| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Zircon |
| Formula: | Zr(SiO4) |
| Comments: | Dana, J. D. (1839): " The scapolite...contains, also, exceedingly minute zircons, scarcely 1/40 inch long, and also very small prisms of rutile." |
| Habit: | Dana, J. D. (1839): The zircons are square prisms, having the lateral edges truncated, and pyramidally terminated at each extremity..." |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Zircon data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 118643 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:118643:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Zircon |
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| 15.1km (9.4 miles) | ⓘHarris Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 15.6km (9.7 miles) | ⓘMcCarthy Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 21.1km (13.1 miles) | ⓘLeavitt Quarry, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 23.8km (14.8 miles) | ⓘChelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 25.3km (15.7 miles) | ⓘRollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 28.3km (17.6 miles) | ⓘBallard Quarry, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 32.4km (20.1 miles) | ⓘBarker Hill Quarry (Rusk Quarry; Townsend Quarry), Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 35.5km (22.1 miles) | ⓘBlueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 38.5km (23.9 miles) | ⓘWest Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 38.7km (24.0 miles) | ⓘParadise Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA |
| References |
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Bolton Lime Quarries, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA