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Schernikite from
Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Schernikite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Comments:First locality outside of the Gillette Quarry, Haddam, Conn.
Habit:parallel-growth, rhombic cross-section fibers forming tessellated, cleavable prismatic or tabular crystals
Colour:pink
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Raman Spectroscopy
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cleavelandite1 photo of Schernikite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Smoky Quartz1 photo of Schernikite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schernikite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:791378
Long-form Identifier:1:3:791378:5
GUID (UUID V4):105c8dc8-684c-4e90-9943-363ac5d9e81a
Nearest other occurrences of Schernikite
30.8km (19.1 miles) Greenlaw Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
31.7km (19.7 miles) Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
_______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect...prospect __________________ _ Bennett feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________
Book
NAIROBI DAR ES SALAAM CAPE TOWN Published in the USA by Oxford University Press, New York 2 Filmset...a veinlet of Co and Ni minerals in a serpentine quarry near Oxford, Llano Co., Texas, contains red-violet...[2Mn0.Si02]. Named from the locality, Alleghany County, North Carolina. [M.A., 5, 50.] 13th List [Wales;...merchants, London. Also called ‘Princess Blue’. (The Quarry, London, 1908, vol. xiii, p. 257. W. G. Ren wick...Name for ‘a type of ore, discovered in Yavapai county ... on a claim known at the time as the Sumner’
Book (edition)
Poe f JP Se wae Bing! OE OMe m9 hes DG 2 County 2 on Ba § wi tn if Council & "& : |...Metasericite, Lepi- domorphite, Pycnophyllite, Schernikite; Phengite, 16.3.19; Hydromuscovite, (Ellacherite...Baumhauerite Baumlerite Baurach Baurak 19.1.4a (Fisher, 1945) 14.21.21 (Haidinger, 1845) 12.1.3 (Huot...Syn. of Rutile A name for the Charlotte (Dickson County) meteoritic iron 11.11.4a (Vaes, 1947) Syn. of...Graphite Syn. of Clinochlore 5.6.9 (Palache and Fisher, 1939) Syn. of Pyrolusite Syn. of Marcasite Syn
Book
Mineralogical Association (IMA), initiated by D. Jerome Fisher (Chicago, 1896-1988), and founded in Madrid (1958)...lodargyrite, Gold, Pyrite and Stibnite (from Yovopoi County, Arizona) Arkonite = Arcanite = Quartz [Rock ...Bischofite = a) (of Ochsenius) Bischofite, b) (of fisher) Plumbogummite Biseleniure d'Argent = (of Del...Planerite (from General Trimble's mine, Chester County, Pennsylvania), d) (of Proctor, Cossedonne and...between Planerite and Chalcosiderite !from Lyon County, Nevada) Coeruleum Blue] c Cuprorivaite [Egyptian
Book (edition)
Eric Dowty of Shape Software, Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. References to published data cited in the tabulations...coordination. Gratonite Pb 9[S.,l(AsS_-.).d (Palache & Fisher, 19391) 1 Nowacki:ZK Trigonal, R3m (160) a= 17...54, c = 6.46A (3= 97.5° Z=4 (Damour, 18484) (Fisher, 195t') [PO➔h Caryinite (Lundstrom, 18746) ...Z=4 j3= 112.8° 1954.252:A\11955, 553 (Abst.); Fisher, 1956: PDF 29-1191 MM 1979,227:AM 1980.810 (Abst...Hexagonal, P6222 (180) assumed a = 6.98, c = 6.40A (Fisher & Meyrowitz, 19624) Hexagonal, P6222 (180) Tristramite
Book (edition)
Eric Dowty of Shape Software. Kingsport. Tennessee. USA. References to published data cited in the tabulations...coordination. Gratonite Pb.i[S 31{AsS,),] {Pal ache & Fisher. 19391) 1 Trigonal, R3m (160) a = 17.70, c = 7...lluaudite 4 (Damour, 1848 ) Fenoalluaudite (Fisher.19575) (Lundstrom, 18746 ) (Na,Pb)(Ca,NaJCa(Mn...1977.518 (sir) 1 Mh 1954.252;AM 1955.553 (Abst.J;Fisher.1956:PDF 29- 1191 ' :1.1M 11/79. 227:AM 1980. 810...Ce)[PO4] · H 2 O Hexagonal, P6 222 (.180) assumed (Fisher & Meyrowil7, 19624 ) a = 6.98, c = 6.40A Z =3 Tristramite
 
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