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Actinolite from
Rock Hill Quarry, Rock Hill, East Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rock Hill Quarry, Rock Hill, East Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1348848
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1348848:4
GUID (UUID V4):0446b7f1-b6e7-4d3e-930c-92d75158fcd7
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
17.0km (10.6 miles) Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
28.7km (17.9 miles) Lambertville Quarry (Trap Rock Industries Lambertville Quarry; Mt. Gilboa Quarry), Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
35.5km (22.0 miles) Sherrer Quarry, C.K. Williams Quarry complex, Chestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
35.9km (22.3 miles) Chestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
39.0km (24.2 miles) Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) Wissahickon Valley, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
43.1km (26.8 miles) French Creek Mines, Saint Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
45.0km (28.0 miles) Falls of Schuylkill, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
49.7km (30.9 miles) 3M Quarry (Gibraltar Rock of Belle Mead), Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
49.8km (30.9 miles) Sourland Mountain, Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
References
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Report (issue)
DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses... Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Spring, Md. 20901 PRESIDENT Mrs. D. E. Jensen 199 East Brook Rd. Pittsford, N. Y. 14534 1ST VICE PRESIDENT...20901 GENERAL SHOW CHAIRMAN David E. Jensen 199 East Brook Rd. Pittsford, N. Y. 14534 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE... They are sometimes found in town libraries or county buildings. Occasionally club members in a community...Artifacts Society, Rock Hill, scheduled a trip to the smoky quartz 10eation near Liberty Hill. RHODE ISLAND...many members of the Rock and MillROCKS AND MINERALS eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fallsington, when
Report (issue)
Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........Occurrences located in the Newark basin and vicinity, Pennsylvania ..................... 110 F. Section F: Occurrences...located in the Gettysburg basin and vicinity, Pennsylvania ..................... 147 G. Section G: Occurrences...occurrence, deposit mineralogy and paragenesis, host rock lithology and age, and metal associations is presented...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
column, expecting the ber James Jackson tell of a rock collect­ information to appear under "Coming ing...Beverly Road and Club members of a general interest to East 19th Street. James Craib spoke to most readers....Mineral Club, them to sites for talc, marble, actinolite, tremolite, copper (native in marble), Auburn...hibits of the New York State Museum. The Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, viewed the new Federation...to the Catawba Mineral and Artifacts Society, Rock Hill, on Diamonds. A field trip was made to Melrose
Book (volume)
A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...rises 4,460’ east to west, from 840’ to 5,300’, yet so imperceptibly. The highest elevation, 5,424’,...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among the
Report (volume)
........................................... Pennsylvania...............................................about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five times the combined production and...than 86,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...Compendium of the mineral resources of Arkansas, Little Rock Board of Trade Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals
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fabulous area t o fay_ M i c e the collecting in the East is different in many respects :ollecting in the...d dismiss l i g h t l y a n y tales o f in t h e East. T h i s i s n a t u r a L T h e regions a r e completely...settlements i n o u r c o u n t r y w e r e i n t h e East, i t i s n a t u r a l t h a t e x p l o r a t i...public. P h o t o by North Carolina Travel Division. East. T h e f a c t t h a t s o m a n y f a c e t a b...Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania: S c h u y l k i l l R i v e r Vi r g i n i
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin
Report (volume)
about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five tunes the combined production and...than 80,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...Oregon............Prof. A. J. Collier, Eugene. Pennsylvania.... .Mr. R. R. Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence
Report (volume)
THE HONEYBKOOK AND PHOENIXVILLE QUADBANGLES, PENNSYLVANIA BY F. BASCOM AND G. W. STOSE UNITED STATES...58 59 59 59 65 65 65 67 67 68 71 73 76 Cenozoic rock.____________________________________________ 78...Pa_ ________ In pocket 2. A., Thomas Hill viewed from the east; B, Lamellar injection of gabbro by ...3. Reconnaissance geologic map of Chester Valley east of Phoenixville quadrangle. _____________________________________...quadrangles___-___---_-_-__ 7. Map of southeastern Pennsylvania showing relation of Honeybrook uplift to South
Book (volume)
commerce. Coarser gemstones, or those which are rock-like in character or abundance, are treated in still...references, among them may be mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Augelite, Scheelite, Diopside, Anthophyllite, Actinolite, Tremolite, Seapolite, Danburite, Chondrodite
Report (issue)
..••••.•••.•••. 4 The country rock .•..•...•.. ·•.•••....••••.. 4 Rock types .....•...•....•.•.........•...•...••. 14 The Belvidere Mountain asbestos quarry, locality 9 ... ~ •................. 14 Locality.....•..••••.••......••.• 15 The VVaterville talc quarry, locality 22 •.......••..••........•.•.•. 15 The.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 The Barnes Hill talc prospect locality 40. . . . . . . . . . . ...67. • • . . . . . . . . • . • • • . • . . 24 The East Granville talc mine, locality ..72. . • . . . .
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Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Walker (Yavapai Co.), Ariz., I found the enclosed rock. I wonder if you could identify it and the blackish...imbedded in it? I have never run across this kind of rock before, and am quite curious. Would sure appreciate...black) xls are Mr. Storm writes: staurolite and the rock is a gray mica sch"I'm enclosing two slabs from...range from jet black to blueARKANSAS — Coleman's Rock Cry- green, mostly semi-opaque. Many rockstal Mine...seen specimens in any exhibit. did find some pretty rock crystals — loose Would you insert a note to have
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turns out to be more than skin deep. Down under, in rock just west of that intersection, there's gold. Real...gold. The stuff of the Old West, here in the Old East, and worth $400-plus per ounce, if you could get...lottery offices and saw a spreading rust stain on the rock face jutting out beneath the Blue Hills Tennis Club...geologist, Gleba explained in an interview, rust on rock means iron inside. Iron usually means other metals...metals are there, too. And in the sort of rock that lies here, that includes gold. Pulling off the road
Book
America A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide Petrified Forest Trails Arizona...Ransom EMS of and MINERAL AMERI A A Guide to Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New...form in A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals and The Rock-Hunter's Range Guide, both by Jay Ellis Ransom....information address Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Published simultaneously...Foreword xi xiii Part I: The Fundamentals of Rock Collecting 1. Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones 1
Book (edition)
$3.95 A DIRECTORY OF FEE-BASIS ROCK COLLECTING SITES OPEN TO AMATEURS by CAROL E.KINDLER DIG IT...IT! A Directory of Fee-Basis Rock Collecting Sites Open to Amateurs by Carol E. Kindler P.0. Box 12328...rockhounding for eight years* We have followed maps up hill and down dale to free spots to dig. We have also...Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine, Kingman, AZ 86401o Fee: $20.00 each...50^/lb., or 75^/lb. pre-dug. Free camping with $5.00 rock purchase. Gloria Mine, near Boron, CA- Write Maja
Report (issue)
ALTITUDES IN VERMONT, /GEOLOGY OF GRAND ISLE COUNTY, THE OLDEST CORAL REEF, P. E. TERRANES OF BETHEL................................... 93 Vu—Granite Quarry, Bethel .................................... 95...as from these maps the altitude, of any mountain, hill, town, etc., which is within the limit of these...some further account of the Geology of Grand Isle County. Following this is an inter esting study of an...sheets do not and cannot be in any way guided by township lines. Since the quadrangles are of practically
Report (volume)
of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina, and other...geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina, and South...[radiometric age]* Barite [economic geology]* Basalt [rock type]* Bedrock geology Bibliography* Buried basins*...[economic geology]* Copper [economic geology]* Diabase [rock type]* Economic geology [accompanied by commodity...[usually accompanied by rock type]* Geophysics* Gold [economic geology]* Granophyre [rock type] Gravity [geophysics]*
Book (edition)
Investigation of Rocka 434 436 447 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Rock 4. Microscopic Characteristics of 5. Descriptions...often attached by one extremity to the supporting rock and have perfect terminating planes only at the...(/A/= because first observed (by H. Rose) in a rock of the Urals; but it is essentially like ordinary...mica at Pennsbury, in Pennsylvania. Arborescent delineations over surfaces of rock are usually called dendrites...some crack and spread between the layers of the rock. They are often black, and consist of oxide of manganese;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MARK D. SHERWOOD 106A East 25th, P. 0. Box 436 Oak Grove, Missouri 64075-0436 Downloaded by [Brown University...from drill cores and those known microscopically as rock-forming minerals have been excluded. The index is...location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE
Book (edition)
decomposition. Disseminated. Scattered through a rock or gangue. like a tree coal. A siliceous stone...out. The rising of layers Effervescence, 67. of rock to the surface. To change to a state Effloresce...Killas. In Cornwall, the schistose Globular, 53. rock in which the lodes occur. rets of Goniometer, common... Matrix. [Lat. matrix, from mater, mother.] The rock or earthy material, containing a mineral or metallic...(Lat. stella, star,) 52. Strata. series of beds of rock. Streak, streak-powder, 56. Striated. Lined or marked
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Pertaining to chalk. Disseminated. Scattered through a rock or gangue. Dodecahedron, rhombic, 25 ; isosceles...out. The rising of layers Effervescence, 67. of rock to the surface. Effloresce. To change to a state...Cornwall, the schistose Glimmering. Glistening, 56. rock in which the lodes occur. Globular, 53. rets of...regular form. Matrix. [Lat. matrix, from mater, The rock or earthy material, containing a mineral or metallic...(Lat. stella, star,) 52. Strata. series of beds of rock. A Streak, streak-powder, 56. Striated. Lined
 
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