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Hematite from
West Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:573694
Long-form Identifier:1:3:573694:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘThompsonville "silver mine", Thompsonville, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘAllston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘWarren Street Quarry (Beatty's Ledge), Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘGranite Railway Quarry (Granite Rail Quarry), Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘMerry Mount Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) ⓘFallon Brothers Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘHardwick Quarry, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
14.7km (9.2 miles) ⓘMassachusetts Broken Stone Co. quarries (Weston Quarry; Stony Brook Quarry), Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘBlueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘAggregate Industries Quarry (Bayer-Mingolla Quarry; Trimount Quarry), Ashland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Cristofono, Peter (n.d.) Personal communication.
 
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