Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 211428
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211428.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Purgatory Chasm
Route 146 Road Cut

Latitude: 42°7'38"N
Longitude: 71°42'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.127222222222,-71.716111111111

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel

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 Ca F Fe H K Na O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rutile Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	219918	8803
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	219918	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	219917,219918	4286
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	219918	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	219918	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	219918	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	219918	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	219918	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219918	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	219917,219918	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	219918	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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