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Actinolite from
Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Babingtonite1 photo of Actinolite associated with Babingtonite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Actinolite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:455939
Long-form Identifier:1:3:455939:9
GUID (UUID V4):1469ddc7-889c-4a64-83c3-115dcb08d1fe
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
3.4km (2.1 miles) North Woburn, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) Route 114 calc-silicate locality, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
15.2km (9.5 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Lynn Sand and Stone Co. Quarry; Bardon Trimount Quarry; Hume Quarry), Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) Warren Street Quarry (Beatty's Ledge), Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
20.1km (12.5 miles) Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
23.4km (14.5 miles) Chelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) Hammond St. Quarry, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) Devil's Den (Devil's Den lime pit), Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) Old Limestone Quarry Site, Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
35.0km (21.8 miles) Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Windsor County.................... 253 254 Talc and Verde Antique Quarry, Stockbridge,Windsor County Williams...Williams Mine, RochesterTownship, Orange County........ ... Verde Antique Quarry, North Hollow, Rochester...Co. Talc Prospect at Hammondsville, Reading Township, Windsor County ....................................Southwest Corner of Moretown Township, Washington County.................................... Waterbury Mine...Talc Deposits................................ Massachusetts Deposits...................................
Report (issue)
Gneiss .. 0 ........ 13 Unnamed gneiss in the Reading quadrangleo o ........... 24 Amphibolite 0 ....Lawrence quadrangle. . 487 Basic dikes in the Reading and Wilmington quadrangles, u 0 . . . 9 0 0 ...the Lawrence, Wilmington, South Groveland, and Reading quadrangles. ............ in pocket 24. * diagram...Marlboro Formation cropping out in the Wilmington and Reading quadrangles . 519 Plates 1. Geologic map of...the Lawrence, Wilmington, South Groveland, and Reading quadrangles as given by Emerson. ........... 0
Book
MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fred Lincks. We have cor­ neighboring state of Massachusetts. Many responded and had the pleasure of a of...who are willing to get-togethers are held in Massachusetts pass on information of localities they as well...state of Lead Mine. Here, many fine specimens, Massachusetts. The tendency is to pass both common and rare...beautiful specimens of wulfenite. some of the fine Massachusetts specimens in This last species can be found...minerals are the fine crystals of babingtonite. Reading from the Encyclopedia of Minerals: "Occurs chiefly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been collected at Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario. The crystals in the collection are associated...is also found in a skarn at Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, as brown-red dodecahedra to approximately...quarries), 428 ROCKS & MINERALS Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont. So well-known is this locality for fine...acquiring it. Grossular from Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, occurs as greenish-red dodecahedra...labeled as Eden Mills quarries), Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont. This particular specimen consists of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
R E S 18 Singletary Lane Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 MASSACHUSETTS Figure J. Vermont political divisions...The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality in the state...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the...(Windsor Co.) has been an important source of coarse actinolite blades (to 15 cm), sharp magnetite octahedra...magnetite, and occasionally cummingtonite and actinolite. Vermont is also the type locali­ ty for wonesite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
They are sometimes found in town libraries or county buildings. Occasionally club members in a community...MillROCKS AND MINERALS eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fallsington, when they travelled there for corundum...at one of their meetings. NEW YORK The ROckland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern, enjoyed an informative...Field Trip to the Goose Creek Quarry of loudon County also put the finishing touch to an interesting...hunt it and showed some of his collection. MASSACHUSETTS Earl Melendy presented a program entitled, "Crystals
Report (issue)
.......................................105 Massachusetts ..............................................blackwall or a soapstone containing talc, chlorite, actinolite, serpentine, carbonate, and Fe-oxide minerals...Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Districts in California...of the recorded production. Talc deposits in Massachusetts are mostly located in a north-trending belt...metasedimentary rocks continuous with that in Massachusetts; some are in Middle Proterozoic gneiss. They
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
His treatment of the dinosaurs makes fascinating reading. MacFALL — Edition). Gem Hunter's Guidé (Third...describes sites under the name of the nearest town and county. The directions and the many maps included in the...mineral materials are listed alphabetically from Actinolite to Wavellite; in the second part the same mineral...REPORT Mines and Mineral Resources of Calaveras County, California. 217 pp., 47 photos, 4 maps in pocket...Minerals Hobby Shop 732 UNION AVE., MIDDLESEX, N. J. "MIDDLESEX SHOPPING CENTER" ROCKS AND MINERALS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and much used in industry, is found in De Kalb County, 4 miles northwest of Fort Payne, Ala. There a...Another deposit is reported as being in Clarke County-" ARIZONA—Earl Mayer, 1753 " I " St, Yuma, Ariz...might now add, that Clinton is the county seat of Van Buren county. As stated, this bridge is in the wilds...know of two pivot rocks near Shirley, Van Buren county, and one about three-fourths mile from edge of...of Hot Springs National Park, Garland county, on one point of Sugar Loaf Mt., near the top crest." CALIFORNIA—The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a quartzite outcrop, on Turkey Hill, Haddam (Middlesex Co.), Conn." — on label. DELAWARE — Red quartzite...metagraywacke along the county road half way between Chestnut Gap and Lebanon School, Fannin County, Ga. These crystals...aluminum silicate rocks. This area is in Clearwater County, Idaho, and any visiting rockhounds can get directions...Rockbridge locality at Greenbelt, Prince Georges County, Md., has been identified as meta-strengite. This...specimen is obtained, which is not likely." MASSACHUSETTS — Mrs. Eleanor R. Wesson, 57 Plymouth St., Montclair
Book
[- ' 1f,.,,1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � -...Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE...Milton, Vermont Parrot Jasper Mine Reading, Windsor Co., Vermont Reading Talc Mine Saxtons River, Vermont... M.�SSACHUSE TTS Adams, Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford...Blandford, Massachusetts Goldmine Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts
Report (issue)
Geology of Massachusetts E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedharn Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian... Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane G. Stratigraphy of the...Belt, Central Massachusetts H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts I. Intrusive...Intrusive Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts L.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-E-J The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy
Report (issue)
Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine 1 . David C. Roy and Ely Mencher Discussion:...Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine... Louis Pavlides Lower Devonian Seboomook...Shride Pre-Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Massachusetts .Kenneth G. Bell and Donald C. Alvord Stratigraphic...Wachusett-Marlborough Tunnel, east-central Massachusetts .James W. Skehan. S.J.. and A. Adel Abu-moustafa...stratigraphy in the Brimfield area, Connecticut and Massachusetts .John D. Peper and M. H. Pease, Jr. Pre-Silurian
Report (issue)
the Marlborough Quadrangle, Middlesex and Worcester Counties, Massachusetts by J. Christopher Hepburn...Geologic Map of the Marlborough quadrangle, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report IS...OF THE MARLBORO QUADRANGLE, MIDDLESEX AND WORCESTER COUNTIES, MASSACHUSETTS by J. Christopher Hepburn...Gneiss mapped to the southwest in south-central Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut (R. Dixon and R...thick of fine- to medium-grained, light-green actinolite-carbonate calc-silicate granulite or light-green
Report (volume)
Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle,
Report (chapter)
NC NJ Alabama Connecticut Delaware Georgia Massachusetts Maryland Maine North Carolina New Jersey NH...complex Chain Lakes massif Canaan Mountain Dutchess County Elmore Mountain Exeter pluton Green Mountain massif...Wenlock metamorphism in the northern Appalachians, USA. Abbreviations are defined in Table 1. The stippled...muscovite Mafic schist 4°Ar/39Ar total fusion, actinolite Felsic schist K - A r muscovite Felsic schist...cores and actinolite rims 4°Ar/39Ar plateau, hornblende cores and Mafic schist actinolite rims 4°Ar/39Ar
Report (issue)
Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........located in the Hartford basin and vicinity, Massachusetts .................... .72 C. Section C: Occurrences...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2...stream, or town. County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude Information in the county, state, quadrangle...Bedrock geology of the Massachusetts portion of the Bernardston Quadrangle, Massachusetts-Vermont: U.S. Geological
Report (issue)
Geology of the land area of the Boston 2° sheet, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and 10- New Hampshire... 16 17 18 U. S. Geological Survey Boston, Massachusetts 19 ,U. S. Geological Survey* OPEN FILE REPORT...GEOLOGY OF THE LAND AREA OF THE BOSTON 2° SHEET, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon...igneous rocks of probable Devonian age in eastern Massachusetts is comprised in a great group of intrusive rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, Ala....come to light at Collins Hill (near Portland, Middlesex Co.), Conn, (see my article in the July-August...of Milledgeville who discovered them in Baldwin County, Ga., between the State Sanitarium and Oconee River...picked these up near a gravel deposit in Grant County, Indiana, near the city of Marion."—on label. I...of a lifetime! West Bend is located in Palo Alto County, about 50 miles west of Mason City, south of U
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
thin slab consisting of thick masses of green actinolite with tiny grains of yellow gold and pale brassy-yellow...for the specimen is Turkey Mountain, Haddam (Middlesex Co.), Conn. DELAWARE—Lewes Beach, on Delaware...Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. W e had an opportunity to examine some pebbles (one...Kingsville, Md. FLORIDA—From the western part of Pascoe County, Florida, we have 3 grayish calcite concretions...dark brown cubes of pyrite. Milton is in Trimble County, Ky., just across the Ohio River from Madison,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California. While it might sound like exaggeration...Ind. Fortville is in N.W. Hancock County, near the Hamilton County line; the gravel pit is close by,... just over the line in Hamilton County. "For your World News department I am sending you an amethyst...specimens around Melrose which is in S.W. Monroe County in the southern part of the state. Some of the
Journal (issue)
enjoy pearls. GemStone Press, Woodstock, Vermont, USA Schoeffel, H., 1996. Perlen, von den Mythen zu den...1996) and in a fire opal from Opal Butte, Oregon, USA (Holzhey, 1997). In the Indonesian opal, these tubes...Holzhey, G., 1997. Feueropal von Opal Butte, Oregon, USA. Z. Dt. Gemmol. Ges., 46 (3), 161-8 Johnson, M.L...permission of Litographie, LLC, East Hampton, CT, USA. To understand the different schemes of isomorphic...7/8, 434-442 437 constant – showing the same reading during the rotation of the gem. a. A constant and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
6l PELHAM LOCALITIES: TI{E FAMOUS MINERAL MASSACHUSETTS. ASBESTUS MINE, EARIr Y. SHANNON Springfield...were slightly contami_ nated with biotite and actinolite, gave,upon analysis,the results under 1 and 2...with deepblue; grass green nodules of fibrous actinolite, and disseminatedperfect ierminated crystals...granular and crystallized hornblende, fibrous actinolite, biotite, corundum, vermiculite and plagioclase...know to whom they are indebted for the additional reading matter thus made available to them: Mr. ClarenceS
Report (issue)
Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts by Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvin...Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvln This...contains the records of radlometrlc ages for Massachusetts from the Radlometrlc Age Data Bank of the U...portrayed on a new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). The compilation Is believed to...record In coded format, and to facilitate the reading of this report, crucial code listings are Included
 
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