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Schorl from
Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:244834
Long-form Identifier:1:3:244834:3
GUID (UUID V4):87698730-95a0-4936-a56a-8a9a9234849f
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
26.0km (16.2 miles) Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
29.6km (18.4 miles) Barrack Mountain, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
36.7km (22.8 miles) Blandford mica mines, Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
46.0km (28.6 miles) Clark Ledge pegmatite locality, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
50.3km (31.2 miles) South Main Street construction site, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
51.9km (32.3 miles) Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
52.8km (32.8 miles) Barrus farm pegmatite localities, Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
52.9km (32.9 miles) Pegmatite quarry and ultramafic rock, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
53.4km (33.2 miles) Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
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Catalog/List
8 ^ Mineralogkal Cabinet, 82. L. Chester, Massachusetts. Massive; ofa pale green color in granite...Limestone. Chem. Carbonate of Lime. Bolton, Massachusetts. Chaux carbonatce primitive. H. St. Andreasberg...Southampton, Massachusetts. Var. Argentine or Shief- fer-spar. 127. L. Williamsburgh, Massachusetts. 128...carbonate of lime, upon quartz. 201. L. Berkshire, Massachusetts. tals, imbedded 202. L. Connecticut...color. asbestus, I! crys- Springfield, Massachusetts. Massive, of a yellow- 205. Milford, Connecticut
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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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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...Bath. MAINE. BOWDOIN. Schorl, common, very abundant. (C.) BOWDOINHAM. Schorl, very large, perfect,...in beds. Mica, sometimes very beautiful green, Schorl, black, masses sometimes contain fragments of quartz
Report (volume)
WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON............................................... Berkshire schist .'......................... ................. 101 101 Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County .... .... ....'.......... .......... 103... 8 -CONTENTS. Mineral lexicon of eastern Berkshire County Continued. Page. Opal.......................Survey. 11 THE GEOLOGY OF EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. By B. K. EMERSON. INTRODUCTION. The
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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...and Plants, embraced in the Fourth Part. By the great kindness and effort of the gentlemen who furnished...the 3d of March , 1830, the Legislature of Massachusetts passed a Resolve, authorizing and requesting
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nprovements nowledge ; silver. The Romans, who made great this in the arts of civilisation, greatly enlarged...metallic state. Another person in the it to same county, having met with some mica in the form of small...them may have a great resemblance to those of another spein such cases we may derive great assistance from...the reflected line on the first face one, the great circle brought to coincide with a lower must be...depressions or elevations But on their surfaces. a great in number of substances, us the means of ascertaining
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111 78 Satin -spar, 18, 59 179 Scapolite, 201 Schorl, 144 common , 117 Selenium, 215 Serpentine, 191...neither silicious nor calcareous, and that there is a great variety of ores besides those of iron, and which...All the beautiful marbles, of which there is so great a variety of colours, are carbonate of lime. The...interesting to the mineralogist, on account of their great beauty of colour, or natural brilliancy. Many of...from each other. Substances crystallize under a great variety of forms, but it is a wonderful fact, that
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232 Sardonyx, 78 Satin - spar, 179 Scapolite, 201 Schorl, 144 common, 117 Selenium, 215 Serpentine, 1911...neither silicious nor calcareous, and that there is a great variety of ores besides those of iron , 3 and which...All the beautiful marbles, of which there is so great a variety of colours, are carbonate of lime. The...interesting to the mineralogist, on account of their great beauty of colour, or natural brilliancy. Many of...from each other. Substances crystallize under a great variety of forms, but it is a wonderful fact, that
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Sardonyx , 78 Satin - spar, 179 Scapolite, 201 Schorl, 144 common, 117 Selenium, 215 Serpentine, 191...silicious nor calcareous, and that there is a great variety of ores besides those of iron, and which...All the beautiful marbles, of which there is so great a variety of colours, are carbonate of lime. The...interesting to the mineralogist, on account of their great beauty of colour, or natural brilliancy. Many of...from each other. Substances crystallize under a great variety of forms, but it is a wonderful fact, that
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Satin - spar, 18, 59 red, 179 Scapolite, 201 Schorl, 144 common , 117 Selenium, 215 Serpentinie...silicious nor calcareous, and that there is a great variety of ores besides those of iron, and which...All the beautiful marbles, of which there is so great a variety of colours, are carbonate of lime. The...interesting to the mineralogist, on account of their great beauty of colour, or natural brilliancy. Many of...from each other. Substances crystallize under a great variety of forms, but it is a wonderful fact, that
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111 78 Satin- spar, 18, 59 179 Scapolite, 201 Schorl, 132 144 219 314 182 common 117 Selenium ...silicious nor calcareous, and that there is a great variety of ores besides those of iron, and which...All the beautiful marbles, of which there is so great a variety of colours, are carbonate of lime. The...interesting to the mineralogist, on account of their great beauty of colour, or natural brilliancy. Many of...from each other. Substances crystallize under a great variety of forms, but it is a wonderful fact, that
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some remarks of Dufresnoy, from the study of whose great work on Mineralogy be. derived much valuable informa...Encyclopedia, Hitchcock’s Report on.the Geology of Massachusetts, the New York State Report, and the Report of...also Mr. Schnapaufl', who colored the plates with great care and precision. The author trusts that his humble...TREATISE ON GEMS. C vitriol, and axinite, show great incompleteness and want of symmetry. In the latter...determination of the forms is often dificult and requires great attention. As specimens, we may notice the albite
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