Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Natrolite from
Deshong's Quarry, Leiperville, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Natrolite
Formula:Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O
Comments:Occurs in a granitic pegmatite of the Wissahickon Formation.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Natrolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Deshong's Quarry, Leiperville, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:61172
Long-form Identifier:1:3:61172:7
GUID (UUID V4):68715a64-0b8f-447f-857d-2659873bcd5e
Nearest other occurrences of Natrolite
7.9km (4.9 miles) Lenni, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) Falls of Schuylkill, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) Wissahickon Valley, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Brandywine Quarry (Hubbard Quarry), Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) French Creek Mines, Saint Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
44.9km (27.9 miles) Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
47.6km (29.6 miles) Naceville Materials Quarry, Sellersville, West Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
51.5km (32.0 miles) Grace Mine, Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
52.4km (32.5 miles) H&K Birdsboro Materials Quarry (Dyer Trap Rock Quarry; Hay Creek Trap Rock Quarry), Hay Creek, Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
56.4km (35.1 miles) Dyer Quarry, Gibraltar, Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CLASSIC PEGMATITE OCCURRENCES IN Delaware County, Pennsylvania JOSEPH J . PETERS Department of Mineral...collected from a few granite pegmatites in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia (Figure 1). The quarries...quarries, Avondale; Leiper's quarry, Springfield Township; and Deshong's quarry, Ridley-Nether Providence townships...for the manufac­ ture of snuff. Upper Avondale quarry (Figure 5), one mile south of Swarthmore where...A-310, Registrar of Deeds, Delaware County, Pennsylvania). The Springfield quarry may have been de- Figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
large part of Philadelphia is covered with the Delaware River gravels and clays, but most of the streams...river this rock was largely quarried. The first quarry opened was irnmediately on the river bank. When...When the inclined plane was abandoned the Pennsylvania Railroad made a curved cut through these rocks extending...from about 30th Street to 34th Street, and a large quarry, or a series of quarries afterwards merged into...identical with that found on Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, contained segregated masses of
Report (issue)
DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses of... Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC
Journal (issue)
4- JUNE , 1894 . CONTENTS . LURAY CAVERN , PAGE COUNTY , VA . , 49 THE MINERALS OF THE ANCIENTS , 57 STUDENTS...I. JUNE , 1894 . No. 4 . 1 LURAY CAVERN , PAGE COUNTY , VA . BY HENRY CLAY BORDEN . The great valley...Luray . It con stitutes the greater part of Page County — a limestone region . Within this region near...with the stratum of Natural Bridge , of Rockbridge County . CAUSE OF FORMATION . — Those who make a study... but not all . A large cave at Bingham , Bucks County , Pa . , which I have visited recently , show no
Report (volume)
............................ 16 34 42 81 97 Delaware............................................................................................ Pennsylvania...............................................value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...and Ehrenfeld, Frederick, Minerals of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Top. and Geol. Survey Comm. Kept. No...Oberlin College, Oberlin. Prof. L. G. Westgate, Delaware. Oklahoma____Prof. D. W. Ohern, Norman. Mr. C
Book
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...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
Book
Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana...Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...a Jersey's Limecrest quarry, for instance, is open to a year; the Foote quarry in North Carolina one...or goggles, and safety-toe shoes in an operating quarry or mine. They are prudent precautions against disaster...trespassers or even fenced in some states. Mine and quarry owners are often reluctant to give permission for...physical hazards. Rocks can fall from a shattered quarry wall, a frost-weakened cliff, or an overhanging
Book
100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...easier for you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary...HARBOR !ROCK SHOPSl r::::-::, LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID...Survey topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o...be discovered by locating the porous layers In a quarry or other exposure and following them along the
 
Mineral and/or Locality  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: May 2, 2024 02:00:58
Go to top of page