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Zoisite from
Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Zoisite
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zoisite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:242999
Long-form Identifier:1:3:242999:1
GUID (UUID V4):a0c8bc4f-9f8e-4143-94ad-8edbd994d985
Nearest other occurrences of Zoisite
19.4km (12.0 miles) Cumberland Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
19.9km (12.4 miles) Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) Spring Lake, Harrisville, Burrillville, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) Manton Avenue Quarry (Manton Quarry; Violet Hill Quarry), Manton, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) Acushnet Quarry, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
74.4km (46.2 miles) Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
74.8km (46.5 miles) Paradise quarry, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
80.8km (50.2 miles) Pelham asbestos mine, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
97.8km (60.7 miles) State Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Bedrock Geoloqy of the Nashua River Area, Massachusetts - New Hampshire By Gilpin Rile Robinson, Jr...ZONE 12 ROCKS IN THE NASHUA RIVER AREA 15 WORCESTER FORMATION 18 Nomenclature, Historical Background...Description 38 275- TO 280-M.Y.-OLD GRANITE IN THE MILFORD-MASON, N.H., AREA________ :~ 39 Nomenclature...Retrograde alteration of andalusite schists -io Worcester Formation 97 Staurolite-Kyanite/Andalusite (Actinolite)...SYNTHESIS 102 ENVIRONMENT OF DEPOSITION 108 Worcester Formation 108 Merrimack and Oakdale Formations
Report (volume)
BUL.L.ETIN 354 CHIEF COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND BY T. NELSON................. Massachusetts................................................. Milford..................Descriptions of the granites and quarries Continued. Massachusetts Continued. Quincy.............................quarries........................................... Milford..................................................of granite and gneiss, Milford, N. H.; B, Pegmatite dikes, Young quarry, Milford, N. H................
Report (volume)
___ 89 Waldoboro, Maine____________________ Milford, N. H________________________ Westerly and Charlestown...___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________
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
Report (issue)
Geology of Massachusetts E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedharn Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian... Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane G. Stratigraphy of the...Belt, Central Massachusetts H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts I. Intrusive...Intrusive Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts L.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedham Zone,
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON............................................ Worcester County, Mass.......................................member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Report (issue)
Zoisite Ca2 Al3 (SiO4 )(Si2 O7)O(OH) ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data:...Trondheim, Norway. In the USA, at Goshen and Williamsburg, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; in the Keystone quarry...quarry, near Cornog, Chester Co., Pennsylvania; at Milford Heights, Baltimore Co., Maryland. From around Spruce...pure zoisite and clinozoisite. J. Geol., 69, 604{609. (4) Hurlbut, C.S., Jr. (1969) Gem zoisite from...º A. Kvick (1987) Neutron di®raction study of zoisite at 15 K and X-ray study at room temperature. Zeits
Catalog/List
8 ^ Mineralogkal Cabinet, 82. L. Chester, Massachusetts. Massive; ofa pale green color in granite...Limestone. Chem. Carbonate of Lime. Bolton, Massachusetts. Chaux carbonatce primitive. H. St. Andreasberg...Southampton, Massachusetts. Var. Argentine or Shief- fer-spar. 127. L. Williamsburgh, Massachusetts. 128...Ireland. Var. Marble. Bituminous limestone 169. L. Milford, Connecticut. 160. L. Egypt. MPMMII Var. Marble...carbonate of lime, upon quartz. 201. L. Berkshire, Massachusetts. tals, imbedded 202. L. Connecticut. In
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded by...tall, Middle Moat Mountain, North Conway, Carroll County. Canadian Museum of Nature specimen, Jeff Scovil
Report (volume)
..................... 26 Contact rocks on the Milford granite................................... 26 General....................... 29 Contact effect of the Milford granite on inclosed Cambrian schists at the Saylesville...towns of Sutton, Northbridge, and Douglas, in Massachusetts, and extends southward across western Rhode...the Cambrian rocks is greatly interrupted in Massachusetts by broad areas of intruded granite, and farther...O., Contributions to the Geology of Eastern Massachusetts, 1880, pp. 127-128. PKE-CAMBRIAK KOCKS. V
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
scapolite, sphalerite, spodumene, staurolite, zircon, zoisite. R o u t e 25 construction, Trumbull, Daniels F...of view 10.2 cm across, 1-84, Newtown, Fairfield County; collected 1960. Weber specimen, Marcelle Weber...Calcite, 2.6 cm long, Route 7, Brookfield, Fairfield County. Jeffrey Scovil specimen and photo. * « i Road...n s v i l l e : chabazite, epidote, grossular, zoisite var. thulite. R o u t e 4 construction, Farmington:...MINERALS B o a r d m a n ' s B r i d g e , New Milford, limestone quarry, Route 7: calcite, chondrodite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
......................................... 4H2 Milford granite..........................................feature of the petrology of th<; eastern part of Massachusetts and which reach their most important development...particularly for that part of the map which lies in Massachusetts and in the vicinity of the Blackstone River...Rock granite Fiue granite Grants Mills granite Milford granite m Qnartz diorite C u m bei In u d ite...porphyry dikes. Middle Devonian. Quartz diorite. Milford granite. Grants Mills granite, including fine granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
September 7–8—New Milford, CT. Danbury Mineralogical Society’s 69th Annual Show, New Milford High School,...Francisco, CA. Christmas in San Francisco Crystal Fair, County Fair Bldg., Golden Gate Park, 1199 9th Ave. Info...SOON • The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine by Alexander U. Falster, William B. Simmons...Peter K. M. Megaw • Tanzanite, Gem Variety of Zoisite, Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region...re-emergence of Two Important Emeralds from Alexander County, North Carolina by Mark Ivan Jacobson Plus much
Journal (issue)
Huizing, 534 I Thrasher Dr, Cincinnati OH 45247 USA Please, make checks payable to Mineralogical Almanac...1907, Endicott discoYered amazon stone in Custer County, aquamarine and rose quartz at the Wild Rose claim...(later known as the Devils Hole pegmatite), Fremont County and facetable almandine garnets near Canon City...Richland County, Wisconsin. He married Effie I. circa 1890 in Wisconsin and moved to Rye, Pueblo county, Colorado...discovery after the discovery of the San Diego County gem fields. At this point, Schaller specialized
Journal (issue)
News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...Fifties, i.e. chiastolite crystals from Madera County, CA. They used to be very common, almost ubiquitous...Manhattan, NV, from the Twin Creek Mine, Humboldt County, NV. The crystals are about 3/g to 5/g inch (1...with fresnoites from the Junnila Mine, San Benito County, CA, which he described in the Mineral News of...Foma~ite from the Singer Mine. Goodsprings, Clark County. Ne,·adi 14-5:1.6,7 American Lands Access ASSO<'iation
Book
CUMMINGS, BILLIARD, & CO. 1825. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT. District Clerk's Oflht. BE it remembered..." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the, District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE -. University Press, Milliard...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...HAMPSHIRE. 13 milk white quartz, abundant. Epidote. Zoisite. Green Carbonate of Copper, earthy, Granular Limestone...) WESTMORELAND. Fluate of Lime, light green. Zoisite, in ash grey, much compressed, deeply striated
Journal (issue)
Tremolite Locality South of Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York Steven C. Chamberlain sccham2@yaho_o...of Russell in the Town of Russell, St. Lawrence County, NY. He visited the locality frequently over a...property. It covers the top ofa low mound just west of County Rt. 24, about 2. 7 km south of the four-corners...More such localities in this part of St. Lawrence County are likely to be discovered in the future. 5 Acknowlcdgments...Classic danburite locality near Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York: New collecting and new research. Rocks
Journal (issue)
rejoice quite yet. The main features listed for Grand County, Colorado, for example, are gravel pits and coal...won't appear (the Green Ridge Pegmatite in Grand County, described in Stephen Voynick's book is not listed....... I usually start by entering the State and County. A "Commodity" field allows one to search by element...names of all of the "Copper" localities in the county (27 of them) to see that the listing was under...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com
Report (issue)
the mirror-image of metamorphic zones in Dutchess County, New York. However, garnet appeared before biotite...Analyses of rocks of pre-Triassic age, New Haven County, Connecticut oo.....«..».o.»».....o (Pocket) 2...Intruslves of Late Triassic (or younger) age, New Haven County, Connecticut ...... (Pocket) 3. Stability of...Gneiss a few hundred feet southwest of junction of County and Rauson Hall Roads, Town of Volcott, Southington...Lake Member of s Waterbury Gneiss* on west side of County Road about A. 167 Metamorphosed pegmatite on
Book (edition)
from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page...Directions to the Mineral Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut .... Additional Locality...booklet devoted to the mineralogy of the Middlesex County region. Invaluable assistance in preparing the...biotite in composition. ZIRCON-Zirconium silicate ZOISITE-Calcium aluminum silicate 9 PART n. Descriptive...Connecticut. At the Strickland Quarry in Middlesex County, ambly­ gonite occurs as white cleavages and crude
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 1380 Prepared in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works A facies change and...in southwest Massachusetts are described) and correlations between western Massachusetts and Connecticut...----------Stratigraphic section of western Massachusetts ------------------Hoosac Formation ________...------------------------------------Summary of Massachusetts section -------------------------Discussion...------Southington, Mount Carmel, Ansonia, and Milford quadrangles__ Naugatuck quadrangle -----------
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...the Blueberry Mountain pegmatite at Woburn, Massachusetts,are Devonian in age.7The famous Bedford pegmatite...A. L Genesis of mica pegmatite deposits, Latah County, Idaho: , Econ. Geology,vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 41-58...30Lovering, T. S., Magmatic chalcopyrite, Park County, Montana: Econ. Geology,vol 19, pp 636-640, 1924...Geology and mineral resources of eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Brill. Id.aho Bta. Mines ond.Geology,vol
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Western Province rocks between Doubtful and Milford sounds record granulite facies conditions between...coarsegrained randomly oriented clinozoisite ⁄ zoisite, garnet, quartz and biotite-rich assemblages that...hornblende, biotite and plagioclase and then into the zoisite-bearing fields at >9 kbar near point S2 (Fig. 10)...involving muscovite, zoisite, hornblende, biotite, plagioclase and quartz, and zoisite, garnet, hornblende...by garnet in granulite facies assemblages near Milford Sound, New Zealand. Contributions to Mineralogy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been collected at Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario. The crystals in the collection are associated...is also found in a skarn at Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, as brown-red dodecahedra to approximately...quarries), 428 ROCKS & MINERALS Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont. So well-known is this locality for fine...acquiring it. Grossular from Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, occurs as greenish-red dodecahedra...labeled as Eden Mills quarries), Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont. This particular specimen consists of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
George R. Elberfeld Vice President 25 Highland Ave. Milford, N. H. PENQUIS ROCKS AND MINERALS CLUB DOVER-FOXCROFT...The day's finds included graphite, blue quartz, zoisite xl's, chalcopyrite xl's, slaty magnetite, and green...A one day trip by bus to Middleville, Herkimer county, New York was attended by fifty members and a pleasant...Arizona State Museum will have specimens of every county in Arizona. Private collections of rare Bisbee...regal rarities and incomparable commoners. Pima County Fairgrounds, Tucson, Ariz. — March 23-25th, 1962
 
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