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Phenakite from
Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Phenakite
Formula:Be2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz12 photos of Phenakite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Smoky Quartz4 photos of Phenakite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Muscovite3 photos of Phenakite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Autunite1 photo of Phenakite associated with Autunite at this locality.
Columbite-(Fe)1 photo of Phenakite associated with Columbite-(Fe) at this locality.
Beryl1 photo of Phenakite associated with Beryl at this locality.
Albite1 photo of Phenakite associated with Albite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phenakite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1227693
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1227693:4
GUID (UUID V4):e90a0359-5c97-4cb2-bf0d-fff265305f25
Localities for Phenakite in this Region
Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Lord Hill Quarry (Lord Hill Mine), Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Don Dallaire photo. 64 Mineral Drive Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com W hen one thinks of...minerals. He is on the board of trustees of the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum. James Nizamoff has a master’s...of the “MP2” research group associated with the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum. Volume 92, November/December...the Mesozoic-age granites 510   ROCKS & MINERALS Maine Monteregian Hills of the White Mountain Igneous...meter 512   ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 6 (right). Phenakite, 1 cm across, on microcline from South Baldface
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Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum; Dr. Sarah Hanson, Adrian College;...follow. A NEW LOCALITY FOR PHENAKITE AND CASSITERITE IN MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1...Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494; 2MP2 Research Group, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St., Bethel...site producing phenakite has been discovered in the Wausau Syenite Complex, Marathon County, Wisconsin....a locality that has previously produced fine phenakite crystals that were found dominantly in the northern
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University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Phenakite Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville]...at 04:13 19 December 2014 Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado A s virtually every collector knows...and some districts, such as those in San Diego County, California, and many of those in Minas Gerais...rarer topaz, garnet, and phenakite specimens. Perhaps America’s best-known phenakite occurrence, and certainly...premier aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted by Jacobson and Lees
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum; Dr. Sarah Hanson, Adrian College;... GOLD FROM THE WILD AMMONOOSUC RIVER, GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE. J. S. Genga, C. B. Handler, and...FROM THE WILD AMMONOOSUC AND BAKER RIVERS, GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE. C. B. Handler, J. S. Genga, and...metasomatic rocks of Saint Peters Dome (fig. 1). Phenakite [Be2(SiO4)] has been found in only a few miarolitic... Lenticular crystals are the common forms of phenakite in pegmatites in the most northern section of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
November-December: Roebling Apatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine; photo by Victor E . Kranz. Aegirine-augite, 188...114 Baumann, H . , 330 Bavenite, 189 Behnke, D., Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals: An Annotated...Burbank, B . B . , Topaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine, 434 Calaverite, 190 Calcite, 81, 112, 155, 190...Wollastonite and Titanite Near Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York, 78; 13th Rochester Academy of Science...Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Canada, 321; Maine State Museum, Augusta, Maine, 417 Colorado, Crystal Mountain district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum; Dr. Sarah Hanson, Adrian College;...STETTIN COMPLEX, WAUSAU SYENITE COMPLEX, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and...Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494; 2MP2 Research Group, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St., Bethel...arfvedsonite, monazite-(Ce), pyrochlore, and rare phenakite (the first Be mineral identified from the Stettin...SPESSARTINE FROM THE FINCH MINE, HAYDEN AREA, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA. D. Dallaire1, A. U Falster2, and W. B
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...periences beginning with early-day collecting in Oxford County. . 1965. Fifty years of mineral collecting (Part
Report (edition)
BULLETIN 41 Third Edition A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities by Woodrow B. 7KaSVRQ Donald...Vandall T. King Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources Information...OF CONSERVATION 1998 Copyright © 1998 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently...Photo by John B. Poisson. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
Journal (issue)
and Collecting on Iron Mountain, Jackson, Carroll County, New Hampshire Art Smith 9118 Concho Street Houston...n located west-southwest of Jackson in Carroll County, New Hampshire. There is an overgrown pit at the...lichen- Fig. 1 Phenakite, 1 mm, in hematite cavity, Iron Mountain, Jackson, Carroll County, New Hampshire...coal base. It is from Huntington Canyon, Emery County, Utah. Sam Koster of the Columbia Trading Company...Minerals had lots of barite roses from Cleveland County. Oklahoma. Now, I would normally not notice these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, U.S.A. Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie...most abundant Be minerals, such as beryl and phenakite, early in the history of Be mineralization appears...glassy fragments from the type locality of Stoneham, Maine, U.S.A. Coin diameter is ~1 cm. E.S. Grew samples...Pezzottaite CsLiBe2Al2Si6O18 Silicate Beryl 941 Be85 Phenakite Be2SiO4 Silicate Willemite 118 Be86 Rhodizite...1702 Tip Top mine, Fourmile quadrangle, Custer County, Robinson et al. (1985) Dahl and Foland (2008)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Silver, Wolverine mine, Kearsarge lode, Keweenaw County, Michigan. William Severance specimen, Jeff Scovil...(Hallelujah Junction), Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada. Paul Geffner specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...November/December: Millerite, Sterling mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York. National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian...Pogson, 29–38 Albini, A., see In Memoriam Albite, Maine, 11; Michigan, 288 Allanite-Ce, New York, 497 Almandine...Minerals from the Huron River Uranium Prospect, Baraga County, Michigan, 298–308 Bornite, Michigan, 302 Brachiopods
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...8 cm long), Blue Lady mine, Aquanga, San Diego County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...mine, Pala district, Calif. Bennett quarry, Oxford Co., Maine Rare-earth pegmatites Yellow, white, green
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
symbol to promote outstanding aspects of their county or state. Approval is usually not difficult because...explored for copper in the Cerbat Mountains, Mohave County. They acquired mineral rights to two sections of...Cochise County, and earned the nicksurrounding Mineral name of “Turquoise Park, Mohave County, King” (Arizona...Johnston Turquoise company man district, Mohave County, Arizona. John Betts photo. 1964). reputedly was...with Mercator Mineral around Mineral Park, Mohave County. Turquoise has been Park Holdings Ltd. acquiring
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and at the Bumpus mine, near Bethel, in Oxford County, Maine. Large crystals can still be seen there...has been found in rare 18 sided crystals too, in Maine, New Hampshire and Finland. No twin crystals have.... H . ; Royalston, Mass.; Bedford, N . Y.; Oxford County, Me.; Portland and Haddam Neck, Conn. ; Lieperville... Pa. ; Stony Point, N . C. ; Amelia, Va.;Coosa County, Ala.; Black Hills of South Dakota and Chaffee...Irish, who owns Mt. Mica, near Buckfield, in Oxford County, Maine, blasted open a new pocket; the first since
Report (issue)
from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient...recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m: The Queen...The largest beryl crystal at the Bumpus quarry in Maine was 8.4 meters long, 1.9 meters in diameter and...A pH of 4-5 produces bertrandite, euclase, or phenakite. A near neutral pH~7 will produce bertrandite...becomes unstable and breaks down to chrysoberyl, phenakite, and quartz (Burt, 1978). Locations Locations
Book (volume)
Mineralogy by Vandall T. King and Eugene E. Foord Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Walter...Resources Information, Maine Geological Survey Walter A. Anderson, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1994 Copyright ©1994 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave in Rock district, Har­ din County, Illinois. Harvard Mineralogical Museum collection...Quartz and chalcopyrite, Bandora mine, San Juan County, Col­ orado. Barbara and John Muntyan specimen...Robinson. November-December: Gold, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California. California State Mining and Mineral...440 Beryllium Phosphate Alteration at a Newry, Maine, Pegmatite, V. T . King, 129 Black Tourmaline from...from Little Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County, California, K. Gochenour, 440 Borates, 488 Bornite, 376
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by a committee consisting of Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Gem and Mineral Museum; Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New...RattlESNaKE MouNtaiN, StoNEhaM, oXFoRd CouNty, MaiNE. C. A. Francis and J. A. Mann. Maine Mineral and gem Museum...specimens are preserved at Harvard University and the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. REFERENCES King, V. T.,... and E. E. Foord. 1994. Mineralogy of Maine. Vol. 1. Maine Geological Survey. Thompson, W. B., N. A....King. 2000. Maine mineral locality index. In Mineralogy of Maine, vol. 2, 355–426. Maine Geological Survey
Journal (issue)
Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Southwood Melbourne, Australia Woodrow B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME John S. White, Stewartstown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other large...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3...Section pegmatite of Fremont county, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS Maine, Connecticut, and California...gem tourmalines. The most noted occurrences in Maine are Mt. Mica at Paris, Mt. Apatite at Auburn, also...pink and green crystals at Ohio City, Gunnison county, Colorado; dark green, pink, and indicolite tourmalines
Journal (issue)
Complex, Wausau Syenite Compley, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA……………………………………………..21 DOLGOPOLOVA, A.,...assemblage in the Emmons pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA: implication for the origin of this unusual...evolution of the Emmons rare-element pegmatite (Maine, USA)…………………………………………37 GUASTONI, A., GENTILE, P...evolution of the Berry-Havey rare-element pegmatite (Maine, USA): preliminary results……………………………………………………………...the Havey pegmatite, Poland, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA………………………………………………………………………………129 SIRBESCU, MN
Book (volume)
0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert...Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by...Resources Information, Maine Geologi,cal Survey Robert G Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 2000 Copyright ©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
L U S S H A L E NEAR S Y R A C U S E , ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . W. P. Dossert and S. C. Chamberlain...WITHIN A P E G M A T I T E Z O N E , N E W R Y , MAINE. V. T. King, P.O. Box 90888, Rochester, N Y 14609;... Pope, Ira C . Dar­ ling Center, University of Maine, Walpole, M E . The Main pegmatite sheet on Hall's...Hall's Ridge of Mount Plum­ bago, Newry, Maine, is a complex, lithium-bearing pegmatite that is zoned on...inter­ mediate zone of the Main pegmatite, Newry, Maine. Selenites and selenates are oxysalts of the element
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM T H E THIRTEENTH L A K E QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . V. H. Collins and J. S. Collins...Schaller, W. T . 1932. Serendibite from War­ ren County, New York and its paragenesis. Amer. Min. 17:457-465...R I T E IN T H E LOCKPORT FORMATION I N MADISON COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . W. P. Dossert and S. C. Chamberlain...composite alkalic intrusive ex­ posed in Marathon County, Wisconsin. The complex con­ sists of four intrusive...and pyrochlore from the Hale quarry, Portland; phenakite and wodginite from the Strickland quarry, Portland;
Journal (issue)
Kaminski, Terry (2011), Copper Mines of Houghton County, Michigan, p. 18-20 Painesdale Mine and Shaft,...book filled with historical work involving Oxford County, describing and intertwining its minerals, miners...developed many mineralogically notable localities in Maine. Originally 49.95, reduced to just $25 each plus...striated, with rhombohedral terminations, of phenakite. That’s new for a Connecticut pegmatite, though...& Mineral Show – Sunnyview Expo Center, 500 E. County Road Y (Sunnyview Road) Adults $2.00 Students with
 
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