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Epsomite from
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Park
Classification
Species:Epsomite
Formula:MgSO4 · 7H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epsomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:243735
Long-form Identifier:1:3:243735:4
GUID (UUID V4):4d16fd6e-f2a3-45e1-9fbc-9b479fd08d7f
Localities for Epsomite in this Region
Falls of Schuylkill, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
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...page in Dr. Genth's Report. MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 5. GALEN1TK. (10) Galcnite occurs in many...near Shannonville. Montgom- MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. According to P. Frazer, Jr., chalcocite (in
Book (volume)
Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona. In Nevada along the Virgin River in Clark County, and in distorted...distorted crystals from Humboldt County. From Borax Lake, San Bernardino County, California. In the Permian basin...near Silver City, New Mexico; Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona; in the Rand district and in the Calico...Calico and Barstow mines, San Bernardino County, California. A mass of cerargyrite weighing over six tons...Bullfrog district, Nye County, and in the Rochester district, Halides 14 Humboldt County. In the Silver City
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Bradshaw Mts.) near Yavapai Co. Onyx Marble MINERAL PARK, Maricopa Co. Turquoise MORENCI, Modoc Point, Greenlee...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite
Book (edition)
so as to be distinc tive. Found only in Benito County, Cali fornia, the mineral is reported to fluo resce...equally good speci mens. The agate from Sweetwater County, Wyoming, exemplifies the uranium-acti vated quartz...brown zircons from Henderson County, North Carolina, and Placer County, Calif., have an orange-brown...medium yellow-white fluorescence; that from South Park Colo rado, shows a weak flesh glow with long waves...T. Tanaka in 1923-24. In a dolomite from Putnam County, N. Y., the cathodoluminescence spectrum was a
Journal (volume)
B. Kiimmel The Petrographical Province of Essex County, Mass. II. Henry - S. Washington ----------------... --- The Distribution of Loess II. of Essex County, Mass. III. Henry 105 Fossils. B. Granitic...E. Teller The Petrographical Province of Essex County, S. Mass. Reviews : 247 261 272 Henry IV...v VII PAGE Petrographical Province of Essex County, Mass. Henry S. Washington sion and Conclusions...Leith 702 Geology of the Yellowstone National Park, by Arnold Hague, J. P. Iddings, W. H. Weed, C.
Book (edition)
so as to be distinc­ tive. Found only i11 Benito County, Cali­ fornia, the mineral is reported to fluo­...hrown zircons from Henderson County, North Carolina. and Placer County, Calif., have an orange-brown...medium yellow-white fluoresce11ce ; that front South Park, Colo­ rado, s110,,�s a ,,· eak flesl1 glo,v with...from Utah are brown luminescing with long waves. EPSOMITE. This hydrated magne­ sittm sulfate may fluoresce...illey, Cal. Tl1e Vale, Oregon, locality yields epsomite that fluoresces bright <>ra11ge with yellowish
Report (issue)
Mineral Production General Features I. Alpine County. 5 6 6 , Mining Districts The Mogul and Monitor...27 27 27 , , Bibliography Chapter II, Inyo County. Introduction and Acknowledgments Location and...and water supply List of watering places in Inyo County Topography and drainage , Culture Mode 38 39...salt deposits Taele of Mining Districts in Inyo County . 5S 5S 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 5S 59 59 59 59...Bibliography 121 123 126 126 128 133 131 Mono County. 135 137 138 139 139 143 113 149 160 165 167 173
 
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