| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Beryl |
| Formula: | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
| Habit: | Individual crystals measure from 0.3 to 2 cms, in diameter (Hitchen, 1935) |
| Colour: | golden yellow, pale green, aquamarine |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals: |
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| Associates: | Almandine
Microcline
Muscovite
Quartz
Schorl
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| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Zircon | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Beryl data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 38569 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:38569:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Beryl |
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| 2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘPine Hill, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘMonoosnoc Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 6.5km (4.0 miles) | ⓘPearl Hill, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 27.0km (16.8 miles) | ⓘRoute 62 locality (Potash Hill), Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 28.6km (17.8 miles) | ⓘSouth Royalston beryl locality (Clark locality), Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 30.1km (18.7 miles) | ⓘReynolds Mine (Beryl Hill Mine), Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 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 |
| 42.0km (26.1 miles) | ⓘOrange mica mine, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 48.8km (30.3 miles) | ⓘUncanoonuc Mountains, Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA |
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Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA