| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Zircon |
| Formula: | Zr(SiO4) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Zircon data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Babson Farm Quarry, Rockport Granite Company quarries, Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 752514 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:752514:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | b018289d-bb91-4d6c-afdd-8f42ca39d025 |
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| 2.5km (1.6 miles) | ⓘDevil's Rock Quarry, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘCheves Green Granite Quarry, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 2.8km (1.8 miles) | ⓘBlood Ledge Quarry, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 6.8km (4.2 miles) | ⓘRailcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 7.6km (4.7 miles) | ⓘBlackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 24.3km (15.1 miles) | ⓘGreat Haste Ledge (Great Haste Island), Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 32.5km (20.2 miles) | ⓘAggregate Industries Quarry (Lynn Sand and Stone Co. Quarry; Bardon Trimount Quarry; Hume Quarry), Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 34.7km (21.5 miles) | ⓘDen Granite Quarry, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 36.4km (22.6 miles) | ⓘKallenberg Quarry (Robin Rock Quarry; Jordan Quarry), Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 46.7km (29.0 miles) | ⓘNational Refuge borehole (NR1), Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FAYALITE AT ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS* Cn,lnrns Pa.racne, H arvard, U niv ersity, Cambri,dge, M assachusetts...of fayalite at four Iocalities on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, with a description of one of them which yielded...fayalite-bearing nordmarkite granite, older than and intruded by the dominant Rockport granite. Fayalite is not...occurrencesof fayalite known in the granite of Rockport on Cape Ann, Massachusetts,to the description of which...pages are devoted. The first to find fayalite at Rockport was Mr. J. H. Sears(1905), the Curator of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | feldspar group. THE MINERALS OF ROCKPORT. I{. E. MCKINSTRY MASSACHUSETTS Cambrid,ge, Mass. More than...was called to the unusua, mineral occurrences at Rockport, on Cape Ann, by J. P. Cooke's description of...the type locality for these species, the Rockport quarries have afforded an interesting list of rare-earth...encloses. The granite is very similar to the famous commercial stone of the Quincy quarries, and like it...the syenite end of the granite series and is usually described as an alkali granite. In composition the |  | | Report (volume) | | BUL.L.ETIN 354 CHIEF COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND BY T. NELSON........................................ 7 9 9 Granite proper................................................................ Text-book references on granite and black granites.................. Special features...texture and colors............................... Granite discoloration, its causes........................................ Dikelike masses of schist in granite.............:.................... Riebeckite and |  | | Report (volume) | | ______ PABT I. Scientific discussion_______ _ Granite proper______________________ General features____...examples_________________ Fluidal cavities in granite gneiss.________ Fluidal cavities in small dikes...Colors______________________________ 80 Olive-green granite ___________________ 81 Minerals on joint fac... Physical properties _ Textbook references on granite and " black granites " PAI*T II. Economic discussion_...discussion_ General features________~ __ Tests of granite _ Chemical analysis Determination of CaCOs Test |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of Selected Quadrangles In Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was printed as separate...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...1163-A Prepared in cooperation with the i Massachusetts Department of Public Works « UNITED STATES |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...many maps included contain such specific details as farm roads, mountain paths, stretches of stream beds...Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright © 1975 by Russell...offers substantial rock and gem resources. As old quarries become dumps, old mines fall into ruins and the...gem materials to include more species, such as granite and satin spar, and a wider choice of quality. |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID... CROWELL COMPANY York ! Established 1834 Copyright © 1975 by Thomas Y, Crowell Company. Inc. Part...LOOK Freestanding Crystals Cavities Abandoned Quarries and Mines When and How to Go Immovable Areas | | | Book | | 100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...Established 1834 Copyright © 1975 by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Inc. Part Ill copyright © 1975 by Russell P. Mac...in any large hardware store or from mail order company catalogs. Take the advice of experienced frie nds...law and common sense dictate that one be worn in quarries or when collecting near unstable rock walls, where...easier for you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary |
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