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Labradorite from
Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Township
Classification
Species:Anorthite var: Labradorite
Formula:(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Labradorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:681525
Long-form Identifier:1:3:681525:7
GUID (UUID V4):fed558d9-7817-4c0f-b387-0de30828b117
Nearest other occurrences of Labradorite
44.5km (27.7 miles) Mill Mountain, Stark, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
68.1km (42.3 miles) Monadnock Mountain, Lemington, Essex County, Vermont, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Ordovician (?) formations .............. 45 /" Littleton formation .................. General statement.... 96 ^ iv Page / Granitic rocks of the New Hampshire plutonic series ... Pegmatite .... ..........Maine. ............. A-l Gedrite from Oxford County, Maine. ............. B-l Tables 1. Estimated..._Brob^ amphibolite S*-T~. V"/ member <*£ the Littleton formation. .......... 55 Estimated modes of...of the biotite schist map unit of the Littleton formation ................. 58 Estimated joodes of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND STRUCTURE OF THE FRANCONIA QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY CHARLES R. W IL L IA M S AND MARLAND P ................................................ Littleton formation (including Talford schist)...................................................... New Hampshire magma series..................................WILLIAMS AND BILLINGS— FRANCONIA QUADRANGLE New Hampshire magma series.................................................... Other intrusives of the New Hampshire magma series.............................. White
Book (volume)
MODIFIED DRIFT By WARREN ae OF GLACIAL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. UPHAM, DRIFT. APPENDIX II. TO PARTS ...INTRODUCTION, . . . . .. THE MINERALOGY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, LITHOLOGY, INDEX TO PART IV, APPENDIX, Part...Rockingham, Vt., 3 : 18, Section in Bridgewater and New Hampton, 19, Section in Concord, Fig. 20, Section...of IN THE 14-16 ATLAS. New Hampshire—/ac-szmle, reduced. New Hampshire—/ac-simzle, half size. Two...the topography, contour lines, and geology of New Hampshire, with portions of that of the adjoining territory
Book (volume)
UNH LIBRARY 3 MbOD DllEE THE GEOLOGY NEW HAMPSHIRE A REPORT COMPRISING THE RESULTS OF EXPLORATIONS...Arrangements have been made upon the scale of Bien, of New York. The execute the coloring. tion with this...I. Page. THE RELATIONS OF THE GEOLOGY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO THAT OF THE ADJACENT TERRITORY. By II. ...CLASSIFICATION OF THE By C. H. Hitchcock, INDEX, 634 NEW HAMPSHIRE FORMATIONS. 658 677 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS...Fig. Section along carriage-road westerly from Littleton village. 329 Fig. Section southerly from Fitch's
Book (edition)
which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this...material can be found at that locality; and that new while of dubious merit have been dropped. Appearance...Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, or Tom Robert's Rock the caption. All photographs...in color. Turquoise from Los Cerillos mines, New Mexico. Note turquoise vein cutting diagonally...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887
Report (issue)
Middle to Late Devonian Hardwick Granite of the New Hampshire Plutonic Series. The Monson Gneiss is a series...Quartz Diorite, and Concord Granite of the New Hampshire Plutonic Series. general there are two distinctive...remapped by Robinson (1963) who extended the New Hampshire terminology initiated in adjacent areas by Hadley...Massachusetts some of the nomenclature of the New Hampshire area (Billings, 1937), particularly that of...Page, Chief of the Branch of Regional Geology in New England, was particularly encouraging through all
Report (issue)
All who were involved in the preparation of the new bedrock map, particularly those responsible for the...understanding and portrayal of the geology. Although the new map is very different from Emerson's in many aspects...1984, Lithotectonic assemblages as portrayed on the new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts: American Journal...Gneiss and schist near New Bedford (Zgs)................... Biotite gneiss near New Bedford (Zgn) ................. 40 Regional relations in southeastern New England .................... 42 Quartzitic assemblage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dikes are typical of those in other areas in New Hampshire, b u t metasedimentary dikes have not been described...were intruded into the schists of the Devonian Littleton formation after the climax of the late Devonian...volcanic vents in the Mt. Washington area, New Hampshire, which includes the southern part of Mt. Washington...presents a fair sample of the igneous dikes of New Hampshire. Their abundance, lithology, and relation to...which have not been described elsewhere in New Hampshire. A few volcanic vents also have been reported
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 ___
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAFIC DIKES OF THE WOODSVILLE VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE Menr,aNo P. BrrrrNcs, Harvard, (Jniaers,ity...dikes in the woodsville quadrangle, vermont and New Hampshire, intrude metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks...common throughout eastern Vermont and western New Hampshire. These rocks, as well as the metasedimentary...miles in east-central vermont and west-central New Hampshire between north latitudes 44"00t and 44o15'and...peripheral shell. an intrusive amphibolite in the Littleton-Moosilauke area (Billings, 1937,p.513) that this
Book (volume)
IdberalHri-sr iff 3 4bUU THE GEOLOGY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE A REPORT COMPRISING THE RESULTS OF EXPLORATIONS...are well adapted to mond, upon our citizens a new interest in the and botany. Should selves repaid...SURVEY By IV. HAMPSHIRE. HISTORY OF THE PRESENT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. By III. C. H. NEW C. Continued...119 TOPOGRAPHY OF COOS COUNTY. By IX. HAMPSHIRE. TOPOGRAPHY. By VIII. NEW H. Huntington, THE USE...ALTITUDES. By C. H. XL RIVER SYSTEMS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. By Warren Upham, XII. THE DISTRIBUTION OF
Report (issue)
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and 10- New Hampshire 11 12 by 13 Patrick J. Barosh, Richard J...MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND AND NEW HAMPSHIRE 5- Description of rock units Introduction The...Intrusive Complex of Rhode 7 Island. 8 the Oxford, Grafton, Milford, and Blackstone quadrangles. 9 10- They...bodies; this has been thought by many geologists in New England to be diagnostic of a Precambrian terraine...weathering quartz", a feature 5- that many workers in New England consider to be found exclusively in PreCambrian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AUGUST 1949 GEOLOGY OF THE MONADNOCK REGION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE By KATHARINE FOWLER-BILLINGS CONTENTS Page Abstract...quartzite 1257 Littleton formation 1257 General statement 1257 Lower member of Littleton formation 1258...Rusty quartzite member 1258 Middle member of Littleton formation. .. . 1261 General statement 1261 Mica...1262 Upper member of Littleton formation 1263 Nodular concretions in Littleton formation 1264 Oliverian...Oliverian magma series 1264 New Hampshire magma series 1265 Kinsman quartz monzonite 1265 General statement
Report (issue)
All who were involved in the preparation of the new bedrock map, particularly those responsible for the...understanding and portrayal of the geology. Although the new map is very different from Emerson's in many aspects...1984, Lithotectonic assemblages as portrayed on the new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts: American Journal.................. A2 Lithotectonic map of western New England ...........................................FIGURE 2. Simplified lithotectonic map of western New England showing the Rowe-Hawley zone (shaded) and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AMERICA PETROLOGY OF T H E PAWTUCEAW AY MOUNTAINS, NEW H A M PSH IRE BY CHALMER J. ROY AND JACOB FREEDMAN......................................... 908 New Hampshire magma series, Winnipesaukee gneiss (?)........Nottingham townships, Rockingham County, in southeastern New Hampshire. The rocks of the area constitute...injected into the Winnipesaukee gneiss (?) of the New Hampshire magma series. The complex consists of a variety...Deerfield and Notting­ ham, Rockingham Count}7, New Hampshire (Fig. 1). The mountain area is ellipti­ cal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
STRUCTURE AND PETROLOGY OF THE SUNAPEE QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY CARLETON A. CHAPMAN ABSTRACT The rocks of...of the Sunapee quadrangle, in southwestern New Hampshire, are chiefly metamorphic in origin and range..."porphyritic" granitic gneiss. East of the gneiss is the Littleton formation. The western (older) portion of this...predominately of mica and microcline gneiss. East of the Littleton formation is the Kinsman quartz monzonite. This...fairly uniform sequence of pelitic rocks of the Littleton formation. As a result of regional metamorphism
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE PERCY QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY RANDOLPH W. CHAPMAN CONTENTS Abstract Introduction...Biotite-quartz monzonite and coarse syenite New Hampshire magma series General statement Long Mountain...1086 1060 R. W. CHAPMAN—PERCY QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE Jefferson dome Lost Nation intrusive body Long...1098 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Index map of New Hampshire 2. Syncline in Albee formation 3. Diagrammatic...quadrangle, New Hampshire Plate 1. Geological map and structure sections of the Percy quadrangle, New Hampshire
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W., Washington, D.C. 20016. Jury 6, 7—Syracuse, New York. 25th Annual Gem World '91 Show sponsored by...by the Gem & Mineral So­ ciety of Syracuse. New York State Fairgrounds. Info. —John Davis, c/o Gem & Mineral...the Ute Mountain Gem & Mineral Society. Montezuma County Annex Bldg., 103 N. Chestnut. Info.—John Ferrin...Mineral & Jewelry Festival sponsored by the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. Oxford Fair­ ground...tersweet Dr., Butte, MT 59701. July 20, 21—Mattituck, New York. 10th Annual Gem, Mineral, & Jewelry Show sponsored
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...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
Report (volume)
...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;...Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ON — "^ ^SEE^T Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE DESIRED _ PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations:...xlad—crystallized fl—AuorwcM COLORADO — "I am new at rock hounding. I am sending a sample of a green...Park County. Would you please identify it for me?—asks Elizabeth Ann Sather, Box 1105, Littleton, Colo...it is a very nice one. Fairplay, in western Park County, is in central Colorado. C O N N E C T I C U T...is quite loose. "The locality is the junction of New Rt. 9 and Rt. 81, Haddam, Conn."— ROCKS AND MINERALS
Report (issue)
EPA REGION 1 Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-292-A...REGION 1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R. Randall Schumann...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of New Hampshire Linda C.S. Gundersen andR. Randall Schumann...directed to develop model standards and techniques for new building construction that would provide adequate...aerial radioactivity, and indoor radon data by county. Because of constraints on the scales of maps presented
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 (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington...such as creates the unique beauty of opal or labradorite, the starry splendor of star sapphire and garnet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. No. X X I I . — A NEW OCCURRENCE OF PICRITE IN THE BALLANTRAE DISTRICT... THE rocks described in this paper occur on Littleton Hill, 3£ miles N.E. of Ballantrae. This hill is...On Sh. 7 of the Geological Survey of Scotland Littleton Hill is mapped as four small intrusions of basic...The field relations of the " intrusions " of Littleton Hill are very obscure. Small isolated exposures...Monash University on March 7, 2015 T Y R R E L L — A NEW OCCURRENCE OF PICRITE I N BALLANTRAE. 285 for the
 
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