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Locality Name:
Goshen, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA


mindat Locality ID: 233258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goshen, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Barrus Farm Pegmatite Localities (Weeks Farm)
Goshen Stone Co. Quarry

Latitude: 42°28'19"N
Longitude: 72°50'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.471944444444,-72.838888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be C Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteBerylCalciteClayColumbiteFeldsparMicaNone
PyroxeneQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteTourmalineZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212195343419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12195338803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812195334286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121953427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212195335171
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O61219533289
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1219533520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12195332740
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12195334924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12195331508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121953317380
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O1219533140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121953361156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12195332705
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61219533688
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12195335251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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