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The Roxbury Conglomerate is typically unfossiliferous. The only fossils which have been reported from it are 0.5–3.5 cm (0.2–1.4 in) in diameter raised ring structures found in outcrops at Hewitt's Cove and Slate Island and two dislocated stromatolite hemispheroids found in laminated mudstones at Squantum Head. [10] [15] [18]
Moonstone cabochon. The most common moonstone is of the orthoclase feldspar mineral adularia, named for an early mining site near Mt. Adular in Switzerland, now the town of St. Gotthard. [1] [better source needed] A solid solution of the plagioclase feldspar oligoclase +/− the potassium feldspar orthoclase also produces moonstone specimens.
Moonstone, one of June's modern birthstones, can appear to be almost clear at times, but is "prized for its blue to white adularescence," according to the International Gem Society.
^ Florida's state gem, moonstone, was adopted to highlight Florida's role in the United States' Lunar program, which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. [81] ^ Since 1983, Massachusetts has had 3 other official state rocks: State Historical Rock (Plymouth Rock), State Explorer Rock (Dighton Rock), and State Building and Monument Stone . In ...
Mine Hills Preserve is a natural and historical conservation area on Mine Hills Road in northwestern Roxbury, Connecticut. Owned by the Roxbury Land Trust, it protects the site of a well-preserved 19th-century iron mine and furnace works. Several miles of trails provide access to abandoned quarry areas and the preserved remains of the iron ...
Moonstone, Colorado, a town in The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather; Moonstone (comics), the name of two Marvel Comics universe characters; Moonstone, a plot element in season 2 of The Vampire Diaries; Moonstone Opal, a plot element in Tangled The Series; Moonstone, a setting in Erin Hunter's Warriors story arc; Moonstone, an artifact in the ...
A missing Roxbury man was found dead in a lake last week, though authorities do not suspect foul play. The body of Altariq Hickson, 20, was recovered from Sunset Lake in Roxbury on March 19, the ...
His wife, Miriam, died the January after her husband's death [1697/8], and both James and Miriam Draper share a tombstone in the Westerly Burial Ground in West Roxbury, now a neighborhood of Boston. The entry plaque to the cemetery reads in part: "The oldest gravestone, from 1691, commemorates James and Merriam Draper, members of a prominent ...