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Almandine from
Boothwyn, Upper Chichester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA


Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boothwyn, Upper Chichester Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:223664
Long-form Identifier:1:3:223664:3
GUID (UUID V4):d3ac7279-2c11-4cc6-98c2-c16ea9d5e1ed
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘLenni, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘLeiper's Upper Avondale Quarry, Wallingford, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘFeldspar Quarry, Mineral Hill, Elwyn, Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘWoodlawn Quarry, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘLeiper's Lower Avondale Quarry (Morrow Quarry; Facenda Quarry), Woodlyn (Avondale), Swarthmore (Borough of Swarthmore), Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
12.8km (7.9 miles) ⓘDeshong's Quarry, Leiperville, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘSycamore Mills, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
22.9km (14.3 miles) ⓘCampbell's Quarry, Hestonville, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘFlat Rock Tunnel, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
29.2km (18.2 miles) ⓘFalls of Schuylkill, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Almandine Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville]...at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...sources of fine specimens. Common species, such as almandine, are produced today for abrasive purposes and...as New York’s official state gemstone in 1969. Almandine is well known as a dark red, brownish-red, red-violet...calculated density _ for the pure mineral is 4.313. Almandine is cubic (4/m 32/m) and occurs in well-formed
Report (issue)
famous Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California, the star of the show (to my taste)...the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Ex Bryant Harris collection. Dave...the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Ex Bryant Harris collection. Dave...many fine pieces from the Pala district, San Diego County, especially from the Stewart mine. And from the...Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande district, San Diego County, Dave offers (besides plenty of elbaites) such
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
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...defined on a geologic map of certain quadrangles in upper New York state. Likewise, petrified bone and wood...pink hue (right) from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado. MOTTLED AGATE from Chihuahua, Mexico...usually veined with black. This is from Siskiyou County, California. z'^m-: LABRADORITE, the feldspar...between sides of specimen and polished face. # ^H ALMANDINE GARNET cavities in rhyolite at found in Ruby
Book (volume)
references, among them may be mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garnet crystals Almandine from Wrangell Spessartite matrix specimen Spessartite...in the small cavities in limestone in Herkimer County, New York, only one quartz crystal may be found
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...copper- and agate-bearing rock in the Michigan Upper Peninsula; underneath the whole region is the Duluth...defined on a geologic map of certain quadrangles in upper New York State. Likewise, petrified bone and wood...most properties in the copper mining region of Upper Michigan. For a century this has been a Mecca for...corners of the claimed area, and filing in the county land agent's office. In addition he has to show
Book (volume)
although excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces...colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry, and Coshocton...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, area
Report (volume)
value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh University...Oregon............Prof. A. J. Collier, Eugene. Pennsylvania.... .Mr. R. R. Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Book (volume)
although excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces...colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry, and Coshocton...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, area
Book
Red and gray sandstone shale, and limestone. PENNSYLVANIA 40 I 60 50 Ml I 80 KM 76° -, I II --...l0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Mark Schweiker, Governor DEPARTMENT...Geology Slippery Rock University Published by PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PITTSBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...from Hyner View, Hyner Run Slate Park, Clinton County, showing accordant ridges in the Appalachian Plateaus...of the Ridge and Valley province in Huntingdon County. Flooded meanders of Raystown Lake on the Raystown
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic the Delaware quadrangle of...the shafts be deathtraps ACTIVE left the in upper peninsula of Michigan, where much of the was produced...The dumps of possible. the copper mines of the upper peninsula of Michigan are particularly rich crystal-lined
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HARBOR !ROCK SHOPSl r::::-::, LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID...Survey topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o...behind extensive dumps. Notable are those in the upper peninsula of M ichigan, where much of the world...possible. The dumps of the copper mines of the upper peninsula of Mich igan are particularly rich in...(quarry, mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
classified $ 7 . 5 0 . 15 Cretaceous $ 2 . 0 0 , 15 Pennsylvania $ 2 . 5 0 , 15 Permian $ 2 . 5 0 , 15 Ordovician...Thomas' Lapidary, 7 0 6 Church St., Royersford, Pennsylvania. M E X I C A N AGATE, POUND PRICES—Bird of Paradise...headphones. $ 1 0 0 . Fred Reichert, Hawley, Pennsylvania. CUSTOM F A C T I N G — O f precious stones...B Mineral Shop, 2 4 1 2 Rockhurst Ave., Ogden, Boothwyn, Pa. U T A H GEODES—Lined w i t h clear quartz...Oolitic Hematite Marble Diopside Anthracite Gabbro Almandine Garnet* Andesine Glauconite Obsidian (Flowering)
Book (volume)
Hessonite, Demantoid and Spessartite Garnets Almandine, : . 140 Feldspar: stones and Labradorite,...man’s artifice, are found in the rocks forming the upper or accessible levels of the earth’s crust. There...areas are rock crystal phyrites leptosephos’ of upper Egypt, rocks which had a considerable vogue for...there are the gem-rich metamorphosed limestones of upper Burma which supply the world’s finest rubies, sapphires...lithiumbearing pegmatites of the Pala district of San Diego County, California, from which much of the beautiful kunzite
Report (issue)
_______________ _ Sandstone ________________________ _ Delaware _____________________________ _ Florida _____...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer...Spruce Pine district ____________ Madison County and Haywood County _____________________ _ Zirconia district...monazite belt in the Piedmont province __ Stokes County and Surry County_ Wilkes, Alexander, Catawba, Caldwell
Journal (issue)
of Oregon, County «»f Multnomah, ss. Before me. a Notary In and for the State and county aforesaid, personally...pressure of the instrument against the edges of the upper incisors (composed of minute hexagonal tooth enamel)...secondary. Thus it is usually found only in the upper parts of silver bearing veins, associated with other...exists, for example in metabasalt in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The largest mass of native copper was discovered...produc­ tion of plant life. Since this is always the upper measure of 517 The Mineralogist C RYSTOLON
Book
Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana...Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and
Book
intaglios, from speaks of the love of jewels among upper- sentences, which turquoise, aquamarine that...rings, the engraved design incised below the upper surface the cameo style, in which the designs... extremely contains several University of Pennsylvania, in which by Arthur Silberfeld, having large...shown 18th in Gravees , century, the vol. upper 2 had brought depicting left-hand (Paris, 1750)...from a mm on with plate from all carved upper surface each set large 113 in inscribed diamonds
Book (edition)
SOFTWARE JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. NEW YORK - CHICHESTER - WEINHEIM - BRISBANE - SINGAPORE - TORONTO...Earth Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Thalassa Skinner: Cambridge, Massachusetts...Tuscon, Arizona. John S. White: Stewartstown, Pennsylvania. Hans J. Wilke: Eppertshausen/Hessen, Germany...Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana...North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand South Carolina South
 
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