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Almandine from
Allen Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Allen Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:50557
Long-form Identifier:1:3:50557:8
GUID (UUID V4):6e95be6c-0e56-47b1-a2c1-1b1312cad9c8
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
1.4km (0.9 miles) Colony Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Provencher Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Yuhas No. 2 Quarry, Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) Yuhas No. 1 Quarry, Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Fitzgibbons Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Lyman Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) George Porter Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Beryl Mountain Quarry, South Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) Britton Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) Big Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this...material can be found at that locality; and that new while of dubious merit have been dropped. Appearance...Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, or Tom Robert's Rock the caption. All photographs...in color. Turquoise from Los Cerillos mines, New Mexico. Note turquoise vein cutting diagonally...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the regional sillimanite zone,west-centralNew Hampshire, U.S.A., with implications for the developmentof...Sciences,RensselaerPolytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, U.S.A. Mlrrrrrw J. KonN Department...Sciences,RensselaerPolytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, U.S.A. Ansrugr Sillimanite from the...regional sillimanite zone in west-centralNew Hampshire is fibrolitic and overprints F, folds (nappe stage)...that at the regional pressuresof west-centralNew Hampshire (2-4 kbar), staurolite paragenesesare only possible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VANDALL T. K I N G P.O. Box 90888 Rochester, New York 14609 NEW YORK £ J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary...adapted from U.S. Geological Survey map of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS he...minerals found in Ver­ mont slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney; photo by Roger Bacon. The granite industry...small particles is widely distributed over northern New England in glacial gravels, and many swiftly moving...decorator tiles. The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
98195, USA; defnep@uw.edu Department of Chemistry, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA 16652, USA; richard... Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA; wisem@si.edu Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric...North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage...Heritage, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA Correspondence: rsharmon@ncsu.edu; Tel.: +1-919-588-0613...systems to handheld analyzers for field use. This new capability offers the possibility for using LIBS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chamberlain, Syracuse University; Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New York State Museum; Dr. Robert King, Tewksbury, Great...FERBERITE-HÜBNERITE FROM THE NINE MILE PLUTON, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and... of Geology and Geophysics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148. rd The 33 ineralogical...granite quarry is located approximately 0.4 kilometer west of the Ladick East (or Charneski) quarry in the...excavation, exploration, and opportunity may allow. THE NEW ORLEANS METEORITE. A. U. Falster, W. B. Simmons,
Journal (issue)
1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Pershing County, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Bulletin...Miocene Diatomite, Trinity Pass Area, Pershing County, Nevada, U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report...Reconnaissance of Mining Districts in Pershing County, Nevada, U.S. Bureau ofMines Lnformation Circular...1879, Albert had filed a homestead claim in Bent County, Colorado. His activities between 1879 and 1882...established (Daily Chieftain 1873). When the Denver & New Orleans rail line from Denver to Pueblo was opened
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington...Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, liquid in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Silver, Wolverine mine, Kearsarge lode, Keweenaw County, Michigan. William Severance specimen, Jeff Scovil...(Hallelujah Junction), Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada. Paul Geffner specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Millerite, Sterling mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York. National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian...Chapman Mineral Collection, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, I. T. Graham, R. E. Pogson...Allanite-Ce, New York, 497 Almandine, Australia, 20; Connecticut, 143; New York, 495 Amazonite, New York, 460
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Stoneham and Vicinity Oxford County, Maine Downloaded by [Penn State University] at 01:41 12 December...Stoneham, Maine—a century apart. Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem Museum (MMGM) specimens:...pegmatites, particularly the important Aldrich quarry, with a focus on beryl and its gemmy blue variety...under discussion is bounded on the west by the New Hampshire state line, on the north by the Androscoggin...account for almost all of them. They occur in every quarry. Sometimes the microcline is colored beige to orange
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Topsham district, Maine Grafton district, New Hampshire Greenfield, New York Middletown district, Connecticut...mailed (Hauy, 1811; Seybert, 1824). Dr. Bruce, a New York City physician, should be remembered as an avid...both sides of the road (Schooner, 1961). New York Another New York collector, Dr. J . H. Steel, discovered...plagioclase, orthoclase(?), black tourmaline, garnet (almandine?), muscovite, biotite, and columbite (Navias and...occurred almost a century ago. A new, one time only, find was made in a New York City excavation at 88th
Book
localities. My fond hope is that someone of the new generation will take up the challenge of revising...tantalizing find, one of several mineral discoveries in New England since the 1970s, including gold in a state...104 ••• 11ne G••• shou1d be ------------.1958. Cheshire 105 ••• 1ine 18 ••• p.382 should be p.385 114...11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discovery of high-quality minerals from several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near...Vulcan Materials quarry in Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and...Wisconsin in the past 150 years and points the way to new G T Dr William S. Cordua is a professor of geology...zircon), particularly in the Wausau area of Marathon County (Falster 1987). Middle Proterozoic quartzites (1...River Falls from 1969 to 1986. Coarse crystalline almandine, talc, magnetite, and various amphiboles came
Report (edition)
5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...llecting equipment and techniques for those who are new to the ·hobby. Several previous guidebooks have been...Supplemental labels were added where necessary to show quarry sites, road names, and other useful landmarks.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry—Esmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright ©...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable...the developer's bulldozer obliterates other sites, new ones are discovered. Books and thetic and scientific
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Planetary Institute 3303 NASA Road 1 Houston, TX 77058, USA and Frederick A. Frey Department of Earth and Planetary...Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ABSTRACT Abundances of rare earth elements, Hf,...dacite, rhyodacite and rhyolite, and a spessartine-almandine from alaskite. The pyrope/host partition coefficients...with experimental data within a factor of 2. The almandine/matrix data show more scatter (due in part to...with increasing Si/O ratio of the matrix. The almandine/matrix partition coefficients are up to a factor
Journal (issue)
1987 No.1 VIRGINIA MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX D. Allen Penick, Jr. This Virginia mineral locality index...world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite
Journal (issue)
HandPrintedColour Photographs of Mineralsand CornishEngineHouses New Showroom now complete please ring first - 0736 788305...Schmitt. 812 lmperialCourt, Hartland, Wisconsin 53029 USA. Tel: (0414)3673674 U.S. $7 .50 inc. p & p per issue...Museums 12 15 16 P. Tandy Minerals of Trearne Quarry 18 J. Gordon Todd Sussex Mineral Show 1988 21...in April. Wonders of the Peak is the title of a new thematic exhibit at the Buxton Museum and Art Gallery...Motor Inn, 5700 Pacific Highway East, Tacoma.WA. USA. Tel. (206) 922-0080. TORRINGTONS FIRST GEM and
Journal (issue)
The Newsletter of the Geological Society of New Hampshire, Summer Edition – June 2014 – Issue No. 85 Newsletter...waters on Cape Cod near the Member-at-Large - Doug Allen Haley & Aldrich, Inc., Bedford, NH Massachusetts...Microcline groundmass), Lea Anne Membership - Doug Allen Atwell (Twinned mass of Jamesonite) and Chris Griffin...involved with the society and we love having input from new board members! Nominations will be accepted through...future newsletter! ALMANDINE - Ca, Mn rich Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 Locality: Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, NH Specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Southern New Zealand by A. F. COOPER Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand...N the paired metamorphic belt system of Southern New Zealand the eastern Wakatipu Metamorphic Belt has...consists dominantly of Mesozoic sediments of the New Zealand Geosyncline that have subsequently been metamorphosed...greenschist to amphibolite facies in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Wet chemical and electronmicroprobe analyses...profiles from atoll and normal porphyroblastic almandine-rich garnets are illustrated, and their relationship
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LOCALITY INDEX TOM MORRIS, JR. 4553 Shenandoah Allen Park, Michigan 48101 Tom Morris photos and specimens...occurrences. These localities have been listed by county; and, strictly for convenience, the list has been...None­ theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful...Wayne County International Salt C o . mine—Detroit Alpena County National G y p s u m C o . quarry (formerly...(formerly the Huron-Portland Ce­ ment Co. quarry)—Alpena barite, calcite, chalcopyrite (r), dolomite,
Journal (issue)
are listed on our General List #20 and our latest New Arrivals Lists. Send for your copies today. Both................ 554 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ................................................................................................ NEW GEOLOGIC MAP OF WINDSOR LOCKS AREA................................................... NEW CHILDREN’S MUSEUM FOR NEW MEXICO ...............................551 553 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY GEOLOGIC HAZARDS COMMITTEES NAMED Clarence Allen, professor of geology and
Show/Event (guide)
Al Mura, Bill Pinch, Bob Morgan, Tom Smith What's New in Minerals - Jeff Scovil, Bill Pinch Auction Solicitors...spoken before at theRMS,but we have a bevy of new topics! Also new this year is the team of Bruceand Miranda...original art for the Program Notes cover. What's New in Minerals is again Jeff Scovil, followed by audience...Pinch and Helen Chamberlain have solved all the new quirky problems that crop up fresh each year. The...comforting new development. The reopening of the zinc mines at Balmat is a positive sign for New York State
Book
THE PEGMATITE MINES KNOWN AS NORTH GROTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE eral I ederi Acknowledi:ments Dedicated...experience. As a kid growing up in Manchester, New Hampshire, I was always fascinated by minerals and tried...Mountains in the tiny borough of North Groton, New Hampshire, the mine, although now privately owned and...an intriguing and enlightening perspective into New Hampshire's significant contribution to a growing...would slowly begin to diminish. Regardless of these new sci�ntific advancements, few synthetic substances
Report (chapter)
service click here to receive free e-mail alerts when new articles cite this article Permission request click...textures in a high-grade gneiss from western New Hampshire, USA. The P - T paths computed from relative thermometry...contoured by use of equations of type (8). Some of these new equations may be more useful than others for relative...course, there is no additional information in the new reactions formed by linear combinations of the N...from east-central Vermont and westcentral New Hampshire, USA. The P - T paths computed from zoned garnets
 
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