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Actinolite from
Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Comments:ACTINOLITE.
ALBITE. (Reported by J. Griesbach, 1975).
ANTHOPHYLLITE. Creamy gray veinlets in serpentinite float.
ANTIGORITE. (G. T. Faust, 1967). Constitutes bulk of serpentinite as interlocking microscopic laths and plates or as tough, brittle, dark
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
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 Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:36807
Long-form Identifier:1:3:36807:4
GUID (UUID V4):88e87807-8ce6-4824-a6c6-b6f56d1b3c30
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
20.7km (12.8 miles) Soapstone Valley, NW Washington, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), USA
25.0km (15.6 miles) New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) Highway 50 intersection, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) Potomac Mine, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) Savage Gabbro Quarry, Savage, Howard County, Maryland, USA
35.9km (22.3 miles) Veasco Quarry (MRDS - 10276445), Oatlands, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
36.3km (22.5 miles) Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
38.4km (23.8 miles) New London Mine (Linganore Mine), New London, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
39.1km (24.3 miles) Carroll Mine, Sykesville, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
39.8km (24.7 miles) Loudon Marble Company Quarry, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Serpentinite and Rodingite in the Hunting Hill Quarry, Montgomery County, Maryland By DAVID M. LARRABEE GEOLOGICAL...Description of rocks exposed in the quarry near the center of the Hunting Hill ultramafite UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...distribution of rocks in the Hunting Hill serpentinite pluton, Montgomery County, Md ____ In pocket 2. Geologic...Geologic map of the Hunting Hill serpentinite quarry __ In pocket 1. Index map showing location of the...the Hunting Hill serpentinite pluton, Montgomery County, Md______________ 3 2. Photograph of the Hunting
Report (issue)
^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...of the Baltimore Gabbro Complex at Ilchester, Maryland. Figure 6. Triassic diabase dike forming a ridge...Arundel, Prince George's/and Baltimore Counties, Maryland (Sterrett, 1911). Figure 9. Distribution of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
conducted an interesting program for the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, on the giant animals...quartzite and marcasite in the Brown Sand & Gravel Quarry near Colum­ bus. Welcome to an old friend! The... clevelandite, amazonite, beryl, stalagtite, actinolite, and tourquois crys­ tals from Lynch Station...on the minerals of the Buchanan Valley of Adams County (Pa.). Dr. John H. Way, Jr. spoke on the Geology...The Wayne Austin, Texas. Frances Kontzen conduc­ County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, ted a program on
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
examples come from the Jeffrey mine (also noted as quarry on some labels), Asbestos, Les Sources Municipalité...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...Lowell quarry (also labeled as Eden Mills quarries), 428 ROCKS & MINERALS Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont...acquiring it. Grossular from Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, occurs as greenish-red dodecahedra
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...G. Tribbey The minerals of the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Henderson County, Illinois, and near the towns of Dallas City, Hamilton and Plymouth in Hancock County, Illinois...examples include the Dallas City High School (Hancock County), The Mineralogical Record, volume 36, September–October...(Fig. 3), and the Mormon Temple at Nauvoo (Hancock County), construction of which was begun in 1841 and completed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Aiken Gem and Mineral Society went to Liberty Hill, N.C. to look for smoky quartz of faceting grade...next month. Mr. D.M. Stoltzfus of the Cedar Hill Quarry was host to the Mineral­ ogical Society of Pennsylvania...used 10 years earlier on a similar visit to this quarry. The Club's sommittee on radio­ activity plans...pyrites to the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. Members Weldon and Edith Storey...the Bethlehem Steel Quarry, Hanover is scheduled for November. (Ed. Note: The Quarry is for limestone and
Report (volume)
propose changes in stratigraphic nomenclature in Maryland and Virginia UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...chapter) (A) The Soldiers Delight Ultramafite in the Maryland Piedmont By Avery Ala Drake, Jr. (B) Continental... Chapter A The Soldiers Delight Ultramafite in the Maryland Piedmont By Avery Ala Drake, Jr. STRATIGRAPHIC...A4. A5. Highly generalized map of part of the Maryland-Virginia Piedmont showing distribution of ultramafic..... A2 Generalized geologic map of part of the Maryland Piedmont.....................................
Journal (issue)
acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...grow to around J t/4 inches (3 cm). The Chavan Quarry (W agho li. 12 miles (20 km) east of Pune (Poona)...and less green than s pecime ns from the Dhoot Quarry, producing the first Indi a n specimens. The crystal
Journal (issue)
a parent or legal guardian. This is a hard rock quarry and you will need steel toed boots, hard hat, safety...through. Inside this issue: Field Trip Report Hunting Hill Quarry 2 GMMC Report NVMC Mineral Show Chesapeake...Report - Hunting Hill Quarry May 4th, 2008 By Robert Winsor This years first visit to the Hunting Hill Quarry...Quarry, aka the Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry, had a total of 29 members attending. There was an initial...families bringing spouses or children, Jeff, the Quarry manager, agreed to allow more people to show up
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:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Stamford Museum Mineralogical Society, went to Tim's Hill, Haddam, Conn., to search for doubly terminated...the find of "wi'Iliamsite" boulders at Cedar Hill Quarry (Penna.), and the beginning of a series of pro­...ago, of diopside crystals at the Hunting Hill Quarry (Rockville Quarry). The Mineralogical Society of the...Va.. for unakite. MARYLAND The Baltimore Mineral Society, a sec­ tion of the Maryland Academy of Sci­...bulletin of the Tomoka Gem and Mineral Society, Holly Hill, has a clever, chatty manner in introducing new
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
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
Report (issue)
...........................................96 Maryland ................................................type" talc deposits, based on Waterbury and Barnes Hill localities (Chidester, 1962) ......14, 15 2. Geologic...blackwall or a soapstone containing talc, chlorite, actinolite, serpentine, carbonate, and Fe-oxide minerals...Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New...principally for dimension stone uses. Talc production in Maryland has been from various serpentinite bodies present
Book
PREFACE V TABLE OF CONTENTS V I CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........Pennsylvania___ _ _ _ 1 _ 2 _ 2 1 CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West...n g y e l l o w " c o l o r " i n y o u r pan. Maryland: M o n t g o m e r y, Frederick, H o w a r d ...n d a n assortment o f fossils. Photograph b y Maryland Board o f Natural Resources. 2 K e n t u c k...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona........................................other unnamed species from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey ......................126 by P. J....Dunn McGuinnessite from a serpentinite body in Maryland ......................127 by F. Magnusson Native...currence. Sometimes a village or township and a county, or a village and a state have the same name and
Report (volume)
..... 14 Actinolite quartzite....................................... 15 Chlorite-actinolite schist.....Rock ................................. 22 Dexter quarry............................................ 24...inclosed Cambrian schists at the Saylesville granite quarry .........:......................... 31 Contact......'.................... Vein quartz at Diamond Hill.............................. "Warnsutta group"...Baveno twin from quartz porphyry south of Spencer Hill.. 5 23 24 24 35 61 61 THE GREEN SCHISTS AND
Book
Occurrences arid Characteristics; FluorescentMineral Hunting; Hunting for Radioactive Minerals; Clothing and Camp...Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri...or trailer. Instead of a lonely pursuit, rock hunting-or rockhounding, as it is generally called-is now...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user
Book
preparation by Capitol Communications, Crofton, Maryland. Printed in the United States by Bookcrafters...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...localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...silicate minerals from Trumbull Peak, Mariposa County, California......................................Territory, Canada (Montgomery, 1960); the Big Creek-Rush Creek area, Fresno County, California (Alfors...(Alfors et al., 1965); Chickencoop Canyon, Tulare County, California (Franke, 1930; Hinthome, 1974), and the...discovered by Anthony Marsh of Incline, Mariposa County, sometime before 1930 (the exact date is not given)
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...all who enjoy the hobbies associated with gem hunting owe a great debt. In particular, it is proper to... California; Herbert V. Corbett of Baltimore, Maryland; Professor Richard Pearl of Colorado Springs,...United States 1 1. Directory and maps of gem hunting Glossary 296 to identify to gem in 1 minerals...Guide 1. it's fun to hunt for gems Gem — hunting offers many rewards healthful and for the whole
Report (volume)
Pond Schist___---_--_-____--__--_-_----_-_----_ Hunting Hill Greenstone_______________________________ Blackstone...Granite Gneiss...-__-_--_-___-.....-.....-_ Potter Hill Granite Gneiss...-._-__________.-_ Quartz diorite...Group...----___--_--_-_.-_-_-_____________ Spencer Hill Volcanics__-__-_--__-____--_-___-_-_-.-_ Maskerchugg...quartzite, the overlying Sneech Pond Schist, and the Hunting Hill Greenstone. We accepted Emerson's correlation...undivided. Only the Quinnville Quartzite and the Hunting Hill Greenstone are readily distinguished lithologically
Journal (issue)
Mineralogical Notes Light green zincite from Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey ..........................address The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 783 Bowie, Maryland 20715 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical... Special Second Class postage paid at Bowie, Maryland notesfrom they H TBJR THE (LONG, LONG) FUTURE...Wilson The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 783 Bowie, Maryland 20715 n recent years two Brazilian localities...Bavaria, Germany (1) Blue Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, 57-59% California (2) 67-80% Poland, Maine (3)
Report (issue)
terrane, central Appalachian Piedmont, Virginia and Maryland; Its origin and tectonic RISlOry ee ae ree ua...composite mélange-olistostrome belt in the Piedmont of Maryland and Virginia that includes olistostromes such...possible that soapstones just west of the Bronson Hill anticlinorium, discussed by Lyons and others (1982)...poorly constrained, as for the diamictites of Maryland and Virginia. Six main sets of mélanges and olistostromes...that extends from Trenton, New Jersey, across Maryland, and into Virginia (see Muller and others, this
Book (edition)
from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North Carolina 7. Eldorado Bar, Montana 8. W. D...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and..."ariscite rough, A ma trice mine, Utah 51. Jade hunting, Fraser River, British Columbia 52. Map of nephrite...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California
 
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