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Tourmaline from
Poker Hill, Ashton, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2 photos of Tourmaline associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Poker Hill, Ashton, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:701985
Long-form Identifier:1:3:701985:2
GUID (UUID V4):c44eab0a-e698-4882-823a-5895f6769eee
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
3.3km (2.1 miles) Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Hebronville, Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
47.9km (29.8 miles) Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
55.6km (34.5 miles) Bolton Lime Quarries (Bolton Quarry; Whitcomb Quarry; Hildreth Quarry), Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
58.7km (36.5 miles) Quabbin Aqueduct Shaft #2 locality, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
63.3km (39.3 miles) Blueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
68.4km (42.5 miles) Long Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
70.2km (43.6 miles) Becker Quarry (Becker's Quarry), West Willington, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
73.7km (45.8 miles) Bozrah, New London County, Connecticut, USA
81.8km (50.8 miles) Pearl Hill, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS OF POKER HILL Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island JAMES CAHOON 24 Blackstone Street...S O M E M I N E R A L C O L L E C T O R S , Rhode Island is considered to be lacking in any noteworthy...Minerals of Rhode Island, described over 225 mineral species and varieties from Rhode Island, with over...over 125 of these from the town of Cumberland. The Poker H i l l locality, noted for its anatase and associ­...in the village of Ashton, in the town of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island. There is a Burger
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
September-October: Amethyst sceptered quartz, Hopkinton, Rhode Island; photo by Victor E . Krantz (Smithsonian Institution)...gold on quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California. © Harold and Erica Van Pelt photographers...Sceptered Quartz from Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, W. C. Metropolis, J . Rakovan, S. Avella, 247...Sceptered Quartz from Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, 247 Averett, W. R . , Dinosaur Valley, Colo­...("Tony") P. Dunn, 1959-1986, 341 Behnke, D., Rhode Island Articles Pub­ lished in Rocks and Minerals,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren...Conway, and geniculated twins in cavities in tourmaline from the Pelham asbestos mine (Emerson 1895)...(Gordon 1922). Some of these originated in Chester County and include prismatic crystals to 10 cm from Logan’s...diameter have been found near Tee1 Mill, Franklin County. Rutile is relatively common, though generally
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Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado ................................185 by...de Grys, M. Kohler & L. Minnaar Garnet Hill, White Pine County, Nevada .................................minerals from Fairfield, Utah; zoned liddicoatite tourmaline from Madagascar; meteorites of all kinds; banded...negative crystals within quartz from Fonda, Montgomery County, New York. Notice that these also are bounded by...VISITORS AUTHORITY 700 Festival Way Elko, Nevada 89801-USA 1-800-523-5317 1-702-738-4091 ~Y~ ANTIQUARIAN &
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long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens
Report (issue)
formation Continued Chiulos member.___________________ Poker Knoll limestone member.______ Mississippian and...-110 49. Thin-bedded argillaceous limestone in Poker Knoll limestone member, Great Blue formation._________________...north to south, the Promontory Mountains, Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake, the Oquirrh, East Tintic, and...intervening distance, however, is occupied by Topliff Hill and the Thorpe Hills, areas of more or less continuous... Bonorino, J. W. Odell, Eduardo Mapes V., C. H. Hill, Jr., John Lemish, Juan Rossi, P. D. Proctor, Alien
 
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