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Tourmaline from
Kennett Square, Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA


Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Comments:Tourmaline of undetermined variety/species, with brown coloration (Dana. 1. c.).
Colour:Brown
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kennett Square, Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:415051
Long-form Identifier:1:3:415051:0
GUID (UUID V4):4d8c7478-de25-4ff7-96a0-b7380c8ac594
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
4.5km (2.8 miles) Corundum Hill, Unionville, Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Nevin's Quarry, Landenberg, London Britain Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) Logan's Quarry, Upland, East Marlboro Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) Wilmington Granite Company Quarries, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
22.3km (13.8 miles) Parkesburg, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) Leiper's Upper Avondale Quarry, Wallingford, Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
31.5km (19.5 miles) Leiper's Lower Avondale Quarry (Morrow Quarry; Facenda Quarry), Woodlyn (Avondale), Swarthmore (Borough of Swarthmore), Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
41.3km (25.7 miles) Campbell's Quarry, Hestonville, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) Overbrook, Hestonville, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
47.0km (29.2 miles) Ridge Avenue and School Lane Quarries, East Falls, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
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Report (issue)
DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...colorless crystals), Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES Bulletin M 13 FELDSPAR IN PENNSYLVANIA By RALPH W... COPYRIGHTED, 1931 BY THE Commonwealth op Pennsylvania...transmit herewith a manuscript on Feldspar in Pennsylvania by Ralph W. Stone and II. Herbert Hughes, of...tons valued at sjd.f)!)0,000. Twenty years ago Pennsylvania ranked second among the States for crude feldspar...which figures are available at time of writing) Pennsylvania held eighth place with an output of only 2052
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES Bulletin M 18-C THE MINERALS of PENNSYLVANIA NON-METALLIC... CONTENTS Introduction Asbestos Barite Franklin County Fulton and Bucks Counties Corundum Page 1 1 5...Magnesite Phosphate minerals Cumberland County Juniata County 18 23 25 25 26 Potash 29 Quartz-Mint...Quartz-Mint 32 Rock salt 36 Crawford County Elk County 36 37 Erie and Forest Counties 38 McKean, Potter...Beryl, Cyanite, Epidote 47 Gems, Greenockite, Tourmaline 48 49 50 Uranium-bearing minerals Mineral resources
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bank. When the inclined plane was abandoned the Pennsylvania Railroad made a curved cut through these rocks...that found on Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, contained segregated masses of coarse orthocl...kaolin, the orthoclase renmaining unchanged. Tourmaline, black, in good crystals, sometimes terminated... It is a small group of crystals imbedded in tourmaline. Muscovite, biotite and pyrite and two specimens...halotrichite occur occasionally, but on the Pennsylvania Railroad at 59th street there was an old quarry
Journal (issue)
central in Middlesex County, of which it is the half shire town, and the county is central in the state...named, and here arc found deposits of Iolite, Tourmaline, etc. The country rock is granite, with frequent...orthoclase, pied montite, pyrite, quartz, torbernite, tourmaline, and zircon. The above named minerals were mostly...granted by this genial gentleman and lover of the tourmaline to any collector or student. This locality I...shall describe at greater length later on, under tourmaline. I shall now describe alphabetically the minerals
Report (issue)
PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOURTH SERIES BULLETIN M 15 BUILDING STONES OF PENNSYLVANIA By RALPH... COPYRIGHTED 1932 BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION BUREAU...Structure 3 •> 10 Strength 10 Geology of Pennsylvania Physiography Stratigraphy Appalachian Revolut...Adams County Allegheny County Armstrong County Beaver County 19 1" -<» -- 24 -7 Bedford County -'•'...-;"» SO Perks County ;>- Blair County Bradford County Pucks County Butler County 00 03 07 77 Cambria
Report (volume)
........................................... Pennsylvania...............................................value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...and Ehrenfeld, Frederick, Minerals of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Top. and Geol. Survey Comm. Kept. No...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Journal (issue)
and some very fine crystals of red and green tourmaline were brought to light , togethor with the other...and at the same time large crystals of black tourmaline are first seen in the feldspar , along with small...of quartz . Immediately upon finding the black tourmaline we come also upon the rubellite . There the quartz...cleavage and therefore it cannot be split into square blocks , like granite by drilling a series of holes...to lounge about in . It is reported that green tourmaline has been found in the vicinity . This rumor I
Book (edition)
: 1. Coosa, 100 square miles; 2. Ca. haba, 230 square miles; 3. Warrior, 5,000 square miUss. Tbe Coosa...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such... *' ^ *D * D } '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet...The crystals, such as zircon, commonly have a square cross-section. The hexagonal system is like...IOLITE SPHALERITE RUBY i^b TOPAZ CRYSTALS TOURMALINE CRYSTALS (Cro»$-$«ction ot righl) ^ \b7 CHRYSOBERYL...of feldspar that make parallel to is and tourmaline, and the pearly cleavage unmistakable. Kunzite
Book (volume)
references, among them may be mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...IMPORTANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene, Tourmaline, Sodalite and Cancrinite, Olivine, Turquois,... Double refraction in calcite . Dichroism in tourmaline . Dispersion . Three diamond crystals CON BPW
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... \ °* A DEMCO 38-297 KEY 4& Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^...Every year brings news of a lucky strike gem tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California;... The crystals, such as zircon, commonly have a square cross-section. The hexagonal system is like the... V. IOLITE SAPPHIRE ^ KYANITE SPHALERITE TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS (Cross-section ot right)
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Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee...priest, Aaron had the right to wear this eight-inch-square ornament, similar to the pectorals made by the...carnelian, petrified wood, rock crystal, beryl, tourmaline, topaz, and garnet. Every rock hunter thrills...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...systematically. The first step to obtain the is a square hammerhead on the other. raking gravel, poking...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...cor- and knives into magnificent crystals of tourmaline, pink beryl, and ORGANIZING THE BACKPACK a
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prospectors pick with a point on one end and a square hammerhead on the other It 1s useful for raking...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...astonished collectors with magn1f1cent crystals of tourmaline. pink beryl and other gem minerals These occur...quartz which often indicate the presence of beryl. tourmaline, rutile, t1tanite. apatite, and other minerals...hat Is now Canada In southern Oregon. hundreds of square miles are littered w ith fragme nts of lava and
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Red and gray sandstone shale, and limestone. PENNSYLVANIA 40 I 60 50 Ml I 80 KM 76° -, I II --...l0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Mark Schweiker, Governor DEPARTMENT...Geology Slippery Rock University Published by PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PITTSBURGH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...from Hyner View, Hyner Run Slate Park, Clinton County, showing accordant ridges in the Appalachian Plateaus...of the Ridge and Valley province in Huntingdon County. Flooded meanders of Raystown Lake on the Raystown
Report (volume)
5 in., inch or inches. Circ., Circular. Co., County or Company. Indus., Industrial. Inst., Institute...opp., opposite. Ord., Ordovician. cal. Pa., Pennsylvania. geol., geology, geologic, geological. Govt...Topographic or Topography. Trans., Transactions. Twp, Township. Twps, Townships. uncon., unconformity or unconformably...Pre-Cambrian : Central southern Virginia (Mecklenburg County). F. B. Laney, 1917 (Va. Geol. Surv. Bull. 14,...Pleistocene : Southern South Carolina (Charleston County). E. Sloan, 190 (S. C. Geol. Surv. geognostic map
Report (issue)
A293-A298 of this chapter. Numerous Federal, State, county, 1and local agencies and other organizations and...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pennsylvania __________________________ _ Maryland _____...cooperators ____________________________ _ 251 State, county, and local cooperators ______________ _ 251 Other...calories cubic feet per second Curies centimeters square centimeters cubic centimeters cubic feet cubic...y, __________ , kilobars kilograms kilometers square kilometers cubic kilometers kilowatt hours liters
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(SME) 8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, Colorado, USA 80127 (303) 948-4200 / (800) 763-3132 www.smenet...Illinois Technical Advisor (RBF-TA) Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Starr Curtis Noel A. Genco Chemical...Arizona Specialty Minerals Inc. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Ted Dickson Daniel R. Hack TAK Industrial...Japan Harold R. Kokal Ed McCullah Mittal Steel—USA Research and Development Center East Chicago, Indiana...Sehnke Quebec Cartier Mining Company Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Retired Superior, Wisconsin Gordon C. Presley
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Curator of Egyptian Department, University of Pennsylvania. Formerly Worcester J Sudan: Archaeoloev (in...Formerly Professor of Hebrew in the University of Pennsylvania. In charge of the University Expedition to Babylonia...hidden beneath the ground. the university of Pennsylvania despatched the Eckley B. Coxe, devoted its attention...the picturesque situation of the castle, a large square building with pointed arches. The walls of some...aldermen and 12 councillors. The borough lies wholly county of West Suffolk. Area, 1925 acres. ancient Saxon
 
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