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Chalcedony from
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:242987
Long-form Identifier:1:3:242987:8
GUID (UUID V4):31900855-796b-4b1f-9a4d-4b05d8ae8e2f
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
23.9km (14.9 miles) Warren Street Quarry (Beatty's Ledge), Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
35.0km (21.7 miles) Prospect Hill, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
45.3km (28.2 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Wrentham Quarry; Simeone Quarry), Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
50.9km (31.6 miles) Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
56.7km (35.2 miles) Harris Quarry (Harris Lime Quarries), Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
58.5km (36.4 miles) Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
65.7km (40.8 miles) Manton Avenue Quarry (Manton Quarry; Violet Hill Quarry), Manton, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) Roger Williams Park, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
69.4km (43.1 miles) Mount Hope, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
72.8km (45.2 miles) Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
References
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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
Book (edition)
CongresS; J / in the year 1834, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Commonwealth in the Clerk's Office of the ...Secretary of the of said i ; District of Massachusetts. by Edward D. Bangs, in the name and District...Excellency, John davis, Esq. Governor of Massachusetts. I HAVE the honor to present you with the second...the 3d of March , 1830, the Legislature of Massachusetts passed a Resolve, authorizing and requesting...Antiquarian Society at Worcester; One copy to the Massachusetts Historical Society One copy to the Boston Society
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EDWARD HITCHCOCK First State Geologist of Massachusetts, 1841 Preface A hooked peninsula and two...two small islands lie grouped off the Massachusetts mainland coast, sandy intermediaries between the rocky...PREFACE land took them across Cape Cod Bay to Plymouth; but need for wild marsh grass as cattle fodder... or even overnights. As far back as 1833, Massachusetts State Geologist Edward Hitchcock published a...a preliminary report on the geology of Massachusetts, believed to have been the first state geology report
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which HITCHCOCK First State Geologist of Massachusetts, 1841 Preface A hooked peninsula and two...two small islands lie grouped off the Massachusetts mainland coast, sandy intermediaries between the rocky...xii land took them across Cape Bay Cod to Plymouth; wild marsh grass as cattle fodder brought but... or even overnights. As far back as 1833, Massachusetts State Geologist Edward Hitchcock published a...a preliminary report on the geology of Massachusetts, believed to have been the first state geology report
Journal (issue)
OSM THE The A Earth Science Revere, Massachusetts EARTH Digest magazine devoted to the advancement...April 12, 1948 it the post office at Bostor Massachusetts inder the Act of March 1879 S. Albert Eisenberg...Keystone mine, Magnolia mining district, Boulder County, was the first mineral to bear a Colorado name...southwest direction from Jamestown in Boulder County to the La Plata Mountains in the “golden San Juans...once-fabulous mining town of Creede, in Mineral County, lies in the San Juans about 25 miles out of the
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of silica, b limpid, is found in other cavit Chalcedony, and top has been there a root. petrified...CUMMINGS, BILLIARD, & CO. 1825. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT. District Clerk's Oflht. BE it remembered..." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the, District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE -. University Press, Milliard...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...transmits a brownish light. (C.) PHIPSBURG. Chalcedony, in small quantities. (J. P.) READFIELD.
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be held July 26, 27 and 28, 1985 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura , California. It was reported...of the Mohave County Gemstoners will be held September 29 and 30 at the Mohave County Fairgrounds in...RUF-ROX Send lor our FREE Lisi Mail Order Only' !USA only) 615 W. Austin St.. Tolono. IL 61880 See our...- Art Reno, Gem & Mineral Society of San Mateo County. CFMS Trophy II - BK108 BK109 Buckles with...VI// - Special Lapidary - John D. Irvin , Amador County Gem & Mineral Societv. CFMS Trophy Fossils. Junior
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GEMS. Rock Crystal, Opal, Amethyst, Chrysolite, Chalcedony, Lazulite, Carneleon, and other simiObsidian...May to be represented by Emerald ; June, - - by Chalcedony, Onyx, or Agate ; July, - - Carneleon ; August...- for St. Peter ; Sapphire, - - St. Andrew ; Chalcedony, - - St. James ; Emerald, - - St. John ; Sardonyx...cameos : for instance, the Onyx, Sardonyx, and Chalcedony ; also, Wood-opal, which is constantly exported...clouds, milky or semi-transparent specks, like Chalcedony, white stripes, fissures or knots, &c. The Sapphire
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (issue)
for it. He got it. Near Norristown, in Montgomery County, Pa, there was a gentle 16 THE MINERAL COLLECTOR...He had conducted a mining venture in Buckingham County, Virginia, and had toyed with nature long enough...trigonometry. That crystal went to the Montgomery County farm, and the farmer had a greater treasure than...lower end of Lancaster County, Pa., (by the way, Lancaster is the only county in Pennsylvania which has...many others may be found as pebbles of quartz. Chalcedony is found as pebbles of carnelian, crysophrase
Report (volume)
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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Journal (issue)
Jasper .... $25 .25 MINIMUM ORDER S18 postpaid in USA Subscribe to our CATALOG of cabochons. beads. slabs...Institution; the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; the San Bernardino County Museum; the University...Recently Renovated Gem and Mineral Hall of the L.A. County Museum and Achievements of the Gem and Mineral...CASCADf OF GEMS OCTOBER 27 10 AM - PM MULTONOMAH COUNTY EXPOSITION CENTER 2060 N. Marine Drive, Portland... Ill WIRLDWIDE GUARANTEED SAFE DELIVERY IN THE USA Sizes range from 2½" to 4" A$21.00 PER DOZEN VALUE
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Encyclopedia, Hitchcock’s Report on.the Geology of Massachusetts, the New York State Report, and the Report of... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..277 Chalcedony . . . . v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...the mineral, especially rock-salt, lime stone, chalcedony, opal, limonite, has been deposited from a fluid...Greenlsh—white; amianthua. (6.) Milk-white; skimmed milk, chalcedony. 2. Gray—(1.) Bluish-gray; limestone. (2.) Pearl-gray;...clay-slate and whet-slate. (5.) Yellowish-gray; chalcedony. (6.) Ash-gray; wood-ashes, zoisite, zircon,
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and prehis toric race, have been located in Cook county, Minn., on the north shore of Lake Superior. In...been discovered before is not strange, for Cook county is an almost isolated point of land, far from any...nearest of the seven newly discovered mines. Then the county is very hilly, rocky, and wild, with little fertile...The ordinary observer might walk all over Cook county and not be aware of the fact that he was treading...1895 he con cluded that he would look over Cook county. The task was one full of difficulties in that
Journal (issue)
Secretary, Earth Science Institute, Revere, Massachusetts. For The S> CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP Supporting...* THE The Earth Science Digest Revere, Massachusetts Vol. IV A EARTH SEPTEMBER, 1949 magazine...Apri] 12, 1948 at the post office at Boston, Massachusetts, under the Act of March 3, 1879 S. ALBERT EISENBERG...in August FOSSILS IN THE OLD RED DRIFT OF PIERCE COUNTY, WISCONSIN Theodore C. Vanasse Montana Coal Reserves...Charles E. Stearns, Tufts College, Leaders. Oct. 16: Hingham ‘eld trip (bedrock geology), Prof. Marland P. Billings
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...spent much time field collecting in the San Diego County localities. He published Mineralogy for Amateurs...Paterson (NJ), Brumado district Benitoite, Gold L.A. County $12 Museum, Himalaya mine $12 (Brazil), Bosch Collection...specimens Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Fax: (213) 749-4107 Website: http://nhm.org/minsci...Kampf of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Steve Smale for specimen photography, Charles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
last speaker, and cited the change of flint to chalcedony in the lower Carboniferous limestones. M. R....conglomerates. H e stated that the pitting of chalcedony may be due to the solution and removal of limestone...in the Loup Fork Tertiary on Pine Ridge, Sioux County, Neb. They stand invariably upright in fairly coherent... By means of a map the areas throughout Sussex county, N. J., were outlined and the location of crucial...George W . Hill, Dr. Emory McClinJOSEPH F. JAMES, Hingham, Mass. tock. Three papers were presented, abstracts
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............................................
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cards) $12.00 each bag or 2/$20.00 PREPAID to any USA llddr. . (W•hlngton r•ldents add S.8% tu) PIXIES...near the resort town of Hot Springs, in Garland County. The existence of the quartz was known by the Indians...Montgomery County, west of Hot Srings, but, by 1890, emphasis had shifted east, into Garland County. Until...the location, now closed, near Bakersfield in Kem County). Fossilized shark's teeth and bones can be found...Natchez. VERMONT/NEW HAMPSHIRE Buffalo Brook, Tyson (Plymouth), Vermont and the Palermo mine, North Groton,
Journal (issue)
with Jordlslte Liparlte Knotted Blotlte Schist Chalcedony Peperino Chondrodlte ALL PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE...ways by imaginative craftspersons. hole in this chalcedony rose, and a neck· chain were all that were needed...hollow; it makes a nice pendant. Small pieces of chalcedony, particularly the interesting ones we call "roses...favorite chalcedony rose cemented in the center. The black really shows off the rose. With chalcedony roses...the top row are: (left and center) azurite in chalcedony; (right) chrysocolla and malachite. Shown in
Book (edition)
230 36 336 336 335 270 272 271 154 154 124 Chalcedony, mineralogy, 251 113 43 314 silicious oxide...range of uncrystallized quartz the varieties of chalcedony, What are the common colours of carbonate of...pure These species, or varieties, are flint, chalcedony, opal, and carnelian . Flint is of a gray, or...what form is it found ? INTRODUCTION TO 16 Chalcedony is characterized by a milky, or cloudy translu...spotted appearance . Cacholong is a variety of chalcedony, of a milk white co lour, and nearly opake. It
Journal (issue)
Southern Celifornla' a Turtle Mountains where chalcedony roses are collected. Photo by Rick Mitchell,...Carolina; near Rome, Georgia; in Madison County, Arkansas; Fayette County, Texas; and in South Royalton, Vermont...will be held in the Hoover Building at Garfield County Fairgrounds, Enid, Oklahoma, May 17 and 18. Come...Agate May 22 - June 21 Naphtali - Agate James - Chalcedony Cancer - Emerald June 22 - July 22 Judah -...Amethyst Jasper OLD SPANISH BASED ON ZODIAC Chalcedony Amethyst (Not known) ITALIAN RUSSIAN ARABIAN
Book (edition)
carbonate of, 94 315 green carbonateof, Chabasie, Chalcedony, 109 Chloropbane, Chromate of lead, 56 95...range of uncrystallized quartz the varieties of chalcedony, What are the common colours of carbonate of...quartz These species, or varieties, are flint, chalcedony, opal, and carnelian. Flint is of a gray, or...range of uncrystallized quartz the varieties of chalcedony, What are the common colours of carbonate of...quartz These species, or varieties, are flint, chalcedony, opal, and carnelian . Flint is of a gray, or
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searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...ciifce—Westchester County.................. Tne McLear pegmatite—5t. Lawrence County.....................Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County..................................................Counties.. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County................. Clinton hematite.............
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Cerium , fuate of, silicious oxide of, Chabasie, Chalcedony, Chalk, Charcoal, mineral, Chemical characters...range of uncrystallized quartz the varieties of chalcedony, What are the common colours of carbonate of...quartz . These species, or varieties, are flint, chalcedony, opal, and carnelian. Flint is of a gray, or...form is it found 3 1 16 INTRODUCTION TO Chalcedony is characterized by a milky, or cloudy translu...spotted appearance . Cacholong is a variety of chalcedony, of a milk white co lour, and nearly opake. It
 
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