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Albite from
Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:606240
Long-form Identifier:1:3:606240:8
GUID (UUID V4):64d766e9-64bf-493d-b57b-842128ebb933
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
3.0km (1.8 miles) Cheves Green Granite Quarry, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Blood Ledge Quarry, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) Railcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) Blackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
35.3km (22.0 miles) Kallenberg Quarry (Robin Rock Quarry; Jordan Quarry), Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
41.3km (25.7 miles) Routes 125 and 28 interchange road cuts, Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
46.8km (29.1 miles) Blueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
48.4km (30.1 miles) Mystic River Quarries (Mystic Quarries), Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
50.6km (31.5 miles) National Refuge borehole (NR1), Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
54.6km (34.0 miles) Route 28 area, Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 (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...Microperthite........ ............. I............... Albite............................................ Quartz...reconnaissance map and structure section of Essex County, Mass......................................
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 ....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities near West Chester...at Shaw and Esray's quarry near Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is now in the collection of...pegmatite of the Eight Mile Park area of Fremont county, Colorado; while pink chalcedony has been found...Dakota and of the Bridger Mountains in Fremont county, Wyoming. Feldspar Group The feldspars form a...orthoclase and microcline; the soda feld228 spar, albite; and the intermediate feldspar, oligoclase, of
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 ______
Report (issue)
Be3:48 Si3:02 O12 S: (3) Bartlett, New Hampshire, USA; by electron microprobe, BeO calculated from stoichiometry...Association: Magnetite, garnet, °uorite (skarn); albite, cassiterite, pyrite, muscovite (tin-bearing pegmatites);...Distribution: In the USA, at Rockport and Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts; on Moat Mountain, Conway...Haven, Connecticut, USA. Type Material: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 85384; National Museum...Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 124353; The Natural History Museum, London, England
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE PETROGRAPHICAL PROVINCE MASS. IV. COUNTY, BASIC OF ESSEX DIKES By far the greater part of the...were seen. 284 PETROGRAPHICAL PROUVINCE OF ESSEX COUNTY 285 The hornblende forms either stout prismatic...KEMP,dikes near PETROGRAPHICAL PROVINCE OF ESSEX COUNTY 287 are all decidedly more acid than the usual...557, 1896. 2 PROVINCE PETROGRAPHICAL OF ESSEX COUNTY 289 ophitic Dike 73, at Bemo's Ledge, Cape...14 99.89 1.33 .... 100.28 91.14 I. Diabase. Rockport. H. S. Washington anal. II. Diabase. Medford,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.G.S. Professional Paper, l8O,...PnrBsrr-BvToururN rrr, Haraard.IJnitersity, Cambrid.ge38,Massachusetts. The writer has recently had the opportunity...areas of albite in an untwinned microcline host. Apparent differences of shape between albite masses probably...described as allanite in a granite from Gloucester, Massachusetts, but the pleochroism and extinction angle of...quite similar to certain granites of Cape Ann, Massachusetts,in which fayalite and allanite (the latter "very
Report (volume)
Geology of Selected Quadrangles In Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was printed as separate...quadrangle, Worcester and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts, by Donald F. Eschman. (D) Geology of the Taunton...quadrangle, Bristol and Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts, by Joseph H. Hartshorn. o ; Bedrock Geology...Vicinity Massachusetts > w By PRIESTLEY TOULMIN 3d GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN MASSACHUSETTS ~s -GEOLOGICAL...1163-A Prepared in cooperation with the i Massachusetts Department of Public Works « UNITED STATES
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 (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...prevailing feldspars are albite and orthoclase, with quartz-syenites abundant. The albite molecule is very abundant...1894, and III, PETROGRAPHICAL PROVINCE OF ESSEX COUNTY 467 It will be seen that in what are obviously
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...thorite, fluorite and molybdenite. MrNpner,s Rspontno Albite. See Feldspar. Amplviboles: Hornbl,enileoccurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other large...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3...noted in the School Section pegmatite of Fremont county, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS Maine, Connecticut...have been found at Goshen and Chesterfield, Massachusetts, and from near Canon City, Colorado. Colored...pink and green crystals at Ohio City, Gunnison county, Colorado; dark green, pink, and indicolite tourmalines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Christianiaregion of southern Norway, and in Essex County,Mass. The compositionof some of the phases of...known as the Wausau red granite. Consists mainly of albite, orthoclase, and quartz. II. Amphibole granite...however,such as an abundanceof quartz,orthoclase,and albite,were not the ones usually found with olivine. The...it is associated with the feldspars, orthoclase, albite, and microperthite;with the calciumiron-amphibole...sand in a pegmatitedike in hornblendegranite at Rockport, Mass.6 In the latter place, as describedby Penfield
Report (issue)
BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF OHE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS 8 10- by William H. Dennen 11 1975 12 13... BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS Introduction Rocks of the Ipswich quadrangle...quadrangle is situated on the northeastern 19 20- Massachusetts coast within the Seaboard Lowland section of...-fA9 maters on Fifteen Mile Hill in the Town of Essex to 21 -11 maters under the salt marsh at Six Goose...quadrangle are completely tidal; the 6 Ipswich and Essex Rivers are tidal inland to "falls" above which they
Report (issue)
Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts by Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvin...Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvln This...contains the records of radlometrlc ages for Massachusetts from the Radlometrlc Age Data Bank of the U...portrayed on a new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). The compilation Is believed to...they appear on the Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). Steiger, R. H., and Jager, E.
Report (issue)
VARIEGATED MARBLE SOUTHEAST OF CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. About 3£ miles a little... SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS. By T. NELSON DALE. INTRODUCTION. The granites...granites and granite quarries of Milford, Quincy, Rockport, and Becket, Mass., were described in a former..."granites" here described, as well as the others of Massachusetts described in Bulletin 354, are commercially...TS H A M P S ! RHODE ISLAKD MAP OF MASSACHUSETTS, SHOWING GRANITE-QUARRYING CENTERS. NOTES
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............................................
Report (edition)
(Mitchell, 1987). The "cleavelandite" variety of albite feldspar, which was named after him, can be found...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...abundant in the Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming...specimens of minerals and fossils in Aroostook County and elsewhere in northern Maine. Most of the bedrock
Book
Nephelite-Cancrinite-Syenite 31. Essexite Maine Massachusetts Dacite-Quartz-Diorite Series: Colorado Minnesota...Diabase New Jersey VIII. 38. 48. Diabase Massachusetts Olivine-Augite-Hypersthene Gabbro 49. 50. ...Crystalline Limestones Vermont Dolomite-Marble Massachusetts Pink Marble Georgia IV. Ophicalcite, Serpentine...Oolitic Iron Gneisses and Crystalline Schists Massachusetts Hornblende-Gneiss New York 122. 123. 86. 87... 1. Glasses Scoria Near Black Rock, Millard County, Utah. O. E. Meinzer. Ref. : MACROSCOPIC MICROSCOPIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
California; and three miles west of Buntingville, Lassen County in the same state. GALENA, lead sulfide, has been... Maine. At Conway, New Hampshire, and Quincy, Massachusetts, it has also been noted in pegmatite. A sphaleritebearing...Switzerland, North Carolina. It was intergrown with albite and had partly replaced that min­ eral. Sphalerite...yel­ low-orange color have been found in vugs in albite from a pegmatite near Stoneham, Maine which may...crystals associated with albite crystals have been noted in vugs in albite from an old prospect pit near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 2. Golden muscovite crystals, to 3 cm, on albite, Galileia, Brazil. T Taxonomy of the Mica Group...(manganoan) varieties are found at the Harding mine, Taos County, New Mexico (Jahns and Ewing 1977). Fuchsite is...California, associated with orange spessartine and white albite (Foord et al. 1989). Large, thick, translucent...and fluorite. A classic association from El Paso County, Colorado, is well-crystallized zinnwaldite with...the 50:50 composition. The Morefield mine, Amelia County, Virginia, has produced many excellent large crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
H22D0GH78; Flor Mountain, Kola Peninsula, U .S.S.R Paso county, Colorado, U.S.A. 1 - H5D12GH83; the specimen...Transbaykalia, U.S.S.R. 42 - H I3 D55GH32; Rockport, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 43 - 1111055GH34; Gloucester, U...astrophyllite by Genth in Cheyenne canyon (El Paso county, Colorado) and described by him in 1892 as a variety...of two finds of genthelvite by Adams in El Paso county (Glass and Adams, 1953). The genthelvite was discovered...Northern Nigeria. The mineral was discovered in albite veins and in pegmatite containing amazonite intersecting
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 (article/letter/editorial)
type-locality in West Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, is located in the Pikes Peak batholith...Dunn (1977). In the Northern Cascades of Okanogan County, Washington, the alkaline granites of the Golden...described in 1892 from West Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, by Frederick August Genth (1820–1893)...dodecahedron, 2.6 cm high, Cookstove Mountain, El Paso County, Colorado. Specimen illustrated and described by...permission Figure 5. A red genthelvite tetrahedron on albite, field of view 5 mm, Golden Horn batholith, North
 
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