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Locality Name:
Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°17'35"N
Longitude: 70°25'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.293055555556,-70.426388888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Childrenite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corrensite	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Epidote	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Garnet	Hureaulite	Kaolinite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Reddingite	Roscherite	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Tapiolite
Topaz	Tourmaline	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 As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ta U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ta U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Analcime Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Calcite Childrenite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corrensite Diaspore Dumortierite Epidote Fairfieldite Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Garnet Hureaulite Kaolinite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Reddingite Roscherite Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Tapiolite
Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beidellite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Cookeite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fairfieldite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pollucite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reddingite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Roscherite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*	Tosudite ()*	Triphylite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	85
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	181
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	231
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	128
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fairfieldite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	72
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Bi_0.5)Ta₂O₆F	13
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	125
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	119
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	155
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Reddingite ()*	Reddingite	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·3H₂O	24
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Roscherite ()*	Roscherite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₅Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	22
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	88
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	36
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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