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Spodumene from
Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA


Classification
Species:Spodumene
Formula:LiAlSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spodumene data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:168851
Long-form Identifier:1:3:168851:1
GUID (UUID V4):ffdd16d4-a3c7-441e-9347-e3b1f670fbca
Localities for Spodumene in this Region
French Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Spodumene
7.4km (4.6 miles) Chickering Mine, Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
11.0km (6.8 miles) French Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
41.8km (26.0 miles) Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
80.0km (49.7 miles) Pine Hill, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
85.0km (52.8 miles) Barrus farm pegmatite localities, Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
85.6km (53.2 miles) Long Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
90.0km (55.9 miles) Macomber Ledge pegmatite locality, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
91.9km (57.1 miles) Clark Ledge pegmatite locality, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
93.3km (57.9 miles) Chandler Mine, Raymond, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
98.8km (61.4 miles) Parker Mountain Mine, Parker Mountain, Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EMSTONES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE A variety of New Hampshire's beautiful gemstones are represented and private... JOHN J . BRADSHAW P. O. Box 7467 Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 Photographs by Tino Hammid except a s...R E L A T I V E L Y S M A L L I N A R E A , New Hampshire has provided a considerable variety of fine...well as new sources to provide the mineralogical world with both specimen and gem material. New Hampshire...Museum of Natural His­ tory in New York City, the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in weight have been...and Rumford, Maine; Alstead, Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire; Bedford, New York; the Scott and...been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and Mesa Grande, California...crystal localities are near Milan and Berlin, New Hampshire; Deer Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North Carolina;...Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities near West Chester
Report (volume)
Bulletin 931-P MICA-BEARING PEGMATITES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY J. C. OLSON Strategic...district...................................... Alstead area, Keene district......................... Mica-bearing...Plate 61. Geologic map of the Alstead area, Keene district , New Hampshire........................ 62....and feldspar mines of the Grafton district, New Hampshire ....................................... 63o...of the Keene district, New Hampshire.. Figure 38. Index map of New Hampshire showing locations of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Walpole, Cheshire County New Hampshire 410 ROCKS & MINERALS 79 Meadow Lane Campton, New Hampshire 03223...Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054 janules@att.net THOMAS MORTIMER 3 Roberts Road Amherst, New Hampshire 03031...Chickering mine area: Pierre Hoge Reservation of the New Hampshire Daniel Webster Council of the Boy Scouts of...the Program Assistant Camping Services of the New Hampshire Daniel Webster Council of the Boy Scouts of...Chickering mine in Walpole, New Hampshire. We all share a common interest in New Hampshire mineral species, have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
be the intermediary Mountain, Center Strafford, New Hamp- alteration species ferri-sicklerite or if you...been up near the southern end of Lake accicular new mineral. When I broke this Winnipesaukee for a week...1938 and a found more and larger crystals of this new persistent drizzle made the snow too species which...Dover, big old pine at the entrance. W e were New Hampshire. He too was collecting surprised to see the...was made the icy surfaces as slippery as well- a new species. Preliminary investigations oiled ball bearings
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 23:49 05 October 2014 Daybreak Mine, Spokane County, Washington T he naming of minerals that contain...autunite aggregates from the Daybreak mine, Spokane County, Washington; John Lucking specimen, Jeff Scovil...autunite crystals on matrix from the Apex mine, Lander County, Nevada; Scott Kleine specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...that have been prospected for mica, feldspar, spodumene, and gems. An important historical summary of...Hill prospect at Lovell and several other Oxford County sites, including the well190 ROCKS & MINERALS
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
observation. This has already been done by Foyes in New England. Pn'cuatrtos Tun Pne-C.q.MBRrAN Pegmatites...radioactive minerals in the metamorphic rocks of southern New England: Am. Jour. Sci. (5) vol. 28,pp.I27138, 1934...North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...activity. One of the best regions illustrating this is New England and the Paleozoic Appalachians to the southwest...7The famous Bedford pegmatite in WestchesterCounty, New York, intrudes the Ordovician Hudson schist.s The
Book (edition)
SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ...quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California...which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this...material can be found at that locality; and that new while of dubious merit have been dropped. Appearance...Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, or Tom Robert's Rock the caption. All photographs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Science in the elementary schools of Keene, New Hampshire is being supplemented this year by Mineral Collections...learning the identity and nature of minerals found in New England so they might better teach the subject of...Most of the specimens come from areas within the New England States and were donated from the private...from Arizona and fossils from New York State. The minerals of the New England region are representative...blue-beryl, garnierite, clay concretions, staurolite, spodumene, and manganapatite. Superintendent of Keene Schools
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGIST, VOL. 53, NOVEMBER DECEMBER, 1968 BEUSITE, A NEW MINERAL FROM ARGENTINA, AND THE GRAFTONITE-BEUSITE...graftonite and with it forms a continuous series. The new mineral was found in granite pegmatites in three...and name have been approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, IMA. 2 Methol, E. (1964)...graftonite werefound have commercialamounts of spodumene,beryl or muscovite, a characteristicof two-thirds...Included with these are data on graftonite from two new localities in Argentina, Ranquel and Cacique Canchuleta
Field Trip Notes
//' . GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD IN ''fy,.'t:J TRIPS NEW ENGLAND NOVEMBER 10-12, 1952 Organized by the...Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks...Highlands of East-Central New York, Southern Vermont, and Southern New Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding...Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford Granite" 103 Field Trip...OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK, SOUTHER Leaders: VERJ-IONT, AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE Marland P, Billings
Report (issue)
rocks of New Hampshire ....... 44 Table 9 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey ...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New York ........... 56 Table 11 Uranium occurrences...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Hampshire.......................^..^.i....48 Figure 12...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey....................................55 Figure...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of northeastern New York.........................64 Figure 14. Uranium
Journal (issue)
you wish to receive a copy. Please request our new arrivals list Dealers in: • rare minerals • fine... Paul Brian Moore Wyllieite, Na2Fe2AI(P04)3, A New Species........ Paul B. Moore Jun Ito Richard V...Scarsdale, New York, measures 8-1/2 by 10 inches. Photograph by HenriJansen, Ardsley,New York. Editorial...Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: RUTILE from Graves M tn., Georgia BENITOITE...TOURMALINE from Pala, California We w ill offer fine new material from Europe and A frica fo llo w in g our
Journal (issue)
favorably received by our readers as a number of new subscriptions - from unexpected quarters - have been...interest to avoid the danger of being replaced by new members from the waiting list. Exhibition at the...White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...especially in the• United States, as the enormous spodumene crystals in the Black Hills of South Dakota ;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fishbearing strata were obtained. When the building of the new library was being started, (on the site of the old...sunset, was like many other good intentions of the New Year, forgotten and completely ignored by the majority...Sportsmen Show held December 2, 3, and 4 in the County Center m White Plains. Mr. David Seaman showed...shown by Mr. Waller Morgan were from Westchester County, while Mr. Ted Schoen's were uranium rocks and...exhibits. On December 8, 1955, at a regular meeting a new slate of officers were elected. President, Mrs. Mayzette
Book
investigations. As the problem under consideration is both new and complicated, the author has been unable to avoid...1797, the French chemist, Vauquelin, discovered a new “earth,” i.e. the oxide of an unknown chemical element...engineering and the growing demand for materials with new properties, especially during recent years, were...as the usable by-product; 2. by prospecting for new beryllium deposits; 3. by an inspection of all previously...beryllium; 4. by exploring possibilities of utilizing new types of beryllium ore. On the basis of data published
Report (issue)
William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 28 New England Gem Beryl Bruce Jarnot Page 16 Bazzite of...specialists from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy...has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m:...number of Brazilian states (page 84); San Diego County, California (page 32) in the United States; Canada...Mountains & Majesty (2004). Equally as exciting are new finds from well­ known localities, such as the fabulous
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)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Journal (issue)
Special on good mineral spe.cimens from new Ohio locality! Celestite (new form) spear sha1,e, tabulnr loose...U. S.)-5 difCe rent types for $1.00. Celestite (new form ) spear shape, tabular crystals with cakite...Postage Extra CRYSTALLIZED VANADINITE From Pinal County, Arizona Flame red crystals on a dnrk yellow matrix...inth, U5r 2 inc-b, 85c Plus Postage Something New Lavendar Spurrite from down on the -:IIexican Bordt>r...colloquially, "ossie". Investigation showed the new metal betrayed distinctive features that platinum
Book (edition)
illness or death in the family; some are sold, and the new owners may not always permit digging. It is a good... azurite, flour gold, others NEW HAMPSHIRE **Beauregard Mine, Alstead, NH. Owner: Mr. Maloney in Gilson...garnet, many others Minerals Beryl, mica, garnet, spodumene, green fluor¬ ite, fluores¬ cent manganapatite...children free. Gold, arsenopyrite, pyrite, marcasite NEW JERSEY Trotter Mine, Buckwheat Dump, R.D. #1* Box...calcite, franklinite, magnetite, 200 other minerals NEW MEXICO West Mesa Rock Shop, Mr. G. B. Pearce, 6804
Report (volume)
General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________
 
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