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Fluorite from
Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


09747390017272038769539.jpg
Fluorite, etc.

Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
09747390017272038769539.jpg
Fluorite, etc.

Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
09747390017272038769539.jpg
Fluorite, etc.

Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Habit:"Small light purple to colourless cubes, 0.3 cm along an edge, occur on the selvages of the calcite veins (Hitchen, 1935).
Colour:colorless, purple
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Quartz
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Muscovite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:127264
Long-form Identifier:1:3:127264:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
22.1km (13.7 miles) ⓘQuabbin Aqueduct Shaft #2 locality, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘBolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘRoute 101/101A road cuts, Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
32.6km (20.2 miles) ⓘWilton Crushed Stone Quarry, Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
33.5km (20.8 miles) ⓘMillstone Hill Quarry, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) ⓘQuabbin Aqueduct shaft No. 10 locality, Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
36.3km (22.5 miles) ⓘChelmsford Lime Quarries, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
42.6km (26.5 miles) ⓘPJ Keating Quarry (Dracut Quarry; Condon Quarry; Essex Bituminous), Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘFoster Corners, Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
54.4km (33.8 miles) ⓘRoss's Lead Mine, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Hitchen, 1935
 
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