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Crocidolite from
Blackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Construction Site
Classification
Species:Riebeckite Root Name Group var: Crocidolite
Formula:◻[Na2][Z32+Fe23+]Si8O22(OH,F,Cl)2
Habit:fibrous
Colour:blue
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Crocidolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:624179
Long-form Identifier:1:3:624179:7
GUID (UUID V4):0fba6dbb-a11b-4858-8b21-5d17d5778c83
Nearest other occurrences of Crocidolite
51.4km (31.9 miles) Fallon Brothers Quarry (Quincy Quarry; Ballou Quarry; Old Colony Crushed Stone Company Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
52.2km (32.5 miles) J. S. Swingle Quarry (Swingle's Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
52.3km (32.5 miles) Granite Railway Quarry (Granite Rail Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
95.1km (59.1 miles) Beacon Pole Hill quarry, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
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