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Prehnite from
Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Prehnite
Formula:Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Prehnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:525042
Long-form Identifier:1:3:525042:4
GUID (UUID V4):a37552db-e35d-4f46-85ea-3416fc24a55f
Nearest other occurrences of Prehnite
6.2km (3.8 miles) Warren Street Quarry (Beatty's Ledge), Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Granite Street Quarry (Milk Row Quarry), Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
8.3km (5.1 miles) Massachusetts Broken Stone Co. quarries (Weston Quarry; Stony Brook Quarry), Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) Blueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
12.6km (7.9 miles) Interstate 93/Interstate 95 (State Route 128) road cuts, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) Mill Street locality, Burlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Lynn Sand and Stone Co. Quarry; Bardon Trimount Quarry; Hume Quarry), Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
30.5km (18.9 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (Bayer-Mingolla Quarry; Trimount Quarry), Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) Brox Quarry, Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) Interstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
known for its turquoise crystals, apophyllite on prehnite, kyanite, Virginia has, in fact, over 150 mineral...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...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARIZONA—"Under separate cover 1 am sending you another Yuma County mineral. Look it over as it is a most interesting...my name in R&M. Was glad to send him some Yuma County specimens. That Novice Column is a very nice gesture...reports a new locality for rose quartz in Cobb County, north of Atlanta, Ga. To reach this locality,...Highway from Smyrna toward Belmont Hills, going to a point about 1/4 mile from Belmont Hills. Then take an unimproved...lies 20 miles due east of Blackfoot in Bingham County. There is a large and very beautiful vein in a
Journal (issue)
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...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite;...1 inch across; found near Briar Fork, Albemarle County (photograph by T. M. Gathright, 11; W. F. Giannini
Book (edition)
Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite...from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near...Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite from the Grandview mine, Coconino County. A few of the additional...uranium deposits on the Colorado Plateau. Coconino County: near Tuba City (Anthony et aI., 2000). ACANTHITE...sulfide found with other copper sulfides. Greenlee County: found in the supergene alteration zone at Morenci
Journal (issue)
net Apr 24-25: Roseville, MN, Spring Show, Anoka County Gem & Mineral Club, Har Mar Mall, Contact: Martha...Patricianite is a form of prehnite that is an intergrowth of pink prehnite, chlorite, and specks of native...plowing about 4 miles west of Algoma (Kewaunee County). It contained 88.6% iron and 10.6% nickel. This...Angelica (Shawano County), a 33-pound iron meteorite was found in 1916 during plowing. Belmont: A stony meteorite...weighing 58.28 pounds was found in 1958 near Belmont (Lafayette County). It contained mostly bronzite and olivine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
6 Petrogenesis of the Platinova skarn in the Belmont domain (Composite Arc Belt, SE Ontario, Canada)...contiguous to the hypersolvus Deloro pluton, in the Belmont domain, southeastern Ontario, Canada. The skarn...Platinova wollastonite skarns in the Sharbot Lake and Belmont domains, respectively in the Composite Arc Belt...Regional geology The study area is located in the Belmont domain of the Composite Arc Belt (Carr et al.,...Jersey, R.I.: Rhode Island, CT: Connecticut, MA: Massachusetts, N.H.: New Hampshire, VT: Vermont Petrogenesis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Anne. The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, is sponsoring a Micromount Swap...a club exhibit in the Mellon Bank. The Beaver County Rock and Mineral Society showed slides titled "...E Y York Indians." Gemstone Cutting The Bergen County Mineralogy and was the topic of a program presented...Anthony DiDonato spoke to the for the Rockland County Mineral and Delaware Valley Earth Science Society...frozen over. the winter weather to search for prehnite near Leesburg, Virginia in February. T h e y found
Book
MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust
Journal (issue)
Number Three Articles The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, A rizona by G. B. Allen & W. Hunt ...Andover Avenue Sun City, Arizona 85351 he Tonopah-Belmont mine is a micromounter’s paradise. An un­ common...Horn Moun­ tains. T INTRODUCTION The Tonopah-Belmont mine is the second largest producer of metals in...aerially extensive Osborn Ag-Au district of Maricopa County in west-central Arizona. The primary property in...the type locality for wickenburgite. The Tonopah-Belmont mine is located in the southwest quarter of section
Journal (issue)
ELECTRIC LIGHT ON OBSCURE POINTS , MINERALS or MASSACHUSETTS , ORIGIN OF AMBER , SINGING SANDS , NAMES OF...Collector. MINERALS OF MASSACHUSETTS. By J. C. Rand.' PART IV. Western Massachusetts. The western part of...and zoisite may also be procured at this mine. Prehnite in flat, blade-like crystals occurs in gneiss...epidote have been found in Gaylord's pasture. Prehnite is quite abundant in Deerfield, at Cheapside,...crystals of axinite are found here imbedded in prehnite, also speci mens of stilbite, heulandite, analcite
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Catalog/List
mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE BISMUTH...(Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE TeO...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good...micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7 242 KOLBECKITE Scandium Phosphate...metallic mass in ■ matrix. (Mohawk Mine,Keenaw County Michigan USA) 1x1 £3 095 CALCIOVOLBORTHITE Ca Cu VO/4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carolina REVISITED, 1984 JACK HANAHAN Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012 I N 1938 T H E...of the dumps. The quarry is located in Cleveland County in the tinspodumene belt that is about a mile wide...chairman of the science division at Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina. Figure 4: Micro...mineral hob­ byists, especially those from the Gaston County Gem and Mineral Society of Gastonia, North Carolina...(zeolite) Paravauxite Phosphosiderite (Metastrengite) Prehnite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz Rhodochrosite Rockbridgcite
Catalog/List
matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO...(Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 497 TELLURITE Te 0/2 good...brown metallic (Herbb £2 Mine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lcm £6 314 PYRARGYRITE Ag/3 SbS/3 pure crystalline...masses, well coating matrix. (Dooneen Mine Allihies, County Cork, S.Ireland) . lxl £3.50. 1x2 £6.50 2xl.5ins...matrix.(some + Micros! Monument 1 Mine, Navajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl.£3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE green
Book
Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Paao ama, Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District...Quartz, 14.2 cm across, Newbeny Mountains,Clark County. Steve Scott specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite, 1.1 mm high, Chalk Mountain, Churchill County. Dan Behnke...[University of Otago] at 01:45 31 December 2014 Clark County Bunkenrille District Various mines and prospects:...Figure 5. Barite, 6.5 an across, Meikle mine, Elk0 County. Bill Dameron specimen, Jeff Seovil photo. Figure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and the Wausau area (Falster 1987)...Keweenaw Peninsula. Many of the minerals (copper, prehnite, laurnontite, and datolite) found in the Upper...zircon), particularly in the Wausau area of Marathon County (Falster 1987). Middle Proterozoic quartzites (1...Wisconsin mineralogy. The index is arranged county by county (fig. 1). Where possible, township and range...I apologize for any I may have omitted. Adams County Hamilton Mound. A quarry is located in the NE 1/4
Journal (issue)
TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South­ western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
River, with the ex­ ceptions as follows: Albemarle County was very thorough­ ly covered in Rocks and Minerals...G.S. Topo­ graphical Sheets. Also used were the county road maps which number every little road which...Richmond, Virginia The price is 2 0 cents per county. Other states could well follow this example. The...=Mine. G.=Gold. St.=Stone. C o . = C o m p a n y or County. A c t i v e . = I n operation when visited. W... babingtonite, byssolite, epidote, natrolite, prehnite, wurtzite, sphene xls, orthoclase var. adularia
Report (volume)
Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle,
Journal (issue)
Societies Saugus, Massachusetts John Hanahan Jr. Chainnan, Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belrnont...Christian University Margaret A. McBrien Lynn, Massachusetts Fred Fortess Philadelphia College of Textiles...Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York...Company spodumene mine at Kings Mountain , Cleveland County, North Carolina consisted of six small prospect...micromount localities. and JACK HANAHAN JR. Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Company spodumene mine at Kings Mountain, Cleve­ land County, North Carolina consisted of six small prospect...localities. and JACK HAN AH AN JR. Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina 28012 G E N E R A L...MINERALS. He is chairman of the science division at Belmont Abbey College and co-chairman of the Uniform Rules...PHOSPHOSIDERITE (Metastrengite) F e P 0 -2H 0 PREHNITE Ca Al Si O (OH) PYRITE FeS„ PYRRHOTITE Fe
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...(crystals), sillimanite (Avery Hill, crystals). Belmont area: fluorapatite (blue-green), and orthoclase...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded by
Book (edition)
Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...on the market. The mines at Bisbee, in Cochise County, have produced large quantities of gem-quality...mineral stamp issued in 1992. At Morenci, in Greenlee County, gem-quality azurite was also commercially recovered...parallel to the grain. The Blue Ball Mine, in Gila County, has produced thousands of azurite nodules up to
 
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