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Perthite from
Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Feldspar Group var: Perthite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Beryl2
- var Aquamarine2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Perthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:534977
Long-form Identifier:1:3:534977:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Perthite
32.9km (20.5 miles) Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
44.2km (27.5 miles) Beauregard Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) Blister Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
45.9km (28.5 miles) Big Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
47.8km (29.7 miles) Chickering Mine, Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
49.7km (30.9 miles) Davidson Farm pegmatite, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
53.4km (33.2 miles) Allen Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
75.9km (47.2 miles) George Frank Smith Quarry, Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
86.5km (53.8 miles) Chandler Mine, Raymond, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
88.0km (54.7 miles) Ascutney Mountain complex, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
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