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Albite from
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:City
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 Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:997874
Long-form Identifier:1:3:997874:4
GUID (UUID V4):828c33ae-1be7-459a-876f-1ed9df9f4052
Localities for Albite in this Region
Holland Street Quarry, Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Mystic River Quarries (Mystic Quarries), Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Winter Hill quarry, Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
1.1km (0.7 miles) Mystic River Quarries (Mystic Quarries), Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
5.6km (3.4 miles) Warren Street Quarry (Beatty's Ledge), Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
5.9km (3.6 miles) Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) Blueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) West Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) Kallenberg Quarry (Robin Rock Quarry; Jordan Quarry), Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) Gold Leaf Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) Merry Mount Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) Fallon Brothers Quarry (Quincy Quarry; Ballou Quarry; Old Colony Crushed Stone Company Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
17.1km (10.7 miles) Hardwick Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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" 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... NOTES ON COMMEKCIAL, GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 241 The word "granite" in the title is used in its commercial
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)
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)
Babingtonite from four new localities, all in Massachusetts, is described. Four new chemical analyses show...These include prehnite, epidote, babingtonite, albite, qu.artz,hornblende (a fibrous variely), several...and angles to the babingtonite crystals from Somerville, d e s c r i b e db y P a l a c h ea n d F r...minerals was made. The minerals comprise microcline,albite in pericline habit, adularia, epidote, biotite...very numerous localities of this mineral in Massachusetts. An additional interest attaches to the Alpine
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 839 GEOLOGY OF THE BOSTON AREA MASSACHUSETTS BY LAURENCE LAFORGE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...geology of the Boston and Boston Bay quadrangles, Massachusetts--____-.-_____ In pocket. 2. Map showing surficial...-----------81 GEOLOGY OF THE BOSTON AEEA, MASSACHUSETTS By LAURENCE LAFORGE INTRODUCTION* POSITION AND...30' and extends westward from the shore of Massachusetts Bay to meridian 71° 15', comprises the Boston...eastern Massachusetts (see fig. 1) and includes nearly all of Suffolk County and parts of Middlesex, Essex
Report (volume)
onshore and offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg...Maritime Maryland Massachusetts, Deerfield basin Massachusetts, Hartford basin Massachusetts, other Morocco
Report (issue)
............................ 22 Spinel, Orange County, N. Y..................................................................... 37 37 Feldspar, var. Albite, Bedford, N. Y.................................................................. Copper Mine, Somerville, N. J..........................................depression, extending from the present Bockland County, New York, through New Jersey toward the southwest...operations of this kind are now under way in Westchester County. 16 M'liLKTIX NF.W YORK MINKRALOCJICAT; CLUB
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE MINERALS FROM BLUEBERRY MOUNTAIN, WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS W. E. RrcnMoND, ln., Haraard, (Jniaersity, Cambrid...of BlueberryMountain,Winchester Highlands, Massachusetts(unpublished). 290 JOARNAL MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY...fuller description are babingtonite, prehnite, albite, orangite, thorite, and allanite. The list of minerals...paragenesis of the pegmatite minerals of Winchester, Massachusetts, 1925, (unpublished). 294 THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST...generation of epidote is the same as the first. Albite (aariety cleaaelandite).Fine white cleavage fragments
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
prices. For free list, write to: BLAINE REED, 907 County Rd. 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301. WE HAVE...THE THURSTON'S, 385 Cen­ tral St., Boylston, Massachusetts 01505. 2,300 specimens available, mainly fluorescents...MOUNTAIN GEMS AND MINER­ ALS, 97 Lamington Rd., Somerville, New Jersey 07776. CREATION CORNER RETAIL AND...D.s. NY & NJ residents add required sales tax. ALBITE MATRIX TECH­ NICAL, Dept. C, P.O. Box 454, Herkimer...Calgary] at 14:20 05 August 2017 Aesthetic Lapidary Albite Matrix Technical American Federation Show Art-Tech
Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Also found at Somerville, New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from...Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak, San Benito County, California; and large...district, San Bernardino County. Long crystals at Manhattan Mines, Nye County, Nevada. Excellent needle-like
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE THURSTON'S, 385 Cen­ tral St., Boylston, Massachusetts 01505. FOSSILS: Supplying museums, schools,...prices. For free list, write to: BLAINE REED, 907 County Rd., 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301. specimens...MOUNTAIN GEMS AND MINERALS, 97 Lamington Rd., Somerville, New Jersey 08876. WE HAVE AN IMMENSE STOCK OF...D.s. NY & NJ residents add required sales tax. ALBITE MATRIX TECH­ NICAL, Dept. C, P.O. Box 454, Herkimer... AINKKT1SKRS' INDEX (I)ispla> Ads Only) Aesthetic Lapidary Albite Matrix Tech American Federation Show American Gem
Book (edition)
Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Also found at Somerville, New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo ...Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from...Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak, San Benito County, California; and large...district, San Bernardino County. Long crystals at Manhattan Mines, Nye County, Nevada. Excellent needle-like
Report (issue)
....... ?z Geologic age ................ z:) Somerville granite .......................... 24 Occurrence...Cambrian age (continued) Granites (continued) Somerville granite (continued) Megascopic and microscopic... Microscopic characters 53 Pegrnatite fron Somerville granite bB Occurrence Aplite dikes Igneous...and prospects ..................... Culpeper County Culpeper mine . 67 6? 6? 68 oo 6g ...... j....Gold mir-res and prospects (continued) Culpeper County (continued) Morgana mine PAGE .............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
prices. For free list, write to: BLAINE REED, 907 County Rd. 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301. MICROMOUNTS...THE THURSTON'S, 385 Central St., Boylston, Massachusetts 01505. WE HAVE AN IMMENSE STOCK OF MIN­ ERALS...MOUNTAIN GEMS AND MINER­ ALS, 97 Lamington Rd., Somerville, New Jersey 07776. • Now Open In El Cajon, CA...D.s. NY & NJ residents add required sales tax. ALBITE MATRIX TECH­ NICAL, Dept. C, P.O. Box 454, Herkimer...August 2017 (Display Ads Only) Aesthetic Lapidary Albite Matrix Technical American Federation Show Argentum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Limonite and hematite are stripped mined in Crenshaw County, Alabama, and specimens collected are very interesting..."Limonite and hematite are to be found on most any county road south of Montgomery (Montgomery Co.), Ala...Crenshaw County—Davenport, Highland Home, Bradenton and Petrey are all small towns in Crenshaw County near...Shoup, P. O. Box 756, Salmon, Idaho. "Shoup, Lemhi County, Idaho. Scheelite (Tungsten) has been found in...a man that works in a coal mine in upper Fulton County in Illinois. Since that time I have been unable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....and albite, variety cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California...September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Nevada, 66 Albert Ordway (1935–2007), D. Leicht, 178 Albite, California, 292 Alumopharmacosiderite, Utah, 452
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by Mr. Morgan from the American Copper Mine, Somerville, N.J., (native copper specimens from dumps),...apatite, and uranium minerals. A new mine in Ash County is reported to yield large beryl crystals with...microlite in a matrix of the late potash-bearing albite which replaces the cleavelandite. Lithiophilite...in feldspar, and apparently later than the late albite. F. H. Poucn, Secrelary
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
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
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...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on...specimens of minerals and fossils in Aroostook County and elsewhere in northern Maine. Most of the bedrock
Catalog/List
enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...ALBERTITE (hydrocarbon) Black masses; New Brunswick ALBITE (sodium aluminum trisilicate Xline mass; Virginia...(Moonstone), opalescent Cleavage, with quartz showing albite twinning or polysynthetic twin bands, according...Fibrous; South Dakota Fasciculite Xis in schist; Massachusetts Hornblende Common Hornblende Xls, black, in...00 .60 XI, sections, varnished, in matrix, Massachusetts ......... :. ................ ....... 1 x l½"
Catalog/List
masses; New Brunswick, 1 x 2•, .25 ............71 ALBITE (sodium aluminum trisilicatc) Cleavage, showing...(Jvfoonstone), opalescent cleavage, with quartz showing albite twinning or polysynthetic twin bands, according.... . . . . . 65 Fasciculite Xis, in schist; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.... . ... . .. . . .. . 6 FiM, xline, white; Massachusetts, 1 0 lbs. or more, .2 0 per lb . . . .. .. ...Michigan . . 13 Aficaceous (schistose) hematite; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . 6 Massive; Min nesota . .
Report (volume)
mine______________________________ 33 3 4 CONTENTS. Page. Massachusetts _ : , _____ ________________ Davis mine__ _...character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury (Newgate)...mine_________________________________ New Haven County deposits________________________ New York ____... Dorothy mine ______________^_-_____ Albemarle County (Southwest Mountain)_____________ 89 89 Triassic...Bentonville-Overall district________________ 101 Rappahannock County _.________________________ 101 Ambler property______________
 
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