire, where zoned danalite-helvite solid solutions occur as overgrowths on...on phenakite with magnetite,pyrite, and quartz. Danalite is the only end memberof the helvite group that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CROSBV, REVIEWER The Petrographical Province of Essex County, Mass. BY HENRY S. WASHINGTON. J . Geol., 6...787-808 ; 7 , 53-64, 1051 2 1 , 284-294.-Although Essex county is a region of great petrographic diversity...glaucophane and biotite, and the accessories include danalite, fayalite, allanite, epidote, zircon, magnetite...arid soda. Diorife has a large development in Essex County. It is highly varied and represents transitions...with those of Diana, N. U.,Mt. Ascutney, and Gloucester, Mass., which are all referred to an acid phase
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cornwall and Devon: helvine, genthelvite, and danalite. By ARTHUR W. G. KINGSBURY, F.G.S. Department...occurrence in Cornwall, are described. British danalite has hitherto been represented by two old specimens...chemical analyses for the helvine, genthelvite, and danalite specimens are presented ; helvine and gentheIvite...sediments and, in one instance, in greenstone ; danalite in hydrothermal deposits or lodes in metamorphosed...Zn)dBe3Si301~S, comprises J[_ helvine, genthelvite, and danalite, which are the manganese-, zinc-, and iron-rich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
decomposition of danalite. Siilerile. Pale-brown anhedral crystals as decomposition product of danalite. Sphaleril...quarry between Rockport and Gloucester as a decomposition product of danalite. Tantalite. There is in the
Report (issue)
one occurrence, on Rivii!re du Poste, Maskinonge county, Quebec, has been reported in Canada. Phenacite...mine, Preissac tp., Abitibi, Quebec. Helvite and danalite, the endmembers of a complex silicate -sulphide...development of its 3 (Fe, Zn, Mn) BeSi04. ZnS Danalite o 2 10 3(Mn,Fe) BeSi04-MnS Helvite Be 2Fe...Phenacite is almost similar to quartz. The helvite -danalite minerals closely resemble garnet but are easily...granite. The other broad class, that of helvite-danalite occurrence in contact-metamorphic or skarn deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...limestone near Frederick, Frederick Co., Md. MASSACHUSETTS — The following letter, dated Jan. 4, I960,...mention two additional localities of sphene in Massachusetts. The first one is the Baer-Mingolla Quarry in...Construction Granite Co. quarry at Folly Point, Gloucester, Essex Co. "While on my vacation on Cape Ann, a student
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BERYLLIUNT MINERALS IN THE VICTORIO MOUNTAINS' LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO* Wrr.r.rauT. HorsBn, Cornell[Jniaersity...Victorio Mountains, 5 miles south of Gage, Luna County, New lvlexico. The area was visited in September...veins and pegmatites. The quartz veins of Chafiee County, Colo., Hill City, S. Dak., Irish Creek, Va., San...Landes, 1935), and danalite in the subaluminous granite pegmatite of Rockport and Gloucester, Mass. (Warren...Beryllium deposits of the Mount Antero region, Chaffee County, Colorado: U. S. Geol. Suney Btil'|., in preparation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
near Glen wood, Pike ROCKS AND MINERALS, p. 123. County, Arkansas. Mr. Young also sends a note on a Downloaded...development near Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, Calif. Molybdenum Corporation of America is at...Idaho, gives this interesting information: "Lemhi County, Idaho, Fair held at Salmon, had a new treat this...tusks were found ROCKS AND MINERALS in Phillips County, Kansas, buried in a sand pit. The tusks measured...concretions have also been collected, (p. 14). MASSACHUSETTS—Gunnar Bjareby, 147 Worthington St., Boston
Book
History Museum specimen is from Terlingua, Texas, USA, and was used for the determination of the mineral's...of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality. The NHM specimen...00135 Green River Fonnation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA A. Pabst, P.A. Estep, E.J. Dwornik, R.B. Finkelman...1980, 00532 Christmas Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA F.P. Cesbron & S.A. Williams (1980) Min. Mag. 43...1957, 00357 Tintic Standard mine, Dividend, Utah, USA W.T. Schaller (1923) J. Washington Acad. Sci. 13
Journal (issue)
meteorite from the Sacramento Mountains, Eddy County, New Mexico .”) This mass of iron is believed to...Collector. MINERALS OF MASSACHUSETTS . By J. C. RAND. PART II. EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THERE are few places...crystals of a reddish brown color. Another mineral, Danalite ( named after J. THE MINERAL COLLECTOR. 181...inches on exhibition from this locality . At Gloucester, in granite quarries, good crystals of amazon...ately after the reported find of diamonds in Summit county, Col. ILLUSTRATIONS, if good, are always appreciated
Report (issue)
elucidated. The primary six-inch survey of the Gloucester (234) Sheet was continued, mainly in the Jurassic...Skelmersdale Development Corporation, Lanca­ shire County Council and Widnes Borough Council on problems...designed to take overspill from Liverpool. Amongst county councils, that of the West Riding has received... Berwickshire County Council was advised on sources of brick-clays and Roxburgh County Council on underground...over the River Clyde were discussed with Dumbarton County Council and geological assistance was given to
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Book (volume)
Nosean, Haiiyne ...... 289 ..... 303 Helvite, Danalite, Genthelvite CANCRINITE.310 SCAPOLITE.321 ANALCITE...perthite, pegmatite, S. of Iron Creek, Pennington County, Black Hills, S. Dakota (Higazy, 1949). Anal. R...from pegmatite, near Court House, Amelia County, Virginia 1. Si02 TiOa ai2o3 F62O3 FeO MgO CaO...Anal. I. D. Muir. 14. Andesine, anorthosite, Essex County, New York (Emmons, 1953). Anal. L. C. Peck (Includes...Peck (Includes Li 0-004). 9. Labradorite, Millard County, Utah (Meen, 1933). Anal. V. B. Meen. 10. Labradorite
Report (volume)
BUL.L.ETIN 354 CHIEF COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND BY T. NELSON...granites and quarries............................ Massachusetts...............................................Descriptions of the granites and quarries Continued. Massachusetts Continued. Quincy.............................198 199 206 CHIEF COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND RHODE ISLAND. By T. NELSON...granites of greatest economic importance in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. These are
 
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