Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA

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Granite pegmatite. Western Mt. Apatite group. - Oxford pegmatite field. (The Dionne extension to the Pulsifer Quarry was excavated during mid-1990s mining.)

References

- Wilson, W. E. (1977): Famous mineral localities: The Pulsifer Quarry. Mineralogical Record 8 (2), 72-77
- Dunn, P. J. (1977): Apatite. A guide to species nomenclature. Mineralogical Record 8 (2): 78-82 [with analysis of Apatite-(CaF) from Pulsifer]
- King, V. T. and Szenics, T., (2008): Pulsifer Quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. American Mineral Treasures.

Guidebook 1 to Mineral Collecting in the Maine Pegmatite Belt
Prepared by members of the Maine Federation Club 1973 Pg. 3

External Links

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0GDX/is_1997_Jan/ai_53285854 [Link dead. Nov 2011]

Mineral List

Albite var: Cleavelandite Almandine Amblygonite Annite Arsenopyrite Autunite Bertrandite Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Goshenite var: Morganite Biotite Cassiterite Columbite Columbite-(Fe)

Columbite-(Mn) Cookeite Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) Elbaite Fluorapatite Gahnite 'Garnet' Grossular Heterosite Hydroxylherderite Kaolinite ? Lepidolite Lithiophilite Meta-autunite Microcline Microlite Group

Montebrasite Montmorillonite Muscovite Nontronite Orthoclase Purpurite Pyrite Quartz var: Smoky Quartz Schorl Spessartine Sphalerite Spinel Spodumene Tantalite-(Mn) Todorokite

Topaz 'Tourmaline' 'var: Achroite' 'var: Indicolite' 'var: Rubellite' 'var: Verdelite' 'var: Watermelon Tourmaline' Triphylite Triplite Uraninite Uranophane Zinnwaldite ? Zircon

61 entries listed. 43 valid minerals. 3 erroneous literature entries.