| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Triphylite |
| Formula: | LiFe2+PO4 |
| Comments: | Best Quality crystals were found in the intermediate zone. Well terminated crystals to 20 cm, although not as fine as those from Newport, NH. King and Pope (1990) analyzed triphylites from this locality and found that the analyses ranged from 0.32-0.34 in about 15 analyses. |
| Habit: | Rod-like through blocky habit |
| Colour: | greenish gray |
| Luminescent properties: | none |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Beryl | β7 photos of Triphylite associated with Beryl at this locality. |
| Muscovite | β6 photos of Triphylite associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Albite | β3 photos of Triphylite associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Cleavelandite | β3 photos of Triphylite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. |
| Quartz | β2 photos of Triphylite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Triphylite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Nevel Quarry (Twin tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 29490 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:29490:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | cc3b9764-03cb-4947-bc53-9fd2019b823e |
| Nearest other occurrences of Triphylite |
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| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | βBell pit, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | βCrooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | βFrank Perham prospect, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | βDunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | βScotty Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 0.7km (0.5 miles) | βWhitehall #1 Prospect (Whitehall Quarry), Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 1.7km (1.0 miles) | βPlumbago North pegmatite, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 7.5km (4.7 miles) | βBlack Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 19.2km (11.9 miles) | βLobikis Quarry, Peru, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 24.7km (15.4 miles) | βEmmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| References |
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King, V. T. and Pope, D. C., 1990, Constant Composition Triphylite with a Pegmatite Zone, Newry, Maine [abstract], Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Program and Abstracts, v. 17, p. 10 (also in Rocks and Minerals v. 66, p. 42-43.). |
Nevel Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA