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Apatite from
Flat Rock Tunnel, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Tunnel
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Flat Rock Tunnel, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:504480
Long-form Identifier:1:3:504480:1
GUID (UUID V4):a5424a01-baba-40e0-ba1d-026f31e2f2cf
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
2.8km (1.7 miles) Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Wissahickon Valley, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) Falls of Schuylkill, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) McKinney's Quarry, Rittenhouse Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Fowler's Quarry, Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) Peter's Quarry, Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) Barber's Quarry, Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Deshong's Quarry, Leiperville, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) Leiper's Lower Avondale Quarry (Morrow Quarry; Facenda Quarry), Woodlyn (Avondale), Swarthmore (Borough of Swarthmore), Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) Leiper's Upper Avondale Quarry, Wallingford, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
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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...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
Journal (issue)
WILLIAM L. AFFELDER, THE School of Mines of the Pennsylvania State College, having received many inquiries...unable to find, either in the Reports of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey or any other literature, satisfactory...Hummelstown , Lumberville , Cromwell. XVII. Permian Rock - Fish Cr. Sandstone, Washington Co. XVI. Upper...Waynesburg ; Great Lime stone , Coal Centre. XIV. Lower Barren Measure, Crinoidal Limestones, Sheridan ;...Sandstones, Morgantown and Connellsville. XIII. Lower Productive Coal Measure Sandstones, Limestones,
Book (edition)
Investigation of Rocka 434 436 447 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Rock 4. Microscopic Characteristics of 5. Descriptions...scale to soapstone at the other. There is a still lower limit in liquids and gases; but of the hardness...the planes of the trisoctahedron in Fig. 21. The lower one of the three on the upper front solid angle...by a constant ratio, and the expression for the lower right one of the six planes will be 3c f & la. By...often attached by one extremity to the supporting rock and have perfect terminating planes only at the
Book (edition)
scale to soapstone at the other. There is a still lower limit in liipihls and gases ; hut of the hardness...are the planes of the trisoctabedron in fig. 21. lower one of the three on the upper front solid angle...by a constant ratio, and the expression for the lower right one of the six la. By a little study, the...one extremity to the support1. right angles ing rock and have perfect terminating planes only at the...this prism are truncated, as in the figure of apatite (fig. 3), the truncating planes, i-2, are the lateral
Book (edition)
geology, the department which considers of the earth's rock formations. has especially the associations of species...occuring planes pertain equally to both the upper and lower (or opposite) ranges of sectants, as in all ordinary...which the planes pertain to either the upper or the lower range, and not to both, and hence the planes are...and of the lower ranges are alternate, but the upper not alternate with reference to the lower, the forms...upper and lower ranges are alternate, and also the upper are alternate with reference to the lower, and,
Book (edition)
8vo, cloth, INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ROCK-FORMING MINERALS. HUSSAK. SMITH. By 3 50 Eugen...—Mirdtu/ Record. 4 00 EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS AND ROCK DRILLS. DRINKER. Giving properties of Modern Explosives...of Blastand descriptions and uses of the various Rock Drills and Compressors, and forming a SUPPLEMENTARY...geology, the department which considers of the earth's rock formations. especially the associations of species...occuring planes pertain equally to both the upper and lower (or opposite) ranges of sectants, as in all ordinai-y
Book (edition)
geology, the department which considers of the earth's rock formations. especially the associations of species...occuring planes pertain equally to both the upper and lower (or opposite) ranges of sectants, as in all ordinary...which the planes pertain to either the upper or the lower range, and not to both, and hence the planes are...and of the lower ranges are alternate, but the upper not alternate with reference to the lower, a. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY...upper and lower ranges are alternate, and also the upper are alternate with reference to the lower, and,
 
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