Nevel Quarry (Twin Tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Granite pegmatite. List also include species found in the chlorite/actinolite schist host rocks. Hall's Ridge, Plumbago-Puzzle Mountain. - Oxford pegmatite field. Located in the Main Pegmatite sheet. Land currently owned by Plumbago Timber and Quarries LLC which permitted use of new mineral discovery information to appear on mindat.
The first Rose Quartz crystals known in the world were found at Mount Mica Quarry about 1913-1915. The second locality for genuine rose quartz crystals in the world, the Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, produced it's first crystals in 1927. A third world locality was discovered in 1942, at the Rose Quartz Crystal locality, by George Crooker. Rose Quartz crystals were found at the Nevel Quarry, Newry and in the Red Hill Quarry Group, Rumford, Maine in 1949. Rose Quartz crystals were not known in Brazil until 1958.
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Map Reference: 44°32'42"N , 70°43'20"W
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Mineral List:62 entries listed. 55 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.
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