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Cancrinite from
Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Cancrinite
Formula:(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cancrinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:127349
Long-form Identifier:1:3:127349:6
GUID (UUID V4):3c4e5894-7be8-4839-8c8b-ccf2bcffe13e
Nearest other occurrences of Cancrinite
2.8km (1.7 miles) Great Haste Ledge (Great Haste Island), Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A CATAL,OGUE OF MASSAC.HUSETTS GEMSTONES ESSEX COUNTY (Part Two) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...variety (satin spar) in metamorphic limestone. CANCRINITE Small masses and veinlets in with sodalite and...with sodalire and nepheline in syenite rock. Marblehead Salem association nepheline. association nepheline...granite quarries. Essex County Nahant Beverly Salem Salem, Salem Neck. Essex County Lynn 196 CITRINE...of this county. ? ROCKS AND MINERAL~ Locality Nahant Rowley Salem Marblehead, Marblehead Neck Marblehead
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETROGRAPHICAL COUNTY, PROVINCE MASS. I. OF ESSEX THE area of igneous rocks in Eastern Massachusetts, especially...especially in Essex county, has been, as the late Geo. H. Williams said, " more discussed than any other...pages are written. I have visited the region of Essex county several times and collected a large number of...of its chief features. The igneous rocks of Essex county extend along the coast from Lynn to the New...Basin, but this paper does not include them. In Essex county they form a long ridge "extending in a northeasterly
Report (volume)
Geology of Selected Quadrangles In Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was printed as separate...quadrangle, Worcester and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts, by Donald F. Eschman. (D) Geology of the Taunton...quadrangle, Bristol and Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts, by Joseph H. Hartshorn. o ; Bedrock Geology...Vicinity Massachusetts > w By PRIESTLEY TOULMIN 3d GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN MASSACHUSETTS ~s -GEOLOGICAL...1163-A Prepared in cooperation with the i Massachusetts Department of Public Works « UNITED STATES
Catalog/List
Albemarle Counly, Virginia ... Custer County, Colorado . Albemarle County, Virginia . Near Mesaba, l\linnesola...New York . San Juan County, Colorado Delta, Shasta County, California . Boulder County, Colorado .. ....... Newlon, Massachusetts Mt. Shasta, California " Lyon County, Nevada Hillsborough, New Brnnswick Keeseville...New York " " " .Near Keene, NC\\' York . Essex County, New York Rochester, New York Split Rock, Minnesota... Rhenish-Prus ia J:asalt. fine-gTained Chaffee County, Colorado Hornblende Basalt. coarse " J-lornblenclc
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I. of 30. Nephelite-Cancrinite-Syenite 31. Essexite Maine Massachusetts Dacite-Quartz-Diorite...Diabase New Jersey VIII. 38. 48. Diabase Massachusetts Olivine-Augite-Hypersthene Gabbro 49. 50. ...Crystalline Limestones Vermont Dolomite-Marble Massachusetts Pink Marble Georgia IV. Ophicalcite, Serpentine...Oolitic Iron Gneisses and Crystalline Schists Massachusetts Hornblende-Gneiss New York 122. 123. 86. 87... 1. Glasses Scoria Near Black Rock, Millard County, Utah. O. E. Meinzer. Ref. : MACROSCOPIC MICROSCOPIC
Report (volume)
704 GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS BY CHARLES H. CLAPP WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT....... 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 15 j ( Geology of Essex County.................................................. 26; . . 3 4 CONTENTS. Geology of Essex County Continued. Igneous rocks Continued. Subjacent...reconnaissance map and structure section of Essex County, Mass.........................................map and structure section of southern part of Essex County, and adjoining parts of Suffolk and Middlesex
Catalog/List
. . . . . . 65 Fasciculite Xis, in schist; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3...cavernous; Italy . . . . ......... . .. ...... . 6 CANCRINITE (complex hydrous silicate and carbonate of sodium.... . ... . .. . . .. . 6 FiM, xline, white; Massachusetts, 1 0 lbs. or more, .2 0 per lb . . . .. .. ...Michigan . . 13 Aficaceous (schistose) hematite; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . 6 Massive; Min nesota . ....aluminum silicate) Large phmocrysts in diabase; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Coarse-xline and cleavages;
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...Fibrous; South Dakota Fasciculite Xis in schist; Massachusetts Hornblende Common Hornblende Xls, black, in...00 .60 XI, sections, varnished, in matrix, Massachusetts ......... :. ................ ....... 1 x l½"...DATOLITE (basic calcium boron orthosilicate) Xled; Massachusetts or New Jersey................ .60 1.26 DESCLOIZITE........... ............. Fine xline, white ; Massachusetts, 1 0 lbs. or more, 1 6c per lb.............
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 (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Report (volume)
From the Silver King mine, Calico, San Bernardino County, Cal. Specific gravity, 6:28. Analysis by W. H...From .Teocalli Mountain, Brush Creek, Gunnison County, Colo. Specific gravity, 7.400 at 14.5°, corrected...vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 46. From the Rose mine, Grant County, N". Mex. Specific gravity, 6.644 at 20°. Probably...impurities. From the Missouri mine, Halls Valley, Park County, Colo. Analyses, by Hillebrand, of three different...From the Brobdignag mine, Red Mountain, San Juan County, Colo. Specific gravity, 5.21 at 18°. Analyzed
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cons ist of K-feldspar (60%),nepheline (20%), cancrinite (1 0%), calcite (5%), plag ioclase (3%), biotite...aegirine-augite, melanite, magneti te, biotite, cancrinite and apatite, and they display a vague, steeply...varieties containing nepheline, melanite, bioti te, cancrinite, vishnevite, calcite and sphene, wi th acces­...nepheline syen i te of o rthoclase, nepheline, cancrinite and a little albite, green biotite, sphene, apatite...nepheline here and t here, occasional analcime, cancrinite, biotite, aegirine, diopsi de and hastingsitic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North America. It is found at Montreal, and in the county of Dungannon, Ontario, Canada ; near the town of...Litchfield, in Maine ; on Salem Neck, and at Marblehead, in Massachusetts. It is met with at Red Hill, New Hampshire...magnetite and apatite are common. No sodalite, cancrinite, garnet, calcite, olivine, lavenite or wollastonite...sccondary mineral, which is usually referred to cancrinite on account of its low index of refraction and
Book
nwi 2DB 32 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022, USA 296 Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park, Melbourne 3206...intruding Tertiary basalts at Deer Creek, Park County, Wyoming (30), is an example of the second. This...of the syenite in the Agamenticus complex, York County, Maine (4), is a leucocratic aegirine-augite syenite...fluorite. Augite alkali syenite is found at Marblehead, Massachusetts (fig. 5.2A), and among the syenites occurring... Fig. 5.2. X 20. A. Augite alkali syenite, Marblehead, Mass., U.S.A. Micro- to cryptoperthitic alkali
Report (volume)
...................... 1. Eocks from Aroostook County I............................. 19 19 2. Litchfieldite............................... 23 24 24 27 Massachusetts...............................................56 1. Elliott County dike........................................ 56 2. Crittenden County dike............................................... 3. Colfax County......."............................................... 3. Plumas County .............................. .............. 4. Butte County................
Report (volume)
...................... 1. Rocks from Aroostook County..... ^..................'........... 2. Miscellaneous.................:........................... Massachusetts....:..........................................1. Elliott County dike............................................... 2. Crittenden County dike............................................. 3. Colfax County................ I................................142 3. Plumas County............................................... 144 4. Butte County..............
Book
through Itasca and St. Louis Counties into Lake County. Hibbing is about the center of this historic area...replaced by dark hematite. Near Calumet in Itasca County abundant mollusks, arthropods, and sharks teeth...Iron Range is mostly in Crow Wing County, extending into Aitkin County. In 1936, near the town of Crosby...Superior 14 EVELETHO IRON WEEWATIN _W 57 LOWS COUNTY to Duluth Y The Mesabi Iron Range dump. Binghamite...found in veins at the west end of Loon Lake in Cook County. Uv BSL 0U/Sac0 CARLTON CO Island Lake go
Book (edition)
near Clear Lake, in California; Inferno, Humboldt County, and Rabbit Hole Mines, Nevada; near Evanston,...Y.; Greenville, N. C.; near Attleboro, in Bucks County, Pa.; Wake, N. C. ; on Tyger River, and at Spartanburg...the eastward of Halifax; GOLD. 125 in Beauce County, Canada; also, north of Lake Superior; and in the...North Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, formerly in the County of Wicklow, where a nugget of 22 ounces was found;...600,000. In Colorado, gold mines occur in Gilpin County, among Archaean rocks, and much less productively
Report (volume)
crystalline rocks Maine 1. Rocks from Aroostook County 2. Litchtieldite and associated minerals New lIampshire...Rocks of Mount Ascutney 2. Miscellaneous rock • Massachusetts 1. Magnesian rocks 2. Amphibolite 3. Miscellaneous...Carolina (ieorgia Kentucky 1. Elliott County (like 2. Crittenden County dike Tennessee Missouri Arkansas Texas...Grande Canyon 2. Mount Taylor region 3. Colfax County 4. Miscellaneous rocks Arizona 1. Globe district...Butte County 5. Sierra County 6. Nevada City anti (lras Valley 7. Placer County 8. Eldorado County 9. Amador
Report (issue)
nordmarkose No. 3), and the liparose (keratophyre) of Marblehead Neck (Nos. 12 aud 13). 14128 No. 14 03 2 18...comendite, quartz-lindoite, the typical bostonite of Marblehead Neck, and one grorudite are found in liparose...an C 61.6 13.9 3.7 10.8 2.6 by 5.5 Garrarus, County . Waterford, Ireland. Jones and Rob- F. W. C....trace hv 1.4 mt 0. S Near Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina. W. F. Hillebrand. A. Keith,...hv 0.6 mt 0. 5 hml.l Buena Vista Peak, Amador County, California. W. F. Hillebrand. H. W. Turner,
Book (volume)
beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts,
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts ..............................................TheElliott County dike ...................................... 92 2. The Crittenden County dike.......... f .......................... 198 3. Plumas County................................,,.............................................. . 204 5. Sierra County..................................................208 7. Placer County.....;......................................... 211 8. Eldorado County............
Report (volume)
crystalline rocks Maine 1. Rocks from Aroostook 'County 2. Miscellaneous rocks5 v New Hampshire 5 Vermont...of Mount Ascutney 5 2. Miscellaneous rocks 5 Massachusetts 1. Magnesian rocks 2. Amphibolite 3. Granite...Carolina Georgia Kentucky 1.. Elliott County dike 2. Crittenden County dike Tennessee Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma...Grande Canyon 5 2. Mount Taylor region 5 3. Colfax County 4. Miscellaneous rocks 5 Arizona 1. Globe district...Plumas County 4. Butte County 5 5. Sierra County5 6. Nevada City and Grass Valley 5 7. Placer County 8. Eldorado
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
 
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