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Rutile from
Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Comments:Dana, J. D. (1839): " The scapolite...contains, also, exceedingly minute zircons, scarcely 1/40 inch long, and also very small prisms of rutile."
Habit:small prisms
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:553646
Long-form Identifier:1:3:553646:7
GUID (UUID V4):63fe36d6-d621-41f3-bd6b-dfb2bd5e6f46
Nearest other occurrences of Rutile
5.4km (3.3 miles) Route 62 locality (Potash Hill), Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) Interstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Indian Head Hill, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (San-Val Quarry), Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) Harris Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) Pandolf-Perkins Quarry, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) Chelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) Oak Hill Quarry, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
32.4km (20.1 miles) Barker Hill Quarry (Rusk Quarry; Townsend Quarry), Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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