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Locality Name:
Huntington (Norwich), Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA


mindat Locality ID: 217733
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217733.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huntington (Norwich), Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Angell Mine
Lyman Farm Prospect
Spodumene Brook
Walnut Hill Pegmatite Prospect

Latitude: 42°14'10"N
Longitude: 72°52'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.236111111111,-72.876388888889
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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAutuniteBerylCalciteClayCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStaurolite
TourmalineZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Annite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Heterosite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
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)212195473419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12195478803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312195472353
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21219547356
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12195471272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812195474286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121954727770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612195474135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1219547648
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12195472740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121954424243
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)1219547204
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312195475433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412195471507
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2219545,2195474924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121954717380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23219544,219546,21954761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212195475614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12195472705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12195476417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121954421482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O62219546,219547688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1219547978
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)1219547313
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12195475251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12195471025


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