 | | Report (issue) | | Bedrock Geoloqy of the Nashua River Area, Massachusetts - New Hampshire By Gilpin Rile Robinson, Jr...ZONE 12 ROCKS IN THE NASHUA RIVER AREA 15 WORCESTER FORMATION 18 Nomenclature, Historical Background... 78 Garnet Zone 80 Andalusite Zone 80 Retrograde alteration of andalusite schists 82 Staurolite-Kyanite...alteration of andalusite schists -io Worcester Formation 97 Staurolite-Kyanite/Andalusite (Actinolite)...SYNTHESIS 102 ENVIRONMENT OF DEPOSITION 108 Worcester Formation 108 Merrimack and Oakdale Formations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CHIASTOLITE A MASSACHUSETTS CLASSIC By J A M E S J . T A P A R O W S K Y 27 Circuit Ave. Worcester, Massachusetts...01603 Leaving the center of South Lancaster, Massachusetts, and traveling slowly up George Hill Road leaving...chiastolite: a variety of the aluminum silicate andalusite and this area is the classic Ameri can locality...locality. The chiastolite variety of andalusite occurs mainly in metamorphic schists. It is a special favorite...Illustration I: A transverse section of a typical Massachusetts chiastolite display ing a very nice cross formed |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CLINTON QUADRANGLE, WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS BY JOHN H. PECK 1975 Explanation...at depth which might be the cause of 22 the andalusite grade metamorphism in the surrounding rocks....large porphyroblasts of chiastolite and 12 andalusite. 13 retrograde alteration to chlorite are abundant...oriented porphyroblasts of chiastolite 19 or pink andalusite. 20 The porphyroblasts (many of which are altered...the andalusite isograd and 23 the phyllite in the upper parts of graded beds has no andalusite but |  | | Report (issue) | | Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works H* A* MacDonald, Commissioner U. S. Department...Spodumene deposits in the Leominster-Sterling Area, Massachusetts by M. P. Billings and C. W. Wolfe Contents...Spodumene deposits in the Leominster-Sterling area, Massachusetts; by M. P. Billings and C. W. Wolfe....long been known to occur at several places in Massachusetts. So far as available data show, the spodumene-bearing...there. The commercial value of the Leominster-Sterling deposits can be determined only by considerable |  | | Report (volume) | | OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON............................................ Worcester County, Mass.......................................member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the land area of the Boston 2° sheet, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and 10- New Hampshire... 16 17 18 U. S. Geological Survey Boston, Massachusetts 19 ,U. S. Geological Survey* OPEN FILE REPORT...GEOLOGY OF THE LAND AREA OF THE BOSTON 2° SHEET, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...foliated and deformed gneisses 16 and schists of andalusite to sillimanite metamorphic grade. 17 Newbury...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon |  | | Book (edition) | | mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville...Luttrell, Another of .78 carat, light yellow, Union County. was reported found in 1888 on the Henry Burris |  | | Journal (issue) | | imprisonment for not more than six months in the county jail for any violation of the Act. As it appears...Lizard Mine, San Juan County, Utah, and the Burro Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA Canadian Mineralogist...Lizard mine San Juan County, Utah, and the Burro mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA. At both mines, it...perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postpaid in the USA; add $l8for foreign. Excalibur Mineral Corp 1885...34-9:7 Nikischer, Tony: An Odd Willemite from Sterling Hill, Sussex Co., New Jersey, 34-10:10 Nikischer |  | | Report (volume) | | Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and Pyrophyllite in the...BULLETIN 1019-N Selected Bibliography of Andalusite, Kyanite Sillimanite, Dumortierite Topaz, and...OF MINERAL RESOURCES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANDALUSITE, KYANITE SILLIMANITE, DUMORTIERITE, TOPAZ, AND...further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the sillimanite group. These minerals include andalusite, kyanite, and siHimanite, which have the same |  | | Report (issue) | | Canterbury and Eastford Gneisses...........173 Sterling Plutonic Group..................................the analysed samples of Canterbury Gneiss and Sterling Plutonic Group.........................182 8....analysed samples of the Canterbury Gneiss and Sterling Plutonic Group.........................183 9....quadrangle, Windham County, Connecticut. 3.--Geologic map of the Hampton quadrangle, Windham County, Connecticut...Gneisses...... 176 Ik-. Modal analyses of the Sterling Plutonic Group............... 190 15. Modal analyses |  | | Book | | be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 cm. Biominerals Crystals formed by biological...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA » 18 x 24 x 8 om 14 MINERALS: PRODUCTS...for cutting other minerals. Calcite, Oklahoma, USA * 10 x 11 x 8 cm Talc, Mpumalanga, South Africa...* 12 x 23 x 3 cm. Quartz, Mount ida, Arkansas, USA * 14 x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...Spain * 19 x 19 x 16 cm Goethite, Tintic, Utah, USA * 16.5 x 3.5 x 2.6 om Drusy These minerals have | | | Book | | be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...typical crystal shape. Goethite, Tintic, Utah, USA * 16.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 om Drusy These minerals have...linarite, Bingham, New Mexico, USA * 9x 75 x 2.cm Arborescent copper, Michigan, USA * 35 x 8 x 1 cm Radiating |  | | 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 (issue) | | Geology of Massachusetts E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedharn Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian... Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane G. Stratigraphy of the...Belt, Central Massachusetts H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts I. Intrusive...Intrusive Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts L.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-E-J The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy |  | | Report (issue) | | 100.07 [100.00] (1) Unionville, Pennsylvania, USA; corresponds to (Ca 0: 75 Na0:21 K0:02 )§=0: 98 (Al1:96...staurolite, glaucophane, chlorite, magnetite, spinel, andalusite, calcite, quartz. Distribution: On Mt. Greiner...Ural Mountains, Russia. In the USA, from Chester, Hampden Co., Massachusetts; Cruger's Point, Peekskill,... Putnam Co., New York; Franklin and Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey; on Corundum Hill |  | | Catalog/List | | Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½ x½ £1.50 5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall...Mongolia. P.D.WellNo I , near Ajo, Pima lxl £4 County, Arizona , U.S.A Ribane Mine, Mozambique £8 Mt...Close, Cobham.Surrey England KT! I 2NL Boron, Kem County,Califomia U.S.A Madagascar Ix! £2 lxl £7. S0...ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic, Turkey 1/,x½ £S ½...2x2 £6 Davis Mountains,Maricopa 5mm £3 County,Arizona, USA Hilarion Mine , Lnurium,Greecc ½ • £3 lxl |  | | Book | | conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper , allegedly...the ancient Egyptians were using silver beads). Sterling silver Is the term for metal containing at least...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour:...meteorite, with pieces found at Canyon Diablo (Arizona, USA), fell c. 20,000-40,000 years ago, creating a crater | | | Book | | conglomerates. The southern shore of Lake Superior (USA) is the best location to find copper, allegedly the...the ancient Egyptians were using silver beads). Sterling silver Is the term for metal containing at least...Jachymov (Czech Republic), the Comstock Lode (Nevada, USA) and Cobalt (Canada). Ag Colour: silver-white ...Wittwatersrand (South Africa), California and Alaska (USA), Australia, South America and Siberia. G Au Colour:...meteorite, with pieces found at Canyon Diablo (Arizona, USA), fell c. 20,000-40,000 years ago, creating a crater |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | kyanite,0.009 to 0.062 range in 19 specimens;andalusite,0.048; sillimanite,present;grossular,0.056 to...intenseOH spectrumwas affordedby a specimen from Yancey County, North Carolina; this contained0.06 percent FI2O...Switzerland;CassiaCounty, Idaho; Chesterfield, Massachusetts; Elovyi Navoloki, E (, Karelia, USSR; Ennis...Sultan Hamid, Kenya; Windham, Maine; and Yancey County, North Carolina. Representative spectraare shown...kyanite. R, W, T. WILKINS. AND W. SABINE 5t2 andalusite,but the readinesswith which this mineral altersto |  | | Catalog/List | | 8 ^ Mineralogkal Cabinet, 82. L. Chester, Massachusetts. Massive; ofa pale green color in granite...Limestone. Chem. Carbonate of Lime. Bolton, Massachusetts. Chaux carbonatce primitive. H. St. Andreasberg...Southampton, Massachusetts. Var. Argentine or Shief- fer-spar. 127. L. Williamsburgh, Massachusetts. 128...carbonate of lime, upon quartz. 201. L. Berkshire, Massachusetts. tals, imbedded 202. L. Connecticut. In ...color. asbestus, I! crys- Springfield, Massachusetts. Massive, of a yellow- 205. Milford, Connecticut |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Arbacoochee, a tiny town in southern Cleburne County of N / E Alabama, was famous over 100 years ago...miles west of Shoshone, near Bliss, in Gooding County, Idaho. This is on Highway 30. Hope you can identify...been found in Deer Creek, Harford Co., Md. MASSACHUSETTS-From Bettey's Minerals, 130 Hale St., Winchendon...schist in which are imbedded 10 chiastolite (andalusite) xls of a whitish color. No two xls are alike...fields and woods in the Clinton, Sterling, Lancaster area of Worcester County, Mass. It is probably float |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OBTAINABLE MINERALS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By Jack Schwartz 6 5 6 So. Hendricks A v . , Los...Los Angeles, 2 2 , Calif. Los Angeles County has a lot to offer to the collector in the field of mineralogy...about one-fourth mile past the old Sterling Borax Mine. Andalusite—Slender xls of the variety Chiastolite...phosphorescent Aragonite is found in the dumps of the old Sterling Borax Mine in Tick Canyon. Rarely found in the...xls of Calcite are found in the dumps of the old Sterling Borax Mine in Tick Canyon. Here, good cleavage |  | | Catalog/List | | November 1999________ 1 ULEXITE, Boron, California, USA. Matrix free pure mass of tight silky unidirectional...limonite. RF. Ml. £4.00 3 AZURITE, Morenci, Arizona, USA. Pretty pocket of sparkling tiny blue xtls. GRF....00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges or cross section. GRF...£4.00 9 WAVELLITE, County Pit, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA. Pastel apple green radiate...white. Super long after glow. Ml. £5.00 13 ANDALUSITE, Sellrein, Lisenz, Tirol, Austria. Well formed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metamorphic grades it is accompanied by cordierite, andalusite, kyanite, or staurolite. It also grows in hydrothermal...locality Ottre, Belgium Otrelite,* Saxony Sterling, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Kossoibrod, Ural Mts., U.S.S.R...006 0-82 3-75 1000 1. Rawlinsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Hietanen (1951, p. 867)....been omitted from the calculations. 5. Chatham County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Genth (1873, p. 399). Although...Indian Grave Mountain near Bull Mountain, Patrick County, Virginia, U.S.A. Genth (1890, pp. 49-50). Pure |  | | Book | | copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular, Lake Superior, USA, the largest being I 5 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23...occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law twins up to 5 cm in size and...Keweenaw Peninsula near Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from...from Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. Fine crystals were also found in Berezovsk, Ural...were found in Klondike, Alaska; Tuolumne County, California, USA and in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Fine |
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Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA