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Chalcopyrite from
Acushnet Quarry, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachiteⓘ1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Adulariaⓘ1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Adularia at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Acushnet Quarry, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:751523
Long-form Identifier:1:3:751523:1
GUID (UUID V4):8902c386-8649-4dee-88a5-53c786b307f9
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘHarris Quarry (Harris Lime Quarries), Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) ⓘManton Avenue Quarry (Manton Quarry; Violet Hill Quarry), Manton, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
49.5km (30.7 miles) ⓘInterstate highway 295 road cut, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
51.2km (31.8 miles) ⓘLynch Quarry (Quinn Quarry), Berkeley, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
53.0km (32.9 miles) ⓘInterstate 295 / US Route 6 road cuts, Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
53.5km (33.3 miles) ⓘConklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘGrants Mills, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘCumberland Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
57.4km (35.7 miles) ⓘSheldonville Gold Mine (Wrentham Gold Mine), Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
57.6km (35.8 miles) ⓘSneech Pond copper mines (Copper Mine Hill), Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. This little-known locality is an abandoned road-fill quarry where the...=ï‚„ Quartz, 3.1 cm, from Boylston, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Tyson’s Fine Minerals specimen...Faylor-Middlecreek quarry, Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania. (The Faylor-Middlecreek is a road-fill quarry in limestone...11.5 cm, from the Faylor-Middlecreek quarry, Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania. Exceptional Minerals...plate of deep purple fluorite crystals with chalcopyrite from the Denton mine, a hearty 18 cm across
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KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA ‱ Tel: +1 949 494 5155 ‱ Email: info@kristalle.com...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Dan and Nancy Novak (2015–2022) David and Marcie Bristol (2016–2022) Mark Hay & Mary Ellen Dirlam (2016–2021)...Society, supported gem and mineral shows around the county as a museum exhibitor and speaker, and served on...near the Itamarandiba River. Nearby there is a quarry for experimental exploration of ornamental pegmatite
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lxl" 75{£, 1x2" $1.25, 2x2 $2.00, 2x3" $2.75 CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, Okla. Large deep red to near black...sphalerite crystals sprinkled with choice brassy chalcopyrite crystals. Very attractive. 1 16x1 Vz" $1.00...Bourne ........... MISCELLANEOUS 882 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .......................................... 883...7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 881 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ©@©Ÿ©g!Sgiglt!eŸŸg!Ÿg<ŸŸŸg!Ÿ©ŸgI©Ÿ8 ^J^icippuj...Tucson Gem and Mineral Society will be­ held at Pima County Fairgrounds, 4700 S. 6th Ave., Tucson, Ariz. Gc-n
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Mineral Collector. VALUABLE FINDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. Br R. L. Hamucx. REGENT discoveries of beryl-bearing...beryl-bearing ledges in the township of Blandford, Massachusetts, leads to the conclusion that the Ackworth,...Drake, near Newtown, Piscataway township, this county. They showed beautiful batryoidal coatings of ‘...perfect crystals of sphal erite, galenite, and chalcopyrite. The Ellenville mines were opened in 1820—-21...collecting trips they go. The way they clean a quarry out, is far from being slow! But let us see just
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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
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
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New Arrivals XMINEIUITO 'iUPPLIERiX DOLOMITE, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHAL­ ERITE, Picher, Okla. Choice ivory to...and colorful. 2x2 $1.25, 2x3 $2.25, 3x4 $4.50 CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, Picher, Okla. Very large deep red.............. 858 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185> ROCKS AND MINERALS 801 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A POST CARD FROM HELL ! Hell Joes exist and R&M...San Antonio Rock & Lapi­ dary Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman; Fred Stevenson, P
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lxl" 750, 1x2" $1.25, 2x2 $2.00, 2x3" $2.75 CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, Okla. Large deep red to near black...sphalerite crystals sprinkled with choice brassy chalcopyrite crystals. Very attractive. 1 V^xl 16" $1.00......... 58 MISCELLANEOUS I i CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 1 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY MR. C. H. ROBINSON, SR., PASSES Mr. Chas. H. Robinson...annual affair will be staged again at the Pima County' Fairgrounds at 4700 South Sixth Ave., Feb. 18-19-20
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(fluoresce g r e e n ) , 2 x 3 , $ 1 . 5 0 . Chalcopyrite copper ore w i t h malachite, 2 x 3 , $ 2 ....FLUORESCENT FLUORITE — From the Clay Center, Ohio quarry. 5 different 1 - 3 " specimens $3.00 postpaid....August 2017 Kansas City, Kansas ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY ROCKS, M I N ERALS, XLS. & JEWELRY — Fluorescent...y o u . W r i t e : Verna's. 191 Leonard St., Acushnet, Mass. 0 2 7 4 3 . T e l . 9 9 5 - 3 0 7 4 .
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Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ MINERAL...tracks from M assachusetts-the alpine minerals of Acushnet, from Vermont-garnets, from New Hampshire-topaz...commonly seen although galena, sphal­ erite and chalcopyrite are noted. The pyrite is syngenetic with the...labels, polybags, vials. WOW! 2nd occurrence (1st in USA) of this rare sodium phosphomolybdate! Rich yellow...hardware 196 Beechwood Ave. Bogota, N .J. 07603 USA (201) 487-3254 The Mineralogical Record , volume
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
, Bayan Obo in China [60,61] and Mountain Pass, USA [62]. Table 1 also gives a review of the available...melteigite, phoskorite, pyroxenite Vermiculite, chalcopyrite (Cu), magnetite (Fe), thorite (U), baddeleyite...contributes currently only 11% to global production. The USA was surpassed by China in 2006 [112], and by Morocco...Chemistry; Kent, J.A., Ed.; Springer: Boston, MA, USA, 2003; pp. 362–385. ISBN 978-0-387-23816-6. Daneshgar...; NATO Conference Series; Springer: Boston, MA, USA, 1983; pp. 377–397. ISBN 978-1-4615-6651-9. Schöllhorn
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...of the Mildren and Steppe Mining Districts, Pima County, Arizona.” During this time he met and became good...Multiplex and Raytheon, settling in Sudbury, Massachusetts in 1967 with his wife Vera (nee Hanke). Ernie...and the amethyst occurrence at Bellingham, Massachusetts, and were rewarded with some fine specimens...excellent specimens at Mont Saint Hilaire and Acushnet, Massachusetts; he traveled widely in the search for specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FLUORESCENT FLUORITE — From the Clay Center, Ohio quarry. 5 d i f f e r e n t 1 - 3 " specimens $ 3 . 0...carnelian agate nuggets, 100 f o r $ 2 . Fine chalcopyrite crystal specimen 3 " x 3 " size, $ 2 . Free...i t — Salem State College Gymnasium. Salem, Massachusetts, June 1 7 - 1 8 . 1 9 6 7 . C A B O C H O N...y o u . W r i t e : Verna's, 191 Leonard St., Acushnet, Mass. 0 2 7 4 3 . T e l . 9 9 5 - 3 0 7 4 .
Journal (issue)
THE EUREKA TUNNEL , ST . PETER'S Dome , El Paso COUNTY , COLORADO , 163 BOLÉITE AND CUMENGÉITE , 166 NOTABLE...THE EUREKA TUNNEL , ST . PETER'S DOME , EL PASO COUNTY , COLORADO . By LAZARD Cahn . occurrence . A TRIP...To this list may be added quartz , galena and chalcopyrite , all of which are mentioned by Messrs . Cross...best beryl and feldspar crystals in Philadelphia County have been found by members of the club ; the several...Natural Science Specimens of all kinds , 1036 Acushnet Ave. , New Bedford , Mass . We have a few of these
Report (issue)
Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler Managing Editor...Lithographie, Ltd. PO Box 11613 ‱ Denver, CO 80211 ‱ USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 ‱ Fax: 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie...from Bob's Lake Chlorapatite Occurrence, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (see page 37-39). To indicate...hydroxylapatite has been from Holly Springs, Cherokee County, Georgia, in the United States (Kay, Young, and...workings at this site are known as the Verde Antique Quarry. The crystals can reach several centimeters in
Journal (issue)
occur in fine crystals are: pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, galena, marcasite...intermixed groups o f well-formed galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and calcite crystals. Bright grass-green vivianite...Museum, O x f o r d Royal Institute of Cornwall, County Museum, W est Germany Mineralogy and Mining Institute...Society Brandywine Caterers Claymont, De. Montgomery County Mineral Society Gaithersburg Fairgrounds Gaithersburg...1988 Catalog P.O. Box 5690 Avon, Colorado 81620 USA Beaver Creek Village Plaz; (303) 949-5605 kristalldruse
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abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...etc. In rich masses at Pelham, Hampshire co., Massachusetts, in very broad blades with talc at Chester,
Journal (issue)
742 748 751 762 774 776 794 722 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ........................................................... 747 LEIB'S MOONSTONE MINE—Ralph E. Bristol .................................................7-3185) i ROCKS AND MINERALS 72! CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY “I AM A MINERAL COLLECTOR” “HUH?” By ANNA MARIE...San Antonio Rock & Lapi­ dary’ Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman: Fred Stevenson, P...Indiana. (Continued) April 30, May 1, 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at the
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MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described
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ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Articles Famous mineral localities: The Francon Quarry, MontrĂ©al, QuĂ©bec, Canada . . . . . . . . . . ...WELOGANITE crystal, 4 cm, on matrix, from the Francon quarry, MontrĂ©al, QuĂ©bec, Canada. (See the article in...WEW 3 Famous mineral localities: The Francon Quarry, `ÉÇàÜ°tÄ? dù°uxv Peter Tarassoff 91 Lakeshore...Road Hudson, QuĂ©bec, Canada J0P 1H0 The Francon quarry ranks as the second most prolific type locality
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Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...(1972) gives a detailed description of this unique quarry and its yttrium-niobiumbismuth-vanadium mineral...8Buckbarrow Beck, Cumbria GERMANY 2 Am Hechtsberg quarry, Hausach NAMIBIA 10Khorixas UNITED STATES 3Stewart...or pneumatolytic origin Mica Lode-Meyers Ranch quarry, 8-Mile Park, Colorado Beyerite, schumacherite...Graf (1995) report namibite from the Am Hechtsberg quarry near Hausach in the German Schwarzwald (Black Forest)
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Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...contain black, sooty ore composed of pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena that formed at 2500...HEXOCTAHEDRON {345} TRISOCTAHEDRON {233} BOYLSTONE QUARRY, BOYLSTONE QUARRY GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND, U.K. GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND
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Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...contain black, sooty ore composed of pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena that formed at 2500...HEXOCTAHEDRON {345} TRISOCTAHEDRON {233} BOYLSTONE QUARRY, BOYLSTONE QUARRY GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND, U.K. GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND
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Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy...sne-aseseeateeCounty, Can tess ccraccacaerscsascn enaeantsrse Figure
 
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