Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Acushnet, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22829
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22829.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Acushnet Quarry (P. J. Keating Quarry; Tilcon Capaldi Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry; Blue Stone Quarry; Old Bluestone Quarry)

Latitude: 41°40'24"N
Longitude: 70°54'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.673333333333,-70.901944444444

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	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Malachite	Mica	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Cu F Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Malachite Mica None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Titanite

18 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)	1	219247	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	219247	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	219247	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	219247	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	219247	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	219247	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	219247	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	219247	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	219247	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	219247	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219247	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	219247	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219247	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	219247	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	219247	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	219247	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	219247	4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	219247	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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