Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Smith Granite Quarry, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6724
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6724.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Smith Granite Quarry, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°22'22"N
Longitude: 71°49'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.372777777778,-71.817777777778

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.

Allanite	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Quartz	Rutile

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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mo O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mo O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite None Quartz Rutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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