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Cyrtolite from
Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Zircon var: Cyrtolite
Formula:Zr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cyrtolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13924
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13924:1
GUID (UUID V4):5a080e0d-3061-4097-9c87-2673ce43b2da
Localities for Cyrtolite in this Region
Flat Ledge Quarry, Rockport Granite Company quarries, Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Cyrtolite
46.8km (29.1 miles) Blueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
83.3km (51.8 miles) Parker Mountain Mine, Parker Mountain, Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
09:35 10 October 2014 Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado O wing to its diverse paragenesis and...somewhat radial crystal aggregation is known as “cyrtolite,” once considered a separate species. Zircon occurs...zircon crystals from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz specimen from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, John Smolski photo...syenite in the Litchfield-Gardiner area, Kennebec County (King and Foord 1994). Zircon crystals to 2.5 cm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
feldspar group. THE MINERALS OF ROCKPORT. I{. E. MCKINSTRY MASSACHUSETTS Cambrid,ge, Mass. More than...was called to the unusua, mineral occurrences at Rockport, on Cape Ann, by J. P. Cooke's description of...being the type locality for these species, the Rockport quarries have afforded an interesting list of...pegmatite masses. Location und, Present Condition.-Rockport is best reaehed via the Boston and Maine R. R...Cooke3from type material obtained at this locality. Cyrtolite. "Hydrous zircon" in groups of brown, curved-faced
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(mixture) 2. var. ore six Hyacinth Alvite Cyrtolite Mal con Naegite “ B e f a n m i t e ” Cat pleit... localities) Mt. Antero, — Texas, the Massachusetts and already been shown known. In to be addition...addition, N. C., Colorado, and Henderson County, Westchester (18), Pennsylvania (five localities)...zircons, cyrtolite Branchville, Conn., Rockport, Mass., Mitchell Counties, source County, Of the...Va., near is OF and (19) Llano New York County, minerals have among the richest hafnium minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PEGMATITE DISCOVERED IN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN AREA, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK By ELMER B. ROWLEY 54 West Notre Dame...sklodowskite, fergusonite, kasolite, lanthanite, cyrtolite, thorite (uranothorite), fourmarierite, monazite...States; Cape.Ann Granite Quarries, at Rockport, Massachusetts. "Zjrcon. Zircon is a zirconium silicate.../ 1 6 " parallel to the horizontal axes. Cyrtolite. Cyrtolite is a zirconium silicate with included rare-earth...com343 pound crystal intergrowth. N o in-place cyrtolite has been found in the quarry walls. However, the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
H22D0GH78; Flor Mountain, Kola Peninsula, U .S.S.R Paso county, Colorado, U.S.A. 1 - H5D12GH83; the specimen...Transbaykalia, U.S.S.R. 42 - H I3 D55GH32; Rockport, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 43 - 1111055GH34; Gloucester, U...astrophyllite by Genth in Cheyenne canyon (El Paso county, Colorado) and described by him in 1892 as a variety...of two finds of genthelvite by Adams in El Paso county (Glass and Adams, 1953). The genthelvite was discovered...genthelvite have been found, seven in pegmatites (El Paso county, Kola Peninsula and Northern Nigeria) and one in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Haddam, Connecticut; Russell and Westfield, Massachusetts ; from Bedford, New York ; and many other places...Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai...Mountain in the Crested Butte region of Gunnison County, Colorado, in good gem crystals. ANDRADITE, calcium-iron...Andradite has been found at Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and at other localities in Delaware...at St. Peter's Dome, Colorado; and at Rockport, Massachusetts, at which locality some large and unusual
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.4" 60 106 Crook.Thomas...... Cryophyllite at Rockport, 5t' Mass. . 39 Crvstal drawinq,155; habit......aldopentoses(WherrY) . Curie, Madame .. . . . Cyrtolite at Rockport, Mass. . ' . 77 141 96 96 14L s6 L72 2l...2l 154 58 20 71 Favalite at Rockport, Mass.. . . . 58 Feilorov method in determina- Litchfield, Me...Glamorgan (North). . . 68 Madison Co., Mo. (Tarr) .- 7 Rockport, Mass. (Mc-' 56 Kinstry) St, Lawrence Co., etc...7 Missouri minerals 2l Moir. J. Molvbdenite at Rockport, Mass. 59 6 M o r i t a n a m i n e r a l s:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
samarskite at the old Maisonneuvemica mine, in Berthier county, Que.,is mentioned by Obalski (I7), (26), (56)...from the Pied des Monts mica mine, in Charlevoix county, Que. It is stated (53) to have been observed in...associated with uraninite, samarskite, allanite and cyrtolite, and also an occurrencein a white dyke in Derry...it is associatedwith allanite, uraninite, and cyrtolite (13). From this last locality, Ellsworth illustrates...Sound district, where it is found with uraninite, cyrtolite, titanite and allanite. This occurrence will be
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bodies are in southwestern Fremont County and in northeastern Chaffee County, Colorado. The location of the...along fractures in core of Yard pegmatite, Chafiee County, Colorado. The pegmatite strikes N. 60o E. and...Distdct,Gunnison County, Colo. pre-Canbrian pegmatites 3. Jamestown District, Boulder County, Colo. (a)...uramtevllle, Mo. gadolinite, allanite, fergusonite, cyrtolite fluorite, topaz E. WM. EEINKICH Tenrc 1.-(Continued)...Fluorine Minerals Rare Earth Minerals monazite; cyrtolite reported Reference Glass (1935) 13. Amelia District
Report (volume)
dikes, in schists, in the Ohio City area, Gunnison County, Colo. The microlite, associated with lepidolite...found in several pegmatites in Georgia. In Lamar County, yellow and green secondary uranium minerals occur...uranium-bearing pegmatite bodies in San Bernardino County, California: Am. Mineralogist, v. 38, p. 1040-1050...two uranium-bearing pegmatites in San Bernardino County, Calif. The Cady Mountains pegmatite body, near...Spectrographic analyses are given of the betafite, cyrtolite, and niobian anatase found in the Cady Mountains
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...abundant in the Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming...specimens of minerals and fossils in Aroostook County and elsewhere in northern Maine. Most of the bedrock...rocks. There are lime quarries in the Aroostook County agricultural belt, where calcite crystals and other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
feldspar along fractures. Also in the quarry between Rockport and Gloucester as a decomposition product of danalite...associatedwith cyrtolite. Ytlrocqite. Reported by Sears as occurring on massive quartz at Rockport. NOTES AND
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
Catalog/List
. . . . . . 65 Fasciculite Xis, in schist; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3...CUPRODESCLOIZITE-See Dcscloizitc CYANITE-Sce Kyanite CYRTOLITE (altered zircon containing uranium and rare earths).... . ... . .. . . .. . 6 FiM, xline, white; Massachusetts, 1 0 lbs. or more, .2 0 per lb . . . .. .. ...Michigan . . 13 Aficaceous (schistose) hematite; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . 6 Massive; Min nesota . ....aluminum silicate) Large phmocrysts in diabase; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Coarse-xline and cleavages;
Report (volume)
----------. .--------:...----..--..-.--- 55 Cyrtolite.-----------.---- -- .-. ----------- ------Danbiarite...From the Silver King mine, Calico, San Bernardino County, Cal. Specific gravity, 6:28. Analysis by W. H...From .Teocalli Mountain, Brush Creek, Gunnison County, Colo. Specific gravity, 7.400 at 14.5°, corrected...vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 46. From the Rose mine, Grant County, N". Mex. Specific gravity, 6.644 at 20°. Probably...impurities. From the Missouri mine, Halls Valley, Park County, Colo. Analyses, by Hillebrand, of three different
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Aurora cerargyrite—see chlorargyrite cerussite—Rockport, West Brooksville chabazite—Phippsburg chalcocite—Blue...Brooksville cymatolite=mixture of albite and muscovite cyrtolite—see zircon dahllite—see hydroxyl-apatite damourite—see...)—Stoneham New York Herkimer "Diamonds" Herkimer County is well known for its quartz crystals, some of...psilomelane—see romanechite pumpeUyite—Aroostock County purpurite—Auburn, Greenwood, Hebron, Newry pyrargyrite—Franklin
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)
Bowen, N. L. and Schairer, J. F. Grrinerite from Rockport, Mass., and a series of syntlreticfluor-amphiboles...relationship of nontronites and montmorillonite. Rockport, Griinerite from Mass., and a sefies of synfluor-amphiboles..... U-galena and uraninite in Berlford, N.Y., cyrtolite. (Kerr) 443 Vectorial alteration of crystals
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............................................
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...these mines were shut down many years ago. In Rockport, at the celebrated granite quarries, are found...found massive and crystallized in the granite. Cyrtolite (altered zircon) occurs here in small crystals...ately after the reported find of diamonds in Summit county, Col. ILLUSTRATIONS, if good, are always appreciated
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
name for altered, hydrated zircon. The term “cyrtolite” was introduced by Knowlton (1867) to describe...First studies devoted to dating the Bedford “cyrtolite” (U ca. 7.5 wt%) using wet chemistry were done...data from a study of partially altered zircon (“cyrtolite”) with U concentration up to 11.4 wt% from a pegmatite...Knowlton WJ (1867) On a new mineral from Rockport, Massachusetts. Am J Sci 131:224–226 Kolesov BA, Geiger...Publication 1a, 53 pp Luquer LM (1904) Bedford cyrtolite. American Geologist 33:17–19 MacRae CM, Wilson
Journal (issue)
comes from the Polar Star Mine, Dutch Flat, Nevada County. Suites of minerals, supplying invaluable data...boundary between Danvers and Topsfield in Essex County, Massachusetts. The mine was worked, but nothing is...Winthrop, son of the first Governor of the Massachusetts was also done outside of New England. Much of...work on the mineralogy of Franklin was that Massachusetts had both iron-ore and stone to build done abroad...metamorphosed limestone bed in schist at Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was de­ scribed in terms of its external characteristics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
both methods are in active operation at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech­ nology laboratories and supplement...collaboration with Dr. P. M. Hurley of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Geology Department....aine........................... Rockport granite (fine)......... Rockport granite.................. ...................... 60 Rockport granite (flne)......................... 88 Rockport granite...............300 375 Isotope ratios 349 Uraninite, Mass. Cyrtolite, N ew Y ork.......................... 366 371
Report (volume)
Edward Whitfield.. On the Johnson County, Ark., and Alien County, Ky., meteorites. By J. Edward Whitfield....... Two feldspars from Greylock Mountain, Massachusetts ....................... 79 79 Three feldspars............ Cyrtolite ........................................................... Cyrtolite.............. BY F. W. CLAKKE. I. MUSCOVITE FROM ALEXANDER COUNTY, N. 0. This mica occurs in overlapping, crystalline...These, stated in empirical form,are as follows: Rockport...................................... ....R'6R"4R'"2Si
 
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