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Amphibole Supergroup from
Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:'Amphibole Supergroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AB2C5(T8O22)W2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amphibole Supergroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:241056
Long-form Identifier:1:3:241056:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Amphibole Supergroup
15.6km (9.7 miles) Pine Hill, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) Warren Street Quarry (Beatty's Ledge), Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
28.4km (17.6 miles) Route 13 area, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
29.5km (18.3 miles) Granite Street Quarry (Milk Row Quarry), Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) Blue Soapstone Quarry (Jenkins Quarry; Hill's Quarry), Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
32.9km (20.4 miles) Lynnfield serpentinite area, Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) West Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
73.2km (45.5 miles) Mount Pawtuckaway, Nottingham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
79.3km (49.2 miles) Osgood Graphite Mine, Nelson, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
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