Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24952
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24952.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cheapside Quarry (East Deerfield Quarry; Trew Corp. Quarry)

Latitude: 42°34'5"N
Longitude: 72°34'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.568055555556,-72.578611111111

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Thomsonite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*
Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Saponite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Thomsonite Titanite

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)	1	219426	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	219426	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	219426	3250
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	219426	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	219426	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	219426	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	219426	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	219426	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	219426	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	219426	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	219426	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	219426	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	219426	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	219426	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	219426	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	219426	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	219426	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	219426	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	219426	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	219426	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	219426	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	219426	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219426	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	219426	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	219426	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	219426	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	219426	21482
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	0		452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	219426	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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