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Hematite from
Blue Ball Stone Co. Quarry, Blue Ball, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Habit:tiny crystaline plates
Colour:Specular (Metallic luster, slight bluish cast in reflective, deep red in transmitted light)
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Ball Stone Co. Quarry, Blue Ball, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:433935
Long-form Identifier:1:3:433935:9
GUID (UUID V4):62103822-1fd2-4604-8f52-5c8bba4366f7
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
6.0km (3.7 miles) Burkholder Quarry, Martindale, Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) Silver Hill Quarry, Bowmansville, Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) Grace Mine, Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
19.1km (11.8 miles) Parkesburg Quartz Occurence, Parkesburg, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) Hopewell Mines, Warwick (Saint Marys), Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles) Fritz Island Mines, Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) Peters Red Ochre Mine, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
26.6km (16.6 miles) Binkley-Ober Quarry, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) Keim's Mine, French Creek Mines, Saint Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) French Creek Mines, Saint Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL...ZINC AND LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...1977 Copyright 1977 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published...published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey COVER ILLUSTRATION: Photograph of 1852 lithograph...and "new" Perkiomen mines(left to right, from the east). Courtesy of Allen V. Heyl, U.S. Geological Survey
Book
3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G Greenland (vol. 24, no. 2) fl. Fluorescent...ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and
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1422 N. HANCOCK, SUITES 1, 2 & 3 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. 80903 PHONE (303) 471-2544 (Private shows by appointment.............. 60 by Brian M. England F.G.A.A. Pennsylvania Minerals: II. Strontianite....................Mineralization of the Four Peaks Amethyst Deposit, Maricopa County, Arizona......................... 72 by Jack Lowell...for the meeting date with the University of Pennsylvania, State College, Pa. to be our host. There may...ores and metallic minerals. The minerals of Pennsylvania is one of Dr. Heyl’s favorites. While living
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Wayne C. Leicht Crandallite from Gore, Frederick County, V irg in ia .................. 223 Richard S....lifo rn ia ..............................225 H. Earl Pemberton and Richard A. Bideaux On the Chemistry...h a n tite fro m th e G ra n d v ie w m ine, C o co n in o C oun ty, A rizo n a . The sp e cim e n w...Gem . Lapidary & M ineral Soc. o f M on tgo m ery Co.— 8th A nnual ‘‘B ouqu et of Gems & M in e r a ls...GSA, Box 1719 Boulder, Co. 80302 Fred H a n d y , GSA, Box 1719, Boulder, Co. 80302 Fred H an dy, GSA
 
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