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Aragonite from
Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:349619
Long-form Identifier:1:3:349619:0
GUID (UUID V4):30141dd3-6706-4513-9a66-d985e8ed1dd9
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
12.8km (8.0 miles) ā“˜Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) ā“˜Lynch Quarry (Quinn Quarry), Berkeley, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) ā“˜Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
39.2km (24.4 miles) ā“˜Aggregate Industries Quarry (Wrentham Quarry; Simeone Quarry), Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
51.1km (31.8 miles) ā“˜Sullivan Quarry (Armetta Quarry; Copar Quarry; Westerly Granite Co. Quarry), Bradford, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
55.6km (34.6 miles) ā“˜Redstone Granite Quarry (Cherenzia Quarry), Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
References
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community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County, is in southern Arizona. ARKANSASā€”We recently received..."We recently bought another place (in Montgomery County, Ark.). Guess I told you the Atomic Energy Commission...tour'ā€”we've been on practically every road in the county, so we know it pretty well now." "I'm sending you...angular masses. Rocky Hill is in southern Hartford County in central Connecticut. See Mr. Nelson's article...Atlanta 5, Ga. Columbus is in western Muscogee County in western Georgia. INDIANAā€”Under separate cover
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AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...southern Kent and Bristol counĀ­ ties, and the northern towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern...Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport County. The greatest number of species
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hackmanite, fluorite, calcite, opal, sphalerite, aragonite, manganapatite, sodalite. Twelve l x l " for $7...insurance. The Crystal Arrowhead, Central Square, Bristol, New Hampshire 03222 F I L L YOUR TUMBLER - With...postage. The Crystal Arrowhead, CenĀ­ tral Square, Bristol, New Hampshire 03222 RECEIVE A DIFFERENT AND INTERESTING...insurance. The Crystal Arrowhead, Central Square, Bristol, New Hampshire 03222 COLLECTOR ITEMS FROM MEXICO... Dept. R&M, Box 15084, Lakewood, Colo. 80215 BRISTOL, NEW HAMPSHIRE - A highly mineralized area in the
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strontian-calcite, eelestite, strontianite, aragonite, dolomite, fluorite, gaĀ­ lena, sphalerite, pyrite...found here The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, is featuring in its bulletin,...have furnished inforĀ­ mation this month! The Long Island MinĀ­ eral and Geological Society, Massapequa, is...Mineral and Gem Society, Eastchester The St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club, Potsdam, demonstrated the...that is, how to display mineral specimens. The Island Rock Hounds, Massapequa, is conĀ­ ducting a carving
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limestone. ARIZONA ā€” A most interesting specimen of aragonite crystals (encrusted with white drusy quartz) has...as follows: "I am sending a small specimen of aragonite crystals. There are quite a large number of the...Central Arizona. "Have a limited number of these aragonite crystals available to the collectors, if any are...matter. Yes, I can give you the location of the aragonite crystals. "The locality is in a very rough country...He write: "Specimens sent me are aggregates of aragonite crystals, pseudo-hexagal form ā€” these are unusually
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associate at the Smithsonian Institution. The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, showed slides...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville, presented a Scholarship to Lawrence...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince George's County, Md., Camp Springs. CONNECTICUT The Thames Valley...of vivianite, F e ( P 0 ) ā€¢ 8 H ) , in Calvert County, near Lusby. Verification was made by x-ray diffraction...of lapidary lore and hints for members. The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, went to Sarah's
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cut for the beginĀ­ ning students. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Club, Spring Valley, went to the...Members Annette and George Hade of the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, spent a part of their...vacation in the Fiji Islands and Australia. The Island Rockhounds, Rockville Center, took advantage of...Mineral Society (N.Y.j and four from Massapequa, Long Island (N.Y.) arrived in West Chester for a weekĀ­ end...Club Rock and Mineral Club, Sayre. of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, MARYLAND went to the Teeter Quarry
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Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queenā€™s Road, Bristol BS81RJ, UK e-mail: Horst...-bearing migmatites from Cone Peak, California, USA (700ā€“750Ā°C; 750 MPa) and the Satnurā€“Sangam road,...igneous rocks (500Ā°C; 1,300ā€“2,000 MPa) from the island of Syros, Greece, along with their metasomatised...et al. measure the reaction rate of dolomite+aragonite=Mgā€“calcite at 800Ā°C, 850Ā°C, and 900Ā°C and 1,600...MPa under H2Oabsent conditions. The dolomiteā€“aragonite aggregate transforms very rapidly into a dolomiteā€“calcite
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LuminescentPhantom Quartz From Hudson,St. Croix County,Wisconsin William S. Cordua Dept. Plant and Earth...November-December, 1997 near Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin has revealed some unexpectedly interesting...reached from Interstate 94. One takes Exit 2, marked County F and Carmichael Road, then turns south on Cannichael...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...tiny rosettes of aragonite. All of these minerals, with the exception of aragonite, are often found in
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evening. - - - - The Whole Stone, bulletin of the Bristol Gem and Mineral Society, published a very interesting... that the committee can plan trips. - Lawrence County for many kinds of - - The Gem, Lapidary and Mineral...- - - Curt Segeler spoke Society of Montgomery County, Rockwith the New York Mineralogical Club ville...for the Smithsonian Institution spoke with the Island Rockhounds, Massapequa. - - Baltimore Mineral dub...workshop on casting. - - - - The the Frederick County Rock and Mineral Nassau Mineral Club, Mineola,
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6 (Right) - Sheet Copper ā€“ Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2ā€”Dr. Weisā€™s Personal Memorabilia...Figure 7ā€”Manganoan Calcite ā€“ Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - ā€œWonderful World of Agatesā€...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the...An unusual specimen from the Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, Wisconsin) is a sheet copper (figure 6). One of...Wisconsin (figure 8) and a needle selenite from the Bristol Mine, Crystal Falls, Michigan (figure 9). The deep
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proportional to primary aragonite availability. However, subsequent aragonite dissolution increased the...Ogrnore-by-Sea [SS 871 741) on the northern margin of the Bristol Channel (Fig. I) expose a succession of marginal...particularly the early-diagenetic dissolution of aragonite, may have enhanced the degree of lithological...Heritage Coast lies on the northwestern margin of the Bristol Channel Basin and, at Ogrnore-by-Sea, a succession...along a rocky coastline around the margins of an island archipelago (Trueman, 1922; Ager, 1974, 1986a,
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Mineralsfrom the MidstateQuarry Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas Art Smith 9118 Concho Houston, Texas...mmlong, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, photo by the author. Middle& PolarUrals...material, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, photo by the author. these came from...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...chalcosiderite, and crystals from the Coon Creek Mine, Polk County, AR have proven to be ferroan turquoise overgrowths
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scale surface and groundwater interactions in Bristol, Vermont $675 Research award to Julia Favorito...and other trace elements in groundwater south of Bristol, Vermont $696 Research award to Samuel Lagor, UVM...controls on radionuclides in groundwater in the Bristol Quadrangle, Vermont 9:00 AM MALAYIKA CINCOTTA:...late-lying snowbanks in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA 1:15 PM JUDGING AND REFRESHMENTS 1:30 PM AWARDS...CONTROLS ON RADIONUCLIDES IN GROUNDWATER IN THE BRISTOL QUADRANGLE, VERMONT Julia Favorito (Middlebury
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priorities for the 2013 Field Season. The Town of Bristol attended the meeting for a second year to make...quadrangle to Bristol known as South Mountain. Jon Kim and George Springston are mapping in the Bristol Quad with...However, the boundaries of the Town are within the Bristol and South Mountain quads. The Town sees geologic...potential and location of aggregate deposits. Bristol also fits with our long range interest in geologic...40, No. 2 6 Spring 2013 HELIUM IN CALCITE, ARAGONITE, AND DOLOMITE 11:45 AM Eric Weber, COMPARISON
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References 25 Illustrations Fig 1 Celestite in the Bristol area. Fig 2 United Kingdom production of celestite...which has been produced only infrequently. The Bristol area has supplied 50 to 70 per cent or more of...three-quarters is usually exported, chiefly to the USA: in 1971 production amounted to 9,749 tonnes. World...significant scale. Th.is was due to the demand in the USA and Japan for strontiun1 carbonate for use in colour...the UK has been controlled by one operator, the Bristol Mineral Con1pany. In 1941 a major interest in the
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a a School of Earth Sci. Univ. of Bristol, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK School of Earth & Environmental...Division, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC, USA d Marine Science and Nautical Training Academy (MANTA)...(MANTA), 520 Folly Rd., Charleston, SC 29412, USA e Cardiff University, School of Earth & Ocean Sciences...for Coastal Ocean Science, Charleston SC 29412, USA h Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna-Pitzer-Scripps...McKenna-Pitzer-Scripps Colleges, Claremont, CA 91711, USA i Institute of Marine Sci., University of California,
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ARIZONAā€”"Under separate cover 1 am sending you another Yuma County mineral. Look it over as it is a most interesting...my name in R&M. Was glad to send him some Yuma County specimens. That Novice Column is a very nice gesture...reports a new locality for rose quartz in Cobb County, north of Atlanta, Ga. To reach this locality,...lies 20 miles due east of Blackfoot in Bingham County. There is a large and very beautiful vein in a...from Hardin County, as most of the fine specimens of the past came from the mines of that county. This was
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A FIELD TRIP IN NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland...Cumberland and Lincoln in northeastern Rhode Island offer colĀ­ lecting in several localities, including...U M B E R L A N D at the northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland...both the state mineral and the state rock of Rhode Island. Much of this area coincides with the Pawtucket...obtainable here is bowenite, the state mineral of Rhode Island. Bowenite is a gemmy translucent variety of
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trip to Mifflin County. Member Bob Cox of the Rock and MinĀ­ eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills... sphalerite, galena, pyrite and black chert; aragonite from the Old Johes Mine; lepidcrocite at Mud Lake...in the lobby of the Onondaga SavĀ­ ings Bank. The Island Rockhounds, Seaford viewed slides shown by Mr....Museum of Natural HisĀ­ tory, spoke to the Long Island Mineral and Geological Society, Massapequa, about... Vass, viewed the Eastern goal of the Tompkins County Gem and Federation program, from Junk to Mineral
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cm). Figure 7. Calcite, 2.5 cm high. Figure 6. Aragonite crystal, 3 mm across. of the cut along its center...that the primary copper ore mineral at the famous Bristol Copper mine was chalcocite (Jones 2001), often...as microscopic (about 0.1-mm) 158 Carbonates Aragonite, CaCO3, was found rarely as typical prismatic...supported by the fact that here, as well as at Bristol, Connecticut, and other similar localities, the...REFERENCES Bateman, A. M. 1923. Primary chalcocite: Bristol Copper mine, Connecticut. Economic Geology 18:122ā€“66
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SEDIMENTS OF OWENS, CHINA, SEARLES. PANAMINT, BRISTOL, CADIZ, AND DANBY LAKE BASINS, CALIFORNIA JOHN...SEDIMENTS OF OWENS, CHINA, SEARLES. PANAMINT, BRISTOL, CADIZ, AND DANBY LAKE BASINS, CALIFORNIA Abstract:...materials in Owens, China, and Searles lakes and in Bristol and Cadiz lakes. The U. S. Geological Survey has...1). A second group of related basins, including Bristol, Cadiz, and Danby dry lakes, occupy a northwest-trending...Kupfer, and Barstow (1959). Surface sediments of Bristol Dry Lake were described by Gale (1951), and the
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK d Department of Environmental Sciences...ecosystems due to the reduction of seawater pH and aragonite saturation state (Xarag). The objectives of this...Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Rd., Bristol BS6 5UQ, UK. Tel.: +44 117...Anthony et al., 2008; Marubini et al., 2008). The aragonite saturation state (Xarag) is deļ¬ned as: Xarag Ā¼...most coral and the calciļ¬cation of the coralā€™s aragonite skeleton. Zooxanthellae activity strongly stimulates
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hackmanite, fluorite, calcite, opal, sphalerite, aragonite, manganapatite, sodalite. Twelve l x l " for $7...insurance. The Crystal Arrowhead, Central Square, Bristol, New Hampshire 03222 F I L L Y O U R T U M B L...postage. T h e Crystal Arrowhead, CenĀ­ tral Square, Bristol, New Hampshire 03222 ROCKS, MINERALS, FOSSILS...insurance. The Crystal Arrowhead, Central Square, Bristol, New Hampshire 03222 LEARNING TO IDENTIFY CALIFORNIA...Y S T A L A R R O W H E A D , Central Square, Bristol, New Hampshire 03222 C A N A D I A N M I N E R
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diagenesis, Upper Visean Clifton Down Limestone, Bristol area, SW England A. Kirkham KIRKHAM, A. 2005. ...diagenesis, Upper Visean Clifton Down Limestone, Bristol area, SW England. Proceedings of the Geologists'...Concretionary Beds at the top of the formation in the Bristol area. Both flocculently clotted and digitate thrombolites...Ortonella, Concretionary Beds, Clifton Down Limestone, Bristol, bacteria, spherulites, encrustations Ty Newydd...Association, 116, 221~234. Limestone (CDL), of the Bristol area, SW England (Fig. I). The term 'Clifton Down
 
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