Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 22404
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22404.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Old Limestone Quarry Site

Latitude: 42°30'8"N
Longitude: 71°30'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.502222222222,-71.515555555556

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	Clay	Garnet	Mica	None	Olivine	Spinel	Titanite

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Garnet Mica None Olivine Spinel Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Grossular ()*
Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	219579	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	219579	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	219579	1544
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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