 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | eastern part of Massachusetts and which reach their most important development in the Quincy-Blue Hills area...particularly for that part of the map which lies in Massachusetts and in the vicinity of the Blackstone River...Diamond Hill, within a few hundred feet of the Massachusetts-Rhode Island line. The Cambrian “consists chiefly...Jackson: Op. clt. W. O. Crosby: Geology of Eastern Massachusetts, 1880, p. 128. Shaler: Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool...Carboniferous sediments of the Boston Basin, the Norfolk Basin, and the newly discov ered South Framingham |  | | 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...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) | | Geology of Selected Quadrangles In Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was printed as separate...Toulmin 3d. (B) Geology of the Norwood quadrangle, Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, by Newton E. Chute. (C) Surficial...quadrangle, Worcester and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts, by Donald F. Eschman. (D) Geology of the Taunton...quadrangle, Bristol and Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts, by Joseph H. Hartshorn. o ; Bedrock Geology...Vicinity Massachusetts > w By PRIESTLEY TOULMIN 3d GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN MASSACHUSETTS ~s -GEOLOGICAL |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 4 7 3 - 9 The chemistry of riebeckites of Massachusetts and Rhode Island PAUL C. LYONS t Boston University...University, College of Basic Studies, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, U.S.A. SUMMARY.Four new chemical analyses...riebeckites of the hypersolvus granites of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Riebeckites of southern New...and reported an analysis of riebeckite from the Quincy Granite proper. General geology. The areal distribution...distribution of the hypersolvus granites of Massachusetts and Rhode Island is shown in fig. I. The alkali |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | riebeckite, and, more rarely, haematite and astrophyllite replace the hornblendes and biotites of the...of the riebeckite and may be related to the astrophyllite which can be discerned under high magnification...Island. JENSEN (1916). 2, Rhomben porphyry, Quincy, Massachusetts. WARREN (1913). 50136, Chilled facies of...crystallisation history. In certain sectors of the dyke astrophyllite makes its appearance within the groundmass,...dyke, Ilimaussaq. USSING (1912). 2, Riebeekite astrophyllite granite (26272), Kungnat, S. Greenland. New |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | l~assachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Received May 3, 1971 Abstract. The abundances...i~assachnsetts alkaline group (Cape Ann, Peabody, Quincy) and the Rhode Island subalkaline group (Narragansett...residual phase during anatexis. Because the Massachusetts granites are associated with syenites and show...granites of the Cape Ann, Peabody and Quincy stocks of Massachusetts are contrasted with the subalkaline...1964: Cape Ann and Peabody; Quinn and Moore, 1968: Quincy; Chayes, 1952; Feininger, 1964: * Present Address: |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of Massachusetts E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedharn Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian... Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane G. Stratigraphy of the...Belt, Central Massachusetts H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts I. Intrusive...Intrusive Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts L.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-E-J The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy |  | | Report (volume) | | OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Journal (issue) | | ————————————————— Page Page November Mineral News 4 Quincy Mining Co. Smelter EPHEMERA Robert L. Fox Jr... Michigan side, you cannot help but notice the Quincy Smelter (figure 1) located alongside the water...stamp sands at the site of Pewabic’s old mill. Quincy Mining Company obtained this property in 1891 as...faces etc.) in black & white. Figure 1—The restored Quincy smelter complex. All images by the author. The...slag skimmed from the reverberatory furnaces. The Quincy smelter operated until 1967 using locally mined |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discovered in I872 at Western Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, and was analysed and described by Genth...about I ram, and with 8-cm analcime and 5-cm astrophyllite crystals; from discussions with mineral collectors... E1 Paso Co., Colorado. 7 to 12: Rockport, Massachusetts. 13 to 20: Cumberland, Rhode Island (details...DUNN from a granite that may be related to the Quincy granite; N M N H I I9443 is representative of the...noted that it is associated with quartz and astrophyllite, but did not record the rock type. The present |  | | Book | | V/C/N/TY ^^o Red beds MAP of fhe. /=zh NORFOLK SELL IS(^HAM ° HARVARD CONGLOMERATE andL SCI...Department of Geology Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 02215 to; PREFACE In 1966, John Rodgers...Davis in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, and gradually extended itself. oo over New...Brown University The Foxboro Co., Foxborough, Massachusetts Geography, University of Toronto U. S. G, S...Boston State College Botany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Marine Sciences, Virginia Institute |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | extends from southeast ern Connecticut across Massachusetts to just north of Cape A n n . Cutting across...margin of the state extending eastwards into Massachusetts. I n general, as shown in Figure 1, western...exposure of Quincy Granite in the northernmost part of the state (Fig ure 1). Within the Quincy Granite...biotite, amphibole, zircon, allanite, fluorite, astrophyllite, sphene, and opaques. The chemistry of some...extend from Rhode Island northeastward across Massachusetts and into the Gulf of Maine. Such rocks are generally |  | | Catalog/List | | tufts ACTINOLITE: Bull Run Quarry, Loudon County, Virginia, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety AMIANTHUS:Steintal...ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE: French Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE SMARAGDITE:Micciano...crystals ADAMITE,variety CUPROAN:Gold Hill, Utah, USA. crystals AEGERINE: Kola Peninsula, USSR. crystal...AFWILLITE: Crestffiore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA. massive AGRELLITE: KipawQ River, Villodieu Township...ALABANDITE:Tombstone. Arizona, USA. massive ALBERTITE(HYDROC,\RBONl: Prince Albert County. Nova Scotia, massive |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary Lane Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 ONE...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes...Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls and pipes; red and yellow ochre |  | | Catalog/List | | . . . . . . 65 Fasciculite Xis, in schist; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3...Trinidad, specimens in vial or bottle . . . . . 6 ASTROPHYLLITE (a complex hydrous silicate of sodium, potassium.... . ... . .. . . .. . 6 FiM, xline, white; Massachusetts, 1 0 lbs. or more, .2 0 per lb . . . .. .. ...Michigan . . 13 Aficaceous (schistose) hematite; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . 6 Massive; Min nesota . ....aluminum silicate) Large phmocrysts in diabase; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Coarse-xline and cleavages; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | unusual suite of minerals. The bedrock is primarily Quincy Granite, a gray mediumgrained massive rock. Many...fluorite, sphalerite, apatite, and pennenite. The Quincy Granite contains finely divided riebeckite and...respectively. Some of the more unusual finds in clude astrophyllite, sagenitic quartz, and molybdenite. Directions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | may be seen also at some of the smaller pits. MASSACHUSETTS IRON MINE HILL @ () I c It n I -t 6 Prerr...riebeckite granite which is probably related to the Quincy granite of Devonian or early Carboniferous age...considerable biotite. Minor constituents are astrophyllite, purple fluorite, magnetite, musco11Selfridge |  | | Catalog/List | | and Chalcopyrite.3tx2xlt". £6.50. 16. CALCITE. quincy -Mine, K810eenaw pen., t'ichigan. A sharp mostly...associated with creamy Feldspar, Nepheline, Astrophyllite and Aegirine. 2-txl-txlt'" £2.75; Specimen B...Feldspar matrix with Aegirine, Nepheline and Astrophyllite. 2xll-xl". [2.25; Specimen B - Lust rous black...;-" mass embedded in 7eldspar with Aegirine, Astrophyllite and Pyrophanite. l-!;-xt-". [1.50. ~ALACHITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | history of the complex, include riebeckite-astrophyllite granites of close affinity to some of the Nigerian...siderite, zircon, white-mica (taeniolite), astrophyllite and molybdenite. The last named is extremely...only been observed in one loose block. The astrophyllite occurs as slender brown crystals, up to three... with golden brown bundles and rosettes of astrophyllite. The contacts with the gneisses are normally...youngest intrusives in the complex. It is more astrophyllite-rich than any from the high corrie and furthermore |  | | Report (chapter) | | the Rattlesnake pluton (380 Ma) in eastern Massachusetts (Lyons & Kruger 1976) and the Joshua Rock gneiss...and pyroxene, fluorite, allanite, zircon and astrophyllite. In addition to exhibiting high ratios of N...similar to older alkalic plutons in eastern Massachusetts and the Gulf of Maine (Zartman 1977, Hermes...the Avalon zone. In Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts subordinate volcanic rocks are associated with...felsite porphyry is associated spatially with the Quincy granite of northern Rhode Island. Quinn et al. |  | | Catalog/List | | . . . . . . . . Fasciculite Xis in schist; Massachusetts Hornblende Common Hornblende Cleavable, black;... . . ........ . Xline, white, in dolomite; Massachusetts . .............. Hexagonite Purple :dine mass;...1.50 Xis, in matrix, ends of xis polished; Massachusetts .. ANDESINE (sodium and calcium aluminum silicate)...Trinidad .. .... .. ... ... .. ... .. .. . . ASTROPHYLLITE (a complex hydrous silicate of sodium, potassium... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Massachusetts or New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Catalog/List | | enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...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"...vial or bottle .. .25 ·.60 .25 .35 .60 ASTROPHYLLITE (a complex hydrous silicate of sodi um, potassium...DATOLITE (basic calcium boron orthosilicate) Xled; Massachusetts or New Jersey................ .60 1.26 DESCLOIZITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | species are acmite-aegirine, eudialite, and astrophyllite. Carapleiite would come next, then serandite...lined with the stuff, and the dumps of the old Quincy and Hancock mines yield quantities, with stubby |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | 10 lx2ins £10 Black crystal sections with Astrophyllite in matrix Khibiny massiC Kola. Russia lxl...Scotland mixture wilhChrysotile, pale grey-green ✓ County Bridge Quarry.Lizard C . ornwall massive. Stitchtitc...Norway for this location. Dooneen M ine,Allihies,County lliick rich green mass as coating all over Cork...Toocle with i\damite.nic<: coverage. Type Loe. County,Utah, USA rich brown crystalline mass ✓ Bclstonc Consols...ARSENOP)1UTE ,\RTHURITE Cu Fe AsO/4 PO/4 SO/4 ASTROPHYLLITE K.Na Fe Mn Ti SiO ATACAMITI:: Cu Cl OH AUGITE |
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