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Milky Quartz from
Long Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Milky Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Milky Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Long Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:562150
Long-form Identifier:1:3:562150:7
GUID (UUID V4):7c24c3f2-55e5-47d1-82ea-032185437744
Nearest other occurrences of Milky Quartz
33.7km (20.9 miles) Hollis Gold Mine, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
50.3km (31.2 miles) Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
51.5km (32.0 miles) Cortland Drive road cuts, Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
53.1km (33.0 miles) Blueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
53.5km (33.3 miles) Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
54.1km (33.6 miles) Thompsonville "silver mine", Thompsonville, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) Sheldonville Gold Mine (Wrentham Gold Mine), Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
66.1km (41.1 miles) Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
69.1km (42.9 miles) Hooksett Crushed Stone Quarry, Hooksett, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
70.6km (43.9 miles) Lynch Quarry (Quinn Quarry), Berkeley, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
References
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CUMMINGS, BILLIARD, & CO. 1825. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT. District Clerk's Oflht. BE it remembered..." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the, District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE -. University Press, Milliard...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...perfect, and abundant, sometimes in very white quartz. Beryl, large crystals in graphic granite, also...Schorl, black, masses sometimes contain fragments of quartz, and feldspar. Feldspar, sometimes white, granular
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CongresS; J / in the year 1834, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Commonwealth in the Clerk's Office of the ...Secretary of the of said i ; District of Massachusetts. by Edward D. Bangs, in the name and District...Excellency, John davis, Esq. Governor of Massachusetts. I HAVE the honor to present you with the second...the 3d of March , 1830, the Legislature of Massachusetts passed a Resolve, authorizing and requesting...to the Antiquarian Society at Worcester; One copy to the Massachusetts Historical Society One copy to
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paid a few visits to these quarries, and it was not long before he uncovered the 1-inch-tall greenand-yellow...of time. ON THE COVER: gold on quartz, 4.5 inches tall, Placer County, California Dedication This book...Group, Inc., 650 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA, www.maplegatemedia.com Library of Congress Control...Treasured Minerals The Garnet from Russell, Massachusetts I was named after a great uncle who, in turn...The mountain is in the small town of Russell, Massachusetts, and I feel that I have a link to the area.
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MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...them. I wish the same joy I have found in the life-long pursuit of minerals and fossils to all those who...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure
Report (volume)
Resources of the Hudson and Maynard Quadrangles Massachusetts By WALLACE R. HANSEN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Prepared in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...gabbro-diorite____________________________________ Quartz diorite facies of the Dedham granodiorite______________...metasedimentary rocks________________________ Worcester formation___________________________________ Harvard...Gospel Hill gneiss_ _ _ _ _____ ___ __ __ __ ________ __ _____ __ __ Unnamed gneiss at Bare Hill Pond_
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from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page...Maps of the Interior of the Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Connecticut . . . Maps and Directions...Directions to the Mineral Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut .... Additional Locality...Connecticut . . . Old Tungsten Mine and Topaz Prospect Long Hill, Trumbull, Connecticut The Type Danburite Locality...booklet devoted to the mineralogy of the Middlesex County region. Invaluable assistance in preparing the
Journal (issue)
Leon B. Bailey 406 TIN DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA 409 CALIFORNJA FIELD TRIP. By Uoyd M. D................... 412 A NICKEL DEPOSIT NEAR GOLD HILL, BOULDER CO., COLORAI)() ......................... Mr. Morton was also noted for his fondness for long walks which sometimes extended for as many as 25...ccountries, visited Yosemite National Park in Mariposa county, California, enjoying its unrivaled grandeur and...floor, then rolling, low hilly country, enjoying a long period of quiet ; then upthrusting, which formed
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.............................................. Quartz-biotite schist. .................................................................... Lantern Hill quartz.............................................................................................. Quartz veins............................................similar rock from other horizons.................. Quartz-biotite schist. ............................................................................ 88 Quartz-calcits veinlets..............................
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variety and wealth of locality information concerning quartz gemstones are recognized in a separate chapter...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Rhodonite, Idocrase (Vesuvianite), The Garnet Group. Quartz FAMILY GEMSTONES RarRE AND UnusuaL GEMSTONES Chrysoberyl...DECORATIVE GEMSTONES Granite, Graphic Granite, Unakite, Quartz Porphyry (Leopardite), Orbicular Gabbro-Diorite
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vug in 1997, is 1.7 cm long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were...were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic, plutonic and pegmatitic environments. In the...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns
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December, 1941, is a thing of the past but it will long be remembered with many pleasant memories as one...in North Carolina that had been reopened not so long ago and which they had recently visited. He knew...discovered a very choice anglesite of a quality he had long desired to obtain and immediately tacked his name...some-· thing to crow about. The locality is Kern County, Calif. Apatite: This calcium phosphate is always...occurs as gre~nish incrustations on feldspar and quartz. Axinite: Joseph Kantor, of Brooklyn, N. Y ., added
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
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Bartsch .... TIN AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SILVER HILL, WASH. .... 370 371 FIELD FABLES OF "ROCKY" MOORE...include crystals, nuggets, and those associated with quartz. It would be simple for a collector to pan his...Island is relatively small, approximately 100 miles long by 40 miles wide, that most localities can be reached...this locality, the writer has one that is about ¾" long. In the Ciales region, the copper minerals ca.cry...tenable. have never seen any inclusions in the Quartz: Th is mineral is found in near- specimens examined
Report (issue)
Broadwav’and 218th Street, Manhattan Island. 4—Quartz, var. Amethyst (purple), West Paterson. N. J. 5—Garnet...7—Datolitc (pale green), West Paterson* N J 8— Quartz, var. Smoky (brown), Broadway and 162nd Street...Mining; Zinc Mining; Tungsten Mining; Felds­ par, Quartz and Granite; WatehungMountains; Palisades Ridge........ . 11 Quartz (Bi-pyramidal), Manhattan Island) New York City .... . 12 Smoky Quartz and Muscovite...Muscovite, Manhattan Island, New York City . 13 Quartz, Bedford, N. Y......................................
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.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
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........187 by P. B. Moore The origin of faden quartz ..................................................................... 221 by M . Origlieri Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...sponsors (notably Barry Yampol, Hazel Radcliffe and long-time M ineralogical Record donor Randy Rothschild...binding as per the 14-year index), built to survive long anc heavy use. The next published index will probably...wide range of interests, from pyroluminescence in quartz to extensive studies on contact metamorphism in
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Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana...Size Categories Dana's Classification of Minerals Quartz Family Gemstones The Various Names and Forms of...limbo. The second contributor to this book is my long-suffering wife Wilma, Dutch artist and novelist...ancient gems), calcite, fluorspar, jadeite, pyrite, quartz family minerals ( agate, carnelian, chalcedony...C. from mines in Kenya. This amorphous form of quartz, with its brilliant flickering of rainbow colors
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form ; distinctly banded with such minerals as quartz, feldspar, and pyroxene-amphibole or mica forming...entirely of quartz 1n the form of sand-size particles cemented together with secondary quartz, when rock.... . . . . 10. (a) Concaining quartz . . . . . . . . (b) Without quartz .... . Syenite 6 38 ., 24 ...Basalt 20. (a) Felsites containing quartz. . . (b) Felsices without quartz . . . . 21. (a) Chief feldspar...minerals ... . 26. (a) Contains quartz ......... . (b) Without quartz .......... . . . . . . . . . . Syenite
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Trade Laboratory, Inc., Santa Monica, California, USA Abstract A method for obtaining optic figures from...gemmologist Harold A. Oates of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA. Being a machinist as well as a gemmologist, Mr Oates...apatite in spinel and corundum, and biotite in quartz. Conclusion Although the inclusion in spinel focused...Laboratory of Great Britain 2 7 GREVILLE STREET (SAFFRON HILL ENTRANCE) LONDON, EC 1N 8SU • TELPHONE: 071 4...Trade Laboratory, Laboratory, New New York, York, USA USA (2) (2) I. Street scene in Fig. 1. in Hanoi.
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locality, and the sulfur mine in Baja. He was a long-time wholesale dealer in the Tucsor Gem and Mineral...the camp and sent 16 men to permanent rest on the hill above the lake (.Republican, 1883a). “ The brutality...but for the Lake Valley companies it was, in the long run, devastating; the incredible vision of sudden...reputable firm, it seems that it worked fine as long as the feed was relatively high grade and easily...36. FOUNTAIN, A. J. (1882) Report o f Doha Ana County: Bureau o f Immigration o f the Territory o f New
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r a l resources started there m a n y years ago, long before the great western t r e k . E a r l y e x...h a s yellow, green, and even black, and were a long w a y f r o m the colorless o r " w h i t e " c...streams and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets
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.......................................198 Massachusetts.............................................................................458 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...my wife Becky for allowing me to put in all the long nights needed to bring this together. v A Location...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites
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.......................................198 Massachusetts.............................................................................460 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...my wife Becky for allowing me to put in all the long nights needed to bring this together. v A Location...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites
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Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...diamonds set in gold. The necklace is 45 cm (18 in.) long. BOTTOM GROUP. Deep, spinel red oligoclase feldspar...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy
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during the summer to inquire- " How can I get to the quartz crystal locality?" or "Where is the best place...pegmatites carrying white mica and often smoky quartz. The largest of these pegmatites extended along...into the Manhattan schist. This rock is made up of quartz, feldspar, muscovite and occasional biotite and...shows pinkish or salman colored feldspar and smoky quartz. Some of the coarser pegmatite may have been of...world. Butte Hill is locally called ed to the surface where it is run over the richest hill on earth. scrap
 
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