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Diopside from
Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hornblende Root Name Group2 photos of Diopside associated with Hornblende Root Name Group at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:347087
Long-form Identifier:1:3:347087:9
GUID (UUID V4):1fc6ab43-3b2a-42b0-a8ca-4f24f77bba6c
Localities for Diopside in this Region
PJ Keating Quarry (Lunenburg Quarry), Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Route 13 area, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
2.5km (1.5 miles) Route 13 area, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) PJ Keating Quarry (Lunenburg Quarry), Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) Old lime quarries, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) Chelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles) Marlborough Junction locality, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
35.5km (22.1 miles) PJ Keating Quarry (Dracut Quarry; Condon Quarry; Essex Bituminous), Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
39.5km (24.6 miles) Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
40.4km (25.1 miles) Pulpit Road locality, Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
References
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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
Report (volume)
.................................. 10 Franklin County.................................................................................... 11 Lamoille County..................................................................................... Washington County......................................................................................... Orange County........................................................................................ Addison County...............................................
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...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...calcic plagioclase, zoisite, calcic amphibole, diopside, grossular, and scapolite (diagram modified from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
November, 1908.] -ALLEN, E. T. AND WHITE, W. P. Diopside and Its Relations to Calcium and Magnesium Metasilicates...Plan and Section, Montagne Gold District, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. [Geological Survey of Canada.] Plan...Plan and Section, Gold River Gold District, Lunenburg County, Nova -. Scotia. [Geological Survey of Canada...Sections, Oldham Gold Mining District, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. [Geological Survey of Canada, 1898...Section, Cochran Hill Gold District, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. [Geological Survey of Canada, 1904
Report (issue)
.......................................105 Massachusetts ..............................................include chlorite, Fe oxides, tremolite, serpentine, diopside, and forsterite. Intrusive magmas locally appear...Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Districts in California...of the recorded production. Talc deposits in Massachusetts are mostly located in a north-trending belt...metasedimentary rocks continuous with that in Massachusetts; some are in Middle Proterozoic gneiss. They
Report (issue)
.......................11 The Ledge (Charlotte County Granite) quarry.................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 67. Lunenburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Junction, Oak Bay Road to The Ledge (Charlotte County Granite) quarry (p. 12). km 6.7 Junction, road...schist Nova Scotia gold mines Argillite, slate Lunenburg Bay area ------------------------------------...of the St. Stephen area (NTS 21 G/03), Charlotte County, New Brunswick (NBDNR, 1:50 000) 143 St. Stephen
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 (volume)
Proceedings, vol. 13, pp. 1-46. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no....Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Kanawha County; Preston County; Map of... coal, oil, etc....16. Ancient auriferous gravel channels of Sierra County, California: Am. Inst. Min. Eng., Bull., no. 91...deposits of the San Juan district, San Luis Obispo County, California: California Acad. Sci., Proc., 4th...35. Mammalian fossils from Devil's Gulch [Brown County, Nebr.]: Nebraska Univ. Studies, vol. 14, no. 2
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials...to occur only as traces. ACCOMACK COUNTY: none given. ALBEMARLE COUNTY: actinolitc, agate, almandine, amethyst
Report (issue)
(1) Pieds des Monts, Quebec, Canada. (2) Amherst County, Virginia, U.S. A. Ref.: Kauffman, A.J. Jr., and...) 3 . 18HzO Loe.: Ref.: Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gabinet, M.P.: Min. Sbornik...Glaucophane; Uto, Sweden. Hexagonite; St. Lawrence County, New York, U.S.A. Hornblende; Bilin, Bohemia. Kaersutite;... Greenland . Mountain Cork; Buckingham, Ottawa County, Quebec. Nephrite; New Zealand. Richte rite; Lang...Sweden. Tremolite; Nordmark, Sweden. Uralite; Ottawa County, Quebec, Canada. Winchite; Jhabua State, India
Report (issue)
llage ofActinolite in Elzevir Township, Hastings County . 31 F /1 5 Chemi cal analysis of a light greenish...actino l ite from Westmeath Township , Renfrew County: Si0 2 56 . 70 , Al 0 3 1. 62 , Fe o 3 . 06 , FeO...Township of St . Francis (Beauceville ) , Beauce County : Si0 52 . 30 , Al 2 o 1 . 30 , FeO 6 . 75, 2 3...syenites near Montreal in H oche laga County, and Beloeil in Rouville County (G. C . Hoffmann, 1 888 - 9 : Geol...Ame ri ca property, Oka district, Two Mou nt ains County, akermanite is a major cons titue nt of the si
Report (volume)
vol. 12, pp. 95-222. Davenport, Iowa. . Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 4, nos...D. C. West Virginia Geological Survey, vol. 4; County Reports, Marshall, Wetzel, and Tyler Counties....copper ores. AUen, Eugene T., and White, W. P. 20. Diopside and its relations to calcium and magnesium metasilicates;...for oil. 26. Two areas of oil prospecting in Lyon County., western Nevada. U. S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 381-D...engineer on the occurrence of diamonds in Pike County, Arkansas. Little Rock, 1908. 38 pp. Includes reports
Book
GENERALIZED BEDROCK GEOLOGIC EASTERN MA5SACHUSSETS WORCESTER .W o] ~P- FM V/C/N/TY ^^o Red beds MAP...Department of Geology Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 02215 to; PREFACE In 1966, John Rodgers...Davis in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, and gradually extended itself. oo over New...Brown University The Foxboro Co., Foxborough, Massachusetts Geography, University of Toronto U. S. G, S...Boston State College Botany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Marine Sciences, Virginia Institute
Report (volume)
Geographic Monthly, vol. 1, vol. 2, nos, 1-6. Worcester, Mass. Idaho, Bureau of Mines and Geology: Bulletin...West Virginia Geological Survey: (County Reports) Randolph County. Morgantown, W.Va. Wisconsin Academy... 1930. 10. (and Arick, M. B.). Geology of Bell County, Texas: Texas, Univ., Bull., no. 3016, 92 pp.,...Geology and mineral resources of eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Idaho Bur. Geology and Mines, Bull. no...geology of the Engels and Superior mines, Pl'umas County, California, with a note on the ore desposits of
Report (issue)
APPENDIX B. SYNONYM STA TABLE NAME Page State/County Values ............................ B-STA-1 APPENDIX...criteria are defined as follows: SSSCCC - State & County Codes State - State boundaries N/S - N or S (North...Month - Current month or before Range - Valid for county limits Table - Edit from Value Table Req. - Required...deposits; characteristic minerals-garnets, epidote, diopside, wollastonite, biotite, chlorite, amphiboles,...Description #STAte code (NATION - FMAS users only) #COUnty code (PROVINCE - FMAS users only) *SEQuence number
Report (volume)
vol. 12, pp. 223-240. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 5, nos...Washington, D. C. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Pleasants, Wood, and Ritchie Counties;...Fuller's earth and brick clays near Clinton, Massachusetts. U. S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 430, pp. 402-404...444, p. 13. Two areas of oil prospecting in Lyon County, western Nevada. U. S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 381...figs., 1910. Arey, Melvin F. 30. Geology of Butler County. Iowa Geol. Survey, vol. 20, pp. 1-59, 2 pis.,
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
Report (volume)
Bulletins, nos. 10-12. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 3, nos...Wm. C. 7. Pleistocene phenomena of central Massachusetts. Abstract: Science, new ser., vol. 27, pp. 694-695...Development Company's Survey. Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va., 1907. 28 pp., 4 pis. Gives information...oil-bearing Tertiary formations of Santa Barbara County, California. Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 50 (Quart...1908. 27. The Miner ranch oil field, Contra Costa County, California. U. S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 340, pp
Report (issue)
geology in 1816. Amos Eaton had surveyed Rensselaer County, N. Y., and the route of the Erie Canal; further...Both of these undertakings were short-lived. Massachusetts established her survey in 1830; she was the...OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST In Troy, Orleans County, titaniferous magnetite had been discovered in...value as a building stone." He notes that Essex County is practically all granite and gneiss. Gneiss he...resting upon the crystallines (Pre-Cambrian) in Essex County, N. Y., and was supposed for many years to be the
Book (edition)
CongresS; J / in the year 1834, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Commonwealth in the Clerk's Office of the ...Secretary of the of said i ; District of Massachusetts. by Edward D. Bangs, in the name and District...Excellency, John davis, Esq. Governor of Massachusetts. I HAVE the honor to present you with the second...the 3d of March , 1830, the Legislature of Massachusetts passed a Resolve, authorizing and requesting...to the Antiquarian Society at Worcester; One copy to the Massachusetts Historical Society One copy to
Journal (issue)
Durham, Nova Scotia USA>. Members' interests span the spectrum of minerals...Andradite and Grossular garnets, Magnetite and Diopside along with traces of metallic sulphides. Also...such as gold around Sherbooke and tin in Yarmouth County. The sea flooded low areas and as the supercontinents...mine in North America. Today one house in 4 in the USA has Nova Scotian gypsum in its Wallboard ...have panned for gold on the South Shore near Lunenburg at the Ooens Provencial Park on the Cunard Beach)
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;
Book (volume)
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...Friedelite, Hodgkinsonite, Sphene, Augelite, Scheelite, Diopside, Anthophyllite, Actinolite, Tremolite, Seapolite...sphene crystal tai - A scheelite crystal 136. Diopside crystals BA7- A chondrodite crystal Los A benitoite...in the small cavities in limestone in Herkimer County, New York, only one quartz crystal may be found
Report (volume)
Geological Survey, vol. 5 (A.) ; Map (coal, etc.) ; County reports Marion-Monongalia-Taylor counties; Cabell-Wayne-Lincolu...postglacial Mollusca; I, Emmet County, Michigan; II, Waukesha County, Wisconsin: Nautilus, vol. 27, pp...gen. and n. sp. from the Wilcox group in Fayette County, Tennessee. 73. Contributions to the Mesozoic...Coal at Horseshoe Bend and Jerusalem Valley, Boise County, Idaho: TJ. S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 531, pp. 245-251...92. Lignite in the Goose Creek district, Cassia County, Idaho; U. S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 531, pp. 252-262
Journal (volume)
Compliance Services 229 Armory St., Springfield Massachusetts 01104 11 TERRANES OUTBOARD OF THE ANCIENT...and Geophysics, Boston College Chesnut Hill, Massachusetts 02167 General Northwestern Maine is located...Geology and Geography University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 R.D. Tucker Royal Ontario...carefully selected zircon separates from central Massachusetts and southwestern New Hampshire gives the following...Vermont Québec hinterland stretching from the Massachusetts border to Richmond, Québec can be subdivided
 
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