Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gassetts, Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA

mindat Locality ID: 107516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gassetts, Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Route 103 Road Cuts

Latitude: 43°19'30"N
Longitude: 72°36'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.325,-72.606944444444

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Spinel Staurolite Titanite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	279237	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	279237	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	279237	4135
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	279237	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	279237	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	279237	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	279237	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	279237	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	279237	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	279237	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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