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


mindat Locality ID: 24551
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24551.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Carver Street Construction Site
Ondrick Quarry

Latitude: 42°15'23"N
Longitude: 72°31'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.256388888889,-72.516666666667

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 Ba C Cu Fe H K Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzTourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12195368803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212195375509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)121953611547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2121953727198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2121953712537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12195364924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2121953617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12195372994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121953639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22219536,21953761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12195362705



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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