Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lime Crest Quarry (Lime Crest-Southdown Quarry; Limecrest Quarry), Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 5405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lime Crest Quarry (Lime Crest-Southdown Quarry; Limecrest Quarry), Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°3'20"N
Longitude: 74°40'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.055555555556,-74.683055555556

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Titanite	Tourmaline	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*
Baryte ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Edenite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluoro-tremolite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Norbergite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Titanite Tourmaline Wollastonite Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	285
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	160
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	52
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Fluoro-tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂F₂	8
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Norbergite ()*	Humite	Mg₃(SiO₄)F₂	37
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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