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Lithiophilite from
Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Lithiophilite
Formula:LiMn2+PO4
Comments:Chemical analysis shows that this material is triphylite (Moore, 2000).
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lithiophilite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28244
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28244:6
GUID (UUID V4):8473f3b5-f726-43b8-8be2-5561b6310f18
Nearest other occurrences of Lithiophilite
2.9km (1.8 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) Mount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) B.B. No. 7 Quarry, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
24.0km (14.9 miles) Groves Quarry (Hole in the Ground Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
24.1km (15.0 miles) Wade Quarry (Androscoggin Tourmaline prospect), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
24.2km (15.0 miles) Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
24.2km (15.1 miles) Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its many...WEBBER MP2 Research Group Maine Mineral & Gem Museum 99 Main Street Bethel, Maine 04217 alexander.falster@gmail...Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com RAYMOND A. SPRAGUE* 33 Roger Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 *...Deceased 16 April 2019. HE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF MAINE PEGMATITES have been a principal focus of our research...in 2014 from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of
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...Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
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)
PARAGENESIS OF THE GRANITE PEGMATITES OF CENTRAL MAINE Knr.txprn K. Laxons.* Haraard Uni.aersif'y SUMMARY...the paragenesis of certain pegmatites in central Maine has caused the writer to advance the following ideas... At Buckfield, and to a very minor degree at Mount Mica and Auburn, an intermediate phase followed during...Typical products of this phase are: amblygonite, lithiophilite or triphylite, rhodochrosite, eosphorite or...and francolite were formed. B. The pockets of the Maine pegrnatites are largely secondary, produced by dissolving
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...5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Renewed Mining at the Western Quarries of Mount Apatite, Maine Downloaded by [University of Arizona] at... D.C. 20560 Figure 1. The western quarries of Mount Apatite. A fter decades of inactivity, mining...resumed on the western slopes of Mount Apatite in the town of Auburn, Maine (see fig. 1). This is the location...location of the world-famous Pulsifer quarry, which has produced fine gem tourmaline but is best known...addition to the resumption of mining in the Pulsifer quarry, two new cuts have been made into the pegmatite
Journal (issue)
Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77
Book (edition)
HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION...a week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...field trial of the hambook during our ''Week with Maine Minerals" furnished additional information end resulted...minerals to the section on mineral descriptions. Mount Rubellite, long inactive, bas been replaced in the...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside
Journal (issue)
.................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.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3749/canmin.1600017 BULK COMPOSITION OF MT. MICA PEGMATITE, MAINE, USA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF AN LCT...FALSTER, AND KAREN WEBBER Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, 99 Main St, Bethel, Maine 04217, U.S.A. ENCARNACIÓN...LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine 04281, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Mt. Mica pegmatite is famous for producing...was representative of the bulk composition of Mt. Mica. The sample was then analyzed by fusion ICP spectroscopy...similar patterns. These results suggest that the Mt. Mica pegmatitic melt did not form by fractional crystallization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exposed in a small portion of the north face of the quarry. Miaroles up to several inches iicross abound in...KUNZITEBEARING PEGMATITE IN THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DlEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. Fisher, 380 Pennsylvania Ave.,...Katerina mine, Hiriart Mountain, Pala, San Diego County, California. J. Fisher specimen and photo. Heavy-mineral...MINERALIZATION OF PEGMATITES IN THE WAUSAU COMPLEX, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. S. L. Hanson', A. U. FalsterZ, W B...crystals up to 1 mm in size from Indian Ladder, Albany County, New York, were reported in a calcite vein in limestone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kolmozero pegmatites (Figure 3), 0.3% is carried lithiophilite, by muscovite, 1.93% by main albitehost andfor...Kolmozero pegmatites (Figure 3), 0.3% is carried by lithiophilite, potential as a source1.93% for Be, andand Nb...minerals Beryl and columbite-group apatite, rare lithiophilite, triphylite, and tourmaline. Internal structures...minerals include spessartine, apatite, rare lithiophilite, quartz, spodumene, albite, Internal muscovite...pegmatites of the Kings Mountain deposit (North Carolina, USA) [33]. The Kolmozero K-feldspar is depleted in REE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ledge dike, Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California. Varieties of elbaite: (c) rubellite...elbaite, with a green domain and pink tip, Mount Mica, Maine (specimen courtesy Gary Freeman); (h) fluor-liddicoatite...Tourmaline Queen mine (1972), Pala district, San Diego County, California, Jesse Fisher and Joan Kureczka specimen...metamorphic products of the marine sediment, now mica schists and aluminous gneisses, reach their initial...unique case: the glasses formed by the melting of mica schist have been preserved by eruption of a volcano
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...characterization of an unknown metamict phase from Tuften quarry, Larvik area, S Norway…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...evolution of the Berry-Havey rare-element pegmatite (Maine, USA): preliminary results……………………………………………………………
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatites of central Maine and New Hampshire The miarolitic granitic pegmatites of central Maine have long been...2) sparsely developed Li–Mn phosphates like lithiophilite, eosphorite, and reddingite, and 3) lepidolite...pegmatite, of the Sebago group of pegmatites in Oxford County, Maine, is rich in miarolitic cavities. Among the...both bodies. The granitic pegmatites of San Diego County, California F ig . 5. Fluorapatite on muscovite...of the cleavelandite habit. Keyes mine, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Don Dallaire collection, Jeff Scovil
Report (volume)
.............................................. Maine...................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cañada (Salamanca, Spain) and Palermo (New Hampshire, USA) pegmatites Encarnación Roda-Robles, Alfonso Pesquera...Cañada (Salamanca, Spain) and Palermo (New Hampshire, USA) pegmatites, LITHOS (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/...CAÑADA (SALAMANCA, SPAIN) AND PALERMO (NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA) PEGMATITES Encarnación Roda-Robles*1, Alfonso Pesquera2...Drive, Hebron, Maine, United States re 3 Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, Bethel, Maine, United States... pegmatite field of west central New Hampshire (USA) (Fig. 2). The Palermo pegmatites are hosted by
Report (issue)
International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...Overview .............70 William B. Simmons • From Paris in America to Amerika in Saxony A Survey of the...important find of gem tourmaline was made at Mount Mica in Paris, Maine, though only small quantities were uncovered...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(triplite-zwieselite, amblygonite-montebrasite, triphylite-lithiophilite series, etc.) have the more complicated three-dimensional...Phosphates of the Triphylite Li(Fe, Mn)PO4 –Lithiophilite Li(Mn, Fe)PO4 Series and Their Derivatives 4...4.1.1. The Triphylite Li (Fe, Mn) PO4 –Lithiophilite Li (Mn, Fe) PO4 Series: Occurrence, Crystal Chemistry...Phosphate of the triphylite Li (Fe, Mn) PO4 –lithiophilite Li (Mn, Fe) PO4 series [olivine-type minerals...of the pegmatite, members of the triphylite-lithiophilite solid solution series are subject to stepwise
Journal (issue)
popularity in the world, while it is the leader in the USA. Recently, well known jewelry stones have been joined...conducted here for gold, diamonds, platinum, phlogopite mica, and rare and dispersed elements. The first description...Inagli Party and was engaged in the exploration of a mica (vermiculite and phlogopite) deposit, which was...the alkaline gabbroids. These grade outward into mica pyroxenites and melanocratic syenites. The rocks...0 % o f the rock volume, are chrome-diopside and mica (phlogopite or vermiculite). In addition, metasomatites
Report (issue)
History of pegmatite mining inN ew England _______ _ Mica mining ______________________________ _ Feldspar..._______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________..._____________ _ Mica deposits ____ ·_________________________________ _ Kinds and characteristics of mica _________________...classification of mica ____________________ _ Strategic mica _____________________________ _ Sheet mica _______...________________________________ _ Punch mica _______________________________ _ Quality of mica ____________________________
Journal (issue)
edges. Faces are bright. These were found nested in mica so all are fully developed. E V ER Y C R Y S T A...three superb matrix aq­ uamarines from Deshong’s quarry, Leiperville, with part-transparent prisms up to...Most frequently, the manage­ ment of a mine or quarry is not at all interested in mineral specimens....depend entirely on the attitude of the mine or quarry owners. At a time when pollution is a vital issue...the irreparable loss of such material in normal quarry or Summer, 1970 H ill MURAL LOCALITIES (from the
Field Trip Notes
Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...(1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 170. (1919)...Geology of the Schroon Lake quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 213-214....formations. The metasedimentary rocks were named the Mount Holly series by Whittle (1S94) but no stratigraphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
clays, manganese oxides, phosphates, calcite, white mica, lepidolite and other late Fig. 4. a. View of...minerals of lithium (elbaite, spodumene and lithiophilite) or even K-feldspar by late, secondary lepidolite...or Li-bearing minerals (schorl, spodumene, lithiophilite), and are very commonly replaced by late lepidolite...cases, Li phosphates like montebrasite and lithiophilite) by lepidolite. The Paraíba tourmaline in these...mineralized magma system at Santa Rita, New Mexico (USA). J. Petrol. 47, 2021-2046. Candela, P. A. & Holland
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 USA (email: dlondon@ou.edu) ABSTRACT Pegmatites are...trench, and coring program conducted in Colorado (USA) during WWII generated modal analyses of 1,803 pegmatites...in pegmatites as amblygonite-montebrasite, lithiophilite-triphylite, arrojadite, triplite, and others...7300-0.790 for whole rock samples from the Hale quarry, Portland (Methot, 1973). Initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios...always quartz-saturated. Biotite is the dominant mica in the NYF pegmatites, as opposed to muscovite in
 
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