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Albite from
Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hornblende Root Name Group2 photos of Albite associated with Hornblende Root Name Group at this locality.
Clinochlore2 photos of Albite associated with Clinochlore at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prince's Soapstone Quarry, Lafayette Station, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:361088
Long-form Identifier:1:3:361088:6
GUID (UUID V4):6ae500d8-5bf2-4674-8525-6ae4608098f9
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Miquon (Miquon Station; Lafayette; Lafayette Station), Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Flat Rock Tunnel, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Wissahickon Valley, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) McCrea's Quarry, Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
5.9km (3.6 miles) Comley's Quarry, Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) Fowler's Quarry, Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) Jerry O'Neill's Quarry, Tacony Creek Valley, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) Hoffman's Quarry (Hoffmans Quarry), Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) Horrock's Quarry, Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
15.4km (9.5 miles) Barber's Quarry, Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
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this fluorite and dolomite specimen from Penfield quarry, near Rochester, New York, have been self-collected...(5.3 cm). Figure 13: Silver, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan (11 cm). A photograph of this specimen...cm). )- Figure 20: Green elbaite crystals on albite, Jonas mine, Itatiaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil (5...Colorado (6 cm). A photograph of this Parkesburg, Pennsylvania (6 cm). specimen once appeared on a Rocks and...28: Mimetite, Mt. Bonney mine, Price's Spring Station, Grove Hill, North­ ern Territory, Australia (4
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...(Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia: Fairmount Park...Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC Transparent to
 
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