Petalite from
Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Petalite | |
| Formula: | LiAl(Si4O10) | |
| Comments: | Palache (1923) says that it is probable that the petalite reported by Dana was found in an erratic boulder, and not the quarry proper. Petalite was commonly reported in New England in the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. An unverified petalite specimen from this locality (YPM 6887) is in the Yale Peabody Museum. This locality is an unbelievable report from a marble! See Bolton Pegmatite Float Boulder Occurrence. Records for Yale Peabody Museum specimen YPM MIN026887 only specify Bolton, Mass. for the locality; no reference is made to "Bolton Limestone quarry." The specimen is labeled as an A. E. Foote specimen, and was donated to the museum in 1957. | |
| Luminescent properties: | blue | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Petalite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 92731 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:92731:8 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 00cac58d-1777-4bc9-b340-46dd403db47c | |
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