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Blood Town Forest, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Blood Town Forest | Forest |
| Lancaster | Town |
| Worcester County | County |
| Massachusetts | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 28' 20'' North , 71° 42' 38'' West
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There is a small public parking lot off of Brockelman Road for the Lancaster Town Forest, established in 1946, also known as Blood Forest after the one time owner of the property. There are many ledges containing Chiastolite, with piles of broken stone from years of people looking for specimens. Occasionally a some can be spotted along the well eroded pathways.
The town had many trees harvested in late 2016, and in doing so a good amount of "alien" crushed stone was spread over some pathways, thus making it almost impossible to find specimens along them. Though some of the extensive clearing also made some outcroppings a bit more accessible.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Andalusite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ Andalusite var. Chiastolite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Andalusite | 9.AF.10 | Al2(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ | var. Chiastolite | 9.AF.10 | Al2(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Andalusite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| O | ⓘ Andalusite var. Chiastolite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Andalusite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Al | ⓘ Andalusite var. Chiastolite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Andalusite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Si | ⓘ Andalusite var. Chiastolite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- GranderiaPassive Margin
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Blood Town Forest, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA