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Birnessite from
"Shawn Creek", The Forks, Somerset County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Stream
Classification
Species:Birnessite
Formula:(Na,Ca)0.5(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4 · 1.5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Goethite1 photo of Birnessite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Birnessite data
Locality Data:Click here to view "Shawn Creek", The Forks, Somerset County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1507358
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1507358:7
GUID (UUID V4):90e8e57e-1712-437b-b49e-669a51de4c8e
Nearest other occurrences of Birnessite
0.9km (0.6 miles) The Forks, Somerset County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
manganeseoxide concentrationsof the terrestrial weatheringenvironmenthas shown that the morphological distinctions...sound basis in di.fferencesin their mineralogy' The manganeseoxide in manganesedendritescollectedin surfaceexposuresis...silicateminerals,which are a passivesubstratefor the oxide deposition.Dendritescollectedin undergroundmine...Manganeseoxide concentrationsare a cornmon even the most disordered and finely-particulate product of...usefulments throughout the world: desert varnish in arid nessfor determinativemineralogy of the manganese and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
group min­ eral. The material came from a road cut along Route #41 in Griffiths. The pseudomorphs are...terminated crystals up to 1 0 x 3 x 3 cm occur. The albite is a fine-grained replacement, and, as such...cleavage faces are apparent on broken sur­ faces of the pseudomorphs. New Brunswick Boracite Dr. Bernard...Bernard Murowchick of Bartow, Florida, passes on the following information. There are Mississippian-age salt...evaporites which underlie much of the southern part of the province. The deposits near Sussey are being
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...1998 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United...recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Front cov5r photograph:...at right is 5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995
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...©1994 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United...recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite...Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical Museum collection
 
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