Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ski Pike Quarry, West Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6526
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6526.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ski Pike Quarry, West Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°17'9"N
Longitude: 70°33'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.285833333333,-70.558888888889

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.

Beryl	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perhamite	Quartz
Tourmaline

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 B Be Ca H K Li Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca H K Li Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chlorite Clay Feldspar Gadolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Perhamite Quartz
Tourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cookeite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Perhamite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	181
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	119
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Perhamite ()*	Perhamite	Ca₃Al_7.7Si₃P₄O_23.5(OH)_14.1·8H₂O	19
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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