Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Albany Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 34478
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34478.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Albany Co., New York, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Feura Bush
Glenmont
Indian Ladder
New Scotland
Old Callanan Quarry
Town Of Bethlehem
Town Of Coeymans
Town Of Guilderland

Latitude: 42°37'39"N
Longitude: 73°53'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.6275,-73.893055555556

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Corundum	Epsomite	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Corundum Epsomite Gypsum Marcasite None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	247744	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	247734,247738	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	247735	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	247734,247735,247744	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	247735	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	247738	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	247740	944
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		484
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	247735	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	247744	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	247744	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	247734,247735,247744	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	247732,247734,247735,247744	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	247735	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	5	247732,247735,247737,247738,247746	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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