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Locality Name:
Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA


mindat Locality ID: 15761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rockrimmon Street Construction Site

Latitude: 42°16'37"N
Longitude: 72°24'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.276944444444,-72.401388888889
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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBerylCalciteClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteNatroliteNone
PrehnitePyroxeneQuartzSulphurTitaniteVivianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Malachite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scolecite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
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)212195203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12195208803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12195205707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12195203531
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12195208173
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121952012537
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O0390
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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