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Almandine from
Fort Point, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Point
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fort Point, Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:678081
Long-form Identifier:1:3:678081:4
GUID (UUID V4):be42a344-0037-48dc-8f90-f031923146df
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
23.8km (14.8 miles) Assonet Village, Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
42.3km (26.3 miles) Jamestown Bridge staurolite locality, Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
46.4km (28.8 miles) Bonnet Shores, Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
50.7km (31.5 miles) Prospect Hill, Natick, West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
52.0km (32.3 miles) Narragansett Pier, Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
57.2km (35.6 miles) Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
61.2km (38.1 miles) Beacon Pole Hill quarry, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
77.9km (48.4 miles) Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
91.4km (56.8 miles) 195 River Road, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut, USA
95.0km (59.0 miles) Marlborough Junction locality, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (edition)
much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...need a road map to find the location and starting point for each itinerary. The DeLorme Mapping Company'...directions will bring you into the map area at the point shown by an arrow. Look for landmarks described...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...litter the roads leading to the quarries, and help point the way to collecting sites. Quartz occurs in a
Book (volume)
greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...collector and researcher characteristics which point to the location of origin, conditions of formation..."rocks." Display shelves shouldn't be crowded to the point that specimens touch each other and potentially
Catalog/List
radial groups on limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals...lapis AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and...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...crystal vugs ALTAITE Lead telluride Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Cleavage plates in quartz with pyrite
Report (volume)
See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Book (volume)
Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................of Geology at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He began teaching there in 1931 and he retired...permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified...Maine's treasure chest; Gems and minerals of Oxford County, second edition: Quicksilver Publications, West
Journal (issue)
Apatite- Can be scratched with difficulty by a steel point, and can itself scratch glass, but with difficulty...(Germany); Chihuahua and Zacatecas (Mexico). In the USA, there are large quantities of acanthite at Leadville...in Siberia (Russia) and in Alaska and California, USA. The Alaskan deposits are found close to significant...byssolite is found mainly in Pennsylvania and Virginia, USA. FACT FILE ACTINOLITE Group: Silicates Crystal...in the yellow Bernadino County, mineral limonite, and in the California, USA; in Cap sulphide-rich upper
Journal (issue)
Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by... but perfection is elusive. An “ absurdity” in point: check the figure caption on the ouside-back-cover...Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed...for the other pegmatite gem mines in San Diego County, the collapse o f the Chinese tourmaline market...abundant K-feldspar and schorl. Muscovite and almandine-spessartine garnet are sparsely dis­ tributed
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...etc. In rich masses at Pelham, Hampshire co., Massachusetts, in very broad blades with talc at Chester,...Juster vitreous to Hot Springco., Arkansas, in the Point of Rock quarry, pearly. Clea,·age {001} perfect
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states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...Corocoro, Bolivia, and at Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper is found in abundance in the Keweenaw area...and from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. In the USA gold is often obtained by individual prospectors...suitable for pencils comes from Sonora, Mexico. In the USA a major locality is at Ticonderoga, New York State...localities in Chile, and from the Mohawk mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan; also from Lake Superior, Ontario. Treatment
Catalog/List
PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...QUARTZ AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls and...and coatings on monzonite .. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue crystals and masses...aluminum silicate. CLEAVELANDITE California San Diego County, Himalaya mine. White crystalled aggregates; some
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are reported by county of occurrence. Map 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible...,o Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. __ _) 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...in placers of the Potholes District of Imperial County, near the Colorado River about 10 miles north of...reported from San Ysidro, San Diego County, in 1828 ; from Los Angeles County, San Francisquito Canyon, in 183...183 5; and in the Piru District, Ventura County, in the early 1840s. Then in 1848 the discovery of gold
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species are reported by 1-2 shows the county boundaries and county names. When possible, locations of mines...within a township is illustrated by Figure 1-1. county of occurrence. Map *M. Fleischer’s 1980 Glossary...Map 1-2. Outline map of California showing county boundaries. 4 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA R5W i...first District of Imperial Yuma, Diego County, County, near the Colorado River about 10 miles north...San Ysidro, San Arizona. 1828; from Los Angeles County, San Francisquito Canyon, in in Then in on the
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hexagonal (sixfold) symmetry illustrate the next point. (SiO4)*~ must be bonded to a cation or cations...scraps of matter are built into minerals. At this point is is necessary to restrict our scope a little....oriented bonds in covalent structures usually point in the same directions as the principal axes of...extremely common in most mineral groups. At this point we must return to the subject of chemical formulae...surface shrinks, finally becoming the pyramid’s point. Similarly a crystal face on which material is deposited
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hexagonal Jsixfold) symmetry illustrate the next point. (Si04)4- must be bonded to a cation or cations...scraps of matter are built into minerals. At this point is is necessary to restrict our scope a little....the oriented bonds in covalent structures usually point in the same directions as the principal axes of...closely common in most mineral groups. At this point we must return to the subject of together by a three-dimensional...surface shrinks, finally becoming the pyramid’s point. Similarly a crystal face on which material is deposited
Journal (volume)
South Africa; and Maine and other regions of the USA. Minor deposits of rose quartz can also be found...ite . corundum is a very hard mineral and defines point 9 on the hardness scale. This hardness makes ruby...in Afghanistan , India, Pakistan, China, Montana, USA, and Norway. • • TWo 19th-centurv brooches set with...at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, USA. • A Burmese ruby in calcite, a common mineral....pyramid with four triangular faces coming to a point at the top and four more making a pyramid beneath
Report (volume)
Contribution. Tallahassee, Fla. Fort Hays Studies, Sci. Ser. - Fort Hays Studies, Science Series. State...State College. Hays, Kans. Fort Hays Kansas [France] Centre Recherches et Documentation Cartog. et Geog...Ky. Kentucky Geol. Survey County Rept. - Kentucky Geological Survey County Report. University of Kentucky...Analysts. Houston, Tex. Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. - Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science...Science. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles County_Mus. Nat.
Report (issue)
been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely...color" from Cherokee Flat, Butte County); and to borax ("Lake County, in large crystals in the clay of...the total entry!). No hint acid. Clear Lake, Lake County" foreshadows the subsequent discovery of immense
Report (volume)
74, Ph miles east of Dutchtown, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. Type section cut by northtrending fault with...stream in NEIA sec. 33, T. 16 N., R. 14 E, Wayne County. Named after village of Abington, about 3 miles...Named for Adam Peak in Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County. Occupies belt about 21f2 miles long on western...Portlandian) age. Mapped around Adobe Flat in Stanislaus County. Well exposed west of Wilcox Ridge in sec. 23,...Airport, sec. 30, T. 19 N., R. 103 W., Sweetwater County. Akah Substage Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian): Utah
Book (volume)
village, 133 . 31, Map of Clay point, Alton, 134 2, Section of Clay point, Alton, . 134 . 33, Map of...four hundred and fifty miles, finding only one point low enough to allow the upper surface of the ice...that at one point of its orbit it is somewhat farther from the sun than at the opposite point. This eccentricity...results are likely to have been produced, seems to point to a very long, continuous period of glacial action...distribution of the till in this state and in eastern Massachusetts is quite irregular. Sometimes no considerable
Book (edition)
INTRODUCTION Class: Classes are designated by their point group symmetry. Note that as mineralogists we use...monoclinic crystals. The monoclinic holohedral point group symmetry is 2/m and the one symmetry direction...elements; mathematically synonymous with point group; each of the 32 point groups are characterized by a symbol...the combination of~ymmetry elements unique to the point group (e.g., 2/m, 3, 4/m, 43m). crystal face The...hypothetical points (positions) in a crystal whereby each point has identical surroundings (i.e., direction and
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488 Highway 97, Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson 491 Highway 97, Fort Nelson to Summit Pass 505 Highway...lengthy gaps. Length: 1464 km Measured from the point where the Alberta/B.C. border meets the Montana...total of 1558 km. Width: 180 km at the widest point ' This measurement is taken along a northeast/southwest...the Rockies. The greatest width is found from -a point about 80 km northwest of Rocky Mountain House, where...total area of 202,700 km’. Lowest point: 323 m The lowest point is found at the confluence of the Liard
Book (edition)
Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...trigonal. Class: Classes are designated by their point group symmetry. Note that as mineralogists we use...monoclinic crystals. The monoclinic holohedral point group symmetry is 2/m and the one symmetry direction...elements; mathematically synonymous with point group; each of the 32 point groups are characterized by a symbol...combination of symmetry elements unique to the point group (e.g., 2/ m, 3, 4/m, 43m). crystal face The
Book (edition)
Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...trigonal. Class: Classes are designated by their point group symmetry. Note that as mineralogists we use...monoclinic crystals. The monoclinic holohedral point group symmetry is 2/m and the one symmetry direction...elements; mathematically synonymous with point group; each of the 32 point groups are characterized by a symbol
Book (edition)
Mineralogical Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gilbert Gauthier: Maisons Laffitte, Paris,...Mineralogical Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Henry O. Meyer (deceased): Dept. of Earth Sciences...Pennsylvania. Thalassa Skinner: Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dorian G. W. Smith: Dept. of Geology, Univ...rhombohedral symmetry exists. 2) Crystal Classes, Point Group Symmetry, and Symmetry Notations (KH, Ch....thirty-two combinations known as crystal classes or point groups, those combinations constrained by the requirerepetition
 
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