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Locality Name:
Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 15225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Blandford
Brimfield
Chester
East Longmeadow
Hampden
Holland
Holyoke
Monson
Palmer
Russell
Springfield
Wales
West Springfield
Westfield

Latitude: 42°8'33"N
Longitude: 72°33'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.1425,-72.555555555556

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Brookite
Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Magnetoplumbite	Malachite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	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 B Ba Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Autunite Baryte Beryl Brookite
Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cyanotrichite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Magnetoplumbite Malachite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Talc Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

78 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amesite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Augite ()*	Autunite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Datolite ()*	Diaoyudaoite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pectolite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Triphylite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	11	219470,219475,219478,219480,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485,219504,219513	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	219472,219478,219487,219504,219508,219513	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	10	219472,219478,219481,219482,219483,219487,219488,219508,219510,219513	2353
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	6	219478,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485	74
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	219476	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	219498,219500,219513	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	219499	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	219470	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	219513	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	219478,219482,219483,219485	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	219499	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	219472	1272
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	4	219502,219511,219512,219514	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	219500	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	6	219472,219474,219487,219504,219506,219508	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	219478	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	3	219478,219482,219485	700
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	219513	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	14	219478,219480,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485,219499,219502,219504,219505,219512,219513,219514	27770
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	3	219478,219482,219483	88
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	219472	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	219478,219480,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485,219514	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	219478	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	7	219478,219480,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5	219470,219477,219478,219482,219483	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	219514	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	9	219478,219480,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485,219504,219514	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	219478,219482,219483,219513	1025
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	4	219476,219478,219510,219513	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	7	219478,219480,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485	1797
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	219478	327
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	2	219512,219514	498
Diaoyudaoite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	NaAl₁₁O₁₇	1	219479	7
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	6	219478,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	219499,219513,219515	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	219513	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	219478	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	11	219475,219478,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485,219502,219504,219513,219514	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	6	219475,219478,219480,219481,219482,219483	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	219472	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	219513	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	219514	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	219497,219500	2812
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	219475	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	219478,219498,219500,219502,219514	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5	219478,219482,219483,219488,219489	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	6	219470,219473,219478,219482,219483,219513	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	219504	1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	219478	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	11	219475,219478,219480,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485,219499,219504,219513	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	219478,219482,219483,219485,219514	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	7	219478,219480,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485	168
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	219472	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	219472	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	219472,219475,219487,219508	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	219476,219478	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	219472,219475,219487,219504,219513	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	219504	2994
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219484	247
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	219495	363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	219472	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	219514	303
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	219502,219504,219505,219511,219512,219514	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	219478,219480,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485,219498,219500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	219470,219472,219474,219475,219477,219478,219480,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485,219487,219489,219493,219501,219502,219504,219508,219513,219514	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	219478,219483,219485	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	219472,219475,219487	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	219510,219513	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	219514	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	219479,219513	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	3	219471,219472,219513	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	12	219475,219478,219480,219481,219482,219483,219484,219485,219499,219507,219513,219515	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	6	219475,219478,219482,219483,219485,219513	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	219472	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	219472	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	219472	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	219472,219487,219504,219513	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060083	Hampden Quarry, West Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA	https://rruff.info/R060083
R050033	Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA	https://rruff.info/R050033
X050051	Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA	https://rruff.info/X050051

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