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Conklin quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA

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A limestone (marble) quarry operated for agricultural lime and decorative aggregate. The marble is of the Precambrian Blackstone series. The quarry is owned by the Conklin Lime Co. Quarry allowed to flood in 2004 after 330 years of operation at the site.

Mineral List

Actinolite
Albite
Almandine
Anatase
Andradite
Ankerite
Antigorite
var: Bowenite
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
'Asbestos'
Aurichalcite
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
'Biotite'
Birnessite ?
'Bitumen
var: Elaterite'
Bornite ?
Braunite
Calcite
Chalcocite ?
Chalcopyrite
'Chert'

'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Clinochlore
Clinochrysotile
Cryptomelane ?
Datolite
Diopside
Dolomite
Dravite
Epidote
Ferrimolybdite
Ferro-hornblende
Forsterite
Galena
Goethite
Graphite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Gypsum
Hematite
Heulandite-Ca
Hydromagnesite
Illite
Ilmenite

Jarosite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'
Lepidocrocite
'Limonite'
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites'
Manganite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Nontronite
Opal
Orthoclase
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite

Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rutile
Scheelite
Schorl
Scolecite
Siderite
Sphalerite
Talc
Titanite
Todorokite ?
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
'Wad'
Zircon
Zoisite

91 entries listed. 75 valid minerals.

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References

Rocks & Minerals 61:254,266;

Metropolis, W. C. and Garza, S. (1988): First Find of Datolite in Rhode Island (Rocks & Minerals 63:457).

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