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Locality Name:
Rockingham, Windham Co., Vermont, USA


mindat Locality ID: 48816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rockingham, Windham Co., Vermont, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bellows Falls

Latitude: 43°7'59"N
Longitude: 72°26'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.133055555556,-72.444166666667

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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAncyliteAndalusiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzSerpentineSpinelStaurolite
TitaniteWavellite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Andalusite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12792008803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312792002353
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O127920092
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127920027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12792004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127920027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212792009895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212792009617
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41279200407
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412792001507
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41279200359
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127920012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12792004924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127920017380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212792001898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127920039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127920061156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512792001516
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1279200978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12792004899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374



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