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

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.



References:
Rocks & Minerals 61:254,266;

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





Mineral List:
Actinolite
Anatase
Andradite
Ankerite
Antigorite
var: Bowenite
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Aurichalcite
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Biotite
Birnessite ?
Bornite ?
Braunite
Calcite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcocite ?
Chalcopyrite
Chrysocolla
Clinochlore
Clinochrysotile
Cryptomelane ?
Datolite
Diopside
Dolomite
Dravite
Epidote
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrohornblende
Forsterite
Galena
Goethite
Graphite
Gypsum
Hematite
Heulandite-Ca
Hydromagnesite
Illite
Jarosite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Magnesiohornblende
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites'

Manganite
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Nontronite
Opal
Orthoclase
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chert
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rutile
Schorl
Siderite
Sphalerite
Talc
Titanite
Todorokite ?
Tremolite
'Wad'
Zircon
Zoisite


74 entries listed. 65 valid minerals.

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