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Microcline from
Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:979694
Long-form Identifier:1:3:979694:2
GUID (UUID V4):fb397a40-41ac-4079-a4e8-fe8b9fccd861
References
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Report (issue)
OCCURRENCES, WESTERN BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA by Samuel W. Berkheiser, Jr. Pennsylvania Geological Survey...Survey PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG 1984 Copyright 1984 by the Commonwealth...Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania...STATE BOOK STORE, P.O. BOX 1365 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17105 PREFACE This study is one of a series...geologic map of the Great Valley in eastern Pennsylvania illustrating the distribution of allochthonous
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...320 Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Railroad cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
Report (issue)
Quadrangle Northampton, Bucks, and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania By Avery Ala Drake, Jr. 1 Open-File Report...QUADRANGLE, NORTHAMPTON, BUCKS, AND LEHIGH COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA By Avery Ala Drake, Jr. Introduction The Hellertown...Hellertown quadrangle, in eastern Pennsylvania, contains the contact between Mesoproterozoic crystalline...this quadrangle have been studied elsewhere in Pennsylvania, and the reader is referred to Buckwalter (1959...out in the Honey Brook Upland to the south in Pennsylvania, and the Berkshire and Green Mountain massifs
Report (issue)
IN THE READING PRONG OF BERKS, LEHIGH, AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II John...John H. Barnes COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Tom Corbett, Governor DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL...IN THE READING PRONG OF BERKS, LEHIGH, AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA by Robert C. Smith, II...Barnes Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG ...Reading Prong of Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey
Report (issue)
Quadrangle Lehigh, Northampton, and Bucks Counties, Pennsylvania By Avery Ala Drake. Jr. 1 Open-File Report...COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA Introduction The Allentown East quadrangle, in eastern Pennsylvania, lies across...quadrangle have been studied elsewhere in eastern Pennsylvania and the reader is referred to Buckwalter (1959...out in the Honey Brook Upland to the south in Pennsylvania and the Berkshire and Green Mountain massifs...carbonate rocks of the Great Appalachian Valley of Pennsylvania into four somewhat different stratigraphic sequences;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MOUNTAIN AT THE JUNCTION OF BERKS, LEBANON, AND LANCASTER COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA H. N. EATON Schoolof Mines...range of high hills which enters the state of Pennsylvania from the east, extending in a southwest direction...through the counties of Bucks, Northampton,Lehigh, Berks, Lancaster,and Lebanon,and thence, after a break...south, whose center is nearly at the junction of Berks, Lebanon, and Lancaster counties and near the intersection...here and a trifle east of the intersectionof the county boundaries, the summit roughly presents the appearanceof
Book (volume)
375 9 f-2. 162 fiQl c, THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA PART TWO JOHN ETEKMAN < 1 > w Q O UJ 5...>CQ uf S B o i s UJ THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA PART TWO CHEMICAL ANALYSES JOHN EYERMAN EASTON... CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA: PART 1 490: 425: 426: A:...pink Lenni, Delaware county VIII crystals green crystals. Rocksville, Bucks county light green crystals...crystals. No. 1 shaft, St. Peter's, Chester county radiating, columnar crystals of light green to pink color
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deshong's qusrry, Leiperville, Delaware County. Ia,rge microcline crystals were obtained and one large yellowish...northwest of Capella Hill, Alsace township, Berks County. Nickeliferous pyrrhotite and augite are abundaDt...mile west of Spies Cburch, Alsace township, Berks county. Only inferior specimens are now obtainable...miles southwest of Pricetown, Alsace Township, Berks County. Fine limonite, stalactitic and mammillary,...milg gsu66 of Pricetown, Ruscombmanor Township, Berks County; this is surrounded by extensive, but practically
Report (edition)
STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 II II II nil 3 014 4 00050005 «k. 1 ’^^jklTL% i ^IH ^ 1 k...of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...(icologist G BULLETIN 33 Mineral Collecting Pennsylvania in by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan ...Environmental Geologist JiU-ateJ VanOiden PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG...Commonweath of Pennsylvania book may be pubished if credit this is given to the Pennsylvania Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINE _ by BRYON BROOKMYER Box 19 Blue Ball, Pennsylvania 17506 Introduction where a diabase dike of...sedimentary rocks (limestones). This diabase Pennsylvania has a long history of prominence in caused an...its original characteris­ were discovered in Pennsylvania and production tics although being completely...molten diabase, helped in the colonization of Pennsylvania. it has been metamorphosed. These contact meta­...towns. The Mines Cornwall (Pennsylvania) type mines are located in Chester, Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon and
Report (issue)
of the Nazareth Quadrangle, Northampton County, Pennsylvania By John M. Aaron and Avery Ala Drake, Jr...OF THE NAZARETH QUADRANGLE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA By John M. Aaron and Avery Ala Drake, Jr...INTRODUCTION The Nazareth quadrangle, in eastern Pennsylvania, lies across the contact between Mesoproterozoic...this quadrangle have been studied elsewhere in Pennsylvania, and the reader is referred to Buckwalter (1959...part of the requirements for the Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University (Aaron, 1971). At the time
Report (issue)
Quadrangle, Northampton and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania By Avery Ala Drake, Jr. 1 Open-File Report...QUADRANGLE, NORTHAMPTON AND LEHIGH COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA By Avery Ala Drake, Jr. INTRODUCTION The Catasauqua...quadrangle, in the Lehigh Valley of eastern Pennsylvania, is underlain mostly by Cambrian and Lower Ordovician...quadrangle have been studied elsewhere in eastern Pennsylvania and the reader is referred to Buckwaiter (1959...the Topton quadrangle, Pennsylvania (Drake, 1987) on the west into Orange County, New York (Drake and Monteverde
Report (edition)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY OF 0144 00141189 1 v < 2 £ m- c oi; c» tt*s“S S Si! at tss^s isl^j...1 ' s WJ= ~S 5! s „3 &«eq Sjg® . . PENNSYLVANIA 1 .8 ^2»SS 3 d 5-s &s z l|lt« 7* < OF ...GEOLOGY REPORT 1976 33 MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Alan R. Geyer Robert C. Smith, John H....Graphics by Albert E. VanOlden COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TOPOGRAPHIC...II Copyrighted 1976 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if
Report (issue)
THE SINKING SPRING QUADRANGLE, BERKS AND LANCASTER COUNTIES, ' PENNSYLVANIA David B. Maclachlan Tracy V...THE SINKING SPRING QUADRANGLE, BERKS AND LANCASTER COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA by David B. Maclachlan Staff...Buckwalter Deon B. Mclaughlin Cooperating Geologists PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG ...1975 Copyright 1975 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be publi~hed...quadrangle, a 58 square mile area west of Reading, Pennsylvania, based on information gathered in the field
Report (edition)
Geyer Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania I COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS... ' BULLETIN G 33 Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan R. Geyer...Geyer Assistant State Geologist PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG First Edition...1965 Copyrighted 1965 b y the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published....... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . ..
Journal (issue)
\{t;_t:l'!'P_erland County, 5 miles southwest of Carlisle. Photo courtesy~'of Pennsylvania Historical and...Interesting Notes on the Minerals Industry of Pennsylvania A recent report prepared by the U.S. Bureau...Bureau of Mines, updated in part by the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, provides some interesting information...information concerning the minera l industry of Pennsylvania. The mining industry in Pennsylvan ia presently...way of living. Statistics for 1977 show that Pennsylvania ranks first among the states in the production
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PREHNITE FROM COOPERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA DoNer-o M. FnasBn aNp Rosnnr D' Buruon, Lehigh Unittersily...crystals has been found near Coopersburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania. This material merits description because...variation of the pyramid. Crossed Nicols, X20. PENNSYLVANIA PREHNITE FROM COOPERSBLIRG, .585 walls Qtartz...discontinuous bands that resemblea blocky type of microcline twinning. Previous workers explain the anomalous
Report (issue)
OF THE NAZARETH QUADRANGLE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY; PENNSYLVANIA By John M. x^ Aaron Open-file report...extends 140 miles northeastward from Reading, Pennsylvania, through northwestern New Jersey (Jersey Highlands)...MILES I. Generalized geologic map of eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. the northwest throughout...the Reading Prong and Great Valley in eastern Pennsylvania, is the subject of this dissertation. The general...formation of the Appalachians in the eastern Pennsylvania-western New Jersey area. Although the study
Report (issue)
Greenwich Slices of the Hamburg Klippe In Eastern Pennsylvania Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Structure, and...Taconic-type allochthon in the Great Valley of eastern Pennsylvania UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON...Greenwich slices of the Hamburg klippe in Eastern Pennsylvania. (Geological Survey professional paper ; 1312)...of Docs, no.: 119.16:1312 1. Nappes (Geology) Pennsylvania Hamburg region. I. Drake, Avery Ala, 1927III...26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Geologic maps of eastern Pennsylvania .......................... ................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reported a trip to Lenni and Dismal Run, Delaware County, attended by Messrs. Ford, Frankenfield, Knabe...described an Ordovician basalt flow in Lebanon County; no zeolites were found; and reported that Mr....found arsenopyrite and erythrite at Robeson, Berks County. Dr. Hawkins described a trip taken by Mr. Gordon...wernerite, garnet, pink calcite, epidote, oligoclase, microcline, biotite and titanite; and finally, Colltinsuille
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reported a trip to Lenni and Dismal Run, Delaware County, attended by Messrs. Ford, Frankenfield, Knabe...described an Ordovician basalt flow in Lebanon County; no zeolites were found; and reported that Mr....found arsenopyrite and erythrite at Robeson, Berks County. Dr. Hawkins described a trip taken by Mr. Gordon...wernerite, garnet, pink calcite, epidote, oligoclase, microcline, biotite and titanite; and finally, Colltinsuille
Report (edition)
SERIFS MINERAL COLLECTING PENNSYLVANIA COMMOWl FAITH OF PENNSYLVANIA PY G345/4.3 G33 1959 Snrrtary...Lapham, Davis M. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania c.l PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN G 33 ... MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Davis M. Lapham and Alan R. Geyer JMluitrationi lu _JtU... Adams County 15 Allegheny County Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Cumberland County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
.................................. 480 Roanoke County, V irginia........................................................................ 481 Am herst County, V irginia........................................................................... 481 Llano County, T exas............................................................................ 487 Roanoke County..................................................................................... 490 Nelson County...............................................
Report (volume)
value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...Oregon............Prof. A. J. Collier, Eugene. Pennsylvania.... .Mr. R. R. Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence...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
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES Bulletin M 18-C THE MINERALS of PENNSYLVANIA NON-METALLIC... CONTENTS Introduction Asbestos Barite Franklin County Fulton and Bucks Counties Corundum Page 1 1 5...Magnesite Phosphate minerals Cumberland County Juniata County 18 23 25 25 26 Potash 29 Quartz-Mint...Quartz-Mint 32 Rock salt 36 Crawford County Elk County 36 37 Erie and Forest Counties 38 McKean, Potter...inquiries about the occurrence of minerals in Pennsylvania that cannot be answered by referring the inquirer
 
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