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Purpurite from
Fletcher Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Purpurite
Formula:Mn3+(PO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Purpurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fletcher Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:653637
Long-form Identifier:1:3:653637:4
GUID (UUID V4):8a8e34fc-5a5f-4f8a-a3fa-6abd41463a56
Nearest other occurrences of Purpurite
5.1km (3.2 miles) Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) Eight-Ball Mica prospect, Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) E.E. Smith Mine, Alexandria, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
56.3km (35.0 miles) Chandlers Mill Quarry, Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
59.2km (36.8 miles) Sargent Mine, Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
84.2km (52.3 miles) Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North Groton, New Hampshire and to an inch in diameter at the Smith Mine, Newport, New Hampshire. It also...the same state. Scorzalite occurs at the Victory mine near Custer, South Dakota with quartz, albite, muscovite...dickinsonite occurs sparingly at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut. FAIRFIELDITE, a hydrous phosphate...noted as a rare mineral at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut from which it was named; and also...Buckfield, Maine; and from Center Strafford, New Hampshire. REDDINGITE, a hydrous manganese phosphate occurred
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
page 568, Nov.-Dec, 1962) There is an old mica mine on Blue- powder. If a specimen shows nothing but...Strafford, New Hamp- alteration species ferri-sicklerite or if you shire. It is known as the Buzzo's Mine, are...we were in the vicinity. My second visit to the mine was both had a small vug in which was a botryoiunusual...been up near the southern end of Lake accicular new mineral. When I broke this Winnipesaukee for a week...1938 and a found more and larger crystals of this new persistent drizzle made the snow too species which
Report (issue)
Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA. (ICDD 34–134). 2.452 (100), 4.31 (90)...Dakota, USA. (2) (Fe, Mn)PO4 with Fe:Mn = 1:1. Polymorphism & Series: Forms a series with purpurite. Occurrence:...In the USA, from the Fletcher and Palermo #1 mines, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; at Newry...elsewhere in South Dakota. In the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, about 50 km east-southeast of Governador Valadares
Report (issue)
= 5.182(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Sapucaia mine, Brazil. (ICDD 35-625). 3.191 (100), 3.381 (85)...47 6.94 Total 100.09 100.00 3+ 3+ (1) Sapucaia mine, Brazil; corresponds to (Mn2+ Na Mg 0.70 0.20 0...vivianite, heterosite–purpurite, cyrilovite, phosphosiderite, leucophosphite (Sapucaia mine, Brazil). Distribution:...Distribution: From the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, about 50 km east-southeast of Governador Valadares, Minas...At the Fletcher mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, and in the Tip Top mine, 8.5 km
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Fe"Mn't)Fen"'(POr). (OH)s, from the Fletcher quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire, and rockbridgeite Fe"Fe4"'(PO4)B(OH)6...Rockbridge County, Va. Ferrous iron may oxidize to ferric oxidizes readily iron. At Fletcher quarry green...cell and optical properties are discussed. Three new analyses are given. fNrnonucrron In the summer of...triphylite, vivianite, and a member of the heterosite-purpurite series.The Sapucaiapegmatite and its minerals...manganoan rockbridgeite from the Fletcher quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire, is green where fresh, Tasm
Journal (issue)
you wish to receive a copy. Please request our new arrivals list Dealers in: • rare minerals • fine... Paul Brian Moore Wyllieite, Na2Fe2AI(P04)3, A New Species........ Paul B. Moore Jun Ito Richard V...Scarsdale, New York, measures 8-1/2 by 10 inches. Photograph by HenriJansen, Ardsley,New York. Editorial...appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: RUTILE from Graves M tn...TOURMALINE from Pala, California We w ill offer fine new material from Europe and A frica fo llo w in g our
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Not stated Rao and Silva, 1964 Grand Slam beryl mine, SW of Miami, Rhodesia Albite, beryl Gallagher... 1957, 19 Perham, 1964 EmmonsQuarry (Uncle Tom Mine), Greenwood,Oxford Co., Maine Gem tourmaline, beryl...amblygonite Rand, 1957, 10 Moore, 1973, 120 Tiger Bill Mine, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine Spodumene,bertrandite... Rand, 1957, 20 Moore, 1973, 120 Mr. Rubellite Mine, Hebron, Oxford Co., Maine Gem tourmaline, beryl...Penfield, 1892 Bastin, 1911, 74 Dunton (Newry Gem) Mine, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine Gem tourmaline, beryl
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___
Field Trip Notes
//' . GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD IN ''fy,.'t:J TRIPS NEW ENGLAND NOVEMBER 10-12, 1952 Organized by the...Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks...Highlands of East-Central New York, Southern Vermont, and Southern New Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding...Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford Granite" 103 Field Trip...OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK, SOUTHER Leaders: VERJ-IONT, AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE Marland P, Billings
Book
recent findings. For the new minerals described since 1973, I have used the New Minerals section of the...the American Mineralogist, Lists of New Mineral Names of Mineralogical Magazine and the recent compilation...deposits in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah were opened centuries ago by the...the mines in the Cerrilos Hills, near Santa Fe, New Mexico (Encyclopedia Britannica 968, p 415). Turquois...historical pattern in the subsequent introduction of new phosphate minerals (still valid) into the scientific
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
erite,Li1-,(Fe,3* Mnr-,2*)POn and heterosite-purpurite,(Fe3*, Mn3*)PO+.The structure of triphylite was...one of us (D'R.P') from the Fletcher Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. The material was chosen because...Information Corporation, 866 Third Avenue, New York, New York, 10022; remitting in advance $2.00 for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Stewart Pegmatite, Pala District,lSan Diego County, California J,c,MssE. Stncr,svr exo GonooN E. BnowN...pegmatitesin the Pala pegmatitedistrict, San Diego County, California. At the Stewart pegmatite, lithiophilite...Secondaryminerals presentinclude sicklerite,hureaulite, purpurite, stewartite,phosphosiderite,several incompletely...existingundergroundworkings of the StewartLithia mine. Table 1 lists the phosphatemineralsreportedfrom...maximum thicknessof 25 meters.The StewartLithia mine, near the southernend of the diko, is a major gemproducer(Jahnset
Book (volume)
Descriptive Mineralogy Vandall T. King Rochester, New York 14609 , Eugene E. Foord U S. Geological Survey...Philip Hauck Richard P. Hauck was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on June 30, 1935. He has been actively involved...deep concern for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining...mining history led him to purchase the mine in order to form a living museum so that it would remain accessible...mineralogical community. Through his efforts, the Sterling mine has been declared a national historic landmark.
Report (volume)
General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
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
Book (edition)
upon the use of the ultraviolet light, a relatively new piece of equipment for the study of mineralogy and...its present secondary status. Some suggestions of new tests will be found in the testing section of the...Copiapite 11 Caledonite, Crocoite, Heterosite-Purpurite, Erythrite, Annabergite, Variscite ' 12 Scorodite... and go easy on the ore piles you may find at a mine or quarry. Even a few pounds of some minerals, like...rewritten and enlarged by Palache, Berman, and Frondel (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1944- ), to be completed
Book (volume)
PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, TUNGSTATES, MOLYBDATES, ETC. NEW YORK JOHN WILEY AND SONS, INC. CHAPMAN AND HALL,...the several species involved. Of the multitude of new species names that have been introduced into the...the System, comparascriptions Preface VI Other new names, including introduced to designate particular...varietal nomenclature. Thus, names introduced as new subdivisions of series in almost all instances have...to designate dimensions referred to the old and new x-ray wavelengths, respectively, following current
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...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...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
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localities. My fond hope is that someone of the new generation will take up the challenge of revising...futile effort to reopen the former Chipman silver mine in Newbury. A brief exploratory foray into the Berkshires...companies led to a survey of the former Davis copper mine in Rowe, but that effort was abandoned, according...tantalizing find, one of several mineral discoveries in New England since the 1970s, including gold in a state... enough was found recently to warrant opening a mine. Hon's advice: "It is worth pursuing." Gleba, who
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...The current progress in mineralog), with countless new data in books and scientific as well as amateur journals...submitted to, and accepted by, the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...pure freibergite is very rare. The decision that a new mineral species is established when one of the cations...eudialyte, and several other groups: The number of new mineral species may grow as an avalanche, flooding
Catalog/List
limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline
 
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