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Malachite from
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:672137
Long-form Identifier:1:3:672137:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
5.6km (3.4 miles) ⓘWarren Street Quarry (Beatty's Ledge), Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
5.9km (3.6 miles) ⓘAllston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
9.6km (5.9 miles) ⓘHammond St. Quarry, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘBlueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘRoute 9 road cut, Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘWest Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘNorth Woburn, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) ⓘGovernor Endicott mine (Towne's Copper Mine), Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘHarris Quarry, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
35.4km (22.0 miles) ⓘAggregate Industries Quarry (Bayer-Mingolla Quarry; Trimount Quarry), Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Palache, C. (1906). On Octahedrite, Brookite, and Titanite from Somerville, Mass. Festschrift Harry Rosenbusch, Stuttgart, 311-321.
 
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