| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Microcline |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | ⓘ1 photo of Microcline associated with Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Microcline associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Beryl | ⓘ1 photo of Microcline associated with Beryl at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microcline data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Leiper's Upper Avondale Quarry, Wallingford, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 88081 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:88081:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 48b3caa3-9644-43c8-b855-f99781a46151 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Microcline |
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| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘLeiper's Lower Avondale Quarry (Morrow Quarry; Facenda Quarry), Woodlyn (Avondale), Swarthmore (Borough of Swarthmore), Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘDeshong's Quarry, Leiperville, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘFeldspar Quarry, Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 6.9km (4.3 miles) | ⓘLenni, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘSycamore Mill (Bishop's Mill), Sycamore Mills, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘSycamore Mills, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 13.3km (8.3 miles) | ⓘCampbell's Quarry, Hestonville, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 13.7km (8.5 miles) | ⓘOverbrook, Hestonville, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 18.7km (11.6 miles) | ⓘWoodlawn Quarry, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA |
| 19.1km (11.9 miles) | ⓘFlat Rock Tunnel, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CLASSIC PEGMATITE OCCURRENCES IN Delaware County, Pennsylvania JOSEPH J . PETERS Department of Mineral...S P E C I M E N S O F spessartine, almandine, microcline, and beryl ever found in North America were collected...collected from a few granite pegmatites in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia (Figure 1). The quarries...specimens: Leiper's Upper and Lower Avondale quarries, Avondale; Leiper's quarry, Springfield Township; and...and Deshong's quarry, Ridley-Nether Providence townships (Figure 2). The fascinating history and mineralogy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York, New York 10024 GARNETS from Delaware Coun Pennsylvania Figure 1: Spessartine (Sp Alm34Pyr )...dodecahedron 5 cm across associated with tan microcline, silvery brown muscovite, and gray quartz, from...from Sycamore Mill (Bishop's Mill), Delaware County, Pennsylvania. A M N H 10808. Bement collection via...M E N S from pegmatites located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. On the basis of microprobe analyses...recommended that "garnets from Leiper's quarries at Springfield and Avondale that are not chemi cally analyzed |
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