| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Field & Wild Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 267061 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:267061:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e2a0ba53-7572-492d-b043-8f7d999edc13 |
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| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | ⓘHardwick Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘFallon Brothers Quarry (Quincy Quarry; Ballou Quarry; Old Colony Crushed Stone Company Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘMerry Mount Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 2.0km (1.3 miles) | ⓘGranite Railway Quarry (Granite Rail Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘGold Leaf Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 12.3km (7.7 miles) | ⓘWest Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 20.1km (12.5 miles) | ⓘRattlesnake Hill, Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 27.2km (16.9 miles) | ⓘBlueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 27.6km (17.2 miles) | ⓘAggregate Industries Quarry (Lynn Sand and Stone Co. Quarry; Bardon Trimount Quarry; Hume Quarry), Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 28.5km (17.7 miles) | ⓘNanny Goat Hill, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
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 | | Report (volume) | | BUL.L.ETIN 354 CHIEF COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND BY T. NELSON...granites and quarries............................ Massachusetts...............................................the granites and quarries Continued. Massachusetts Continued. Quincy......................................geology........................................ The quarry............................................ New...................... Glossary of scientific and quarry terms.................................. 140 140 |  | | Report (volume) | | ___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______ |  | | Report (issue) | | Potential.545 M W. Schramm, Jr. and G. Livraga: Vega Field and the Potential of Ragusa Basin, Offshore Sicily...was not paying much attention to the rocks in the field, and that too much emphasis was given to the more...Western Europe Canada Australia - NZ Latin America USA S & SE Asia Africa/Madagascar USSR 644 1,015 1,042...fields in the area. For example, the Point Arguello field is conservatively estimated to hold as much as 500...giant Hibernia field was discovered off Newfound¬ land, Canada. Reserves for the field are estimated at |
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