Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Manchester-by-the-Sea (Manchester), Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manchester-by-the-Sea (Manchester), Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°34'40"N
Longitude: 70°46'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.577777777778,-70.769444444444

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.

Analcime	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Feldspar None Pyroxene Sodalite Spinel Tridymite Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Nepheline ()*	Sodalite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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