| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Microcline |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Habit: | Good crystals occur in quartz. |
| Colour: | white |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Schorl | 2 |
| Quartz | 2 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 1 |
| Allanite-(Ce) | 1 |
| Muscovite | 1 |
| Fluorapatite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microcline data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 38574 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:38574:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Microcline |
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| 2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘPine Hill, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 8.4km (5.2 miles) | ⓘLong Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 14.2km (8.8 miles) | ⓘBarker Hill Quarry (Rusk Quarry; Townsend Quarry), Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 22.1km (13.7 miles) | ⓘQuabbin Aqueduct Shaft #2 locality, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 23.9km (14.8 miles) | ⓘAggregate Industries Quarry (San-Val Quarry), Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 24.1km (15.0 miles) | ⓘComolli Granite Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA |
| 25.3km (15.7 miles) | ⓘBolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 27.0km (16.8 miles) | ⓘRoute 62 locality (Potash Hill), Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 27.2km (16.9 miles) | ⓘBurns Hill area, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA |
| 27.8km (17.3 miles) | ⓘTonella King Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA |
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Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA