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Diopside from
McLear pegmatite quarry (Green Hill), De Kalb, De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA


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Diopside, etc.

McLear pegmatite quarry, De Kalb, De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
08830480017371547483619.jpg
Diopside, etc.

McLear pegmatite quarry, De Kalb, De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
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Diopside, etc.

McLear pegmatite quarry, De Kalb, De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Microcline2
Titanite1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view McLear pegmatite quarry (Green Hill), De Kalb, De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:612116
Long-form Identifier:1:3:612116:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘCalvin Mitchell farm, De Kalb, De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘDe Kalb, De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘRichville, De Kalb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘReese farm, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
14.1km (8.7 miles) ⓘOld Van Buskirk farm (Dana Hill), Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘSt. Joe Resources Company drillhole 1872, Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘDowning farm (Hickory Lake), Macomb, Macomb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘSeavey Road Quarry, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘNorth Russell tremolite locality, North Russell, Russell, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘEdwards, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
References
Shaub, B. M. (1940). Age of the uraninite from the McLear pegmatite near Richville Station, St. Lawrence County, New York. American Mineralogist: Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials, 25(7), 480-487.
R.W. Munschauer II and D.G. Bailey (2009) The 36th Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, April 23-26, programme abstracts, 27-28.
Lupulescu, M. V., Chiarenzelli, J. R., Pullen, A., & Price, J. D. (2010, March). Pegmatites from the Adirondack Mountains, NY: Systematic mineralogy and geochronology. In Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Vol. 42, No. 1, p. 158).
 
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