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Riebeckite from
Westwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Riebeckite
Formula:◻[Na2][Fe32+Fe23+]Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Riebeckite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Westwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:127218
Long-form Identifier:1:3:127218:5
GUID (UUID V4):924587af-8843-45b7-9cc1-ef3f3f8a4ad4
Nearest other occurrences of Riebeckite
14.7km (9.1 miles) Gold Leaf Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) Rattlesnake Hill, Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) Cashman Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) Moyle's Quarry (Canton Viaduct Quarry), Rattlesnake Hill, Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Little Granite Railway Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Bunker Hill Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
16.0km (9.9 miles) Granite Railway Quarry (Granite Rail Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) J. S. Swingle Quarry (Swingle's Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
17.1km (10.7 miles) Fallon Brothers Quarry (Quincy Quarry; Ballou Quarry; Old Colony Crushed Stone Company Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) Merry Mount Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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the ."Norwood Quadrangle ' Norfolk and Suffolk , Counties, Massachusetts By NEWTON E. CHUTE > GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN MASSACHUSETTS ^ ______________________________________________________________________...Prepared in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ^ Department of Public Works UNITED STATES...Granodiorite.--.---__-----_-_--___________-___ Westwood Granite..__---_-__------_-_-_-__________--__ Carboniferous...Gabbro-Dioritc---------------2. Hybrid variety of Westwood Granite with inclusions of Salem Gabbro-Diorite
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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
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Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts by Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvin...Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvln This...contains the records of radlometrlc ages for Massachusetts from the Radlometrlc Age Data Bank of the U...portrayed on a new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). The compilation Is believed to...they appear on the Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). Steiger, R. H., and Jager, E.
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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
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Geology and Geophysics Boston College Weston, Massachusetts 02167 Geoffrey W. Smith Department of Geological...portion of the Boston Bay Group at Nantasket, Massachusetts. Brunton compass is for scale and also points...Mattapan Volcanic Complex, greater Boston, Massachusetts . 85 Margaret D. Thompson and O. Don Hermes...valon Boston terrane, Massachusetts . 133 A valon zones, eastern Massachusetts Martin E. Ross iii ...Complex (Kaye and Zartman, 1980). The associated Westwood Granite, which is considered to be a late phase
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N. y. 'Wuestner, Iferman, 3335 CavanaughAve., Westwood,Cincinnati. Ohio. Zell, Lucian M., 522 5th Ave...presence in them of the soda-rich amphibole, riebeckite, and other unusual minerals; and lastly the cripple...spoke of the discovery of rhodochrosite in Park County, Colorado, and of the finding of the rare nickel
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New Jersey' Gillson, Joseph L., Room tt-338 Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, Mass' *Gordon, Samual...N. y. 'Wuestner, Iferman, 3335 CavanaughAve., Westwood,Cincinnati. Ohio. Zell, Lucian M., 522 5th Ave...presence in them of the soda-rich amphibole, riebeckite, and other unusual minerals; and lastly the cripple
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V/C/N/TY ^^o Red beds MAP of fhe. /=zh NORFOLK SELL IS(^HAM ° HARVARD CONGLOMERATE andL SCI...Department of Geology Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 02215 to; PREFACE In 1966, John Rodgers...Davis in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, and gradually extended itself. oo over New...Brown University The Foxboro Co., Foxborough, Massachusetts Geography, University of Toronto U. S. G, S...Boston State College Botany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Marine Sciences, Virginia Institute
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Director Bulletin 839 GEOLOGY OF THE BOSTON AREA MASSACHUSETTS BY LAURENCE LAFORGE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...geology of the Boston and Boston Bay quadrangles, Massachusetts--____-.-_____ In pocket. 2. Map showing surficial...-----------81 GEOLOGY OF THE BOSTON AEEA, MASSACHUSETTS By LAURENCE LAFORGE INTRODUCTION* POSITION AND...30' and extends westward from the shore of Massachusetts Bay to meridian 71° 15', comprises the Boston...situated in eastern Massachusetts (see fig. 1) and includes nearly all of Suffolk County and parts of Middlesex
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...................................... CHESTER COUNTY, PENN., RUTlLE ..................................in the southern part of the state (in N . Pinal County). The occurrence is quite interesting in that...before he meets up with a representative of the Massachusetts Historical Society after visiting the old Concord...north shore from Boston, is the town of Saugus, Massachusetts, on tidewater, and so named after the Saugus...Delaware County, of S. E. Pennsylvania. Good crystals were found in many parts of the county, but those
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POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE...POTENTIAL OF EPA REGION 1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of Massachusetts R. Randall Schumann and Linda C.S. Gundersen...aerial radioactivity, and indoor radon data by county. Because of constraints on the scales of maps presented...The reports are available in county formats and State summaries. The county reports typically contain both
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University; Roland Kologrivov, Isotopes, Inc., Westwood, N. J. • 8.75 2.18 7.53 7.81 8.90 8.31 8.07...vicinity of Juneau ages of 181 and 186 m.y. for riebeckite from a (Fig. 1) the dominantly foliated granodioritic
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.......................................230 Massachusetts..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
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Westerly, Rhode Island, granite, the Quincy, Massachusetts, granite, and the isobaric minimum in the system...granites—The Westerly, Rhode Island, and the Quincy, Massachusetts—one a normal calc-alkaline granite, and the...The amphiboles anthophyllite, grunerite, and riebeckite appeared to be unstable in the presence of water...ap|Mr ae eer ASHOUTS lume. pl Mera 400 Grant County, New Mexico caer Onephere courant dFGa fe |b...lie outside the valley, but in only one (Westwood, Massachusetts) are they all outside. Thus in light of
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.......................................198 Massachusetts...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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.......................................198 Massachusetts...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text...the heading of Arizona, on the map of Maricopa County, the site x How to Use This Book indicated...21, corresponds to the number on the cor- rect county map; in the directions, the first portion—Tonropah
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74, Ph miles east of Dutchtown, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Type section cut by northtrending fault with...stream in NEIA sec. 33, T. 16 N., R. 14 E, Wayne County. Named after village of Abington, about 3 miles...Named for Adam Peak in Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County. Occupies belt about 21f2 miles long on western...Portlandian) age. Mapped around Adobe Flat in Stanislaus County. Well exposed west of Wilcox Ridge in sec. 23,...Airport, sec. 30, T. 19 N., R. 103 W., Sweetwater County. Akah Substage Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian): Utah
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AVALONIAN CONNECTICUT, TERRAIN OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, 275 U.S.A. S.J. TRANSECT Neathery Zwart...Solid Earth Geophysics, Boulder, Colorado 80308, USA. Copies of these publications, which contain lists...•etts.• Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut USA. and literature in the appendix of this volume...the Swedish Caledonides, in The Caledonides in the USA, edited by D.R. Wones, pp. 289-298, V.P.I.S.U. Dept...the Caledonides in the southwestern Part of the County of J•mtland, Sweden, Bulletin of the Geological
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Shelly Clays and Gravels of, 95, 282 Abergavenny, County, 01, 135 Aberystwyth, Geology of, 78, 532 Pebbles... 65, 37, 420 Geologists' Association, 73, 529 Norfolk and Society, Readers of ralists' —— Norwich... 73, 351 Anderson, G-eorg-e. Vitrified 1% County Down, Geology of 270 Tempest. Volthe Two Sicilies...Cambrian ; St. ; Sand Bear 481 Francois County Missouri, 01, 561 Discovery of Eurypterid Remains...Devon and Glacial PeCornwall, 75, 622 riod in Norfolk and Suffolk, 77, 156 Glacial Period in Southern
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been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely...color" from Cherokee Flat, Butte County); and to borax ("Lake County, in large crystals in the clay of...the total entry!). No hint acid. Clear Lake, Lake County" foreshadows the subsequent discovery of immense
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\Vales for geological information in Essex and in Norfolk. The i\·fineral Assessment Unit of the Institute...England Unit's detailed mapping in north-\tvest Norfolk and in southern Essex has already been drawn upon...staff commitments. This year's work in north-west Norfolk made earlier investigations complete, and has again...assisting the Department of the Environment and county councils in the selection of routes for proposed...demands by or on behalf of the Welsh Office and the county councils for basic geological information about
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Surrey; Edward P. Mathers, Esq., Glenalmond, Westwood Park, Forest Hill, S.E. ; O. C. J. G. L. Overbeck...Surrey ; Edward P. Mathers, Esq., Glenalmond, Westwood Park, Forest Hill, S.E. ; O. C. J. G. L. Overbeck...Fonnereau, Esq., Glen Rosa, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California, U.S.A. ; William Edward Garforth,...Fonnereau, Esq., Glen Rosa, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California, U.S.A. ; William Edward Garforth,...acquainted with the geological history of his native county. Succeeding his father in 1841 in the rectory of
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commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic...nickel telluride, melonite, found in Calaveras County in 1867. New minerals and new mineral this is ...products. The gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County have aroused special masses, interest. Many ...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the...recently, one of 21 carats near Plymouth. ; Butte County: In 1853 it was observed that diamonds occurred
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commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...will help you prospect and explore any state and county. etc., for mineral deposits in Finding Suitable...detailed reports on special areas, according to county. The bibliography of the United States Geological
 
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