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Fluorite from
Blue Ball Stone Co. Quarry, Blue Ball, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:uncommon, associated with/on Calcite, occasionally Chalcopyrite micro-crystals
Habit:more common in cleavages, occasional small cubic crystals
Colour:purple, some zoning in color
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Ball Stone Co. Quarry, Blue Ball, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:433934
Long-form Identifier:1:3:433934:2
GUID (UUID V4):a5c91f56-d2fe-4c39-b09a-90807111aab6
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
1.9km (1.2 miles) Weaverland Quarry, Weaverland, East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) Burkholder Quarry, Martindale, Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) Martin Limestone Quarry, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles) Fritz Island Mines, Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
26.6km (16.6 miles) Binkley-Ober Quarry, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) French Creek Mines, Saint Peters, Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) H.R. Miller Quarry, Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
33.3km (20.7 miles) Oley Valley Quarry (Oley Stone Quarry; Eastern Industries Quarry), Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
33.9km (21.1 miles) Cornwall Mines (Cornwall Iron Mine), Cornwall Borough (Cornwall), Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
44.9km (27.9 miles) Brookdale Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
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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...and "new" Perkiomen mines(left to right, from the east). Courtesy of Allen V. Heyl, U.S. Geological Survey
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1422 N. HANCOCK, SUITES 1, 2 & 3 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. 80903 PHONE (303) 471-2544 (Private shows by appointment.............. 60 by Brian M. England F.G.A.A. Pennsylvania Minerals: II. Strontianite....................Mineralization of the Four Peaks Amethyst Deposit, Maricopa County, Arizona......................... 72 by Jack Lowell...for the meeting date with the University of Pennsylvania, State College, Pa. to be our host. There may...ores and metallic minerals. The minerals of Pennsylvania is one of Dr. Heyl’s favorites. While living
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Wayne C. Leicht Crandallite from Gore, Frederick County, V irg in ia .................. 223 Richard S....lifo rn ia ..............................225 H. Earl Pemberton and Richard A. Bideaux On the Chemistry...h a n tite fro m th e G ra n d v ie w m ine, C o co n in o C oun ty, A rizo n a . The sp e cim e n w...Gem . Lapidary & M ineral Soc. o f M on tgo m ery Co.— 8th A nnual ‘‘B ouqu et of Gems & M in e r a ls...GSA, Box 1719 Boulder, Co. 80302 Fred H a n d y , GSA, Box 1719, Boulder, Co. 80302 Fred H an dy, GSA
 
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