Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wellesley, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 457.15
Youngest recorded age at locality: 398.41

mindat Locality ID: 17267
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17267.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Route 9 Road Cut

Latitude: 42°19'0"N
Longitude: 71°13'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.316666666667,-71.229166666667

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	Chlorite	Clay	Malachite	None	Quartz

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 Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Malachite None Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	457.15	398.41	1	219750	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	457.15	398.41	1	219750	5707
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	457.15	398.41	1	219750	1756
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	457.15	398.41	1	219750	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	457.15	398.41	0		61156
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	457.15	398.41	1	219750	2562

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-01740	398.41	398.41	398.41	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism		whole rock							17267	Wellesley, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr
	USGS-Rb-Sr-01741	457.15	457.15	457.15	Rb-Sr	initial age disturbed by later metamorphism		whole rock							17267	Wellesley, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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