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Songo Pond Quarry (Kimball Ledge Quarry), Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA



Detailed Mineral List:
Albite
Formula: NaAlSi3O8
Description: May be highly fluorescent red in SW UV.
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Photo: Albite from Songo Pond Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Almandine
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Photo: Almandine from Songo Pond Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Annite
Formula: KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Autunite
Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 11H2O
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Bertrandite
Formula: Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Description: Exceptional blue crystals (to 35 cm), but rarely gem-grade.
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Photo: © 2007 Peter Cristofono. Beryl from Songo Pond Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Beryl var: Aquamarine
Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Photo: Aquamarine from Songo Pond Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Biotite
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Bismuthinite
Formula: Bi2S3
Reference: Van King
Bismutite
Formula: (BiO)2CO3
Reference: Van King
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Chamosite
Formula: (Fe2+,Mg)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Columbite-(Fe)
Formula: FeNb2O6
Reference: King, V. T., 2008, Maine Feldspar, Families, and Feuds.
Photo: Columbite-(Fe) from Songo Pond Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Cookeite
Formula: LiAl4(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Description: Found in association with elbaite and foitite. The cookeite shows the typical crystal clustering seen in chlorites. Much Maine cookeite is misidentified scaly muscovite without the proper crystal shape.
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Cryptomelane
Formula: K(Mn4+,Mn2+)8O16
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Elbaite
Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Photo: © 2006 Peter Cristofono. Fluorapatite from Songo Pond Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Fluorapatite var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Formula: (Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn3+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Foitite
Formula: ◻(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3OH
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Goethite
Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Hydroxylapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Reference: King, V., 2008, Maine Feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Hydroxylherderite
Formula: CaBe(PO4)(OH,F)
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Microcline
Formula: KAlSi3O8
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Photo: Muscovite from Songo Pond Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Muscovite var: Sericite
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Opal var: Opal-AN
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Reference: "Maine Mineral Localities, 3rd Ed." by Thompson, W.B., ey.al., 1998
Powellite
Formula: Ca(MoO4)
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Quartz var: Amethyst
Formula: SiO2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Quartz var: Rose Quartz
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Quartz var: Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Rutile var: Ilmenorutile
Formula: Fex(Nb,Ta)2x · 4Ti1-xO2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Schoepite
Formula: (UO2)8O2(OH)12 · 12H2O
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Schorl
Formula: Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Photo: © . Schorl from Songo Pond Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Uraninite
Formula: UO2
Reference: King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Zircon
Formula: ZrSiO4
Reference: King, V., 2008, Maine Feldspar, Families, and Feuds


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