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Graftonite from
Rice Quarry, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Graftonite
Formula:Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Triphylite7 photos of Graftonite associated with Triphylite at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Graftonite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graftonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rice Quarry, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:38285
Long-form Identifier:1:3:38285:2
GUID (UUID V4):cd00d5c7-64c2-46f4-8899-1fc0262f4fbf
Nearest other occurrences of Graftonite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Palermo No. 2 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Fletcher Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) No. 1 pit, Keyes Mica Quarries, Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Keyes Mica Quarries, Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) Eight-Ball Mica prospect, Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) E.E. Smith Mine, Alexandria, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
51.7km (32.1 miles) Chandlers Mill Quarry, Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
54.7km (34.0 miles) Sargent Mine, Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 Whitmore...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
Report (issue)
(Fe2+ , Mn2+ , Ca)3 (PO4 )2 Graftonite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data:...17–6.24 X-ray Powder Pattern: Greenwood, Maine, USA. 2.867 (10), 3.50 (9), 2.715 (7), 3.01 (4), 4.30...100.18 99.68 (1) Grafton, New Hampshire, USA. (2) Nickel Plate mine, South Dakota, USA; corresponds to...Distribution: In the USA, on Melvin Mountain, about eight km west of Grafton, at the Palermo #1 and Rice mines, near...near North Groton, Grafton Co., at the Parker Mountain quarry, Center Strafford, Strafford Co., and many
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in pegmatites. It has been found at the Andrews quarry, Portland, Connecticut; with monazite crystals...and the Harlem River, New York City, N.Y. ; at the Dake mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; with tysonite...Springs, Colorado; and with rutile in Alexander County, North Carolina. MONAZITE, is essentially a phosphate...half inches in size at the Dake mine in Mitchell County. It occurs also in crystals at the Ray mine near...Burnsville and the Ramsey mine near Toledo in Yancy County, North Carolina. Large masses of Monazite occurred
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
be the intermediary Mountain, Center Strafford, New Hamp- alteration species ferri-sicklerite or if you...been up near the southern end of Lake accicular new mineral. When I broke this Winnipesaukee for a week...1938 and a found more and larger crystals of this new persistent drizzle made the snow too species which...to remain an undescribed enigmatic and had our quarry tools along. Since problem to mineral collectors...Dover, big old pine at the entrance. W e were New Hampshire. He too was collecting surprised to see the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARROJADITE, HUHNERKOBELITE, AND GRAFTONITE* Manrn Loursn LrNonnnc, U. S. GeologicalSurttey, Washington...pegmatite are: a:1.664,0:1.670, 2V:86o, rNew optical less,Y pale green, Z pale yellow green, X:b...material with formula (Naz, Ca)O.2(Fe, Mn)O.PzOr. Graftonite (Fe, Mn, Ca)g(POr)zis associated with arrojadite...pegmatite. A new analysis is given, together with a partial analysis of graftonite from the Rice pegmatite...chemical composition. Optical properties of the graftonite from the Nickel Piate pegmatite are; a:1.709
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3749/canmin.51.4.653 THE CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF THE GRAFTONITE-BEUSITE MINERALS Kimberly T. TAIT* and Frank...The crystal structures of seven members of the graftonite-beusite series, ideally (Fe2+,Mn2+,Ca)3(PO4)2...dominant at M(1) in graftonite-like compositions, indicating the potential for new mineral species in...in this group. Keywords: Graftonite, beusite, crystal-structure refinement, electron-microprobe data. ... Introduction Graftonite, ideally [Fe2+3(PO4)2], was described by Penfield (1900) from a granitic pegmatite
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 ___
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...Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: RUTILE from Graves M tn., Georgia BENITOITE...TOURMALINE from Pala, California We w ill offer fine new material from Europe and A frica fo llo w in g our
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DECEMBER, 1968 BEUSITE, A NEW MINERAL FROM ARGENTINA, AND THE GRAFTONITE-BEUSITE SERIES1 C. S. Hunr...manganeseanalogue of graftonite and with it forms a continuous series. The new mineral was found in granite...chemical analysis necessary to distinguish between graftonite and beusite. The interlaminated lithiophilite...triphylite-lithiophilite from five localities and of graftonite from Ranquel and Cacique Canchuleta, all from...(1964 and 1965) specimensof what appeared to be graftonite triphylite intergrowths were collectedfrom four
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from all parts of the country have come to New Hampshire to collect at the Palermo Mine —• noted for...road just to the left inside the old gate to the Rice Mine. This mine was worked during the summer of...eral specimens and a study of the area known as the Rice — Pike's Ledge Area. As I am having to work so far... N. H . I feel it would be well worth a trip to Rice Mine. If you would like to take a try the charge...Peter's display of the minerals from Rice were unusually fine. The Rice Mine was originally opened in 1 8
Journal (issue)
July 1943 PUBLISHED MONTH LY CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................favorably received by our readers as a number of new subscriptions - from unexpected quarters - have been...interest to avoid the danger of being replaced by new members from the waiting list. Exhibition at the...White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a
Book
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
Book
to the approved definitions of the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and the Commission on...History Museum specimen is from Terlingua, Texas, USA, and was used for the determination of the mineral's...of the species nominates Socrates mine, Sonoma County, California, as the type locality. The NHM specimen...material of species approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. For material described...likely to be continually updated in the light of new research and reappraisal of earlier work. The authors
Journal (issue)
_, $2.00 ----~~--~--------~-----'· I What's New at Denver in 1998? ·The Fall Mineral Shows We've...a fabulous job of filling my need to see what's new and overdose on minerals and mineral-collecting friends...visiting most of the dealers and finding out what's new. Unfortunately, this year, due to back trouble, I...quite as intense and thorough in my search for the new discoveries in the mineral rid. There are a lot of...Colorado Springs, CO. Palermo Mines, North Groton,New Hampshire Summer 1997 Art Smith 9118 Concho Street
Book (edition)
FOREWORD Le.ta in the fall of 1953, members ot the New Jersey Mineralogical Society expressed an interest...week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...Stewart C. Fulton Westfield, New Jersey June ll, 1955 Director & Past-President New Jersey Mineralogical Society...for the many courtesies extended to members of the New Jeraey Mineral.ogical Sooiety (Inc.) during their...members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside, New Jersey June 1, 1955
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cambridge, which led to the one you now have at New Haven and every other in the United States. 460 ...4: Entrance to the Palermo mine, North Groton, New Hampshire. Photo by Gerald L . Durette. newsletter...included lectures by noted speakers and scientists, a New England clambake, a one-hundred-year celebration...Bob had al­ ready redone one wall of the museum's New England room using historic photographs, specimens...Exhibit, and it is doubtful he even got out of the New England room until the end of the evening. A special
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 (issue)
same for distribution; to encoura1e the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered; and to...Association by nominating them for membership? Each new member helps to extend the 0 Association's activities--helps...ea,,kll/4 jo1' /"4, 19.lf.2. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ............................................................................. 242 A KISELGUHR QUARRY IN ALGERIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... NEW ENGLA.ND NOTES. Conducted by Rt1dolf C. B. Bartsch ...... 244 247 248 250 NEW EDUCATIONAL
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 (issue)
held to the Wolverine #2 mine, Kearsarge, Houghton County, Michigan. The collecting guides for the 2022 field...13 July 2022. Kyanite from Balsam Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...they retired and moved to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. I was able to purchase his entire business...Feldspar Mining Topsham pegmatite field, Sagadahoc County, Maine Mark Ivan Jacobson 1714 S. Clarkson St....pegmatites. The Topsham pegmatite field in Sagadahoc county, Maine provided these raw materials to the developing
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Kansas Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota...Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey Nev,, York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode...exclusively i.n the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...Mountains, in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Idaho and Texas. Exploration for diamonds continues...available. Check out the listings for Ruggles Mine (Grafton, NH); Harding Mine (Dixon, NM); Poland Mining Camps
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...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
 
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