Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Acushnet
Attleboro
Dartmouth
Dighton
Easton
Fairhaven
Fall River
Freetown
Mansfield
New Bedford
North Attleborough
Rehobeth
Seekonk
Somerset
Taunton
Westport

Latitude: 41°46'46"N
Longitude: 71°6'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.779444444444,-71.101111111111

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	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Titanite Zircon

29 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)	2	219247,219265	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	219261,219270	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	219247,219248	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	219247,219248,219286	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	219247	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	219247,219263,219264,219265,219278,219286	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	219247,219278	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	219247,219278	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	219258	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	219286	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	3	219274,219275,219276	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	219280	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	219287	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	219247	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	219247,219282,219286	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	219278	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	219261,219264,219278	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	219247	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	219261,219278	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	219247,219253,219254,219263,219265,219270,219278	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	219247	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219247	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	219247,219286	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	219247,219253,219254,219261,219263,219264,219265,219269,219270,219278,219282,219283,219286	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	219247,219270	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	219247,219261,219263	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	219270	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	219270,219278	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	219247	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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