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Oxford Co., Maine, USA

A region in western Maine, well-known for gem-producing granite pegmatites. Mount Mica Quarry, Paris; Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, and Bennett Quarry, Buckfield are the most note worthy for gem production, especially elbaite and related tourmalines.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
Alluaudite ?
Almandine
Alunogen ?
Amblygonite
var: Hebronite
Anatase
Andradite ?
Anglesite ?
Ankerite
Annite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite

Anthophyllite
Arsenopyrite
Augelite
Augite
Autunite
Axinite-(Fe)
Baryte ?
Bavenite
Beidellite
Beraunite
Bermanite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
var: Morganite
Beryllonite (TL)
β-Uranophane
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Brazilianite
Brookite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chamosite-Clinochlore Series'
Childrenite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
Cimolite
Clarkeite
Clinochlore
Clinozoisite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
'Columbite-(Mn)-Tantalite-(Mn) series'
Cookeite (TL)
Corundum
Crandallite
Cryptomelane
'Cymatolite'
'Dahllite'
Diadochite
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)
Diopside
Dravite
Dumortierite
Earlshannonite
Elbaite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Euclase
Eucryptite
Evansite ?
Fairfieldite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrisicklerite
Ferrostrunzite
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
var: Francolite
var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fluornatromicrolite
Foitite
Fourmarierite
Gahnite
Gainesite (TL)
Galena
Gedrite
Glucine
Goethite
Gold
Gorceixite
Goyazite
Graftonite
Graphite
Greenockite
Greifensteinite
Grossular
var: Hessonite ?
'Gummite'
Gypsum
Halloysite
Halloysite-7Å
Hawleyite ?
Hematite
Hercynite
var: Picotite

Herderite
Heterosite
'Heterosite-Purpurite Series'
Hisingerite
'Hornblende'
Humite
Hureaulite
Hurlbutite
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite
Hydroxylherderite
Ilmenite
'Jahnsite'
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)
Jahnsite-(MnMnMn)
Jarosite ?
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Kastningite
'K Feldspar'
Kosnarite (TL)
Lacroixite
Landesite
Laueite
Lepidocrocite ?
Lepidolite
Leucophosphite
Limonite
Lithiophilite
Löllingite
Ludlamite
Magnesiochromite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
'var: Manganese Dendrites'
Mangangordonite (TL)
Manganite
Mccrillisite (TL)
Meionite
Messelite
Meta-autunite
Metaswitzerite
Metatorbernite
Metauranocircite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Moraesite
Muscovite
var: Damourite
var: Sericite
Natromontebrasite
Nontronite
Olenite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
Palermoite
Paragonite
Perhamite (TL)
'Perthite'
Petalite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phosphoferrite
'Phosphoferrite-Reddingite Series' ?
Phosphophyllite
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Pigeonite
'Pinite'
Pollucite
Powellite
Prehnite
Pseudolaueite
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Citrine
var: Milky Quartz
var: Pseudocubic Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Realgar
Reddingite
Rhodochrosite
Robertsite
Rockbridgeite
Romanèchite
Roscherite
Rossmanite
Rutherfordine
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
Samarskite-(Y)
Scheelite
Schoepite
Schoonerite
Schorl
'Schrötterite'
Scorodite
Scorzalite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Sillimanite
Souzalite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Spodumene
var: Kunzite
Staurolite
Stewartite
Strengite
Strunzite
'Strunzite Group'
Struvite
Switzerite
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Mn)
'Tapiolite'
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Tenorite
Titanite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
Tosudite
var: Lithium Tosudite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Achroite'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
'var: Watermelon Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite
Turgite
Unnamed (Ca-analogue of Zigrasite)
Uralolite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranocircite
Uranophane
Ushkovite
Vandendriesscheite
Vanmeersscheite
Väyrynenite
Vesuvianite
Vivianite
Walentaite
Wardite
Whitlockite
Whitmoreite
Wodginite
Wollastonite
Wölsendorfite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoxenite
Zanazziite
Zigrasite (TL)
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
Zoisite


453 entries listed. 206 valid minerals. 8 type localities (valid minerals). 22 erroneous literature entries.

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References

New detailed Mineralogy of Oxford County, Maine in progress. First Volume appearing in mid-2012.

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