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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Zoisite var: Thulite
Formula:{Ca2}{Al,Mn33+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
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
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Thulite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:36810
Long-form Identifier:1:3:36810:8
GUID (UUID V4):d0873587-94d9-481d-b394-a7b5b1807b17
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
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
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
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
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
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...COLLECTORS AND GUIDE T( HUNTING LOCATION 0-690-00687-X $17.50 263 color photographs 20 tables and charts...charts 100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: sites in North America A directory to coUpcfing O E Pi...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...on back flap) vb 00 m o o n AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS Minerals and Gems \o collect'^- his
Book (volume)
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
Book
,s 20 tables and charts 100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: A directory to co!le.cling sites in...GEMS A COLOR TREASURY FORCOLLECTORS AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS Russell P. Macfall MINERALS AND GEMS...100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...GEMS: A Co/or Treasury for Collectors and Guide to Hunting Locations •• Digitized by the Internet Archive... A COLOR TREASURY FOR COLLECTORS AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS AND Russell P. MacFall THOMASY. CROWELLCOMPANY
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
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
Catalog/List
ALABANDITE dark tarnished massive en Calcite. (Broken Hill, Austr�lia) 1x1 £1,30 ALBITE var PF.:RISTERITE grey...massive. (Tush;:rr Mts, Nr. Marysville Pilute County Utah, USA) 1x1 £1 1x2 £2 2x2£4 2x3 £6 AMBLYGONITE white...rich yellow masses with minor Qµartz.(Pershing County, Nevada U.S. A) 1x1 60p BINDHEHUTE quite rich yel10w...white micro crystals in and on Natrolite.(Saga Quarry Tvedalen Norw�y) 1x1 £2.50 1x2 £5 BORNITE rich...CELS IAN erey granular mass. (Big Creek Fresno County , Cal i fornia U.S.A) 1 x 1 £ 1 .70 82 CH .® AZ
Journal (issue)
How to Make Gemstone Jewelry Boxes by Robert L. Hill, Sr ............. . .. . . 30 Modellng a Leaf Design...orld's Fair of Gems and Minerals." Host. Clark County Gem Collectore. Las Vegas Convention Center, Las...6th Annual Belvidere Gem and Mineral Fair Boone County Fairgrounds. 1 mile north Rt. 76 . Belv1dere. IL...Belvidere 61008. Dealers. Aug. 3 1nd 4. Fulton County Mineral Club. 14th Annual Swapping Bee Picnic ...Park . Altamont. NY. Aug. 3 1nd 4. St. Lawrence County Rock 1nd Mlner1I Club. Annual Summer Show and Swap
Book (edition)
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...Rare-with scorodite in U-bearing lignite in the Caves Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from
Book (edition)
Haven, Connecticut. James A. Ferraiolo: Bowie, Maryland. Michael Fleischer: Dept. of Mineral Sciences...M. J. Buerger (1958), The Powder Method, McGraw Hill, New York. (B) Bunn, C. W. (1961), Chemical Crystallography...Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri...important gold mining districts in Australia, including Hill End, Hillgrove, and Mt. Boppy, NSW;; Mt. Morgan...Creede(*), Aspen(*), and other localities, CO; Bunker Hill, Shoshone Co., and Poorman mine, Owyhee Co., ID;
Book (edition)
photomicrographs from the W.S. MacKenzie collection The McGraw-Hill Companies for figures from Igneous Petrology; Microscopic...Fayalite, Gunflint Iron Formation, Minnesota-Ontario, USA (Floran, R.J. & Papike, J.J., 1978, J. Petrol., 19...rodingite, altered gabbro, Hunting Hill quarry, Montgomery County, Maryland (Larrabee, D.M., 1969, Bull...is associated with the PbZn orebodies of Broken Hill, Australia. Here there are marked compositional...Williams, K.L. (1978) Garnet compositions at Broken Hill, New South Wales, as indicators of metamorphic processes
 
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