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Dolomite from
Rose's Quarry, Gladwyne, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rose's Quarry, Gladwyne, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:113118
Long-form Identifier:1:3:113118:5
GUID (UUID V4):f165fd54-f5d1-4343-b33f-7270aa5ffbc3
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) Wissahickon Valley, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Highway Materials Quarry (Old Corson Quarry), Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) Henderson Station, Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Hitner's Marble Quarry (Hitner's Quarry), Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
10.9km (6.8 miles) King of Prussia, Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) Whim shaft, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) Ecton Mine, Perkiomen Mines, Audubon, Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) Wheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
22.1km (13.8 miles) Morris Mine, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 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:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
river this rock was largely quarried. The first quarry opened was irnmediately on the river bank. When...When the inclined plane was abandoned the Pennsylvania Railroad made a curved cut through these rocks extending...from about 30th Street to 34th Street, and a large quarry, or a series of quarries afterwards merged into...that found on Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, contained segregated masses of coarse orthocl...the Park north of Girard Avenue, and also in a quarry on Girard Avenue about 38th Street, menaccanite
Report (issue)
Serpentine Rocks Of the Piedmont Upland Maryland, Pennsylvania And Delaware By NANCY C. PEARRE and ALLEN V...serpentine districts ______ -._-_____-_____-___._. Montgomery County, Md_-_-_---_---_-_-----------_-__--_-_-_Soldiers...___________ 715 716 716 718 719 720 721 721 722 723 Quarry descriptions.-___._-_-_-_-_-_-_---_-___--______-_...___--___-________--____.__.__ Cardiff "green marble" quarry...._._._-__________ Jarrettsville-Dublin district...descriptions_______________________________________ Montgomery County, Md___-_______________________.__ Etchison
Book
from Library Sen/ices as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PENNSYLVANIA: REPORT OF PROGRESS c^ TTTE GEOLOGY PHILADELPHIA COUNTY AND OF THE SOUTHERN...SOUTHERN PARTS OF MONTGOMERY AND By CHARLES E. BDCKS. HALL. WITH ANALYSES OF ROCKS. BY DR. AND... 1881. Entered, for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the year 1880, according to acts of Congress...regions : 1881. address Pleasantville, Venango county, Pa. Sutton VVall, to report on the coal and
Report (Issue volume)
RESOURCES Part 3, Metal Mines and Occurrences in Pennsylvania by Arthur W. Rose Mineral Conservation Section...Earth & Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit Is given to the Pennsylvania Geological...1365, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin MSO, Part 3, Sheet 1 M50 Pennsylvania Geological Survey...Robert C. Smith II of Penn State, and Arthur Montgomery of Lafayette College for information on some
Book (volume)
Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. TIKIS Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, BY JOHN...(funth's "Preliminary Report on tlir Mineralogy of Pennsylvania,*' luted n* ...Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Academy MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1. SILVER. (4)i According...occur in Berks countv, at North Reading, in Oley township, and on Cushion Mt. 2. Native copper east of...page in Dr. Genth's Report. MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 5. GALEN1TK. (10) Galcnite occurs in many
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES Bulletin M 18-C THE MINERALS of PENNSYLVANIA NON-METALLIC... CONTENTS Introduction Asbestos Barite Franklin County Fulton and Bucks Counties Corundum Page 1 1 5...Magnesite Phosphate minerals Cumberland County Juniata County 18 23 25 25 26 Potash 29 Quartz-Mint...Quartz-Mint 32 Rock salt 36 Crawford County Elk County 36 37 Erie and Forest Counties 38 McKean, Potter...inquiries about the occurrence of minerals in Pennsylvania that cannot be answered by referring the inquirer
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
Report (Issue volume)
Earth and Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological... ROOM 54, MAIN CAPITOL BUILDING HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin M50, Part 2-8, Sheet 1 Page...of the mines of clay and shale companies in Pennsylvania supplying data for use in Part 2-B, of this...concerning 106 clay and shale mines operating in Pennsylvania during 1965 are given on 79 maps of the State
Report (Issue volume)
Part 1, Supplement, Limestones and Dolomites of Pennsylvania · by George F. Deasy, Phyllis R. Griess, Ronald...Earth a.nd Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES...of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if credit is given to the Pennsylvania Geological...STATE BOOK STORE, P.O. BOX 1365, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17125 Bulletin MSO, Part 1, Supplement, Sheet...limestone and dolomite mines 3 Section Il-Crushed and broken limestone and dolomite (Quantity of products)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
correct spelling. East Mineralogical Society of Pennsylvania Lapidary Meeting The pouring rain and howling...the gathering of the lapidary clan of M. S. P. at Quarry Garden Farm, Lansdale, the home of Gene and Charles...following Pennsylvania localities: GROSSULARITE: Berks County: Fritz Island, Dauphin County: Hummelstown...Hummelstown. Delaware County: Leipers Quarry, Lehigh County; Limeport. Philadelphia County: Cobbs Creek Valley...Bucks County: Eden, Finney's Quarry, Hulmville, Mt. Misery, Newportville and Trevose. Chester County: Avondatel
Report (issue)
___________ Clinochrysotile (Globe-type), Gila County, Ariz___________________________________________...Clinoehrysotile (iron-bearing serpentine), Stillwater County, Mont_________________________ Clinochrysotile...Hill, Harford County, Md____________________ Clinochrysotile and lizardite, Morris County, N.J________...Clinochrysotile and lizardite, variant form, Morris County, N.J.____________________________ Lizardite plus...section___________-___ Lizardite (deweylite), Delaware County, Pa__-___________-_____________-_---__---__--_-Lizardite
Report (issue)
International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...no. 2.2200). The overall specimen is 4 cm wide. Lower: The matrix specimen was donated to Yale (cat. no...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher...tourmaline was found in the pegmatites of San Diego County, California. The Advent of Chemical Analysis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy of Pennsylvania lists these specimens from the general area opposite Miquon: Soapstone Quarry (opposite...talc; chlorite; dolomite; breunnerite; corundum ; magnetite; ilmenite. Rose's Quarry; Enstatite; hypersthene;...amphibole asbestus; serpentine; talc; prochlorite; dolomite; bornite; millerite; aragonite; epsomite neolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
they could hook on most anywhere — at a city, a county line, or important crossroads. In other words my...even a part of the trip because "300 feet from a county line on a known highway is a fine exposure of red...Mineralogy of Pennsylvania lists these specimens from the general area opposite Miquon: Soapstone Quarry (opposite...talc; chlorite; dolomite; breunnerite; corundum ; magnetite; ilmenite. Rose's Quarry; Enstatite; hypersthene;...amphibole asbestus; serpentine; talc; prochlorite; dolomite; bornite; millerite; aragonite; epsomite neolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ancestors who settled this and colors. The Upper and Lower Falls once arid land and made "the desert left us...District, Utah, some snowflake obsidian from Millard County and and diagrams. Even after the splendor of Yellowstone...out several hunks of sphalerite on saddle-shaped dolomite and on my request, hammered out the 7 " high calcite...attractive specimens of quartz crystals on the dolomite, were very carefully wrapped in newspaper. This...ruby zinc (sphalerite) crystals, galena cubes, dolomite crystals, and drusy quartz on chert; all in single
Report (issue)
VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAI, SUITVEY. Piney Rir-er near Rose's P]NEY RIVER. llill. PLA'I'E II. l:iIILLt'l'r'IN...in pocket " ' X'rontispiece IL Piney River near Rose's Mill. . . 1. Photomicrograph of rutile-bearing...Granite-gneiss overlain by mantle Cbmpany's mine, Nelson CountY. of feldspathic facies of syenite from VIII. X'ig...Photomicrograph of gabbro from W. A. Campbell's farm' Nelson County...'.. X'is.3. Photomicrograph of feldspathic facies...Photomicrograph of gabbro-nelsonitg 1.6 miles northeast of Rose's Mill. . . IB9 XXI. X'ig. 1. Photomicrogtaph of
Report (volume)
te) Lower (Early) Upper (Late) Middle (Middle) Lower (Early) Upper (Late) Middle (Middle) Lower (Early)...Upper (Late) Lower (Early) Upper (Late) Middle (Middle) Lower (E::trly) Upper (Late) Lower (Early) Upper...(Middle) Lower (Early) Upper (Late) Middle (Middle) Lower (Early) Upper (Late) Middle (Middle) Lower (Early)...(Middle) Lower (Early) Informal subdivisions such as upper, middle, and lower, or upper and lower, or younger... and Late, and for epochs. Informal rock terms lower, middle, and upper may be used where there is no
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals, often tarnished iridescent; found in dolomite at Binnental, Valais, Switzerland. 3 WHO i n...his father-in-law when vom Rath married Maria, Rose's daughter. His wife's name also has been encorporated...Forestville, Glen Lyon, WiHiamstown, and Burnside, Pennsylvania. 2 In their original paper on this rare species...collecting; the relatively close proximity of the Pennsylvania anthracite region afforded good access to the...geology at Juniata College (near Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) where he received the B.S. in 1977. During
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
= 119"52 and Pb ~ 205'36, these being slightly lower than the wdues usually adopted. Previous to 1855...Sb~S3, which they considered to be identical with Rose's federerz, but this name being inappropriate for...the name jamesonite with the formula 2PbS.Sb2S~ ; Rose's original formula, 3PbS.2Sb~S3, being explained...simply rounded, as in the saddle-shaped crystals of dolomite. The basal plane is usually smoother, but is often...the accompanying minerals have specific gravities lower than this, the plagionite-like mineral mt~st have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
= 119"52 and Pb ~ 205'36, these being slightly lower than the wdues usually adopted. Previous to 1855...Sb~S3, which they considered to be identical with Rose's federerz, but this name being inappropriate for...the name jamesonite with the formula 2PbS.Sb2S~ ; Rose's original formula, 3PbS.2Sb~S3, being explained...simply rounded, as in the saddle-shaped crystals of dolomite. The basal plane is usually smoother, but is often...the accompanying minerals have specific gravities lower than this, the plagionite-like mineral mt~st have
Journal (issue)
after mineral from the Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas' intrusive ring-dike complex are the...carbonrich shales. Associated minerals include calcite, dolomite, pyrite, parisite. and quartz. Cross sections...pattern but not quite as strong as that shown on Rose's Graves Mountain, Georgia specimen. Magnet Cove...descriptive mineralogy. Just $45 plus $8.50 s/h USA Minerals and their Localities Over 800 pages, 8500...reference book available today! $145 plus $15 s/h USA Foreign customers: please inquire. Minera(o9icaf
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specimen naturally rests truly remlnds one of a rose's great symmetry. 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 2-3/4". 0ne ether...colored o nice pink to cinnabar red by cobalt. The Dolomite appears to be some form of a cast but the underlylng...zinc Dolomite covers entire top surface of matrix. Embedded in and sticking out of this Dolomite crust...specimen naturaily rests truly reminds ene of a rose's great symmetry. 3-1/2" ,c 3-1/2" x 2-3/4". 0ne...colored a nice pink to cinnabar red by cobalt. The Dolomite appears to be some form of a ca.1t but the underlying
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is of rare occurrence in the white saccharoidal dolomite of the Binncnthal in Switzerland. Damour, 1 who...minerals, galena and blende, from the Binnenthal dolomite have sometimes been mistaken for binnite. The...white saccharoidal dolomite which are veined with coarsely crystalline yellowish dolomite. The crystals rest...rest on the colourless crystaUised dolomite lining the cavities, or sometimes on crystals of blonde....this analysis, when considered in connection With Rose's analyses of fahlerz (see pp. 204-6), and the three
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the surface, but copper made its appearance much lower down. The Coal-measures I believe will be struck...intermixed with mineral carbonates, chiefly calcite and dolomite. The second is constituted of anhydrous siliceous...rock, which for some reason or other is called dolomite; but being evidently a member of tbe great metamorpoic...configurations), with simultaneous replacement of dolomite, or calcite,—and ceasing on its complete elimination...silicates, but in which there is a notable increase of dolomite, or calcite, ought to be considered as belonging
 
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