Locality type: | Quarry |
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Species: | 'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species) |
Formula: | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Tourmaline data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view McCrea's Quarry, Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 967348 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:967348:9 |
GUID (UUID V4): | c8fc361f-f76f-41c2-a3dc-3875f9cff6c4 |
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline |
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2.0km (1.3 miles) | ⓘWissahickon Valley, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
2.5km (1.6 miles) | ⓘFowler's Quarry, Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
6.0km (3.8 miles) | ⓘRidge Avenue and School Lane Quarries, East Falls, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
6.7km (4.2 miles) | ⓘFalls of Schuylkill, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
9.5km (5.9 miles) | ⓘJerry O'Neill's Quarry, Tacony Creek Valley, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
9.6km (5.9 miles) | ⓘHoffman's Quarry (Hoffmans Quarry), Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
11.0km (6.8 miles) | ⓘOverbrook, Hestonville, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
11.3km (7.0 miles) | ⓘCampbell's Quarry, Hestonville, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA |
22.7km (14.1 miles) | ⓘLeiper's Lower Avondale Quarry (Morrow Quarry; Facenda Quarry), Woodlyn (Avondale), Swarthmore (Borough of Swarthmore), Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA |
24.4km (15.2 miles) | ⓘLeiper's Upper Avondale Quarry, Wallingford, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| | Report (issue) | DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...(Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia: Fairmount Park...Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC Transparent to | | | Journal (issue) | Tennessee, and Virginia as well as Michigan and Pennsylvania. , ., Before prospecting can take place, the...Tremolite Oligoclase Serpentlnite Gneiss Black Tourmaline Granite Graphite Limestone Travertine Hedenbergite...Callche Augite - xi portion Stllblte Horn Coral Tourmaline - xi portion llvalte Rub¥ Corundum - xi Chlorlte...expanded services. The shop, which is in Putnam County in the scenic Hudson Valley, 60 miles north of...include beryl, corundum , quartz, spodumene, topaz, tourmaline and jadeite. - Ernest E. Fairbanks * : 2 - | | | Journal (issue) | area's claim to fame is certainly due to the tourmaline that occurs in shades from black to the almost...almost clear, which is rare. The first tourmaline was discovered in t he 1820's but it was not until 1864...the old workings. It is stated that Mount Mica tourmaline appears in many of the crown jewels of foreign...countries. Mount Mica is located in Paris, Oxford County and is now owned by the Plumbago Mining Company...produced such finds as lepidolite (pink and lilac), tourmaline in all colors, a rare white beryl, gem beryl | | | Journal (issue) | Tremolite Oligoclase Serpentlnlte Gneiss Black Tourmaline Granite Graphite Limestone Travertine Hedenbergite...Stllbite Leal Fossil Staurolite - allered xi Caliche Tourmaline - xi portion llvaite Ruby Corundum - xi Chlorl1e...LIVELY AQUAMARINE: Faceted, with nice blue color. TOURMALINE: Beautiful cul & color, faceted. Ovals: Ovals:...conduct collecting t rips for minerals at Crestmore Quarry, a favorite mineral collecting site, which had...had been closed for four years. Both Crestmore Quarry and the Jurupa Center are located in the Jurupa Mountain | | | Book | Sciences, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138, USA **Geological Survey of Western Australia Perth, W...Sciences, University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60637, USA INTRODUCTION Evolutionary turnover is pervasive... Jr., B.F. 1979. Earthquake risk in eastern Pennsylvania. Earth Min. Sci. 48: 63-64. (3) McLaren, D...Shoemaker U.S. Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA Abstract. The present collision rate between the...Ames Research Center, NASA Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA Abstract. Volcanic eruptions, collisions with galactic |
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