Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kent Co., Rhode Island, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kent Co., Rhode Island, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Coventry
East Greenwich
Warwick
West Greenwich
West Warwick

Latitude: 41°39'57"N
Longitude: 71°30'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.665833333333,-71.507222222222

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	Analcime	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Staurolite
Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H Na O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Serpentine Spinel Staurolite
Talc Titanite Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

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	263395	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	263397,263398	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	263406	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	263396	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	263395	2162
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	263395	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	263395,263401	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	263395	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	263401	161
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	263395	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	263395	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	263395	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	263406	376
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	263395	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	263401	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	263395	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	263395,263401	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	263396,263398,263400	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	263395	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	263395	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	263395	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	263395,263398,263406	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	263395	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	263395	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	263396,263397,263398	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	263395	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	263395	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	263395	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	263395	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	263395,263396,263397,263398,263401	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	263395	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	263395	6417
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	263395	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	263395	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	263395	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	263395	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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