464 R. A. DALY LITCHFIELDITE AND SODA-SYENITES OF .MAINE 



of the map. Spears Corner is 6 miles (nearly 10 kilometers) from 

 Gardiner. 



Boulders of Litchfieldite 



Little need be added to Bayley's account of the nephelite syenite com- 

 posing the bonlders. These may be readily recognized because of their 



Figure 1. — Location of Litchfieldite in Litchfield, Maine 



Exact position indicated by the dots marked A and B. Soda-syenites at C and D (fine 

 dots). Areas showing outcrops indicated by shading, the lines drawn parallel to the 

 strikes of the schists. S. L. — South Litchfield. Contour interval, 100 feet. Scale, 1 : — . 



pitted surfaces, the pits being due to the specially rapid solution of the 

 nephelite in rain-water. The rock is usually coarse and even pegmatitic, 



