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Staurolite from
Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Staurolite
Formula:Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Staurolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:550528
Long-form Identifier:1:3:550528:9
GUID (UUID V4):b038dc97-1e4d-4012-a790-460053c4e5f0
Nearest other occurrences of Staurolite
15.5km (9.6 miles) Blandford mica mines, Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
19.7km (12.2 miles) Blair Pond staurolite locality, Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) Ratlum Mountain, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
44.9km (27.9 miles) Beuman Road Chloritoid Locality, Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
45.0km (27.9 miles) Bolton Notch, Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
47.0km (29.2 miles) Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
48.4km (30.1 miles) Becker Quarry (Becker's Quarry), West Willington, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) Birch Mountain Road, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
51.8km (32.2 miles) Town Farm Road, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
53.4km (33.2 miles) Diamond Lake locality, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered almandine...unconsolidated sands. Commonly associated minerals include staurolite, kyanite, andalusite, sillimanite, chlorite,...found at several mines near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe Hill quarry...collected at Mount Apatite near Auburn, Androscoggin County; and the Bumpus quarry, ROCKS & MINERALS 244-253
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
Report (volume)
LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON...inineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass. This lexicon was prepared to accompany...MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, MASS. By B. K. EMERSON. INTRODUCTION...within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is...the eastern border of the area find in AVorcester County. TRIASSIC. The Suf/ar Loaf arko*e, or feldspathitf
Report (issue)
-quadrangle, Berkshire, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties, Massachusetts by Stephen A. Norton \\ Explanation...1250 feet on the brook draining north into the. Westfield River at the east edge of the quadrangle. Their...c|iinrtr.--tmj!=covite-plagioclnse garnet-biot ite-staurolite-fcyani t:<- f.rh'sf vith garnets as large as...The. geology of eastern Berkshire fount y, Massachusetts: U.S. Cool, Survey !5ui].. 159, 139 p. Norwood...Redefinition of the Rowe Schist i r- northwestern Massachusetts, in Cohee, G.V. and Vtest , W.S., Changes ?
Report (volume)
Formation, a New Stratigraphic Unit in Western Massachusetts By NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., ROLFE S. STANLEY, and...BULLETIN 1324-B Prepared in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works A thin unit of calc-silicate...FORMATION, A NEW STRATIGRAPHIG UNIT IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS By NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., ROLFE S. STANLEY, and...of the Berkshire anticlinorium in southern Massachusetts and is here named the Russell Mountain Formation...across most of western Massachusetts has shown that in southwestern Massachusetts a thin discontinuous
Report (issue)
^he Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts A. The Pre-Silurian Geology of the Rowe-Hawley Zone B. Stratigraphy...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-A-D The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor A. The Pre-Silurian...Jr. and Rolfe S. Stanley [etc.] 1. Geology Massachusetts. I. Hatch, Norman L. II. Series: Geological...a companion to the bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen and others, 1983; hereafter referred to... Geological Survey and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which was begun in 1938. They also include
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geologists from his large collection to the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca. The Gem and Mineral...the hobby which was well attended. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern were guests of...call was made to members for minerals such as staurolite, pyrite, limestone, asbestos, etc., of course...Saunders displayed Canadian minerals to the Lincoln County Gem and Mineral Society, Litchfield. To say the...on the Col­ lege equipment. - - - - The Calhoun County Rock and Mineral Club, Jackson­ ville, heard Dr
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HILL SPODUMENE LEDGE NEAR SOUTH WORTHINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS By B. M. SHAUB 159 Elm Street, Northampton,...located in the northwest corner of the ogy of Massachusetts published in 1833. town of Huntington. The ledge...formation regarding the crystallography toward the Westfield River. A line, of this mineral. Likewise the first...in the town of Norwich (later biotite, garnet, staurolite, zoisite, quartz, named Huntington) was known...Geology, Mineralogy, Botany and Zoology of Massachusetts, p. 503, J. S. and C. Adams, 1833. (2) Julien
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 8y RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany, N. Y....are ID<:ated within t~e bound.anes of Hampshire County, situated in ~e western half of the. state. The...all of the recorded gemstone 10Ga;htles of the county from the very earliest recorded ones to the . ...o~fully accurate form. Not being a nat.lve of the county or even the state the wr.ter is at a disadvantage...CHIASTOLITE) Crystals suitable for polishing. Hampshire County APATITE Pelham, asbestos mine, 4 miles S.W. Clear
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Merryall and Haddam, Connecticut; Russell and Westfield, Massachusetts ; from Bedford, New York ; and many other...Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai...Mountain in the Crested Butte region of Gunnison County, Colorado, in good gem crystals. ANDRADITE, calcium-iron...Andradite has been found at Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and at other localities in Delaware...St. Peter's Dome, Colorado; and at Rockport, Massachusetts, at which locality some large and unusual crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County, is in southern Arizona. ARKANSAS—We recently received..."We recently bought another place (in Montgomery County, Ark.). Guess I told you the Atomic Energy Commission...tour'—we've been on practically every road in the county, so we know it pretty well now." "I'm sending you...CONNECTICUT—Robert H. Nelson, 949 Granville Rd., Westfield, Mass., sent in some specimens from the coal locality...angular masses. Rocky Hill is in southern Hartford County in central Connecticut. See Mr. Nelson's article
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE,
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* Georgia * California Mineral-Gold Mineral-Staurolite Fossil-Shark Tooth Gem-Quartz 35 36 36 38 38...Dinosaur-Astrodon johnstoni Gem-Patuxent River Stone * Massachusetts Gem-Rhodonite Fossil-Dinosaur Track Mineral-Babingtonite...made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional...white Sylacauga marble from Sylacauga, Talladega County, is considered among the finest white marble in
Report (issue)
SURVEY GEOLOGY OF THE WINDSOR QUADRANGELE, MASSACHUSETTS Stephen Alien Norton This report is preliminary...to recent geologic mapping in northwestern Massachusetts, southern Vermont, and southwestern New Hampshire...geologic map of southern Vermont northwestern Massachusetts. 11 Location of specimens for which modes...igraphic column for the Windsor quadrangle, Massachusetts. 26 Interbedded flaggy granulite and massive...quadrangle, Massachusetts. . . 17^ 22 23 Assemblages found in the Windsor quadrangle, Massachusetts in the
Report (issue)
POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE...POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of Massachusetts R. Randall Schumann and Linda C.S. Gundersen...aerial radioactivity, and indoor radon data by county. Because of constraints on the scales of maps presented...The reports are available in county formats and State summaries. The county reports typically contain both
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON... 101 101 Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County .... .... ....'.......... .......... 103 Albite...-CONTENTS. Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County Continued. Page. Opal........................................................................ Staurolite ...............................................11 THE GEOLOGY OF EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. By B. K. EMERSON. INTRODUCTION. The country
Book (volume)
greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...Pennsylvania Amherst College Library, Amherst, Massachusetts Gail and Victor Blomquist library, Dresden,...Museum Archives, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Richard P. Hauck library, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Report (volume)
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...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gray (almost black) xls are Mr. Storm writes: staurolite and the rock is a gray mica sch"I'm enclosing...They are from a cut at Hogback Dam in Hartland County, near Riverton, Conn. "In masses of xline limestone...1962, from Robert H. Nelson, 949 Granville Rd., Westfield, Mass. ROCKS AND MINERALS Specimens are very...miles northwest of Bentonsport, Iowa, in Van Buren County, in the southeast part of the State in the geode...near the south end of the Mesabi Range in Itasca County, Minn. Name of mine I doi not know."—item from
Report (volume)
formations in western Connecticut and western Massachusetts by Rolfe S. Stanley .................... AI23...the Cobble Mountain Formation in southwestern Massachusetts, and north-central Connecticut, by Rolfe S....Volcanics in southeastern Vermont and north-central Massachusetts, by Newell J. Trask ..........................eastern Connecticut and adjacent Rhode Island and Massachusetts showing structural features...................units in southeastern Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts, and northern Rhode island ................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sillimanite-potash feldspar isograd in western Maine, USA. Ibid. 12, 25-62. FISHER, G. W., 1970. The application...garnet-cordierite gneisses in south-central Massachusetts. Contr. Miner. Petrol. 30, 177-95. HEWITT, D...Contr. Miner. Petrol. 26, 199-224. 1974. Natural staurolite breakdown reactions at moderate to high pressures..., 1972 Genesis of Garnet Hill skarn, Calaveras County, California. Bull. geol. Soc. Am. 83, 3391^*04...from monomineralic contact bands near Westfield, Massachusetts. Am. J. Sci. 259, 353-70. BURT, D. M.
 
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