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Spessartine from
Consolidated Feldspar Quarries, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Spessartine
Formula:Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spessartine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Consolidated Feldspar Quarries, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1249447
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1249447:9
GUID (UUID V4):11a71b74-8e07-44c9-aa6f-c413a8fb54d9
Nearest other occurrences of Spessartine
53.9km (33.5 miles) Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry; Berry Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
55.3km (34.4 miles) Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
55.4km (34.4 miles) Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
78.1km (48.5 miles) Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
80.5km (50.0 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
96.0km (59.7 miles) Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Deer Park mine, Spruce Pine district, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Almandine is 5.8 × 5.2 × 1.7 mm...as just garnet. The Spruce Pine area is rich in quarries in pegmatites that for many years were prolific...Deer Park mine, Spruce Pine district, Mitchell County, North Carolina. John White specimen (gift from...seen in mineral dealers’ inventories, and the quarries that produced them have long been abandoned. Dr...crystals that, by the way, he referred to as spessartine, based upon “its color, place of occurrence,
 
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