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Actinolite from
Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:686518
Long-form Identifier:1:3:686518:4
GUID (UUID V4):4814d0f4-0686-4329-ac79-4c6de59c55f8
Localities for Actinolite in this Region
Osborne Soapstone quarry, Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
9.7km (6.0 miles) Round Top Hill area quartz prospects, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Melvin Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) Wright Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
11.6km (7.2 miles) Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) Old Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
28.7km (17.9 miles) Native American soapstone quarry, Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) Goshen Stone Co. Quarry, Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
34.9km (21.7 miles) Betts Manganese Mines (Anson Betts Mine; Plainfield Manganese Mines; Taconic Manganese Mines), Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
36.4km (22.6 miles) Serpentinite, Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) Pfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
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Report (issue)
^he Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts A. The Pre-Silurian Geology of the Rowe-Hawley Zone B. Stratigraphy...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-A-D The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor A. The Pre-Silurian...Jr. and Rolfe S. Stanley [etc.] 1. Geology Massachusetts. I. Hatch, Norman L. II. Series: Geological...a companion to the bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen and others, 1983; hereafter referred to... Geological Survey and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which was begun in 1938. They also include
Report (volume)
LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON...inineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass. This lexicon was prepared to accompany...MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, MASS. By B. K. EMERSON. INTRODUCTION...within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is...the eastern border of the area find in AVorcester County. TRIASSIC. The Suf/ar Loaf arko*e, or feldspathitf
Book
MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...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...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust
Report (issue)
.......................................105 Massachusetts ..............................................blackwall or a soapstone containing talc, chlorite, actinolite, serpentine, carbonate, and Fe-oxide minerals...Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Districts in California...of the recorded production. Talc deposits in Massachusetts are mostly located in a north-trending belt...metasedimentary rocks continuous with that in Massachusetts; some are in Middle Proterozoic gneiss. They
Report (issue)
THE TALG. SOAPSTONE AND ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF MASSACHUSETTS by E. Chute Prepared under a cooperative project...investigations in the Coraroonvealth of >! Boston, Massachusetts CONTENTS Abstract .......................... 9 10 Appraisal^ ..^.^.... ........ , Massachusetts Talc Coapany stine^ $*pl°gy..........;.,;,... TH2 TALC, SOAPSTOSE, ANB ASBESTOS DEPOSITS OF MASSACHUSETTS Newton E. Chutos Abstract ctal talc and soapstona...soapstona deposits wsre worked in Massachusetts from I} ' about 1810 to 1922. Moat of these deposits ar*
Book
[- ' 1f,.,,1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � -...Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE...Adams, Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford, Massachusetts...Goldmine Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts Granby Dinosaur Museum...Museum Hardwick, Massachusetts Quabbin Aqueduct Leverett, Massachusetts Leverett Lead Mine Plainfield, Massachusetts
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphism of the (upper-plate) Lake Harbour Group and Blandford Bay assemblage is related to emplacement of the...in the Narsajuaq arc, Lake Harbour Group and Blandford Bay assemblage, thermal peak metamorphism of lower-plate...du groupe de Lake Harbour et de l’assemblage Blandford Bay (plaque supérieure) est associé à l’emplacement...le groupe de Lake Harbour et l’assemblage de Blandford Bay, à l’apogée thermique du métamorphisme des...of scale), (v) a forelandbasin (?) sequence (Blandford Bay assemblage) (Scott et al. 1997), and (vi)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting... 50 miles northeast of Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16, Township...pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado, a few miles northwest...to us. Will some Colorado reader tell us in what county is Hans Peak and, if possible, send us a few notes...black tourmaline. These crystals came from Walton County, about one mile southwest of Between, from the
Report (issue)
C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Hypersthene Amphibole Group Cummingtonitc Trcmolite Actinolite (Asbestos) (Byssolite) Basaltic hornblende Hastingsite...(Haydcnitc) 9 Virginia Mineral Localities by County This list is included for possible aid in planning...listed only* if localities arc given for them. The county lists do not include com­ mon rock-making materials
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and much used in industry, is found in De Kalb County, 4 miles northwest of Fort Payne, Ala. There a...Another deposit is reported as being in Clarke County-" ARIZONA—Earl Mayer, 1753 " I " St, Yuma, Ariz...might now add, that Clinton is the county seat of Van Buren county. As stated, this bridge is in the wilds...know of two pivot rocks near Shirley, Van Buren county, and one about three-fourths mile from edge of...of Hot Springs National Park, Garland county, on one point of Sugar Loaf Mt., near the top crest." CALIFORNIA—The
Report (volume)
From the Silver King mine, Calico, San Bernardino County, Cal. Specific gravity, 6:28. Analysis by W. H...From .Teocalli Mountain, Brush Creek, Gunnison County, Colo. Specific gravity, 7.400 at 14.5°, corrected...vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 46. From the Rose mine, Grant County, N". Mex. Specific gravity, 6.644 at 20°. Probably...impurities. From the Missouri mine, Halls Valley, Park County, Colo. Analyses, by Hillebrand, of three different...From the Brobdignag mine, Red Mountain, San Juan County, Colo. Specific gravity, 5.21 at 18°. Analyzed
Journal (issue)
ELECTRIC LIGHT ON OBSCURE POINTS , MINERALS or MASSACHUSETTS , ORIGIN OF AMBER , SINGING SANDS , NAMES OF...emerald, corundum, chromite, actinolite, amayonstone and talc after actinolite. Also many good specimens...Collector. MINERALS OF MASSACHUSETTS. By J. C. Rand.' PART IV. Western Massachusetts. The western part of...crystal was found three inches long and two wide. Actinolite occurs in long, fibrous, sheaf like crystals...Mr. C. H. Webster. Actinolite may be found in large quantities at North Blandford, in fine, acicular
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON... 101 101 Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County .... .... ....'.......... .......... 103 Albite...-CONTENTS. Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County Continued. Page. Opal............................11 THE GEOLOGY OF EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. By B. K. EMERSON. INTRODUCTION. The country...sheet, of the topographical map of the State of Massachusetts. On the east it adjoins the territory discussed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ramsay River orthogneiss, Lake Harbour group, Blandford Bay assemblage and Cumberland Batholith) and Le6el...1998), an overlying foreland basin succession (Blandford Bay assemblage) (Scott et al., 1997) and an extensive...(Ramsay River orthogneiss, Lake Harbour group, Blandford Bay assemblage and Cumberland batholith) are considered...compositional banding, defined by alternating layers of actinolite – chlorite, plagioclase and calcite. Microstructural...and oriented growth of actinolite and chlorite; (2) development of actinolite – chlorite and plagioclase
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Andesine Anorthosite Body NEAR MONTPELIER, HANOVER COUNTY, VIRGINIA T. N E I L B L A N D F O R D 2434 Jackson...which at that time owned and exploited the Nelson County titanium deposits to the west, acquired the Hanover...company's treatment plant at Roseland in Nelson County (Pegau, 1956). When the operation became uneconomical...uneconomical, Metal and Thermit disposed of the Nelson County property in 1949. The Hanover property was, however...composition of the amphibole is near that of tremolite-actinolite. A l l am­ phibole observed is characterized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lord Energlyn. 256 pp., numerous colour plates. Blandford Press, London. Price £6.95. The tone of this book...Accessory minerals Extractable elen Apatite Actinolite Phosphates Zinc Blende Andesite Beryl Augite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lord Energlyn. 256 pp., numerous colour plates. Blandford Press, London. Price £6.95. The tone of this book...Accessory minerals Extractable elen Apatite Actinolite Phosphates Zinc Blende Andesite Beryl Augite
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of vanadinite and wulfenite, is located in Pima County, Ariz., about 15 miles N . W . of Tucson. Although...Lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California" has just been released by the Division...specimen comes from near Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado. "We find this pectolite high on a cliff...parties from Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, and Massachusetts went only to the feldspar mine and went away...limestone quarry, Texas, Baltimore Co., Md. MASSACHUSETTS — A very fine specimen of crumpled graphite
Report (issue)
Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine 1 . David C. Roy and Ely Mencher Discussion:...Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine... Louis Pavlides Lower Devonian Seboomook...Shride Pre-Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Massachusetts .Kenneth G. Bell and Donald C. Alvord Stratigraphic...Wachusett-Marlborough Tunnel, east-central Massachusetts .James W. Skehan. S.J.. and A. Adel Abu-moustafa...stratigraphy in the Brimfield area, Connecticut and Massachusetts .John D. Peper and M. H. Pease, Jr. Pre-Silurian
Report (volume)
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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Report (volume)
Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle,
 
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