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Jasper from
Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:'Jasper' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Jasper associated with Quartz at this locality.
Chalcedony1 photo of Jasper associated with Chalcedony at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Jasper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:244789
Long-form Identifier:1:3:244789:6
GUID (UUID V4):73de7278-92ad-4b4b-9404-f68981865863
Nearest other occurrences of Jasper
59.8km (37.1 miles) Huckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
95.0km (59.0 miles) Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON.......... 41 Limestone on the Alderman farm in Becket.......................... Gulf anticline, Dalton.............................. 71 Amphibolites in Becket gneiss .................................. 75 Cheshire............................................... Berkshire schist .'......................... ................... ...................... High terraces in Becket.................... ........................ 97
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES ESSEX COUNTY (Part Three) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...large masses associated with chert, quartz and jasper. Essentially yellow moss with minor reddish variation...to 55 pounds or more in weight associated with jasper. Pittsfield Windsor Dalton Florida, east of Hoosac...mines Pittsfield, southeast part of town Berkshire County Dalton North Adams Peru Pittsfield Tyringham...color. CHALCEDONY Associated with quartz, yellow jasper and chert. Associated with serpentine, pyrite,
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...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)
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............................................
Report (volume)
FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON G 0 V...within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is...the eastern border of the area find in AVorcester County. TRIASSIC. The Suf/ar Loaf arko*e, or feldspathitf...Chesterfield." C. Dewey : Geol. and Min. of part of Massachusetts; Am. Jour. Sci., 1st series, Vol. VIIT, p. 43...Mass., p. 077. 1876. Allanite. Pelhain, Ware, Becket. C. U. Shepard: Catalogue of Minerals within 75
Book (edition)
CongresS; J / in the year 1834, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Commonwealth in the Clerk's Office of the ...Secretary of the of said i ; District of Massachusetts. by Edward D. Bangs, in the name and District...Excellency, John davis, Esq. Governor of Massachusetts. I HAVE the honor to present you with the second...the 3d of March , 1830, the Legislature of Massachusetts passed a Resolve, authorizing and requesting...Antiquarian Society at Worcester; One copy to the Massachusetts Historical Society One copy to the Boston Society
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TuffJtes. T u f f 8 ~ ,,,-~.,-.Mit- /P~'rm~I~PR Jasper | vv,.~ . . . . . %1~1'1~1'V+'~1ALJUSTREL VOLCANICS...justrelGroup.Siliceousphyllites,Tuffites,Tuffs,Jasper: Paraiso SiliceousFormation.AljustrelVolcanics:vertical...accompanied by prominent lenses and strata of chert and jasper and several small Mn deposits. Multi-stage sub...Siliceous Fm ~'~ ~ AV1 f f J - "-,. AV1 - M jasper ~ ~;~.i \ \ \ A V 1- f f Fig. 2. Schematic lithostratigraphy...M S = m a s s i v e sulfide deposits; Aljustrel Jasper shown in black; A V I- M + A V2-gt = Quartzeye
Report (volume)
See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Greenlee Co Chalcedony DEER CREEK, Gila Co., near Jasper GEALE MOUNTAINS, Maricopa Co. Barite FLAGSTAFF...Co. ♦Fluorspar RED ROVER MINE, Maricopa Co. Red Jasper RICE, Gila Co. Olivine, (Found in basalt rocks
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Report (issue)
LOUGHLIN, Ph.D. Instructor in Geology in Massachusetts Institute of Technology LIBRARY OF THE PRUDENTIAL...LOUGHLIN, Ph. D., Instructor in Geology in Massachusetts Institute of Technology HARTFORD Printed for...Roaring Brook, trolley cut, schist. . . . Berkshire schist. Salisbury Bolton schist. Vernon Muscovite...Putnam gneiss. Putnam Gneisses of unknown origin Becket gneiss. West Cornwall The . . . Ben Venue... quartz. and Hint, as in agate what as in jasper, camelian, or form as an incrustation of differently
Report (volume)
in the eastern part of the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nev ___________ __ 51 3. Map showing known distribution...in the eastern part of the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nev ____ 52 4. Map showing known distribution...in the eastern part of the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nev _________ 53 5. Correlation chart of Carboniferous...Northern Nevada Becket Granite Gneiss ____ Precambrian __________ Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont...Early Pennsylvanian. (Erickson and Marsh, 1974.) Becket Granite Gneiss abandoned; its rocks now included
Book
CUMMINGS, BILLIARD, & CO. 1825. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT. District Clerk's Oflht. BE it remembered..." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the, District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE -. University Press, Milliard...Prase, Chalcecite, dony, Carnelian, Chrysoprase, Jasper, Agate, Chrysoberyl, Zircon, Adularia, Nephrite...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...Ktaadn mountain on the west branch of Penobscot Jasper, in It resembles the Italian statuary marble.
Journal (issue)
West Valley Electronics, 22033 Sherman Way Covtita Jasper Rock, 17047 Bygrove Street Culver City Electro-Mart...performance began. With fluid grace, Ballerina Marta Becket executed the interpretive movements of her presentation...chased "hoss thieves" or hissed at Lon Chaney, Marta Becket now performs for visitors to the Death Valley region...performance by a skilled artist. The marriage of Marta Becket and Korkill Hall— now the Amargosa Opera House—seems...quietly waited for its date with destiny, young Marta Becket in New York's Greenwich Village began to show her
Journal (issue)
FOR JULY, 1934 PACE The Hawley Mineral Belt, Massachusetts. By Elwyn L. Perry, Ph.D. ....................• \V-HOLE No. 37 The Hawley Mineral Belt, Massachusetts By ELWYN L. PERRY, Ph.D. \Vllliams College,... between the Conneeticut River and the Great Berkshire Valley, haYe long been noted as colleeting grounds...P lainfield rbo localities near the Berkshire 'I'rail (Fig. 2, No. 6 an...Chesterfield quadrangles. Farther west, in the Becket quad- rangle, are mans small areas of alt~red
Report (volume)
Wisconsin____________________ 338 Chippewa River and Barron County ___________ 338 Central Minnesota ______________________...England. of New Jersey, and with Colesbrook the Becket gneiss of New limestone. England. Probably the...by granites and gneisses. Western Texas (El Paso County). Sediments and schists in Franklin and Diablo...absence of animals and plants at the time the Berkshire limestone and earlier Taconic rocks were deposited...of conglomerate inclosing globes of quartz and jasper. Beds of a reddish argillaceous limestone are found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the spring disk has a hemisphe- Eli C. Horne, of Jasper, Fla. It has a �fe adjustably rical bulge or swell...cotton and prevent the fibers from being broken. A becket clamp for steering wheels has been patented by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the spring disk has a hemisphe- Eli C. Horne, of Jasper, Fla. It has a �fe adjustably rical bulge or swell...cotton and prevent the fibers from being broken. A becket clamp for steering wheels has been patented by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the spring disk has a hemisphe- Eli C. Horne, of Jasper, Fla. It has a �fe adjustably rical bulge or swell...cotton and prevent the fibers from being broken. A becket clamp for steering wheels has been patented by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the spring disk has a hemisphe- Eli C. Horne, of Jasper, Fla. It has a �fe adjustably rical bulge or swell...cotton and prevent the fibers from being broken. A becket clamp for steering wheels has been patented by
Catalog/List
quartz, to include oval and circular carnelian, jasper and tigers-eye cabochons, together with further...hardstone. Total weight of carnelian 395gms. Weight of jasper 440gms. Weight of tigers-eye 240gms £40-60 173*...vari-shape jasper, onyx and tigers eye, together with further gemstones. Weight of jasper 195gms. Weight...onyx and jasper cabochons. Total carnelian weight 120gms. Total onyx weight 500gms. Total jasper weight...circular jasper, tigers eye and onyx cabochons, together with further gemstones. Weight of jasper 190gms
Journal (issue)
North Western USA Fossil Sights #1 North Western USA Fossil Sights #2 North Western USA Fossil Sights...travelling to Canterbury and the shrine of St. Thomas Becket. And here, where we have stopped in-line with the...of the Third Kind, is the Devils Tower in Wyoming USA. This was formed by the cooling of a huge volcanic...beginning with letter J. So I took along Jet and Jasper. Others widened the definition considerably – Jaws
Report (issue)
.......................................105 Massachusetts ..............................................Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Districts in California...of the recorded production. Talc deposits in Massachusetts are mostly located in a north-trending belt...metasedimentary rocks continuous with that in Massachusetts; some are in Middle Proterozoic gneiss. They...anthophyllite (Balmat, New York (180-183), and Dalton, Massachusetts (147)). Talc locally replaces tremolite-actinolite
Journal (issue)
and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...and Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6...1965—5th Annual Swapping Bee and Picnic of the Fulton County Mineral Club will be held at John Boyd Thacher...Nebr. Aug. 21, 22, 1965 — 2nd Annual Western Massachusetts Rock and Mineral Swap and Auction. For more...International Rock Swap sponsored by the Jefferson County Rock & Mineral Club on the ranch of Leslie Rose
Report (volume)
5 in., inch or inches. Circ., Circular. Co., County or Company. Indus., Industrial. Inst., Institute...Pre-Cambrian : Central southern Virginia (Mecklenburg County). F. B. Laney, 1917 (Va. Geol. Surv. Bull. 14,...Pleistocene : Southern South Carolina (Charleston County). E. Sloan, 190 (S. C. Geol. Surv. geognostic map...West Virginia, southwestern Virginia (Tazewell County), and eastern Tennessee ( ?). D. B. Reger, 1926...Permian : Central southern Oklahoma (Jefferson County). J. R. Bunn, 1930 (Okla. Geol. Surv. Bull. 4OPP
 
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