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Anatase from
Fallon Brothers Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Anatase
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Parisite-(Ce)
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anatase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fallon Brothers Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:49136
Long-form Identifier:1:3:49136:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Anatase
11.5km (7.1 miles) West Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) Hammond St. Quarry, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) Mystic River Quarries (Mystic Quarries), Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
42.4km (26.4 miles) Grants Mills, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
47.4km (29.4 miles) Poker Hill, Ashton, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
47.6km (29.6 miles) Cumberland Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
49.9km (31.0 miles) Dexter Quarry (Dexter Lime Quarry), Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
50.7km (31.5 miles) Brox Quarry, Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
50.7km (31.5 miles) Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
53.0km (32.9 miles) Aggregate Industries Quarry (San-Val Quarry), Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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