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Fairfieldite from
Bell pit, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Fairfieldite
Formula:Ca2Mn2+(PO4)2 · 2H2O
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fairfieldite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bell pit, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:29397
Long-form Identifier:1:3:29397:4
GUID (UUID V4):4e72752a-5b68-429f-a769-a5bb9d3e8dd0
Nearest other occurrences of Fairfieldite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Nevel Quarry (Twin tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.5km (4.6 miles) Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
24.7km (15.3 miles) Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) Morgan Quarry (Upper Noyes Mountain Quarry; Upper Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
31.5km (19.5 miles) B.B. No. 7 Quarry, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA
34.3km (21.3 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
36.4km (22.6 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
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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
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)
Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor­ oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...both the county (pro­ vince) and its capital; there are thirty-one separate mines in the county. The mines...another new borate mineral at Borax Lake, Lake County, California, and in 1939 was co-author with W.
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: North Groton, New Hampshire, USA. 2.88 (10), 3.21 (9), 2.60 (9), 5.24 (8), 3.47 (7)...Total 99.80 99.1 (1) Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA; corresponds to Ca8.97 (Mg0.67 Fe0.52 )Σ=1.19 (PO4...chondrite meteorites. Association: Ludlamite, fairfieldite, triphylite, siderite, apatite, quartz (pegmatites);...farringtonite, brianite (meteorites). Distribution: In the USA, from the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton...as large crystals; in the Bell pit and Dunton quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine; at the Tip Top and Bull
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: [Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA]. 4.74 (10), 2.994 (7), 2.591 (7), 3.085 (6), 1.516...84 100.00 (1) [Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire,] USA. (2) NaAl3 (PO4 )2 (OH)4 • 2H2 O. Occurrence: A component...mine, Utah, USA); ferrisicklerite, mitridatite, whitlockite, montgomeryite, fairfieldite, hydroxyl-herderite...siderite roscherite (pegmatites). Distribution: In the USA, from the Little Green Monster mine, Clay Canyon...Fairfield, Utah Co., Utah; in Maine, at the Dunton quarry and the Bell Pit, Newry; at the Palermo #1 mine,
Journal (issue)
Ridge and Pluntbago-Puzzle Mountain Newry, Oxford Count , Maine Van King PO Box 90888 Rochester, NY 14609...14609 newryqs@ rochester .rr .corn Halls Ridge, Newry, Maine was named for Henry C. Hall who first found...named until 1910). The number of minerals at the Newry quarries is about 116 and an additional 7 species...names have been proposed for minerals discovered at Newry, but they have been found to be misidentified or...(Continues on page 4) Mineral News ----2 Newry, Oxford County, Maine (Continued from page 1) For example.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dale, N. C. 1924. The box-vein of Lyomdale, Lewk County, New York. New York State Museum Bulletin 251:134-48...section of a 1.6cm graphite sphere from Sussex County, New Jersey, showing a radial texture and smooth... Saphorin, Switzerland. URANIUM MINERALS OF MAINE, USA, GRANITE PEG MATITES. K T King, P.O. Box 90888...nmeersscheite, and w6kendorfite are known from Maine pegmatites. The localities are listed by King (1993)...(1993). Although fifty-four localities in Maine have produced twelve uranium minerals, none -including
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Department of Geolo Blackbird Mine, Cobalt, Lemhi County, Idaho Downloaded by [University of New Mexico]...small green-to-gray aggregates, from a number of Maine occur- Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor...Emmons quarry at Greenwood, the Bell pit and Dunton and Scotty quarries at Newry Mount, Mica at Pans, the Black...Here, it occurred in the Bull Moose mine, Custer County, as beautiful apple-green to pale green crystals...phosphates that included hureaulite, barbosalite, fairfieldite, reddingite, and vivianite. It was relatively
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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
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Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
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(1980) A manual of mineral names. University Press, Oxford Kunz GF (1971) The curious lore of precious stones...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals...Custer-Pringle area, Custer County, and at the Etta mine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in...Dakota, especially at the Beecher Lode, Custer County, as masses up to 200 tons in weight; as rounded...thickness at the Giant-Volney mine at Tinton, Lawrence County; and as masses 20-40 feet long at the Hugo, Ingersoll
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abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Plat., Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite...phonolites, rhyolites, and their lavas in Sonoma County, California, in the Picture Gorge basalt, Wheeler
Journal (issue)
hydroxyl-herderite was first described from Paris, Maine, as hydroherderite by Penfield (1894). Members of...North Carolina, and from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine, were also studied and are probably also hydroxylherderite...by Genth (1884), both on material from Stoneham, Maine. In light of the above observation that, of 36 specimens... San Diego County, 57-59% California (2) 67-80% Poland, Maine (3) 61-72% Stoneham, Maine (6) 76-97% Fletcher...Bennett mine, Buckfield, Maine (2) 66% Greenwood, Maine (1) 64-86% Auburn, Maine (4) 96-98% Palermo mine
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in a g eo d e from Hall's G ap, Lincoln County, Kentucky. Photom icrograph by Ben K inkead. The...martite, mesolite, Natrolite, thomsonite) Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (apatite) Rossie, New York (calcite...Russell, New York (danburite) Silver District, Yuma County, Arizona (vanadinite) Trumbull, Connecticut (fluorite...you collect micromounts. When Plumbago Mt., Newry, Maine was in its heyday it pro­ duced some rare and...(the first available in the U.S.); eosphorite; fairfieldite; goyazite (first called hamlinite, in honor
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Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Names, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University Press, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous
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Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...nes, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University P ress, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;
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(Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)...Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden), David O'Hanlcy (USA). Filippo Olmi (deccased) (ltaly). Werner H. Paar
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long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens
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M. Hughes: Dept. of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. W. Barclay Kamb: Division of Geol. and Planetary... W. (1961), Chemical Crystallography, 2nd ed., Oxford Clarendon Press. (GL) Glusker, J. P., & M. Lewis...Trueblood (1985); Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer, Oxford University Press. (ITXC) International Tables for..., Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 1991; Hartshorn, N...Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
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variety amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer Production...Letztes Mineral-System. Graz Oxford English Dictionary (1971): Oxford University und Gerlach, Freiberg...organic geochemistry. Green River Formation, Uinta County, Utah, U.S.A. Trudell, L.C. (1970): Lithologic...Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. McDonald, AM. & Chao, G.Y. (1994):...Abernathy, operator of the Fumerole mine, Emery County, Utah, U.S.A., who found the first braunite. Mount
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Enterprises, PO Box 213, Livermore, California, 94551, USA. Because of space limitations, only a subset of the...Hidden Valley Road, Kingsport, Tennessee, 37663, USA. The authors appreciate the advice and kind assistance...City, Nevada, USA; Peter Embrey, London, England; Jessie Hardman, Long Beach, California, USA; and Barbara...Barbara Nichols, Livermore, California, USA. All of these colleagues made helpful comments and substantive...Enterprises PC Box 213 Livermore California 94551 USA Elemental Table “Element” Aluminum Amide Ammonium
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File, 1601 Park Lane. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA. Introduction This volume is the third edition...Green River Formation in (TL) Uintah Co .. Utah. USA. Named for P.H. Abelson. 20.7.3 AbernalhJile. K(U00As0...26 A. Z=4 [PDF 1 6-386]. (TL) Temple Mts. Utah. USA. Named for J . Abernathy. Abhurite. S n 30(0HhCl...Sun,. \ler111011t, I . 484. (TL} Derby. Vermont. USA. G. Brush ( 1 862) Amer. J. Sci. 34. 2 1 6. classed...muscovite and albite. (TL) Goshen. Massachusells. USA. Named from cxy1..cxoC · shining' . from its silvery
 
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