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Cryophyllite from
Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:'Cryophyllite' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:A discredited mineral.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cryophyllite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:529797
Long-form Identifier:1:3:529797:9
GUID (UUID V4):1c289cc6-4165-41fb-84b8-86e4dd27011c
Nearest other occurrences of Cryophyllite
3.6km (2.2 miles) Railcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
feldspar group. THE MINERALS OF ROCKPORT. I{. E. MCKINSTRY MASSACHUSETTS Cambrid,ge, Mass. More than...was called to the unusua, mineral occurrences at Rockport, on Cape Ann, by J. P. Cooke's description of...being the type locality for these species, the Rockport quarries have afforded an interesting list of...pegmatite masses. Location und, Present Condition.-Rockport is best reaehed via the Boston and Maine R. R...mica. Danalite. Rockport is the type locality for this mineral, which, like cryophyllite was described
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL. 47, MARCH.APRIL, 1962 NEW STUDY OF CRYOPHYLLITE Mencennr D. Fosrnn aNo Howano T. EveNs,Jn.,...New analyses confirm the composition shown for cryophyllite by analyses made 75 or more years ago. Optical...R3+, and r?+ of the new analyses characterize cryophyllite as a lepidolite. The higher than usual FeO content...INrnonucrtoN Cryophyllite, a lithium mica found in feldspar veins in the granite ledges of Rockport, Massachusetts...lithium micas (Foster, 1960), it was found that cryophyllite, according to the old analyses by Riggs, has
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETROGRAPHICAL COUNTY, PROVINCE MASS. I. OF ESSEX THE area of igneous rocks in Eastern Massachusetts, especially...especially in Essex county, has been, as the late Geo. H. Williams said, " more discussed than any other...pages are written. I have visited the region of Essex county several times and collected a large number of...of its chief features. The igneous rocks of Essex county extend along the coast from Lynn to the New...Basin, but this paper does not include them. In Essex county they form a long ridge "extending in a northeasterly
Report (issue)
______________________________ Ferroan lepidolite (cryophyllite)______________ Relation between aluminum lithium...proportions of the end members. He regarded cryophyllite, a lithium mica described by Cooke (1867) from...the limits in composition between lepidolite, cryophyllite, zinnwaldite, and protolithionite defined. The...composition between protolithionite, zinnwaldite, and cryophyllite is that stated in Hey (1955, p. 208). Hey gives...group in his formulas for protolithionite and cryophyllite, but he qualifies the formulas by observations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Rogers) .. . .4" 60 106 Crook.Thomas...... Cryophyllite at Rockport, 5t' Mass. . 39 Crvstal drawinq,155; habit...Cyrtolite at Rockport, Mass. . ' . 77 141 96 96 14L s6 L72 2l 154 58 20 71 Favalite at Rockport, Mass....Glamorgan (North). . . 68 Madison Co., Mo. (Tarr) .- 7 Rockport, Mass. (Mc-' 56 Kinstry) St, Lawrence Co., etc...7 Missouri minerals 2l Moir. J. Molvbdenite at Rockport, Mass. 59 6 M o r i t a n a m i n e r a l s: ...AJ . . . 8 3 ,9 5 Tammann,G..... Tantalite it Rockport, I\Iass.. . . 60 L76 Tarr. W. A. Mineralbpg, tourmaline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETROGRAPHICAL MASS. GENERAL SIONS. V. PROVINCE OF ESSEX CO., DISCUSSION AND CONCLU- Analytical methods...Table I are given my analyses of the rocks of Essex county, with one by Dr. Eakle, and in Table II It is...line-syenites, PETROGRAPHICAL PROVINCE OF ESSEX COUNTY 465 and nordmarkite, the tinguaite, s6lvsbergite...abundance of the MgO-free biotites, lepidomelane and cryophyllite, as well as the occurrence of the 466 HENRY...1894, and III, PETROGRAPHICAL PROVINCE OF ESSEX COUNTY 467 It will be seen that in what are obviously
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
subgroup symmetry, Ce. Masutomilite-IM and "cryophyllite"-IM (a zinnwaldite high in Al and Si, but low... AI, Fe, Mg, Ca, Na, Ti; benitoite, San Benito County, California (NMNH86539), for Ba; microcline, locality...locality unknown (NMNH143966), for K; albite, Amelia County, Virginia, for Na; lepidolite, Radkovice, Czechoslovakia...Colorado, meteorite (NMNH- 7 46) for Cr; fayalite, Rockport, Maine (NMNH-85276), for Mn; and zinc and nickel...ofzinnwaldite (sample 15, Table 2), known as "cryophyllite" in the older literature (Foster, 1960), is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
summer Sunday 1929 and four of us had gone up to Rockport, Mass., to do some sketching on Cape Ann, which...pegmatite specimens. There were such rarities as cryophyllite, lepidomelane and fine specimens of amazonstone...of the green feldspar (amazonstone) and good cryophyllite with lepidomelane specimens were to be had without...the Colorado material but it is one of the best Rockport specimens that I have seen. It is not always the...intend to write more about minerals on Cape Ann and Rockport in particular. The Hammonds Woods section of Chestnut
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
England seem to be limited to lithium in cryophyllite at Rockport, Mass., trict. Meeting of Febru.ary 18
Report (volume)
704 GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS BY CHARLES H. CLAPP WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT....... 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 15 j ( Geology of Essex County.................................................. 26; . . 3 4 CONTENTS. Geology of Essex County Continued. Igneous rocks Continued. Subjacent...reconnaissance map and structure section of Essex County, Mass.........................................map and structure section of southern part of Essex County, and adjoining parts of Suffolk and Middlesex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
J. Italy Rockport, Mass. Rockport, Mass. Pikes Peak, Colo. BrooksMt., Alaska cryophyllite monrepite...monrepite eukamptite bastonite Rockport, Mass. Vibora, Finland Presburg,Hungary Bastogne,Belgium Structure 1-layer
Report (volume)
BUL.L.ETIN 354 CHIEF COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND BY T. NELSON...granites and quarries............................ Massachusetts...............................................Descriptions of the granites and quarries Continued. Massachusetts Continued. Quincy....................................................................... 98 Rockport.......................................................................................... 126 Rockport porphyry ....................................
Report (volume)
of the Tuscaloosa formation, near Havana, Hale County, Ala ............................................phosphate beds .............. Section at Olympia, Bath County, Ky.............................. Apatite in the...the Bonanza pit, Union mine, Portland, Ottawa County, Quebec, Canada....................................on north side of Rheaumo Lake, Templeton, Ottawa County, Quebec, Canada .................. ......... 4... Dike at the Union mine, Portland West, Ottawa County, Quebec, Canada...............................
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
Report (volume)
.-...---.......--..--................. 73 Cryophyllite...............................................From the Silver King mine, Calico, San Bernardino County, Cal. Specific gravity, 6:28. Analysis by W. H...From .Teocalli Mountain, Brush Creek, Gunnison County, Colo. Specific gravity, 7.400 at 14.5°, corrected...vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 46. From the Rose mine, Grant County, N". Mex. Specific gravity, 6.644 at 20°. Probably...impurities. From the Missouri mine, Halls Valley, Park County, Colo. Analyses, by Hillebrand, of three different
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
Journal (issue)
meteorite from the Sacramento Mountains, Eddy County, New Mexico .”) This mass of iron is believed to...Collector. MINERALS OF MASSACHUSETTS . By J. C. RAND. PART II. EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THERE are few places...these mines were shut down many years ago. In Rockport, at the celebrated granite quarries, are found...greenish black color, opaque and inelastic. Cryophyllite is another mineral occurring here, and is a...ately after the reported find of diamonds in Summit county, Col. ILLUSTRATIONS, if good, are always appreciated
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mass. Anomite, Greenwood Furnace, N. J Cryophyllite, Rockport, Mass. Lepidomelane, Litchfield, Me 82459...by the presence of such varieties as anomite, cryophyllite, and lepidomelane. The plane of the optic axes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mass. Anomite, Greenwood Furnace, N. J Cryophyllite, Rockport, Mass. Lepidomelane, Litchfield, Me 82459...by the presence of such varieties as anomite, cryophyllite, and lepidomelane. The plane of the optic axes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
College, 50 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075, USA, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana...Rouge, LA 70803, USA, and 3 SETI Institute, 515 N. Whisman Road, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (Received 16...same aliquot. The Fe-smectite, SWa-1 (from Grants County, Washington), was obtained from the Source Clays...Conway granite near North Conway, New Hampshire, USA. The locality was described by Smith (2005). Glauconite...Burns from its type locality in the Cape Ann (Massachusetts, USA) granite. It was originally analysed by Cooke
Journal (issue)
comes from the Polar Star Mine, Dutch Flat, Nevada County. Suites of minerals, supplying invaluable data...boundary between Danvers and Topsfield in Essex County, Massachusetts. The mine was worked, but nothing is...Winthrop, son of the first Governor of the Massachusetts was also done outside of New England. Much of...work on the mineralogy of Franklin was that Massachusetts had both iron-ore and stone to build done abroad...metamorphosed limestone bed in schist at Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was de­ scribed in terms of its external characteristics
Journal (issue)
to visit. Although many textbooks list Madison county, North Carolina, as a source of monazite little...of the old, are apt to be discouraged by their county. He said that when the family handicaps and say:...hvo-dav trip ,vas taken to l ulian in San D ie~o County. Will Crosbv, director of the Julian Bureau of...Tuesdays and Fridays, 10:00 a.m. to 5: 00 p.m. MASSACHUSETTS Boston Mineral Club Mrs. Gtlace G. Dearborn...occurring in Maine, New H ampshire Connecticut and Massachusetts. ' Lithium was discovered in petalite ( 5.76%)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
explicitly in the literature. Yet the Cape Ann, Massachusetts, granite, after which annite is named (Cooke;...Sun: Bull. 220, 77. COOKE, J. P., JR., 1867. On cryophyllite, a new mineral species of the mica family, with...with some associated minerals in the granite of Rockport, Mass. Amer. J. Sci., 2nd ser., 43, 217-30. COUGHLJN...Bush Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. For generous support...1959. Geology and petrology of Haiwee Ridge, Inyo County, California. Ph.D. Thesis, The Johns Hopkins University
Report (issue)
Bull. 220, p. 77. Cooke, J. P., Jr., 1867, On cryophyllite, a new mineral species of the mica family, with...with some associated minerals in the granite of Rockport, Mass.: Am. Jour. Sci., 2d ser., v. 43, p. 217-230...From biotite granite. 48. Bloods Station, Alpine County, Calif., Clarke, F. W., 1903, U.S. Geol. Survey...sedimentary material. 50. Mt. Hoffman, Mariposa County, Calif., Clarke, F. W., 1903. U.S. Geol. Survey...Wiley and Sons, p. 451. 62. Clove Valley, Dutchess County, N.Y., Earth F. W., 1936, Geol. Soc. America Bull
 
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