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Axinite-(Fe) from
Joseph Dech's farm, Camelhump (Camels Hump; Manakisy Hill; Manokisy Hill; Pine Top; Campbell's Hump; Quaker Hill), Hanover Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Farm
Classification
Species:Axinite-(Fe)
Formula:Ca2Fe2+Al2BSi4O15OH
Comments:Smith, R.C. II, 1978, The mineralogy of Pennsylvania 1966 - 1975, wrote that testing indiocated that Camel Hump axinite was mangan-axinite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Axinite-(Fe) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Joseph Dech's farm, Camelhump (Camels Hump; Manakisy Hill; Manokisy Hill; Pine Top; Campbell's Hump; Quaker Hill), Hanover Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:150533
Long-form Identifier:1:3:150533:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Axinite-(Fe)
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘCamelhump (Camels Hump; Manakisy Hill; Manokisy Hill; Pine Top; Campbell's Hump; Quaker Hill), Hanover Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
33.3km (20.7 miles) ⓘOxford Stone Co. Quarry (Tilcon New Jersey Quarry), White Township, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
39.3km (24.4 miles) ⓘKibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘLambertville Quarry (Trap Rock Industries Lambertville Quarry; Mt. Gilboa Quarry), Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘGhost Lake area, Independence Township, Jenny Jump Mountain, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
71.4km (44.3 miles) ⓘLime Crest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
73.5km (45.6 miles) ⓘKeystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Wallace Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
80.7km (50.1 miles) ⓘGooseberry Mine, Balls Hill Iron Mines, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
85.3km (53.0 miles) ⓘLeiper's Lower Avondale Quarry (Morrow Quarry; Facenda Quarry), Woodlyn (Avondale), Swarthmore (Borough of Swarthmore), Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Frazier, B. W. (1882) On crystals of axinite from a locality near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with some remarks upon the analogies between the crystalline forms of Axinite and of Datolite. American Journal of Science, s3-24 (144) 439-447 doi:10.2475/ajs.s3-24.144.439
Reed, Juliet C. (1976), Annotated Biblio. of Minerals New to the Pennsylvania List 1965-1974, The Mineralogical Society of PA, Inc.: 32-33
 
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