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Aragonite from
Chestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chestnut Hill, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:132808
Long-form Identifier:1:3:132808:0
GUID (UUID V4):f1910871-0322-43a7-b818-d975f12dc747
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
6.5km (4.0 miles) Steatite Quarry, Harmony Township, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) Friedensville Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) Ueberroth Mine, Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
33.4km (20.8 miles) Howell Mine (Howell Farm Mine), Independence Township, Jenny Jump Mountain, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
36.4km (22.6 miles) Flemington Copper Mine, Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
48.5km (30.1 miles) Andover Iron Furnace Quarry, Andover, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
49.5km (30.7 miles) Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
50.6km (31.4 miles) Sulphur Hill Mine (Sulfur Hill Mine), Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
62.9km (39.1 miles) Margerum Brothers Quarry, West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
64.2km (39.9 miles) Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, 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
Report (edition)
STATE LIBRARY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 II II II nil 3 014 4 00050005 «k. 1 ’^^jklTL% i ^IH ^ 1 k...of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...(icologist G BULLETIN 33 Mineral Collecting Pennsylvania in by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan ...Environmental Geologist JiU-ateJ VanOiden PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG...Commonweath of Pennsylvania book may be pubished if credit this is given to the Pennsylvania Geological
Report (edition)
Geyer Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania I COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS... ' BULLETIN G 33 Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania by Davis M. Lapham Mineralogist Alan R. Geyer...Geyer Assistant State Geologist PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES HARRISBURG First Edition...1965 Copyrighted 1965 b y the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published....... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . ..
Report (edition)
SERIFS MINERAL COLLECTING PENNSYLVANIA COMMOWl FAITH OF PENNSYLVANIA PY G345/4.3 G33 1959 Snrrtary...Lapham, Davis M. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania c.l PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN G 33 ... MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Davis M. Lapham and Alan R. Geyer JMluitrationi lu _JtU... Adams County 15 Allegheny County Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Cumberland County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County
Report (edition)
PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY OF 0144 00141189 1 v < 2 £ m- c oi; c» tt*s“S S Si! at tss^s isl^j...1 ' s WJ= ~S 5! s „3 &«eq Sjg® . . PENNSYLVANIA 1 .8 ^2»SS 3 d 5-s &s z l|lt« 7* < OF ...GEOLOGY REPORT 1976 33 MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Alan R. Geyer Robert C. Smith, John H....Graphics by Albert E. VanOlden COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TOPOGRAPHIC...II Copyrighted 1976 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF SERPENTINE AND TALC AT EASTON, PENNA. I? 8. p n c [Plate XVI ; text figura 4...SOILIIWU~IY dimion, Cthe astern border of the State of Pennsylvania atwm Euton on the north and Kintncnville on...Penntylvanh ride of the river it b known u Chutnut Hill. Just a c m the river on the New J& side it i.~known...constitutes the only rccumnce of prc-Cambrian rocks in Pennsylvania north of the Lchigh River. A .docriptian of...stn~clurcwill COrUtitute the suixtana of this paper. Chetmut Hill is cornped d a dcnx hornblcndr. P n t ; s with &tinct
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
about two miles up stream to Fairmount, whose bold hill is composed of a gneiss which apparently rises...bank. When the inclined plane was abandoned the Pennsylvania Railroad made a curved cut through these rocks...that found on Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, contained segregated masses of coarse orthocl...halotrichite occur occasionally, but on the Pennsylvania Railroad at 59th street there was an old quarry... tourmaline in poor specimens. Near West Laurel Hill Cemetery minute sphenes occur in the gneiss which
Report (issue)
GEOLOGY OF THE NAZARETH QUADRANGLE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY; PENNSYLVANIA By John M. x^ Aaron Open-file report...extends 140 miles northeastward from Reading, Pennsylvania, through northwestern New Jersey (Jersey Highlands)...MILES I. Generalized geologic map of eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. the northwest throughout...the Reading Prong and Great Valley in eastern Pennsylvania, is the subject of this dissertation. The general...formation of the Appalachians in the eastern Pennsylvania-western New Jersey area. Although the study
Report (issue)
LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL...ZINC AND LEAD OCCURRENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA Robert C. Smith, II PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...1977 Copyright 1977 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published...published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological Survey COVER ILLUSTRATION: Photograph of 1852 lithograph...STATE BOOK STORE, P. O. BOX 1365 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 PREFACE The purpose of this report is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which are biaxial with a srnall axial angle, like aragonite, and ProfessorRunner regarded them as representingthe...to the partial alteration of the caicite into aragonite. Further study of this possibility is to be desired...A. C. Hawhins. Am, Min., | (l), 3, 1916; in Pennsylvania. S. G. Gordon. IAtd., | (4), 55, 1916. NOTES...Mineralogy and Geology in the University of Pennsylvania. An eccount of his life and work will be published...Edge Ihll and Five Points. MeLt at City Line, Chestnut Hill at I A.M. Thankseiving Day, November 29. Brinton's
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which are biaxial with a srnall axial angle, like aragonite, and ProfessorRunner regarded them as representingthe...to the partial alteration of the caicite into aragonite. Further study of this possibility is to be desired...A. C. Hawhins. Am, Min., | (l), 3, 1916; in Pennsylvania. S. G. Gordon. IAtd., | (4), 55, 1916. NOTES...Mineralogy and Geology in the University of Pennsylvania. An eccount of his life and work will be published...Edge Ihll and Five Points. MeLt at City Line, Chestnut Hill at I A.M. Thankseiving Day, November 29. Brinton's
Journal (issue)
COVER::·- cooperative U.S. Geological Survey-Pennsylvania Geological Survey core-hole drilling in Jurassic...Environmeri~ (~J;.J~j1'~,e,),?9J9s'~;::t:!~ri'l$,~Uf~,~·Pennsylvania 1·~~20~~~~ · ,- :t(·::.;, · ·· ~·, ·. · ·\....resources and natural beauty are made. This issue of Pennsylvania Geology proudly focuses on geological research...sectors who investigate the geological nature of Pennsylvania. This year's compilation marks the completion...on the geologic research being conducted in Pennsylvania, an annual service we intend to continue. In
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occur at Pelican Point, Utah; Chestnut Hill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; and numerous other localities...consult 1. V. Azaroff, Introduction Solids, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1960. The actual mechanism involved in...paramorphs after brookite from Magnet Cove, Arkansas. Aragonite (CaCO a) and cacite (CaCOg) belong to different...frequently forms paramorphs after orthorhombic aragonite. Calcite normally crystalizes in the isometric...Swap and Sale, under the auspices of the Jefferson County, New York Rock and Mineral Club will take place
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (issue)
88 Some Minerals of the Serpentine Range near Easton, Pa. By George W. Gehman .... ...................of the rare mineral piedmontite in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Following the directions of Mr. 1'1artiu...Railroad, southeast of Charmian Station in Ada1ns County: at Blue Ridge Summit on the Pennsyh·arua-1\Iaryland...Pennsyh·arua-1\Iaryland border ; and, rarely, in Franklin County at scattered places on Jack's Mountain. In eYery case...inches in diameter are found in great abundance. Aragonite frequently occur s in the form of globular aggregates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard...Sevier County (Coskren and Lauf 2000). The following index is arranged alphabetically by county. It is
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals
Journal (volume)
. . . . 3 . . . . . 7:45 . 1. John Hill: Transitional greenschist-ainphibolite 8:00 ....Department of Geology and Geography, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02169 The Stamford-Heartwellville-Readsboro...TE FACIES METAMORPHISM IN THE BARNARD VOLCANICS Hill, John H., Department of Geology, Middlebury College...chemistry to the metavolcanic rocks of the Tibbit Hill (TM) collected in this study and previously reported...throughout visible wavelengths, show a distinct aragonite peak at 500 nm. Intensity profiles show a reproducible
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book
Red and gray sandstone shale, and limestone. PENNSYLVANIA 40 I 60 50 Ml I 80 KM 76° -, I II --...l0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Mark Schweiker, Governor DEPARTMENT...Geology Slippery Rock University Published by PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PITTSBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...from Hyner View, Hyner Run Slate Park, Clinton County, showing accordant ridges in the Appalachian Plateaus...of the Ridge and Valley province in Huntingdon County. Flooded meanders of Raystown Lake on the Raystown
Book (edition)
«s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott Stepanski and Karenne...changes due to man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other...Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE NO. 1...Lime Crest Quarry...................... Sterling Hill Mine....................... Buckwheat Dump........Road (PA) EH] Forest Road (PA) | 626 | Spur 563 County Route (NJ) PHI Interchange I___ jQ Town or Park
Book
Graphite (C) Pyrite and Marcasite (FeS,) Calcite and Aragonite (CaCO,) Andalusite, Sillimanite and Kyanite (Al...Survey) Chester County, Pa.: Alabama; Texas; Montana: Humbolt County, Nevada; Beaver County, Utah; Loudon...~unty, Virginia; Wake County, North Carolina; Albany County, Wyommg; and Kern County, California. Natural...realgar and usually with it. It is found in Iron County and Mercur, Utah; also in Yellowstone Park in hot...Counties, California; Idaho; Humbolt, Nevada; Iron county, Utah. It is found also in Mexico. Stibnite is
Report (volume)
........................................... Pennsylvania...............................................value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...1909. Guild, F. N., The mineralogy of Arizona, Easton, The Chemical Publishing Co., 1910. Willis, C....and Ehrenfeld, Frederick, Minerals of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Top. and Geol. Survey Comm. Kept. No...Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bottom deposits contain a high proportion of Aragonite mud, is stippled. Submarine contours are dotted...is floored by a deposit consisting largely of aragonite mud (see Textfig. 1). The precipitate takes the...the form of extremely small needles of aragonite, which remain loose and uncemented on the sea floor....Fitzgerald x from a long series of observations at Chestnut Hill Eeservoir, Boston. Adapting this formula for...centre of the shoals west of North Andros Island, Aragonite needles make up about 20 per cent of the sediment
 
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