Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°32'34"N
Longitude: 70°43'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.542777777778,-70.723055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Arrojadite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite
Autunite	Beraunite	Beryl	Beryllonite	Calcioferrite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Chlorite
Clay	Columbite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet
Hureaulite	Jahnsite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Laueite	Lazulite	Malhmoodite	Meta-autunite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perhamite	Phosphophyllite	Phosphosiderite	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite
Roscherite	Rutile	Schoepite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stewartite	Strunzite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wagnerite
Wardite	Wölsendorfite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Arrojadite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Arthurite
Autunite Beraunite Beryl Beryllonite Calcioferrite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Chlorite
Clay Columbite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Fairfieldite Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet
Hureaulite Jahnsite Kaolinite Löllingite Laueite Lazulite Malhmoodite Meta-autunite Mica None
Not in a structural group Olivine Perhamite Phosphophyllite Phosphosiderite Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite
Roscherite Rutile Schoepite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stewartite Strunzite Tourmaline Vivianite Wagnerite
Wardite Wölsendorfite Zircon

102 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Annite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beraunite ()*	Bermanite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Beryllonite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Childrenite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Collinsite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Cookeite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Diadochite ()*	Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*
Dravite ()*	Earlshannonite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eleonorite ()*	Eosphorite ()*
Fairfieldite ()*	Ferrostrunzite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Foitite ()*	Fourmarierite ()*
Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Greifensteinite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterosite ()*
Hureaulite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kastningite ()*	Laueite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Mangangordonite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Metaswitzerite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Metavanmeersscheite ()*	Microcline ()*
Mitridatite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Moraesite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Perhamite ()*	Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Phosphuranylite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Schoepite ()*	Schoonerite ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorzalite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stewartite ()*
Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Switzerite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Todorokite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Triploidite ()*	Uralolite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Ushkovite ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*	Vanmeersscheite ()*	Vivianite ()*
Wardite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Wölsendorfite ()*	Xanthoxenite ()*
Zigrasite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	136
Bermanite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	55
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Beryllonite ()*	Beryllonite	NaBe(PO₄)	47
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	93
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	321
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	38
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	181
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	81
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) ()*	Arrojadite	K(NaMn)CaNa₃AlMn₁₃(PO₄)₁₂(OH)₂	26
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Earlshannonite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	12
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Eleonorite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	51
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	128
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	72
Ferrostrunzite ()*	Strunzite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	19
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	75
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	61
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Greifensteinite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Be₄Fe²⁺₅(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	27
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	204
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	125
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	119
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) ()*	Jahnsite	CaMn²⁺Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O	27
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kastningite ()*	Stewartite	Mn²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	8
Laueite ()*	Laueite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	70
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	238
Mangangordonite ()*	Laueite	Mn²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	6
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	388
Metaswitzerite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	22
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	443
Metavanmeersscheite ()*	None	U(UO₂)₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆·2H₂O	4
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	129
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Moraesite ()*	None	Be₂(PO₄)(OH)·4H₂O	35
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	144
Perhamite ()*	Perhamite	Ca₃Al_7.7Si₃P₄O_23.5(OH)_14.1·8H₂O	19
Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphophyllite	Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	29
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	182
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	182
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	206
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	58
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	94
Schoonerite ()*	Calcioferrite	ZnMn²⁺Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺(PO₄)₃(OH)₂(H₂O)₇·2H₂O	13
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	60
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Stewartite ()*	Stewartite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	48
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	98
Switzerite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·7H₂O	21
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	313
Triploidite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	29
Uralolite ()*	None	Ca₂Be₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃·5H₂O	8
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	890
Ushkovite ()*	Laueite	MgFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	18
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	52
Vanmeersscheite ()*	None	U(UO₂)₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆·4H₂O	8
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	636
Wardite ()*	Wardite	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	58
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	104
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	78
Wölsendorfite ()*	Wölsendorfite	Pb₇(UO₂)₁₄O₁₉(OH)₄·12H₂O	43
Xanthoxenite ()*	None	Ca₄Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·3H₂O	29
Zigrasite ()*	Malhmoodite	MgZr(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120143	Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA	https://rruff.info/R120143

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