| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | 'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Biotite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 29842 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:29842:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | bf71e169-d106-43b6-abd0-ea55f8a8d8b9 |
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| 17.0km (10.5 miles) | ⓘCraftsbury Common, Craftsbury, Orleans County, Vermont, USA |
| 51.8km (32.2 miles) | ⓘBrighton, Essex County, Vermont, USA |
| 56.5km (35.1 miles) | ⓘMont Brome, Bromont, Estrie, Québec, Canada |
| 59.3km (36.9 miles) | ⓘGrout Quarry, Kirby, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA |
| 59.9km (37.2 miles) | ⓘBurke Quarry, Kirby, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA |
| 67.1km (41.7 miles) | ⓘMont Shefford, Shefford, La Haute-Yamaska RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada |
| 67.3km (41.8 miles) | ⓘWells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, USA |
| 67.6km (42.0 miles) | ⓘBond & Whitcomb Quarry, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, USA |
| 67.9km (42.2 miles) | ⓘWetmore & Morse Quarry, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, USA |
| 68.2km (42.4 miles) | ⓘDuffee Quarry, Barre, Washington County, Vermont, USA |
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 | Carlsen, Kenneth S., Gale, Marjorie H., Thompson, Woodrow B., Kierstead, Matthew (2015) Belvidere Mountain Asbestos Quarries, Lowell/Eden, Vermont. Rocks & Minerals, 90 (6) 510-551 doi:10.1080/00357529.2015.1080535 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mine, ca. 1960. Frank L. Forward photo. A Belvidere Mountain Figure 2. In 1920 this traction engine and...Box 295 Shaftsbury, Vermont 05262 kencarlsen@ymail.com MARJORIE H. GALE Vermont Geological Survey Department...Conservation 1 National Life Drive, Davis 2 Montpelier, Vermont 05620 marjorie.gale@state.vt.us WOODROW B. THOMPSON...Besse. B elvidere Mountain, Quarries Lowell/Eden, Vermont in northern Vermont, is known to generations...postcard of the initial three-story mill at the Eden mine that opened in May 1902 but closed later in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals of the Quarries of Lowell-Eden, Vermont SUE H. HADDEN R. R. 3, Box 303 Grafton, Vermont 05146 Downloaded...in north-central Vermont a narrow paved road follows the left fork just beyond the Eden Mills general store...store in the tiny village of Eden. The gentle 3.5-mile climb toward Lowell takes the traveler past farmland...beaver pond glimmers round a curve and then the quarries become visible. There is a short intake of breath...replaced by 3,353-foot Belvidere Mountain and the grays of huge open-pit asbestos quarries, among the largest |  | | Journal (issue) | | mining machine from the Maria shaft; the Slovak mountain geology mapping exhibit with its rich collection...with differentiated rocks of compositions from biotite-homblende andesite to dacite (the Studenec Formation)...Mineralogical Record, volume 47, May-June, 2016 Biotite Series Black biotite micas are commonly found as columnar...partially weathered biotite referred to as "voigtit" was described by T6th (1882). Black biotite aggregates associated...Amphibole Group Analcime Andradite Antigorite Augite Biotite Series Chabazite-Ca Chrysocolla (?) Chrysotile |
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