Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Thompsonville

Latitude: 42°20'13"N
Longitude: 71°12'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.336944444444,-71.209722222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Talc

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Malachite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Talc

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	219633	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	219633	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		260
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	219633	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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