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"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992

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Mineral Occurrences

LocalityMineral(s)
Specialty Minerals Mine (Pfizer Quarry; New England Lime Quarry; Follet Quarry; Adams Lime Quarry), Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USAβ“˜ Aragonite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Dolomite, β“˜ Galena, β“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Paragonite, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Talc, β“˜ Tremolite
North Mountain Serpentine locality ("Dunite Locality" of Emerson), Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USAβ“˜ Actinolite, β“˜ Almandine, β“˜ Antigorite, β“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Brucite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Chrysotile, β“˜ Clinopyroxene Subgroup, β“˜ Epidote, β“˜ Fayalite, β“˜ Forsterite, β“˜ Graphite, β“˜ Hematite, Hornblende, β“˜ Magnetite, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Plagioclase, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Talc, β“˜ Tremolite
Berkshire Talc Company mines, Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USAβ“˜ Ankerite, β“˜ Anthophyllite, β“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chloritoid, β“˜ Clinochlore, β“˜ Magnetite, β“˜ Plagioclase, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Quartz
Lee Lime mine (Lee Lime quarry), Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USAβ“˜ Aragonite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Dolomite, β“˜ Galena, β“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Talc, β“˜ Tremolite
Hudson & Leet-Bradley iron mines, West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USAβ“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Dolomite, β“˜ Galena, β“˜ Gibbsite, β“˜ Goethite, β“˜ Hematite, Hornblende, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Plagioclase, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Siderite, β“˜ Sphalerite
Forge Hill iron mines (Old Hawley iron mines), West Hawley, Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USAβ“˜ Almandine, β“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Chlorite Group, β“˜ Epidote, β“˜ Ferro-hornblende, β“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Magnetite, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Plagioclase, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Rhodonite, β“˜ Spessartine
Davis Pyrite Mine, Rowe, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USAβ“˜ Native Silver, β“˜ Pyrrhotite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Rutile, β“˜ Sphalerite, β“˜ Tellurobismuthite, β“˜ Tetradymite, β“˜ Volynskite
Blandford mica mines, Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USAβ“˜ Albite, β“˜ Almandine, β“˜ Aquamarine, β“˜ Autunite, β“˜ Beryl, β“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Cassiterite, β“˜ Cleavelandite, β“˜ Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series, β“˜ Cookeite, β“˜ Elbaite, β“˜ Fluorapatite, β“˜ Gummite, β“˜ Heliodor, β“˜ Heterosite, β“˜ Indicolite, β“˜ Lepidolite, β“˜ Meta-autunite, β“˜ Microcline, β“˜ Microlite Group, β“˜ Montmorillonite, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Phlogopite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Samarskite-(Y), β“˜ Schorl, β“˜ Smoky Quartz, β“˜ Spodumene, β“˜ Torbernite, β“˜ Tourmaline, β“˜ Triphylite, β“˜ Uraninite, β“˜ Uranophane, β“˜ Zircon
Osborne Soapstone quarry, Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USAβ“˜ Actinolite, β“˜ Amesite, β“˜ Antigorite, β“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chamosite, β“˜ Chloritoid, β“˜ Clinochlore, β“˜ Diopside, β“˜ Enstatite, β“˜ Epidote, β“˜ Ferro-hornblende, β“˜ Hedenbergite, β“˜ Magnesite, β“˜ Magnetite, β“˜ Microcline, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Quartz, β“˜ Schorl, β“˜ Soapstone, β“˜ Talc, β“˜ Titanite, β“˜ Tremolite
Barrus farm pegmatite localities, Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USAβ“˜ Goshenite, β“˜ Verdelite


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