Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30363.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ballard Quarry
Brenton Cove
Fort Adams Quarry
Pirate Cave
Sheep Point Cove

Latitude: 41°27'52"N
Longitude: 71°19'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.464444444444,-71.331388888889

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.

Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Melanterite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Ottrélite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*	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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Melanterite
None Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Spinel Talc 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)	0		8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	263419	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	263420,263421	27770
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	263420	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0		59
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	263420	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	263420,263422	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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