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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.

The locality is the type locality for hamlinite, now regarded as a synonym for goyazite.



References:
Hidden, W. E. and Penfield. S. L., 1890, On Hamlinite a new rhombohedral mineral from the Herderite Locality at Stoneham, Maine, American Journal of Science, third series, v. 39: 511-513.

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

King, V. and Foord, E., 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°57'11"W

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Mineral List:
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
Almandine
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-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. 50 valid minerals. 4 erroneous literature entries.

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