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Spodumene Brook Prospects, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

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Plumbago Mt. - Oxford pegmatite field. There is an East Pegmatite and a West Pegmatite, with most of the exposure in the West Pegmatite. Spodumene crystals to 2.5 meters constituted one third of one of the pegmatite zones. Spodumene Brook is a usually dry tributary of Howe Brook and is located roughly west by northwest of the Rose Quartz Crystal Locality/Prospect and below the ridge of Plumbago Mountain.)Land currently owned by Plumbago Timber and Quarries LLC which permitted use of new mineral discovery information to appear on mindat.




Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
  		• Pyrite2.EB.05a
    FeS
     
    2
    Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
  		• Cryptomelane4.DK.10
    K(Mn
    4+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)
     
    8
    		O
     
    16
  		• Quartz4.DA.05
    SiO
     
    2
    Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  		• Apatite-(CaF)8.BN.05
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Group 9 - Silicates
  		• Albite
    var: Cleavelandite    		9.FA.35
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Almandine9.AD.25
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
  		• Beryl9.CJ.05
    Be
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
  		• Eucryptite ?9.AA.05
    LiAl[SiO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Microcline9.FA.30
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
  		• Muscovite9.EC.15
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
  		• Schorl9.CK.05
    [Na][Fe
    2+
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
  		• Spodumene9.DA.30
    LiAl[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Unclassified Minerals
  		• Lepidolite ?-


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