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Amber from
Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:State
Classification
Species:'Amber' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amber data
Locality Data:Click here to view Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1336327
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1336327:3
GUID (UUID V4):05139f19-0d1c-4274-b3e4-202317253fba
Localities for Amber in this Region
Gay Head Cliffs, Aquinnah, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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presentations and special reports|GIT Lab Updates|USA lifts ban on Burmese ruby and jadeite|Margaritologia...inclusions|Clinohumite from Vietnam|Lace opal from Utah, USA|Pollucite from Pakistan with polylithionite inclusions|Large...Hauzenberger 320 Identification of Reconstructed Amber from Different Periods By Haibo Li, Jie Liang, Taijin...Edward Boehm, RareSource, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Maggie Campbell Pedersen, Organic Gems, London;...Emmett, Crystal Chemistry, Brush Prairie, Washington, USA; Emmanuel Fritsch, University of Nantes, France;
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Haidomyrmecinae stat. nov.) from midCretaceous amber of northern Myanmar Vincent Perrichot, Bo Wang,...Haidomyrmecinae stat. nov.) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar, Cretaceous Research, https://doi...Haidomyrmecinae stat. nov.) from 2 mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar 3 4 Vincent Perrichot a,*...Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA 11 4 Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American...American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA 12 13 * Corresponding author 14 E-mail address:
Report (issue)
translucent. Color: Yellow to golden yellow and amber-yellow. Luster: Adamantine. Optical Class: Biaxial...Y = Z = greenish yellow to deep golden yellow, amber-brown. Orientation: X = c; Y = a; Z = b. Dispersion:...Pennsylvania, and in the Delta mine, Emery Co., Utah, USA. Name: Honors Valère Louis Billiet (1903-1945), Belgian...Cambridge, Massachusetts, 104455; National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 160496. References:
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Greenish yellow, yellow-brown, brown; pale yellow to amber in thin section. Streak: White. Luster: Vitreous...0889 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Rockport, Massachusetts, USA. (ICDD 20-1139). 2.501 (100), 2.828 (90)...occurrences of relatively pure material are: in the USA, in the St. Peters Dome area, near Pikes Peak, El...Inyo Co., California; at Rockport, Essex Co., Massachusetts; from Monroe, Orange Co., New York; in the Iron
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Brazil|Beryllonite from Pakistan|Apache Blue Stone from Arizona, USA| Yellow Tianhuang stone|Custained quartzite from...cut. Courtesy of John Dyer Gems, Edina, Minnesota, USA; photos by Ozzie Campos. p. 482 Yamei Wang photo...Spectroscopic Features of Untreated vs. Heated Amber By Yamei Wang, Mingxing Yang, Shufang Nie and Fen...Symposium—Sapphire|Presentations in Tucson, Arizona, USA 554 Gem-A Notices 556 Learning Opportunities 559...University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Edward Boehm, RareSource, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Maggie Campbell
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7 - 1 8 7 5 D o w Ave., A r l i n g ­ ton, Massachusetts 0 2 1 7 4 . F O S S I L F I S H , T R I L O...N A H U E , B o x 1 9 5 7 A , B o s t o n , Massachusetts 0 2 1 0 5 . MICROMOUNTS F R E E M I C R O M...385 C e n t r a l S t . , B o y l s t o n . Massachusetts 01505. C A N A D I A N M I N E R A L S P E...U R S T O N S , 385 Central St., Boylston, Massachusetts 01505. WANTED TO BUY OR E X C H A N G E M E...U S S E L S , 1 071875 Dow Ave., Arlington, Massachusetts 02174. that is deceptive and misleading is
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September/October: Detailed carving in section of the Amber Room, near SI. Petersburg, Russia. Alexander Minin...Afghanistan, R. B. Cook. 180-83 Amazonite, 342-43 Amber, Russia, 300-312; 313-14 An American Perspectiveon...Reviews DeDora, N. F., see Robinson, S. Diopside, Massachusetts, 344-45 E Elder, M. J., see Collector's Note...I., The Munich Show Helped Open a Window on the Amber Room, 313-14 Kile, D. E., see In Memoriam; Zeolites...[George Mason University] at 22:26 22 March 2016 Massachusetts, diopside, 344-45 Matty, J. M .• see Geo-Currents
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Hong Kong 691 Gem Notes Baryte from South Dakota, USA| Gems from Mong Long, Myanmar|Pyrite and other sulphides...By Anna Malecka 752 Characterization of Mexican Amber from the Yi Kwan Tsang Collection V. L. Villani...University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Edward Boehm, RareSource, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Maggie Campbell...Emmett, Crystal Chemistry, Brush Prairie, Washington, USA; Emmanuel Fritsch, University of Nantes, France;...E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA; Andrew H. Rankin, Kingston University, Surrey; Benjamin
Report (issue)
grains, to D(calc.) = 3.15 Color: Reddish to amber, pale bluish if weathered; colorless = 1.594-1...Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA, during whose tenure the Museum's meteorite collection...University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA. References: (1)
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Transparent. Color: Snow-white, white, colorless, amber with impurities; colorless in thin section. Optical...Powder Pattern: Furnace Creek district, California, USA; exhibits preferred orientation. 8.715 (100), 5.772...95 100.00 (1) Furnace Creek district, California, USA; recalculated to 100% after deduction of ginorite...altered basalt (Furnace Creek district, California, USA); a primary mineral in a metamorphosed borate playa...district, California, USA); starkeyite, gypsum (Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA); rivadavite (Tincalayu
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with CaCO3 residue; strongly pyroelectric; pale amber fluorescence under SW UV. Optical Properties: Transparent...Powder Pattern: John Hay, Jr. Well No. 1, Wyoming, USA. 2.562 (100), 5.515 (71), 4.957 (71), 2.179 (71)...00] 100.00 (1) John Hay, Jr. Well No. 1, Wyoming, USA. (2) Upper Canada mine, Canada; by electron microprobe...dolomitic marl (Green River Formation, Wyoming and Utah, USA); in kimberlite dikes (Upper Canada mine, Canada);...pyrite (Green River Formation, Wyoming and Utah, USA); phlogopite, magnetite, apatite, perovskite, calcite
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Moderate; X = very pale brown to colorless; Y = pale amber; Z = yellowish brown. Orientation: X = c; Y = b;...057 X-ray Powder Pattern: Franklin, New Jersey, USA. 3.974 (100), 2.600 (72), 2.184 (49), 2.128 (37)...40 Total 100.24 99.67 (1) Franklin, New Jersey, USA; corresponding to Ca2 (Mn1.67 Mg0.16 Zn0.06 )Σ=1...stratiform zinc orebody (Franklin, New Jersey, USA). Association: USA). Clinochrysotile, calcite, franklinite...Distribution: From Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA. At the Solongo boron deposit, Buryatia, Russia.
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PRELIMINARY MATERIALS MAP, MASSACHUSETTS PORTION OF THE STATE LINE QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK, G. BY... Room 1, 2?0 Dartmouth St., Boston, Mass.; Massachusetts Dept. of Public Works, 100 Nashua St., Boston...Preliminary materials map, Massachusetts portion of the Egremont quadrangle, Massachusetts-New York, by G. William... Room 1, 270 Dartmouth St., Boston, Mass.; Massachusetts Dept. of Public Works, 100 Nashua St., Boston...Preliminary materials map, Massachusetts portion of the State Line quadrangle, Massachusetts-New York, by G. William
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Minerals Agate Stop Alternate Minerality AmbarAzul.com Amber by Jim Work 112 ROCKS & MINERALS with the tremendous...Minerals Authentic African Art Axinite PM Baltic Amber Company Bantsekov, Pavel Barlow’s Baron, Scott,...Minerals Gathering of Gallery Spirits Gem Center USA Gem Guides Book Company Gem Montana Gem Trader Gemas...Labenne Meteorites L & TM Squared Larbi Import Larimar USA Ledford,Terry Lehigh Minerals Lexcel Minerals LilianaInternational...Triebold Paleontology Trinity Minerals Tsavorite USA Tucson Gem & Mineral Society UK Mining Ventures Ulrich’s
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Jersey, discovered a relatively large piece of amber, imbedded in the clay bank, conraining several insects...discovering the amber and especially for their full cooperation in allowing the amber inclusion to be....Cretaceous amber is of even greater significance, In all probability much of the amber previously collected...being made to examine earlier collections of the amber from the Magothy and Raritan Formations and also...Formation, in which this fossiliferous piece of amber was found has exposures in Delaware, Maryland: New
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Transparent to translucent. Color: Honey-brown, amber, yellow, dark yellow, yellow-orange, reddish orange...siderite, ludlamite (Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA). Distribution: Well-crystallized from Hagendorf... Voron’i massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. In the USA, at the Palermo #1 and Fletcher mines, near North...Material: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 119478. • • • References: (1) Strunz, H
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Radioactive. Optical Properties: Transparent. Color: Amber-orange, yellowish orange to orange. Optical Class:... near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA. In the Palette mine, South Alligator Valley, Northern...Material: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 106523. References: (1) Vaes, J.F. (1947)
Journal (issue)
French Blue – A Book Review Feature on Amber 16 32 16 22 26 Amber – The Caribbean Approach Mining ...32 Rubies from Mozambique 38 Baltic Amber Deposits Green Amber – Characteristics and Treatments Gemology...West 21st Street, Suite 705 New York, NY 10010-6805 USA Tel: 212.620.0900, Fax: 212.352.9054 www.gemstone...DIRECTORS Edward W. Boehm, USA Terrence Coldham, Australia Sushil Goyal, USA Nobuyuki Horiuchi, Japan A...University of Rajasthan. Having migrated to the USA in 1985, Goyal worked in the industry for several
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dehydration. Optical Properties: Transparent. Color: [Amber-yellow, yellowish orange to orange] (by analogy...Material: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 106523. References: (1) Christ, C.L. and
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Optical Properties: Semitransparent. Color: Deep amber-brown, yellow-brown, yellow. Luster: Resinous. Optical...Cambridge, Massachusetts, 101313; National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 95461. References:
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Adams The Adit The Agate Gallery The Agate Stop Amber by Jim Work Andykos Collectibles Anonymous Antares...Fish Ausrox Australian Minerals Axinite-PM Baltic Amber B & B Minerals B & J Import Export B & V Gems &...Fossils Lasco Diamond Products Lazzi International USA Chris Lehman The Lesnicks Francois Lietard Li’s Rock...Rochester, New York (symposium) Springfield, Massachusetts Tucson, Arizona Martin Zinn Expositions SHOW
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U S S E L S , 177-1875 Dow Ave., Arlington, Massachusetts 02174. F O S S I L F I S H , T R I L O B I T...It will be T H E amber reference of the contemporary period." — Lapidary Journal AMBER The Golden Gem...wealth of information on each and every aspect of amber— its grand variety of colors and tex­ tures . ....and polishing rough amber into radiant jewelry • Tests for identifying genuine amber • A c o m p l e t...imitations a n d substitutes • Methods for using amber chips with plastic to m a k e " p o l y b e r n
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STONES. Those softer than Fluorspar ; Malachite, Amber, and Jet. 5 XL COHESION. If the smallest particles...exposing them to the rays of the sun, such as Diamond, Amber, Fluorspar, and several other gems. The light representing...Rubellite from Paris, in Maine, and Ches terfield, Massachusetts, enclosed by the green Tourmaline ; and the...Paris in Maine, and Chesterfield and Goshen in Massachusetts. TREATISE ON GEMS. 91 The Tourmaline is...rings, Massachusetts, and on the Catskill mountains. It is obtained
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land snail species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea, Assimineidae)...land snail species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea, Assimineidae)...land snail species from mid-Cretaceous 2 Burmese amber (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea, 3 Assimineidae)...and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr., Syracuse, NY 13210, USA 8 ²Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum... 9 at 79th St., New York, New York 10024-5192, USA 10 *Corresponding author. Email: dbullis@syr.edu
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FL, USA Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA H I...Biscayne Bay Campus, MSB-350, North Miami, FL 33181, USA. E-mail addresses: sbatc001@fiu.edu (S.R. Batchu)...Cambridge Isotopes Laboratories (Andover, Massachusetts, USA). Stock and working solutions of standards...purchased from Fisher Scientific (Fairlawn, New Jersey, USA). Sodium hydroxide and sulfuric acid (certified A...State Park at Key Biscayne, Florida, USA, using a solvent-rinsed amber glass bottle. Salt water characteristics
 
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