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Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA

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Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Maine Feldspar Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2006 D. Levesque
  		•  Albite
    var: Cleavelandite
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
  		•  'Albite-Anorthite Series'
    Reference: [King & Foord, 1994: Mineralogy of Maine, V.1]
  		•  Almandine
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Groves Quarry (Hole in the Ground Quarry), Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © Dick Dionne
  		•  Annite
    KFe
    2+
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, v. 1.]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [Wilson, W. E. (1977): Famous mineral localities: The Pulsifer Quarry. Mineralogical Record 8 (2), 72-77 ]
    Site Photo
    Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © Henry Minot 2008
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © Van King
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
    (Ca,Mn
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		(F,Cl,OH) or Ca
     
    5
    		([P,Mn
    3+
     
    		]O
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		(F,Cl,OH)
    Reference: []
  		•  Apatite-(CaOH)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[OH|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Maine Feldspar Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2006 D. Levesque
  		•  Autunite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·11H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
  		•  Bertrandite
    Be
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
  		•  Beryl
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Maine Feldspar Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2006 D. Levesque
  		•  Beryl
    var: Aquamarine
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
  		•  Beryl
    var: Goshenite
    Reference: [Thompson, W, Joyner, D., Woodman, R., and King, V., 1998. Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd ed.; King and Foord, 1994, Mineralogy of Maine]
  		•  Beryl
    var: Morganite
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Turner Quarries, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2007 Peter Cristofono
  		•  Biotite
    var: Manganophyllite
    K(Mn,Mg,Al)
     
    2-3
    		(Al,Si)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Anderson, 1991. Maine Mineral Localities, 2nd ed.]
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Maine Feldspar Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2009 D. Levesque
  		•  Columbite
    (Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Columbite-(Fe)
    FeNb
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [Van King]
  		•  Columbite-(Mn)
    (Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ta)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Maine Feldspar Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2007 D. Levesque
  		•  Cookeite
    LiAl
     
    4
    		(Si
     
    3
    		Al)O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    8
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Maine Feldspar Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2008 D. Levesque
  		•  Diadochite
    Fe
    3+
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)(SO
     
    4
    		)(OH)·5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
  		•  Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)
    {KNa}{Mn
    2+
     
    		[ ]}{Ca}{Na
     
    3
    		}{Mn
    2+
    13
    		}{Al}[(OH)
     
    2
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    12
    		]
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
  		•  Elbaite
    [Na][(Li,Al)
     
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Greenlaw Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2007 Peter Cristofono
  		•  Eosphorite
    (Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)Al[(OH)
     
    2
    		|PO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
  		•  Fairfieldite
    Ca
     
    2
    		(Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Gahnite
    ZnAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Maine Mineral Localities, W.B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey,1998]
    Site Photo
    Groves Quarry (Hole in the Ground Quarry), Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © Van King
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record 24: 382-383 ]
  		•  Hydroxylherderite
    CaBe[(OH,F)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © Joseph A. Freilich, LLC
  		•  Kaersutite
    [Na][Ca
     
    2
    		][Mg
     
    4
    		Ti][O|OH|Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [King & Foord, 1994: Mineralogy of Maine, V.1]
    Site Photo
    Rte 202 road cut, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2006 D. Levesque
  		•  Landesite
    Mn
    2+
    3-x
    		Fe
    3+
    x
    		[(OH)
     
    x
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · (3-x)H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mineralogy of Maine,Vol 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology. By King & Mineral News Vol. 12 No. 5 May 1996 By Douglas Watts ]
  		•  Lepidolite
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Turner Quarries, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2007 Peter Cristofono
  		•  Lithiophilite
    LiMn
    2+
     
    		[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Löllingite
    FeAs
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2007 Peter Cristofono
  		•  Ludlamite
    (Fe,Mn,Mg)
     
    3
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mineralogy of Maine,Vol 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology. By King & Mineral News Vol. 12 No. 5 May 1996 By Douglas Watts ]
  		•  Meta-autunite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		· 6-8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: ["Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
  		•  Metatorbernite
    Cu(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Greenlaw Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2006 D. Levesque
  		•  Microlite
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2
    		Ta
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(O,OH,F)
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Mitridatite
    Ca
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
    3
    		[O
     
    2
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mineralogy of Maine,Vol 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology. By King & Mineral News Vol. 12 No. 5 May 1996 By Douglas Watts ]
  		•  Montebrasite
    LiAl[(OH,F)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Montmorillonite
    (Na,Ca)
     
    0.33
    		(Al,Mg)
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Greenlaw Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2009 D. Levesque
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Greenlaw Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2006 D. Levesque
  		•  Muscovite
    var: Damourite
    Reference: [King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1.]
  		•  Nontronite
    Na
     
    0.3
    		Fe
     
    2
    		(Si,Al)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pollucite
    (Cs,Na)
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Description: Reported without description by Hess et al. (1943). No specimens know to represent the identification.
    Reference: [King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, v. 1.]
  		•  Purpurite
    (Mn
    3+
     
    		,Fe
    3+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Maine Feldspar Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2006 D. Levesque
  		•  Quartz
    var: Citrine ?
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Smoky Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., et.al., 1998]
    Site Photo
    Greenlaw Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2006 D. Levesque
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Schorl
    [Na][Fe
    2+
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Turner Quarries, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2007 Peter Cristofono
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [King, V. & Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, Vol. 1]
  		•  Spessartine ?
    Mn
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Mineralogy of Maine,Vol 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology. By King & Mineral News Vol. 12 No. 5 May 1996 By Douglas Watts ]
  		•  Spodumene
    LiAl[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [King, V. & Foord, E., Mineralogy of Maine. Vol. 1, 1994 ; Morrill, P., Maine Mines and Minerals, Vol. 1; Thompson, Joyner, Woodman & King, Maine Mineral Localities, 1998 ]
    Site Photo
    Maine Feldspar Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2009 D. Levesque
  		•  Spodumene
    var: Kunzite
    Reference: [Anderson, 1991. Maine Mineral Localities, 2nd ed.]
  		•  Strunzite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Mineralogy of Maine,Vol 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology. By King & Mineral News Vol. 12 No. 5 May 1996 By Douglas Watts ]
  		•  Tantalite-(Mn)
    MnTa
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Maine Feldspar Quarry, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2006 D. Levesque
  		•  Todorokite
    (Ca,K,Na,Mg,Ba,Mn)(Mn,Mg,Al)
     
    6
    		O
     
    12
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, Vol. 1, p.349]
  		•  Topaz
    Al
     
    2
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Torbernite
    Cu(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Tourmaline'
    AD
     
    3
    		G
     
    6
    		(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		[T
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]Y
     
    3
    		Z
    Reference: [Wilson, W. E. (1977): Famous mineral localities: The Pulsifer Quarry. Mineralogical Record 8 (2), 72-77 ]
  		•  'Tourmaline
    var: Achroite'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Tourmaline
    var: Indicolite'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Tourmaline
    var: Rubellite'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Tourmaline
    var: Verdelite'
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  'Tourmaline
    var: Watermelon Tourmaline'
    Reference: [King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V. 1.]
  		•  Triplite
    (Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[(F,OH)|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Mineralogy of Maine,Vol 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology. By King & Mineral News Vol. 12 No. 5 May 1996 By Douglas Watts ]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Uraninite
    var: Pitchblende
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [King & Foord, 1994. Mineralogy of Maine, V.1, p.360.]
  		•  Uranophane
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[HSiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Vesuvianite
    Ca
     
    10
    		(Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    4
    		Si
     
    9
    		O
     
    34
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Harvard Museum]
    Site Photo
    Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © 2007 Peter Cristofono
  		•  Zinnwaldite ?
    KLiFe
    2+
     
    		Al[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, Mt. Apatite District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA
    © Dick Dionne
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]


    78 entries listed. 54 valid minerals.

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