| Locality type: | Hill |
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| Species: | Andalusite |
| Formula: | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Comments: | B.K. Emerson (1917, p.68) reported "andalusite prisms are commonly very abundant and perfect [in the Boylston schist], as on Malden Hill south of Oakdale, and are generally small, but some of them are an inch square and 4 to 8 inches long." |
| Habit: | crystals to 8" |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Andalusite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Malden Hill, West Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 129979 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:129979:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 01274c43-a87a-41e6-8fcb-d5ab23693ab2 |
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| 12.8km (8.0 miles) | ⓘGeorge Hill, Clinton, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 14.6km (9.1 miles) | ⓘLancaster chiastolite localities, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 14.6km (9.1 miles) | ⓘBlood Town Forest, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 22.7km (14.1 miles) | ⓘBare Hill Pond locality, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 44.0km (27.4 miles) | ⓘOak Hill Quarry, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 73.5km (45.7 miles) | ⓘVernon, Windham County, Vermont, USA |
| 74.4km (46.2 miles) | ⓘOsgood Graphite Mine, Nelson, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA |
| 94.2km (58.5 miles) | ⓘWalpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA |
| 98.3km (61.1 miles) | ⓘAlstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA |
| 99.7km (61.9 miles) | ⓘFall Mountain, Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA |
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 | | 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...1987 Route 128 and Route 3, where traffic from the west and south of Boston meets and passes at the rate...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...from Roxbury south to Brockton and from Braintree west to Needham and Wellesley. BRAINTREE - By most accounts |
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