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Tourmaline from
Pearl Hill, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pearl Hill, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:684206
Long-form Identifier:1:3:684206:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘLong Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘWilton Crushed Stone Quarry, Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘBolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
28.6km (17.7 miles) ⓘQuabbin Aqueduct Shaft #2 locality, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
36.3km (22.5 miles) ⓘMonadnock Mountain, Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
47.9km (29.8 miles) ⓘOsgood Graphite Mine, Nelson, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
56.4km (35.0 miles) ⓘBlueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
62.6km (38.9 miles) ⓘPelham asbestos mine, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
65.6km (40.8 miles) ⓘCheapside Quarry (East Deerfield Quarry; Trew Corp. Quarry), Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
68.8km (42.7 miles) ⓘTurner Mine, Marlow, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Dana, Edward S. (1914). A System of Mineralogy, 6th revised ed.
 
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