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Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

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Grossular

Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Grossular

Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Hessonite

Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Grossular

Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Grossular

Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Hessonite

Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Grossular

Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Grossular

Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Grossular

Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Hessonite

Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Grossular

Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Locality type:

Hill

Classification

Species:

Grossular

Formula:

Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃

Comments:

Note: Lighter colored garnets from Joppa Hill have long been called grossular. A darker red garnet was analyzed by SEM-EDS and found to be grossular as well. Ca>Fe>Mn. (P. Cristofono specimen, analysis done by Kerry Day, 2008.)

Habit:

good crystals

Colour:

cinnamon-brown, tan, red

Quality for species:

Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)

Abundance at site:

Common

Confirmation

Validity:

Confirmed

Confirmation Methods:

Visually Identified, SEM-EDS

Associated Minerals:

Associates:

Calcite
Diopside
Quartz
Vesuvianite

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

Titanite

ⓘ1 photo of Grossular associated with Titanite at this locality.

Scheelite

ⓘ1 photo of Grossular associated with Scheelite at this locality.

Ferro-hornblende

ⓘ1 photo of Grossular associated with Ferro-hornblende at this locality.

Diopside

ⓘ1 photo of Grossular associated with Diopside at this locality.

Fluorapatite

ⓘ1 photo of Grossular associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Grossular data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

51176

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:51176:4

GUID (UUID V4):

204623c9-a35f-4698-8b79-f12115035232

Nearest other occurrences of Grossular

1.3km (0.8 miles)

ⓘ Pulpit Road locality, Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

5.6km (3.5 miles)

ⓘ Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

11.5km (7.2 miles)

ⓘ Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

16.6km (10.3 miles)

ⓘ Wilton Crushed Stone Quarry, Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

34.3km (21.3 miles)

ⓘ PJ Keating Quarry (Dracut Quarry; Condon Quarry; Essex Bituminous), Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

48.3km (30.0 miles)

ⓘ Old Limestone Quarry Site, Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

52.1km (32.4 miles)

ⓘ Route 114 calc-silicate locality, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

55.1km (34.2 miles)

ⓘ Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

56.7km (35.2 miles)

ⓘ Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA

59.7km (37.1 miles)

ⓘ Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA

References

P. Cristofono collection

Smith, Arthur E. (2005) New Hampshire mineral locality index. Rocks & Minerals, 80 (4) 242-261 doi:10.3200/rmin.80.4.242-261

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	*Smith, Arthur E. (2005) New Hampshire mineral locality index. Rocks & Minerals, 80 (4) 242-261 doi:10.3200/rmin.80.4.242-261*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz
	*Moore, T.P. (2016) Moore's Compendium of Mineral Discoveries 1960 - 2015* Vol. 2. Mineralogical Record Inc.**	Book
	long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens
	*(1965, September) Rocks & Minerals* Vol. 40 (9) Informa UK Limited**	Journal (issue)
	are listed on our General List #20 and our latest New Arrivals Lists. Send for your copies today. Both.................................................. NEW FIND IN COWEE VALLEY, N.C.—Paul E. Lockwood THE ROCK...the rush! He had received an invitation to visit a new working gold mine in South Carolina and so he rushed...headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...some features and enlarge others or would you try a new approach to the fascinating hobby of mineral collecting
	*(1965, December) Rocks & Minerals* Vol. 40 (12) Informa UK Limited**	Journal (issue)
	the find) DECEMBER, 1965 Whole Number 315 .. New Arrivals AMETHYST CRYSTAL GEODES, Chihuahua, Mexico...HUNDREDS OF SPECIMENS ON OUR GENERAL LIST AND LATEST NEW ARRIVALS LISTS. SEND FOR YOUR COPIES TODAY. BOTH...DECEMBER, 1965 CONTENTS HISTORY OF ANDOVER - SULPHUR HILL IRON MINES, N. J. - Parc 2 — D. R. Swayze ................................................... 885 NEW FIND OF GIANT AMETHYST, EAST OF DUE WEST, S. C. —.............................................. 890 NEW FRANKLIN MINERAL MUSEUM DEDICATED — G. E. Gregory

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Grossular from Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

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Joppa Hill, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA