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Locality Name:
Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA


mindat Locality ID: 22362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Allston-Brighton, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lake Street Pudding Stone Location
McMurtry's Ledge Stone Quarry
Rowe's Quarry
Warren Street Quarry (Beatty's Ledge)

Latitude: 42°20'47"N
Longitude: 71°9'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.346388888889,-71.152222222222
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGypsum
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzTitanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212197933419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12197938803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)121979311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412197935516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121979327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12197935707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12197933531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12197938173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121979314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121979312537
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212197931898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121979361156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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