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Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

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Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Quartz : SiO2

Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Tan albite crystals with quartz. View is about 10 mm across. P. Cristofono specimen & photo. Field collected 2004.
 © 2004 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 24278    View Count: 466

Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Quartz : SiO2

Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Field of view 1.5 cm x 1.5 cm. Field collected 2006. S. Bonney specimen and photo.
 © Steve Bonney 2006Photo ID: 68226    View Count: 288

Albite (Var: Cleavelandite) : Na[AlSi3O8]

Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Pale blue, platy albite variety cleavelandite. View is about 4.5 cm across. (P. Cristofono specimen and photo.)
 © 2005 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 39549    View Count: 422

Almandine-Spessartine Series

Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

1.5 mm orange garnet crystal. (P. Cristofono specimen and photo, field-collected 2004.)
 © 2006 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 46224    View Count: 383

Almandine-Spessartine Series

Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

1 mm crystal. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Field collected 2004.
 © 2008 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 183287    View Count: 51

Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3]

Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Green manganese-bearing apatite, 6.5 mm crystal. P. Cristofono specimen and photo, field collected in 2004.
 © 2008 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 21252    View Count: 516

Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3]

Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Green Fluorapatite (var: Mangan-apatite) in pegmatite matrix. Fluoresces yellow in short-wave UV light. Field of view 3.0 cm x 3.5 cm. Field collected in 2006. S. Bonney specimen and photo.
 © Steve Bonney 2006Photo ID: 68231    View Count: 203

Beryl : Be3Al2Si6O18

Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Common light green beryl, 3 cm crystal. (P. Cristofono specimen and photo -- field collected 2005.)
 © 2005 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 45637    View Count: 285

Cassiterite : SnO2

Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

View is about 13 mm across. (P. Cristofono specimen and photo -- field collected 1987.)
 © 2005 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 44097    View Count: 242

Cassiterite : SnO2

Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

A tiny brown cassiterite crystal (~ 0.75 mm)on white mounting putty. There is still a little albite attached on the top left. P. Cristofono specimen and photo. Field collected 2004.
 © 2008 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 193272    View Count: 38
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