Allanite Group from
Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | 'Allanite Group' (not an IMA approved species) | |
| Formula: | (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) | |
| Comments: | "The first discovery of this rare mineral in the United States was by Dr. Jackson, in the limestone at Bolton, Mass., accompanying petalite. It has since been found by Prof. Hitchcock at Athol, Mass., occurring in gneiss. The prisms are rarely two inches long and a quarter of an inch thick, truncated upon the lateral edges, so as in fact to become six-sided prisms; but they present no distinct terminations. The fracture is resinous, and all the external characters of the mineral correspond with Allanite from Greenland." - William Phillips, Robert Allan, Francis Alger (1844). An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy, p.418. | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Allanite Group data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 92733 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:92733:6 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Allanite Group | ||
| 8.6km (5.3 miles) | ⓘInterstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA | |
| 28.3km (17.6 miles) | ⓘBallard Quarry, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA | |
| 32.4km (20.1 miles) | ⓘBarker Hill Quarry (Rusk Quarry; Townsend Quarry), Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA | |
| 35.4km (22.0 miles) | ⓘPJ Keating Quarry (Dracut Quarry; Condon Quarry; Essex Bituminous), Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA | |
| 38.5km (23.9 miles) | ⓘWest Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA | |
| 38.7km (24.0 miles) | ⓘParadise Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA | |
| 40.8km (25.3 miles) | ⓘSouhegan Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA | |
| 41.0km (25.4 miles) | ⓘRoutes 125 and 28 interchange road cuts, Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA | |
| 41.7km (25.9 miles) | ⓘTonella King Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA | |
| 41.9km (26.0 miles) | ⓘLovejoy Quarry, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA | |
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