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Actinolite from
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:City
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:
Titanite1 photo of Actinolite associated with Titanite at this locality.
Heulandite Subgroup1 photo of Actinolite associated with Heulandite Subgroup at this locality.
Epidote1 photo of Actinolite associated with Epidote at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:347283
Long-form Identifier:1:3:347283:5
GUID (UUID V4):a96ac5ea-35d9-4976-bf38-a6431b6cb803
Localities for Actinolite in this Region
North Woburn, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
5.6km (3.5 miles) North Woburn, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) Warren Street Quarry (Beatty's Ledge), Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) Hammond St. Quarry, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) Route 114 calc-silicate locality, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Lynn Sand and Stone Co. Quarry; Bardon Trimount Quarry; Hume Quarry), Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Chelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) Old Limestone Quarry Site, Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
34.3km (21.3 miles) Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
35.9km (22.3 miles) Marlborough Junction locality, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fred Lincks. We have cor­ neighboring state of Massachusetts. Many responded and had the pleasure of a of...who are willing to get-togethers are held in Massachusetts pass on information of localities they as well...state of Lead Mine. Here, many fine specimens, Massachusetts. The tendency is to pass both common and rare...beautiful specimens of wulfenite. some of the fine Massachusetts specimens in This last species can be found...and at Blueberry Mt. in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Mass." Blueberry Mt. in Woburn is easy to locate and many
Report (issue)
the Andover Granite and surrounding rocks, Massachusetts by Robert Oliver Castle Doctor of Philosophy...South Groveland, and Reading quadrangles of Massachusetts. The Andover Granite and Sharpners Pond Tonalite...over 90 to 95 square miles of northeastern Massachusetts, is typical of many of the two-feldspar granites...approximately 270 square miles of northeastern Massachusetts and about 2 square miles of southeastern New...of the Massachusetts part of the map area is in Essex County, and the remainder is in Middlesex County
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
They are sometimes found in town libraries or county buildings. Occasionally club members in a community...MillROCKS AND MINERALS eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fallsington, when they travelled there for corundum...at one of their meetings. NEW YORK The ROckland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern, enjoyed an informative...Field Trip to the Goose Creek Quarry of loudon County also put the finishing touch to an interesting...hunt it and showed some of his collection. MASSACHUSETTS Earl Melendy presented a program entitled, "Crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hampshire; and Willimantic, Windham County, and Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Gem-quality epidote...to 35 cm have been found at Eden Mills, Lamoille County, Vermont (a traditionally cited locality more accurately...the Belvidere Mountain quarry, Lowell, Orleans County). Epidote crystals to 5 cm have been found in the...from near Norwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; various other Massachusetts epidote specimen localities...literature as Worthington, Hawley, Warwick, Huntington, Woburn, and Deer- Downloaded by [University of West Florida]
Book
[- ' 1f,.,,1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � -...Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE... M.�SSACHUSE TTS Adams, Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford...Blandford, Massachusetts Goldmine Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts...Dinosaur Museum Hardwick, Massachusetts Quabbin Aqueduct Leverett, Massachusetts Leverett Lead Mine Plainfield
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities near West Chester...at Shaw and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of...pegmatite of the Eight Mile Park area of Fremont county, Colorado; while pink chalcedony has been found...Dakota and of the Bridger Mountains in Fremont county, Wyoming. Feldspar Group The feldspars form a...crystals to five feet in diameter. At Mbnera, Nelson County, Virginia, in crystals to 3x6 feet and weighing
Report (volume)
Cupsuptic (1) and Arnold Pond (2) quadrangles (shaded); Woburn area, Quebec (A); and Chain Lakes (B), Moose Bog...the Arnold Pond quadrangle can be reached fro:m Woburn or Notre Dame des Bois in Quebec (fig. 1) or via...the east. Marleau (1957, 1959, 1968) mapped the Woburn area (fig. 1) in the adjacent part of Quebec, and...__________________________________________ _ Actinolite ____________________________________________...pods composed of quartz, plagioclase, garnet, actinolite, biotite, and apatite. 16 CUPSUPTIC AND ARNOLD
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches...pleasure of calling on George M. Emrich, 210 Massachusetts. Mr. Emrich has a nice collection of minerals...Camp Parole, just south of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. "The casts are thickly consolidated...Modiolus alabamensis Aldrich (questionable) ." MASSACHUSETTS — A letter, dated July 15, 1952, comes from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Limonite and hematite are stripped mined in Crenshaw County, Alabama, and specimens collected are very interesting..."Limonite and hematite are to be found on most any county road south of Montgomery (Montgomery Co.), Ala...Crenshaw County—Davenport, Highland Home, Bradenton and Petrey are all small towns in Crenshaw County near...Shoup, P. O. Box 756, Salmon, Idaho. "Shoup, Lemhi County, Idaho. Scheelite (Tungsten) has been found in...a man that works in a coal mine in upper Fulton County in Illinois. Since that time I have been unable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
report is located in Coos County, northeasternmost New Hampshire, and Oxford County, northwestern Maine; it...modern field studies: (1) Mount Megantic area; (2) Woburn area; (3) Cupsuptic quadrangle; (4) Dixville quadrangle;...Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1961) on the SiluroDevonian rocks of the Moose...thesis, Laval University, Quebec, Canada) mapped the Woburn area, immediately northeast and along strike from...Ilmenite 1" -i O C3 Zoisite Hematite 6091 r Actinolite ^Jl "" H ESENT .,^ ^n Apatite Rutile
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...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-E-J The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy
Report (issue)
Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine 1 . David C. Roy and Ely Mencher Discussion:...Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine... Louis Pavlides Lower Devonian Seboomook...Shride Pre-Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Massachusetts .Kenneth G. Bell and Donald C. Alvord Stratigraphic...Wachusett-Marlborough Tunnel, east-central Massachusetts .James W. Skehan. S.J.. and A. Adel Abu-moustafa...stratigraphy in the Brimfield area, Connecticut and Massachusetts .John D. Peper and M. H. Pease, Jr. Pre-Silurian
Journal (volume)
1989. Dr. Pinder will speak on "The Tragedy of Woburn, Groundwater Concepts and Litigation". The daytime...Metamorphism at the greenschIst fades has produced an actinolite-chlorite-epidote-albite assemblage in both dikes...greenschIst facies has changed the mineralogy to an actinolite-epidote-chlorlte-albite assemblage. Ti0 2 , Al...UVM. Title of his talk will be "The Tragedy of Woburn, Groundwater Concepts and Litigation". The daytime...UVM. Title of his talk will be "The Tragedy of Woburn, Groundwater Concepts and Litigation". An afternoon
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of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...KENT LANCASHIRE LEICESTERSHIRE LINCOLNSHIRE MIDDLESEX MONMOUTHSHIRE NORFOLK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORTHUMBERLAND...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD...possible, the various mineral- localities in the same county around their respective post-towns. A few cases
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............................................
Book (chapter)
tremolite, Bukanov 403 (2006). wax nephrite = actinolite, Bukanov 255 (2006). wax-opal = yellow opal-CT...fluorellestadite, AM 67, 90 (1982); MM 46, 514 (1982). Wilkes County Jewels = violet Fe-rich quartz, MR 36, 479 (2005)...Wlassowit = vlasovite, Chudoba EIII, 365 (1966). Woburn Sands Blue and Yellow = montmorillonite + quartz...woodrock = sepiolite or palygorskite or fibrous actinolite or chrysotile, Novitzky 366 (1951). woodstone...+ quartz, Thrush 1246 (1968). Wyoming jade = actinolite or tremolite + albite, Schumann 156 (1997). Wysozkit
Report (issue)
nomenclature. HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS JUNE 1966 COPYRIGHT RESERVED BY THE AUTHOR ...International Boundary between the Province of Quebec (Woburn Sheet) and Maine forms a 5 mile segment of the...quadrangle is in Franklin County, Maine, and the remainder lies in Oxford County, Maine. The southeast...32 Moosilauke M. P. Billings, same as 31 33 Woburn R. A. Marleau, 1957, Quebec Dept. of Mines preliminary...32 Hematite Andalusite Sillimanite Cordiente Actinolite Bpidote lignite Magnetite Garnet Staurolite
Journal (issue)
annual affair will be staged again at the Pima County' Fairgrounds at 4700 South Sixth Ave., Feb. 18-19-20...Texas 78502. y J: April 30, May 1, 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at the...American Federation of Mineralogical Soc­ held at Pima County Fairgrounds, 4700 S. ieties and the California...Wetmore Rd., Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Tucson, Ariz. Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention...Box 4261 Bonanza Rd. Annex, March 4-6, 1966—Gila County Gem & Min­ Las Vegas, Nevada, 89106. eral Show
Journal (issue)
Tucson Gem and Mineral Society will be­ held at Pima County Fairgrounds, 4700 S. 6th Ave., Tucson, Ariz. Gc-n...844, Jackson, Miss. 39205. March 4-6, 1966—Gila County Gem & Min­ eral Show, Miami, Ariz. Chairman: Ernest...San Antonio Rock & Lapi­ dary Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman: Fred Stevenson, P...ROCKS AND MINERALS April 30, May 1, 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at the...Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abbreviations: Mgt—magnetite; Ab—albite; Act—actinolite; Ap—apatite; Bt—biotite; Qtz—quartz; Abbreviations:...Abbreviations: Mgt—magnetite; Ab—albite; Act—actinolite; Ap—apatite; Bt—biotite; Qtz—quartz; Amph—amphiboles...higher magnetite grade and a colourbar showing the actinolite 81 drill holes, with thicker composites representing...thechosen voxel size (25/3 = 8.33 thecomposite actinolite grade. composite lengthwas for both campaigns...ng representing higher and colourbar showing actinolite gradegrade in %. in %. composites highermagnetite
Journal (issue)
San Antonio Rock & Lapi­ dary Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman; Fred Stevenson, P...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County' Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at...Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las...Lan- the American Mineralogist (1961). Un­ caster County, Pennsylvania is dolomite fortunately, dcweylite...north tf ^ Mason.Dixon )jne a, |h Q Creek Lancastcr County, Pennsylvania It may be rcacllcd by /oll>wing the
Report (volume)
Geology of the Attean Quadrangle, Somerset County, Maine By ARDEN L. ALBEE and EUGENE L. BOUDETTE ...magnetic profiles of the Attean quadrangle, Somerset County, Maine. 2. Bedrock geologic maps and section of...98 GEOLOGY OF THE ATTEAN QUADRANGLE, SOMERSET COUNTY, MAINE By ARDEN L. ALBEE and EuGENE L. BoUDETTE...includes ,approximately 197 square miles of Somerset County, west-central Maine, and 1about 12 square miles...acknowledged. Professor Arthur J. Boucot, while at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, contributed his time
Book
area described in this memoir lies in that part of County Down surrounding Newtownards and includes east...extending from the Southern Uplands of Scotland to County Longford in Ireland. These mainly turbiditic sediments...syncline in the Strangford Group (Silurian) at Woburn foreshore, south of Millisle 24 4 Chimney at South...in 1869. The accompanying memoir including the County Down part of Sheet 29 was written by E Hull, J...the wider context of the geological history of County Down and Northern Ireland. On the eastern coast
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;
 
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