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Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

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Albite : Na[AlSi3O8]

Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Field of view 1.8 cm. Self-collected 2007. S. Bonney specimen and photo.
 © 2007 Steve BonneyPhoto ID: 114642    View Count: 191

Albite : Na[AlSi3O8], Quartz : SiO2

Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Field of view 1.5 cm. Self-collected 2007. S. Bonney specimen and photo.
 © 2007 Steve BonneyPhoto ID: 114643    View Count: 165

Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3

Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

A 2.5 cm well-crystallized specimen without matrix from Harvard Quarry, ME. Nice deep red and good lusterous faces (although the picture may suggest otherwise). Self-collected icositetrahedron (24 lovely faces).
 © J. WingardPhoto ID: 67171    View Count: 378

Almandine : Fe2+3Al2[SiO4]3, Schorl : [Na][Fe2+3][Al6][(OH)3|OH|(BO3)3|Si6O18]

Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Dark brown-red almandine perched on black schorl. Field of view is 13 mm. Self-collected 2007. S. Bonney specimen and photo.
 © 2007 Steve BonneyPhoto ID: 111306    View Count: 160

Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3], Quartz : SiO2

Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

From a classic locale, this is a lovely example of purple apatite. The crystals are aesthetically nestled in a vug of colorless, sparkling quartz crystals, to 2 mm in length. The apatite crystals exhibit glassy luster along with a pastel lilac color. Several of the translucent crystals, to .8 cm in length, are also doubly terminated. It is unusual ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 65642    View Count: 201

Multiple photos availableApatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3]

Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Apatite in matrix. Crystal is 1.3 cm long. Henry Minot photo & collection.
 © Henry Minot 2008Photo ID: 167562    View Count: 129

Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3], Quartz : SiO2

Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Cluster of four terminated crystals of pale-purple fluorapatite ion matrix of vuggy quartz crystals. No damage. Mounted in acrylic Perky display box for protection. This specimen look much better in person that the photograph. Overall size of mineral specimen: 28x18x17 mm. Size of individual crystals: 2-3 mm.
 © 2003 John H. BettsPhoto ID: 11033    View Count: 310

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

Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Purple Apatite-(CaF) on matrix with Quartz. 2.9 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 37928    View Count: 262

Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3], Quartz : SiO2

Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Transparent light blue tabular fluorapatite crystals in quartz crystal lined cleavelandite vug. Field of view 1.2 cm. Self-collected 2007. S. Bonney specimen and photo.
 © 2007 Steve BonneyPhoto ID: 111418    View Count: 124

Apatite-(CaF) : Ca5[F|(PO4)3], Quartz : SiO2

Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

2 mm purple crystal on quartz. Peter Cristofono specimen. Field collected by Nate Martin in 2002.
 © 2008 Peter CristofonoPhoto ID: 21260    View Count: 355
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