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Locality Name:
Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA


mindat Locality ID: 22338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22338.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Briscoe Hill
Poorhouse Hill
Prospect Hill

Latitude: 42°33'20"N
Longitude: 70°52'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.555555555556,-70.874166666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Sn Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyroxene
QuartzRutileSodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteZirconZirconolite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Augite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612193061022
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612193062060
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O0232
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121930614899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2219305,2193064924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212193065800
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1219306884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812193069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22219306,21930761156
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl0444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O70140



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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