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Ferro-hornblende from
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Ferro-hornblende
Formula:◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Habit:doubly-terminated crystals, .25 to 1 inch long
Colour:black
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ferro-hornblende data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:94820
Long-form Identifier:1:3:94820:5
GUID (UUID V4):ecb8c238-a2b4-497e-bbbd-d7f77863ac17
Nearest other occurrences of Ferro-hornblende
22.7km (14.1 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Bayer-Mingolla Quarry; Trimount Quarry), Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
48.8km (30.3 miles) Sneech Pond copper mines (Copper Mine Hill), Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
55.6km (34.6 miles) Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
57.0km (35.4 miles) Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
80.9km (50.3 miles) Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
98.3km (61.1 miles) Acushnet Quarry, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
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