Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Old Lime Quarries, Littleton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 51429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Lime Quarries, Littleton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°31'12"N
Longitude: 71°31'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.52,-71.530277777778

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.

Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Titanite

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 Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Titanite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Graphite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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