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Childrenite from
Fletcher Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Childrenite
Formula:Fe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Childrenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fletcher Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:37151
Long-form Identifier:1:3:37151:9
GUID (UUID V4):756be6cc-8cf4-48b3-a1e6-6bf140dfa3da
Nearest other occurrences of Childrenite
4.5km (2.8 miles) Charles Davis Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Palermo No. 2 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Keyes Mica Quarries, Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
56.3km (35.0 miles) Chandlers Mill Quarry, Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
84.2km (52.3 miles) Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
87.4km (54.3 miles) Chickering Mine, Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North Groton, New Hampshire and to an inch in diameter at the Smith Mine, Newport, New Hampshire. It also...the same state. Scorzalite occurs at the Victory mine near Custer, South Dakota with quartz, albite, muscovite...dickinsonite occurs sparingly at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut. FAIRFIELDITE, a hydrous phosphate...noted as a rare mineral at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut from which it was named; and also...Buckfield, Maine; and from Center Strafford, New Hampshire. REDDINGITE, a hydrous manganese phosphate occurred
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of North Groton, New Hampshire The historical background of the famous North Groton mines is as fascinating...Candia Road Chester, New Hampshire 03036 R O B E R T W. WHITMORE Weare, New Hampshire 03281 N O R T H G...from local residents and collectors. History North Groton is unknown to many people outside the mineral fraternity... a large percentage of the popula­ tion of New Hampshire would not recognize the name, let alone be able...Forest. 350 ROCKS & MINERALS In the early 1800s, Groton was a thriving farming com­ munity with a population
Book
THE PEGMATITE MINES KNOWN AS NORTH GROTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE eral I ederi Acknowledi:ments Dedicated...Alexander U. Falster Carl Francis James W. Grandy Groton Historical Society Jonathan Herndon Various contributions...experience. As a kid growing up in Manchester, New Hampshire, I was always fascinated by minerals and tried...premier sandbox, but I could also make sure the mine would remain open to mineral enthusiasts for years...maintained the notoriety acquired by the Palermo No. I mine. Its impact on the nation, and in some respects
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
)(OH) «H 0, from the Palermo No. 1 mine, near North Groton, New Hampshire, is orthorhombic. It occurs as...snowwhite spheres perched on quartz crystals and childrenite that line cavities in dense masses of montebrasite...name this new mineral after Mr. Forrest F. Fogg of Penacook, [he now lives in Dunbarton, N.H.] New Hampshire...micromounter. Fogg's career began with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department with which he was affiliated...moving to New Hampshire, he met his wife Vera (nee Fitt), whom he married in 1951 in Concord, New Hampshire
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recent findings. For the new minerals described since 1973, I have used the New Minerals section of the...the American Mineralogist, Lists of New Mineral Names of Mineralogical Magazine and the recent compilation...deposits in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah were opened centuries ago by the...the mines in the Cerrilos Hills, near Santa Fe, New Mexico (Encyclopedia Britannica 968, p 415). Turquois...historical pattern in the subsequent introduction of new phosphate minerals (still valid) into the scientific
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of New Hampshire A Checklist JANET W. C A R E S 18 S i n g l e t a r y L a n e Sudbury. Massachusetts...ities. As other articles in this issue will attest, New Hamp­ shire has rightfully earned its nickname, the...Janules, 1990), and the fumed "gummite" of the Ruggles mine accounts foi the many alteration products of uraninke...lead-bearing minerals are found at the Madison lead mine, and barite occurs in the well-known fluorite mines... while copper minerals—which are scarce in New Hampshire—are found mainly in a few small depos­ its.
Journal (issue)
Minerals 1998: What's New Dan Weinrich www.danweinrich.com China One of the exciting new finds from China...specimens belong. A more recent find involves a new locality for spessartine 1998 California Show at...more than the kids, and hopefully may have started new "collecting families." 2 Mineral News I found...years ago in Denver; the other, about tin size, were new. They were water clear with deep reddish/purplish...(Geoprime Minerals) had stibnites from a new Nevada locality, the Murray Mine, not the old Manhattan, but he had
Journal (issue)
you wish to receive a copy. Please request our new arrivals list Dealers in: • rare minerals • fine... Paul Brian Moore Wyllieite, Na2Fe2AI(P04)3, A New Species........ Paul B. Moore Jun Ito Richard V...Scarsdale, New York, measures 8-1/2 by 10 inches. Photograph by HenriJansen, Ardsley,New York. Editorial...appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: RUTILE from Graves M tn...TOURMALINE from Pala, California We w ill offer fine new material from Europe and A frica fo llo w in g our
Field Trip Notes
//' . GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD IN ''fy,.'t:J TRIPS NEW ENGLAND NOVEMBER 10-12, 1952 Organized by the...Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks...Highlands of East-Central New York, Southern Vermont, and Southern New Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding...Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford Granite" 103 Field Trip...OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK, SOUTHER Leaders: VERJ-IONT, AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE Marland P, Billings
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Whiteite, a new species, and a proposed nomenclature for the jahnsite-whiteite complex series. II. New data...1"590(5), 2V 4o-5 o~ specific gravity 2.58 , is a new species from the Ilha de Taquaral, Minas Gerais,...these data. To overcome show abundant large childrenite-eosphorite crys- the uncertainties of Miller...quently transported elsewhere to open fissures. The new species, whiteite, is pale tan (the type) to non-equivalent...Owing to relatively few strong W H I T E I T E , A NEW SPECIES 3II of the jahnsite crystal structure reported
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1974 l. Jahnsite,Segelerite,and Robertsite,Three New TransitionMetal PhosphateSpecies ll. Redefinitionof...Cambridge, Massrchusetts 02 I 38 Abstract Three new species,-jahnsite, segelerite, and robertsite,-occur...little doubt that their formation was due to the new to scientific intelligence which not only occur presenceof...solution at low temperature. Introduction 48 THREE NEW TRANSITION Following this paragenetic discussion...pegmatite,near the village of Custer, in Custer County, South Dakota, although other localities have also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TAVORITE AND BARBOSALITE, TWO NEW PHOSPHATE MINERALS FROI,{ MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL* M. L. LrwonERGAND W...GeologicalSwruey, Washington25, D. C. Ansrnlcr Two more new phosphate minerals-tavorite and barbosalite-bave...barbosalite-bave been discovered in the sapucaia pegmatite mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Three other minerals recently...and barbosalite are two new phosphate minerals from the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil....S. Geological Survey. TAVORITE,AND BARBOSALITE,NEW PHOSPHATEMINERALS 953 berg, Pecora,and Barbosa,1953)
Book (volume)
Descriptive Mineralogy Vandall T. King Rochester, New York 14609 , Eugene E. Foord U S. Geological Survey...Philip Hauck Richard P. Hauck was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on June 30, 1935. He has been actively involved...deep concern for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining...mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would remain accessible...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark.
Report (issue)
Beryl Resources of New Hampshire GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 353 Prepared on behalf of the...with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission Beryl Resources of New Hampshire By JAMES...Commission^ and in part in cooperation with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission UNITED...Page, James Jeffers, 192ftBeryl resources of New Hampshire, by James J. Page and David M. Larrabee. Washington...Commission, and in part in cooperation with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission. Bibliography:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
localities, and authors mentioned in the 3 ist List of New Mineral Names are not included in this Index. ABRAHAM...ALJUBOURI (Z. A.), and ALDAnBAGH (S. M.), Sinjarite, a new mineral from Iraq, 643 Alkali iron hydrated sulphates...Sweden, Finland, Bavaria, S. Dakota, Rwanda, New Hampshire, Morocco, and SW AJHca, complex series, nomenclature...and WILLIAMS (P. A.), Nickeloan hydrozincite: a new variety, 397; The aqueous chemistry of uranium minerals...family, S. Dakota, Morocco, Rwanda, Brazil, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, nomenclature proposed,
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___
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...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Book (volume)
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...The current progress in mineralog), with countless new data in books and scientific as well as amateur journals...submitted to, and accepted by, the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...pure freibergite is very rare. The decision that a new mineral species is established when one of the cations...eudialyte, and several other groups: The number of new mineral species may grow as an avalanche, flooding
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I\{ORAESITE, A NEW HYDROUS BERYLLIUM FROM MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL* PHOSPHATE M. L. LrNnnnnc, W. T. Pncone...ABSTRACT Moraesite, a new hydrous beryllium phosphate from the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil...the third new mineral from the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, Minas Gerais, Bra"zil. The first two new minerals...rnineralogy of this pegmatite. The Sapucaiapegmatite mine is in the municipio of Galilea, formerly a part...Doce valley region of eastern Minas Gerais. This mine, a substantial producer of mica and beryl, was one
Book
decade, however, the need has been growing for a new, comprehensive index. Because the 14-year index suffered... Consequently, it was our decision to prepare a new index which is cumulative back to volume 1, fully...the 14-year index, and which is organized on a new plan. Nevertheless, all readers and users of the...the last ten years, and which has inspired this new effort. The current 25-year index is divided into...appears n Brief descriptive note, as in "What's New in Minerals?" p Photograph or other illustration
Book (volume)
PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, TUNGSTATES, MOLYBDATES, ETC. NEW YORK JOHN WILEY AND SONS, INC. CHAPMAN AND HALL,...the several species involved. Of the multitude of new species names that have been introduced into the...the System, comparascriptions Preface VI Other new names, including introduced to designate particular...varietal nomenclature. Thus, names introduced as new subdivisions of series in almost all instances have...to designate dimensions referred to the old and new x-ray wavelengths, respectively, following current
Book (edition)
completely revised and updated with a wealth of new information and features. The second edition of the...alphabetical entries, 1000 of which are entirely new e 240 new color photographs, mostly of large specimens...specimens, as well as 104 black-and-white photographs 45 new crystal drawings of rare species the most complete...distinguished group of authors in the light of new research and important new technological developments. The second...Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;
 
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