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Scapolite from
Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:'Scapolite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scapolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:347178
Long-form Identifier:1:3:347178:4
GUID (UUID V4):46ec327d-f3e0-4786-8ea4-1951ee6097ad
Nearest other occurrences of Scapolite
37.6km (23.4 miles) West Thompson Dam, West Thompson, Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
47.4km (29.5 miles) Paugatuck Quarry (Pawcatuck Quarry), Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA
51.7km (32.1 miles) Willimantic, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
71.1km (44.2 miles) Marlborough Junction locality, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
74.3km (46.2 miles) Hadlyme, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
74.4km (46.2 miles) Interstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
75.0km (46.6 miles) Slocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
75.2km (46.7 miles) State Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
77.9km (48.4 miles) Route 62 locality (Potash Hill), Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
80.7km (50.1 miles) Thulite locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AMERICA NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND PART II. REMAINING COUNTIES Lrovn W. FrsnBn...Carnelian Flint Jaspcr Scapolite Sillimanite Staurolite Stilbite Zoisite BRISTOL COUNTY The major portion...portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks consisting chiefly of the Rhode Island formation of shales...similar to the Diamond Hill area of Providence County. The Bristol area, in the vicinity of portsmouth... K. Gedney: Notes on the Mineral Localities of Rhode lsland. Arn. Mineral.,11, No. 12, pp. 334-340, (1926
Report (volume)
outlined on the geologic ATLANTIC OCEAN LONG ISLAND 41°·~--------------~~--------------~----------------~~...Schist on the geologic map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island (Emerson, 1917). These rocks are also shown...the bedrock geology of the Spring Hill and South Coventry quadrangles and gave freely of her knowledge in...been mapped from northern New Hampshire to Long Island Sound along the Bronson Hill anticlinorium, a series...gently north where it trends across the South Coventry quadrangle and truncates steeply westdipping units
Report (volume)
Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...-___--_Older gneissic rocks of northwestern Rhode Island.____________ Nipsachuck Gneiss-------------
Report (issue)
Bedrock geologic map of the South Coventry quadrangle, Tolland County, Connecticut * : Richard J. ^ahey...^ahey and M. H. Pease, Jr. : The South Coventry quadrangle contains parts of three stratigraphic sequences...the Monson Gneiss, is IS ' exposed in the South Coventry quadrangle. ; 17 * ! * ! The Merrimac -synclinorium...i the Westford quadrangle to cross the South Coventry quadrangle in a i westerly direction* -.* ...South Coventry quadrangle* * The Black Pond fault also bends sharply east of the South Coventry quadrangle
Report (volume)
following minerals-diopside, green amphibole, scapolite, and accessory epidote, clinozoisite, and sphene...consist mostly of the Sterling Plutonic Suite of Rhode Island and their apparent equivalents that extend into...to the Spring Hill (Pease, in press) and South Coventry (Fahey and Pease, 1977) Quadrangles (pl. 1). ...member is restricted to the Spring Hill and South Coventry Quadrangles. Its base is everywhere cut out by...dipping thrust faults in the Rockville and South Coventry Quadrangles; strata of the Southbridge Formation
Journal (issue)
regularly available 2 7 Hillingdon Avenue, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3RB 0732 453503 l LAP TOURS FOR 1982 Cater...please) to LAP TOURS, 84 High Street, Broadstairs, Kent. Tel: 0843 62256. Please note our new telephone... THE RANDAL PRESS LTD, 9 KENNEr ROAD, CRAYFORD, KENT � DA1 4QN. � Please send me six issues of Gems...The Randal Press Ltd., 9 Kennet Road, Crayford, Kent. Vol 14 no 4 Tel: Crayford 522217 60p per copy...star stones are less popular than they are in the USA or in the Far East (something of a simj)ar regional
Report (issue)
Ashaway and Voluntovm. quadrangles, Connecticut-Rhode Island by Tomas Feininger U.i S. Geological Survey...veins, and dikes and their significance in the Rhode Island batholith and adjacent rocks ....... 184 Structural...sections V. Structural details of a part of the Rhode Island batholith in the Voluntown quadrangle VI. Form...Ashaway and Voluntown quadrangles, Connecticut - Rhode Island by Tomas Feininger, Ph.D., Brown University...and Natural History Survey, and the State of Rhode Island, Development Council. The rocks are plutonic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and adjacent structure in Highland County, Virginia, Allegany County, Maryland, and Pendleton, Grant, and...The participants were F. Chayes (USA), A. Dudek (CSSR), J. Honnorez (USA), R. Ivanov (Bulgaria), M. J. Le...Large amounts of Na can be accommodated in the scapolite in the absence of chlorine, and the Ca end-member...addition requires high pressure for stability. Scapolite is a stable refractory mineral in the lower crust...The distribution of Na and Ca between Cl-free scapolite and plagioclase can be used as a geologic thermometer
Journal (issue)
Fellows: J. M. McWilliam D.J. Ewing M. Asprey D. G. Kent Examiners: B. W. Anderson, B.Sc., F.G.A. J. R....fairly rugged country in Portion 13, Parish Ogunbil, County Parry, New South Wales, 25 miles east south east...Hokitika in the Westland Province of the South Island. T h e Dungowan material is translucent only in...Schiller, Section 116, H u n d r e d of Minbrie, County Jervois, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. I t is...limited to laboratory work. A GEM GARNET FROM THE ISLAND OF OTTERØY near Modle, Western Norway By JEMS HYSINGJORD
Book
of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Iron, at Rumford Falls, (J. P.) PARKER'S ISLAND. (In the Kennebeck.) Schorl, sometimes translucent...crystals are very abundant in granite on a small island a few feet above the bridge, imperfect. Prehnite...Limestone. Hornblende Slate. Slate. (Sil 5.272.; Scapolite ? in great quantities, associated with quartz...) slate. (Hall.) VERMONT. 23 GUILFORD. Scapolite 3 in abundance ; has been called tremolite
Journal (issue)
Howie Vice-Presidents: E.M. Bruton, A.E. Farn, D.G. Kent, R.K. Mitchell Honorary Fellows: Chen Zhonghui,...gemstone-rich deposits, found elsewhere on the island and sometimes referred to as 'gedi illam', may...Hessonite is recovered from many places in the island but specifically from Ratnapura, Pelmadulla, Okkampitiya...5cms Figure 8: Massive primary hessonite in a scapolite-rich part of a calc-silicate rock t c sample....thepresence presenceofofcalcite calciteand and scapolite scapolite asas inclusions inclusions inin the the hessonites
Journal (issue)
FIMM, FGA G. H. Jones, B.Sc, Ph.D., FGA D. G. Kent, FGA P. Sadler, B.Sc, FGS, FGA K. Scarratt, FGA...Monica, Monica, California California 90404, 90404, USA USA Fig. Fig. I. 1. This assembled agate specimen...Sinkankas, San Diego, California California 9lO9, 9109, USA The literature of antiquity frequently mentions...the Dutch East Indies eventually arrived at the island of Deshima in Nagasaki Harbour to which place the...of of Ceylon gemstones This pleasant, tropical island, lying immediately south of the Deccan Peninsula
Report (issue)
quadrangle, Windham County, Connecticut. 3.--Geologic map of the Hampton quadrangle, Windham County, Connecticut...work of Loughlin from the gabbro south to Long Island Sound. The most recent compilation of Connecticut...Pennsylvanian rocks in the Narragansett Basin of Rhode Island (Quinn, 1951). In the upper plate of the Lake...Narragansett basin of Rhode Island, and in the beach sands of southern Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts...although anthophyllite was specifically looked for. Scapolite, probably secondary after plagioclase, occurs
Journal (issue)
cassiterite(6,9-7;o)+o Icassi1ite~9~7,O)+O Chatham, USA CR Crystal Res.Com.,Australia O extra flinty o...emerald(l,&•2,77) -aqvamarine(2M-U&y heliodor(^z, -scapolite (2,63-2,70)-2^ X ~ 1,56 synthetic emera d...anisotropic ~54 I -microcline amazonite~ \ scapolite (2,63-2,70)-0 scaeolite (2,63-2,70)-0 t t t t...T. Mason, O.B.E., F.R.I.C., M.A. M. Asprey D. G. Kent Examiners: G. F. Claringbull, B.Sc., Ph.D. B. W...Sinhalese gems acquired during periodic visits to the island. S.P. R I C H T E R (G. M . A.). Engraved Gems
Journal (issue)
Evans, South Yardley, Birmingham Alfred Jones, Coventry Eljas-Jussi Kiuas, Helsinki, Finland Mrs. Evelyn...Stephanie Looan, Birmingham Evans, Royston Thomas, Coventry Eveleigh, Michael Leonard, London Everitt, Alan...Goodman, Brian John, Walsall Glen, Susan Elizabeth, Coventry Greenhalgh, John Clive, Radford Semele Gregory...Blackburne, Co. Londonderry Jaye, Alan Ross, Canvey Island Johansson, Bengt Olov, Danderyd, Sweden Johnson...Rhodizite Rhodochrosite Rhodonite ... Ruby . Sapphire Scapolite Scheelite .... Siderite Simpsonite Sinhalite Smithsonite
Journal (issue)
andalusite, kornerupine, fibrolite, hiddenite, scapolite and many others. The diamond display shows the...and the yellow of fluorescence of fluorspar; of scapolite. The old display of the ornamental stones is still...Concession XVIII, in the township of Raglan, Renfrew County, Ontario. The corundum from this locality—now known...Concession XIV, in the township of Dungannön, Hastings County, the syenite is rich in corundum crystals of a...found in the township of Methuen, Peterborough County, Ontario. Here the crystals are generally imbedded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
‘Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK ‘Department of Geology, University...Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604, USA, 3879 fered in the proportions of the species. There...PAPENGUTH et al., 1989), and the 13C shifts for scapolite (which contains distorted carbonate groups) are...HARTMANJ. S. ( 1987) Occupancy of T sites in the scapolite series: a multinuclear NMR study using magic-angle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality in the state...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the...cities and differ from some states that have strong county governments with jurisdiction over large expans­...Waits River Forma­ tion occurrences, etc.). Addison County Granville talc quarry in Granville: ankerite, chalcopyrite...hematite, kaolinite, limonite, wad. Bennington County Bennington manganese mine in Bennington: wad. Mount
Journal (issue)
FIMM, FGA G. H. Jones, B.Sc, Ph.D., FGA D. G. Kent, FGA P Sadler, B.Sc, FGS, FGA K. Scarratt, FGA E...guide guide to to the the composition of scapolite scapolite from Burma from Burma A.G. Couper A.G....or groups. Foremost amongst the latter is the scapolite group which has marialite (Na4AI3Si90z4CI) (Na4Al3Si9024Cl)...confusion surrounding the nomenclature of the scapolite group simplify the problem the and in an attempt...following proposals (E Bayliss, 1987):1. 1. The name scapolite should be retained as a group name to encompass
Book (edition)
springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe At Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England...been met with, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, (fig. 4,) and Hall county, Georgia. The original rock...there is a smaller coal region (a fifth) in Rhode Island, which appears near Portsmouth, not far from
Journal (issue)
of his later published work relates to Sussex and Kent. In order to be near his archaeological " digs,"...Star-moonstone—cat's-eye tourmaline and cat's-eye scapolite." 306 These items are not priced in the advertisement...not familiar with most other varieties), yellow scapolite cat's-eye appears to enjoy a deserved popularity...in chrysoberyl, quartz, tourmaline, zircon and scapolite, J o u r n . Gemmology, April, 1958. A. H . Church...Venlo, Holland N. Ireland Burwood, James Raymond, Coventry Hamara, Pauli Richard, Helsinki Chalcroft, Pamela
Book (edition)
springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford There is...at large quantities of this gas. Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs ; in BuncombeAt Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England...been met with, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, (fig. 4,) and Hall county, Georgia. The original rock...there is a smaller coal region (a fifth) in Rhode Island, which appears near Portsmouth, not far from
Book (edition)
springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...Blue Ridge at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. At Bath...been met with, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, (fig. 4,) and Hall county, Georgia. The original rock...Scotia another field ofcoal. """* The coal of Rhode Island and eastern Pennsylvania is anthracite. Going
Journal (issue)
Howie Vice-Presidents: LM. Bruton, Af'. ram, D.C. Kent, R.K. Mitchell Honorary Fellows: R.A. Howie, R.T...Nacken/Cermany H Espig/IG-Farben/Germany CC Chatham/USA Cilson/France W Zerfass/Cermany FIS FIS FIS FIS...Flanigen/Quintessa/Linde/USA Adachi Shin/Japan Regency/Vacuum Ventures/USA HyS 1988 Aquamarine, red...Hoquiam/USA 1903 Ruby (SP) 1907 Blue sapphire Verneuil/Baikovsky/France 1942 Ruby L Merker/Linde/USA 1947...corundum Linde/USA Linde/USA 1960 Ruby discs (SP) FR Charvat/Linde/USA 1965 Ruby H LaBelle/Tyco/USA 1971 Sapphire
Journal (issue)
J. Ewing D. Frampton S. Hiscox I. Hopkins D. G. Kent M. J. O'Donoghue, M.A., F.G.S. P. W. T. Riley C...being a very important economic mineral in the island. It is very likely, therefore, that in the future...faceted, mauve stones. They ultimately proved to be scapolite. Gemmological circles are very small, a n d just...another a n d larger specimen, reputedly mauve scapolite a n d stated to come from Tanzania. W e were subsequently...came from Tanzania. Usually mauve or pinkish scapolite is fibrous chatoyant a n d comes from Burma. This
 
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