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Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Granite pegmatite. Oxford pegmatite field.

Originally a mineral collector's site in late 1870's. Opened by Nathan Perry and Edgar D. Andrews in early 1880's. Originally called Harndon Hill, but named changed in a complex change of names about 1917. Operated solely by Nathan Perry by 1882. Operated for massive topaz in 1970's by Col. Joseph Pollack of Harrison, Maine.

Ref.: Thompson, W, Joyner, D., Woodman, R., and King, V., 1998, Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd ed.

King and Foord, 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, Descriptive Mineralogy, v. 1.

Woodard, H. H. (1951): The Geology and Paragenesis of the Lord Hill pegmatite, Stoneham, Maine. American Mineralogist (1951): 36, 869-883.





Map Reference: 44°13'26"N , 70°56'23"W

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Mineral List:
  • Albite
       var: Cleavelandite
  • Almandine
  • Apatite-(CaF)
       var: Manganese-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
  • Apatite-(CaOH)
  • Autunite
  • Beraunite
  • Bermanite
  • Bertrandite
  • Beryl
  • Beryllonite
  • Biotite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bismutite
  • Cassiterite
  • Clarkeite
  • Columbite-(Fe)
  • Cryptomelane
  • Elbaite
  • Eosphorite
  • Fluorite
  • Gahnite
  • Goethite
  • Goyazite
  • Heterosite
  • Hureaulite
  • Hydroxylherderite
  • Landesite
  • Meta-autunite
  • Metatorbernite
  • Microcline
  • Microlite
  • Mitridatite
  • Montebrasite
  • Montmorillonite
  • Muscovite
  • 'Perthite'
  • Phenakite
  • Phosphosiderite
  • Purpurite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • Schorl
  • Siderite
  • Sphalerite
  • Strunzite
  • Todorokite
  • Topaz
  • Torbernite
  • Triphylite
  • Triplite
  • Uraninite
  • Uranophane
  • Vivianite
  • Zircon


    59 entries listed. 51 valid minerals. 3 erroneous literature entries.

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