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Actinolite from
Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Anthophylliteⓘ2 photos of Actinolite associated with Anthophyllite at this locality.
Chlorite Groupⓘ2 photos of Actinolite associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Chromiteⓘ2 photos of Actinolite associated with Chromite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:305171
Long-form Identifier:1:3:305171:9
GUID (UUID V4):23a00d71-aadb-4683-a2fe-889619dcfcb5
Localities for Actinolite in this Region
Crump's Quarry, Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
Journal (issue)
support, protect and expand the collection of mineral specimens and to further the recognition of the...and aesthetic value of minerals and collecting mineral specimens. Inside This Issue President’s Message...Chapter Reports 21-22 Best Paper Thank You 22 Mineral Show in Poland 23 Minerals of Western Europe –...– Wrap up (Tucson) 24-25 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show Awards 25 Friends of Mineralogy Tucson Awards 26...and a Request 26-27 Message from the Editor 27 Mineral Hill Field Trip Report 28-30 Fluorite (Dodecahedron)
Book (volume)
Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. TIKIS Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, BY JOHN...(funth's "Preliminary Report on tlir Mineralogy of Pennsylvania,*' luted n* ...Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Academy MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1. SILVER. (4)i According...occur in Berks countv, at North Reading, in Oley township, and on Cushion Mt. 2. Native copper east of...met with graphite, coating the granite at " Marble Hill," opposite Kaston and one mile north of Phillipsburg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Localities of Philadelphia and Vicinity Author(s): Theodore D. Rand, William W. Jefferis and...org/terms 174 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. MINERAL LOCALITIES OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY. BY THEODORE...Philadelphia has long been famned for the number of its mineral localities and the remarkable abundance and variety...large part of Philadelphia is covered with the Delaware River gravels and clays, but most of the streams...about two miles up stream to Fairmount, whose bold hill is composed of a gneiss which apparently rises
Book (volume)
375 9 f-2. 162 fiQl c, THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA PART TWO JOHN ETEKMAN < 1 > w Q O UJ 5...>CQ uf S B o i s UJ THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA PART TWO CHEMICAL ANALYSES JOHN EYERMAN EASTON... CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA: PART 1 490: 425: 426: A:...Easton; pink Lenni, Delaware county VIII crystals green crystals. Rocksville, Bucks county light green crystals...crystals. No. 1 shaft, St. Peter's, Chester county radiating, columnar crystals of light green to pink
Report (issue)
and Other Mineral Deposits in Serpentine Rocks Of the Piedmont Upland Maryland, Pennsylvania And Delaware...districts ______ -._-_____-_____-___._. Montgomery County, Md_-_-_---_---_-_-----------_-__--_-_-_Soldiers...Philadelphia district....._._.-_.-.--. ___________ Mineral deposits___-___--_-_-___-.-------_---_---_-----_-_-_----Geologic...State Line district__-------___..____.___._... Cedar Hill (Geiger) quarries._--_.-_-----__.____ West Chester...descriptions_______________________________________ Montgomery County, Md___-_______________________.__ Etchison mine_____-_-
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES Bulletin M 18-C THE MINERALS of PENNSYLVANIA NON-METALLIC... CONTENTS Introduction Asbestos Barite Franklin County Fulton and Bucks Counties Corundum Page 1 1 5...Magnesite Phosphate minerals Cumberland County Juniata County 18 23 25 25 26 Potash 29 Quartz-Mint...Quartz-Mint 32 Rock salt 36 Crawford County Elk County 36 37 Erie and Forest Counties 38 McKean, Potter...Tourmaline 48 49 50 Uranium-bearing minerals Mineral resources reports NON-METALLIC MINERALS By R
Report (volume)
may be determined by scratching it with another mineral or with a knife blade. This may mutilate tllQ StOne...Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only increasing degrees of hardness, not...placed next to diamond only because it is the mineral nearest the diamond in hardness. Because much dust...contact with one another. The specific gravity of a mineral is the ratio between its weight and the weight...of stones. Luster, the general appearance of a mineral in reflected light, is of two types: metallic and
Journal (issue)
p4,, Over two million residents Arizona's Pinal County welcomes everyone as a V.I.P.!!! ?ieU S ~ , ae...MINERALS MAY-JUNE 1978, Volume 53 Number 3 PENNSYLVANIA! EXECUTIVE EDITORS Rudy Bradbury John Hanahan...Hanahan Jr Richard S. Mitchell GUEST PENNSYLVANIA EDITOR Delbert L. Oswald FOUNDER Peter Zodac MANAGING EDITOR...Schmerling 94 Pennsylvania- A Geological Gem Beth Schooler 99 The Paleontology of Western Pennsylvania Richard...Chert in Western Pennsylvania Richard L. George 108 Rare Earth Minerals from Pennsylvania Ralph G. Wells
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatites at QUARTZ, silica, Si02, is an essential mineral in the granite pegmatites. Massive, white, or smoky...crystal was recovered about 1905 from the Barringer Hill, Texas locality, which measured 43x28x15 inches...Rose quartz crystals have also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala...Deer Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia;...Providence, and other places in Delaware and Chester counties, Pennsylvania, were also probably for the most
Report (volume)
............................ 16 34 42 81 97 Delaware............................................................................................ Pennsylvania...............................................the Geological Survey's annual report entitled "Mineral Eesources of the United States" for 1882 and 1887...more until 1914. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States were enormously...resources of the country. Many changes in the mineral industry other than increase in production have
Report (volume)
the Geological Survey's annual report entitled " Mineral Resources of the United States" (the volumes for...of a century. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States have been enormously...showing the composition and character of each mineral and the location of. its principal deposits. Many...These are only examples of notable changes in the mineral production of the United States and of correlated...changes in the appraised value of some of the mineral deposits. In this list, as in the earlier lists
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...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals
Report (issue)
in Georgia, of other deposits of this valuable mineral. Like the report on the " Marbles preliminary...yards above the works at Track Rock Mine, Union county, Ga., there are several slabs, one of which is...HISTORY OF CORUNDUM. KIG I. Track Eock, Union County, Georgia. The dum in first authentic date...it was then discovered ship of Newlin, Chester county, Pa. in the townFollowing the discovery of however...of light-blue corunthe mineral to be corundum Disseminated throughout mineral, . dum have been found
Book (volume)
gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book
3 -N APPALACHIAN MINERAL & GEM TRAILS 3 3 By June Culp Zeitner 'NS 3 v' r,. -S.’ Vv '• li ...unequalled i n hospitality. Many friends, gem and mineral clubs, and gem and m i n e n d dealers and suppliers...u m s i n t h e 1 j t r Numerous g e m a n d mineral shows held throughout the Appalachian states each...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...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and
Book (volume)
.......................................... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama ................................................................132 Delaware ........................................................................................402 Pennsylvania .............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...............................
Book (edition)
minerals, to the excellent annual report on the "Mineral Resources of the United States," by Mr. Albert...Hydrocarbons Oxygenated Hydrocarbons Asphaltum, Mineral Coals 842 348 349 SUPPLEMENT TO DESCRIPTIONS...like limestone of the mineral-made globe. and quartzite, consist of a single mineral in more or less pure...important for the metal they contain. Water is a mineral, but generally in an impure state from the presence...materials set free in volcanic and other regions, are mineral in nature, although, because of their invisibility
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Windsor County.................... 253 254 Talc and Verde Antique Quarry, Stockbridge,Windsor County Williams...Williams Mine, RochesterTownship, Orange County........ ... Verde Antique Quarry, North Hollow, Rochester...Talc Prospect at Hammondsville, Reading Township, Windsor County ........................................Deposit in Southwest Corner of Moretown Township, Washington County.................................... Waterbury...constantlyasso: ciatedwith other minerals,or varietiesof mineral speciesnot found in the countryrock of the talc
Book (volume)
fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...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
Book (volume)
fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...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
Report (volume)
...................... ................. Macon County .........._. ...........,..-...........-.............. .......... .1...................... Clay County.. ...............................................tracts...................... ......... Jackson County ................ ................................ .... ........... .... .................. . Pennsylvania........'...............-.-........... ......................................... ........ 80 Delaware..................... ........................
Report (volume)
GEOLOGIST J. A. Holmes Chapel Hill. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Chapel Hill, N. C., April 1, 1905. To His... Clay County. Macon County. Jackson County. Transylvania County. Swain County. Haywood County. Buncombe...Buncombe County . Madison County. Yancey County. Mitchell County . Watauga County . Wilkes County. Ashe County...County . Alleghany County . Physiography and ecology of the peridotites. 28 28 29 32 34 35 36 38 42 46...mag¬ nesian rocks. Shooting Creek region, Clay County, North Carolina. Elf dunite. Elf amphibole-peridotite
Book (volume)
Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps...references, among them may be mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio...furnished by Col. E. M. Barron of the Southern Gem and Mineral Company of El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin...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
 
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