Apatite from Pennsylvania, USA

Carbonate-rich Apatite

Catasauqua slag locality, Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA

Carbonate-rich Apatite

Catasauqua slag locality, Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA

Carbonate-rich Apatite

Catasauqua slag locality, Catasauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA


USA
Pennsylvania Adams County Gettysburg ⓘ Teeter Quarry (Teeters Quarry; Valley Quarry; John S. Teeter and Sons Co. Quarry; Gettysburg Quarry; H.T. Campbell's Teeter's Quarry)	Rocks & Minerals 81:229-234
Berks County Morgantown ⓘ Grace Mine	Mineralogy of Pennsylvania-1976 Robert C. Smith, pg. 88
Centre County Mount Eagle ⓘ Lamb's Gap	Smith II, R.C. (1978) The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania 1966-1975. Special Publication No. 1, Friends of Mineralogy Pennsylvania Chapter.
Chester County East Bradford Township ⓘ Copesville	Mineralogy of Pennsylvania-1922 Samuel S. Gordon, pg. 167
Elk Township ⓘ Elk Creek pegmatite	Joe Dague - collected at site
London Britain Township Landenberg ⓘ Nevin's Quarry	Mineralogy of Pennsylvania-1922 Samuel S. Gordon, pg. 171
Warwick Township Saint Peters ⓘ French Creek Mines	Mineralogical Record, 25(2),pp:105-120.
Warwick (Saint Marys) Hopewell Mines ⓘ Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Piatak, N. M., & Seal II, R. R. (2012). Mineralogy and environmental geochemistry of historical iron slag, Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Pennsylvania, USA. Applied geochemistry, 27(3), 623-643.
ⓘ Jones mine	Piatak, N. M., & Seal II, R. R. (2012). Mineralogy and environmental geochemistry of historical iron slag, Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Pennsylvania, USA. Applied geochemistry, 27(3), 623-643.
West Marlboro Township ⓘ Doe Run Quarries	Mineralogy of Pennsylvania-1922 Samuel S. Gordon, pg. 180
West Nottingham Township ⓘ Sylmar	Mineralogy of Pennsylvania-1922 Samuel S. Gordon, pg. 181
ⓘ Clearfield County	Bauer, Sophia, Jonathan Yang, Mengling Stuckman, and Circe Verba. (2022) "Rare Earth Element (REE) and Critical Mineral Fractions of Central Appalachian Coal-Related Strata Determined by 7-Step Sequential Extraction" Minerals 12, no. 11: 1350. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12111350
Cumberland County Mount Holly Springs ⓘ Moores Mill	Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania
ⓘ Delaware County	www.libraries.psu.edu/emsl/guides/X/delaware.htm.
Ridley Township Leiperville ⓘ Deshong's Quarry	Rocks & Min.:59:109-120.
Wallingford ⓘ Leiper's Upper Avondale Quarry	Rocks & Min.: 59:109-120 & 62:176-178.
Swarthmore (Borough of Swarthmore) Woodlyn (Avondale) ⓘ Leiper's Lower Avondale Quarry (Morrow Quarry; Facenda Quarry)	Rocks & Min.: 59:109-120 & 62:176-178.
Thornbury Township Glen Mills ⓘ Glen Mills Quarry	Min. Col. PA Geyer, Smith, Barnes Pgs. 114-116
Upper Chichester Township ⓘ Boothwyn	Ref.) The Minerology of Pennsyvania Samuel S. Gordon - 1922 Pg. 197-198
Fayette County Masontown ⓘ Gates-Adah kimberlite dikes	Gordon, 1922. Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, p.30.
Indiana County Barr Slope ⓘ Barr Slope Mine	www.nittanymineral.org (2021) https://www.nittanymineral.org/bulletin/NMS1611.pdf
Lancaster County Bart Township ⓘ Gap Mine	Robert C. Smith II (1978) The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania 1966-1975. Friends of Mineralogy, Pennsylvania Chapter, pp. 275-282.
Brecknock Township Bowmansville ⓘ Silver Hill Quarry	De Min. Soc. 04/08
Lebanon County Cornwall Borough (Cornwall) ⓘ Cornwall Mines (Cornwall Iron Mine)	Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania
Montgomery County Lower Merion Township ⓘ Flat Rock Tunnel	Gordon, S.G. (1922) "The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania," Special Publication No. 1, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: p. 213.
Northampton County Easton ⓘ Chestnut Hill	Lapham & Geyer, 1965. Mineral Collecting in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County Lafayette Station ⓘ Prince's Soapstone Quarry	Mineralogy of Pennsylvania-1922 Samuel S. Gordon, pg. 221-222
Philadelphia ⓘ Fairmount Park	Gordon, 1922. Mineralogy of Pennsylvania
ⓘ Falls of Schuylkill	Ref.: Gordon, S.G. (1922) "The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania," Special Publication No. 1, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: p. 125.
Frankford ⓘ Barber's Quarry	Mineralogy of Pennsylvania-1922 Samuel S. Gordon, pg. 229
ⓘ Peter's Quarry	Mineralogy of Pennsylvania-1922 Samuel S. Gordon, pg. 229
ⓘ Quarry on Frankford Creek (unnamed)	Benge and Wherry, XIII, 1906, 92
Germantown ⓘ Fowler's Quarry	Samuel G. Gordon (1922) "Mineralogy of Pennsylvania" p. 225.
Rittenhouse Lane ⓘ McKinney's Quarry	Dana 6: 576 & 1070.
ⓘ Wissahickon Valley	Gordon, 1922. The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania

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