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Rossmanite from
Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Rossmanite
Formula:◻(LiAl2)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rossmanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:172044
Long-form Identifier:1:3:172044:0
GUID (UUID V4):9c5a8f91-d198-4f6f-9497-c74b9d5b36e6
Nearest other occurrences of Rossmanite
37.7km (23.4 miles) ⓘMount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
63.5km (39.4 miles) ⓘBerry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry; Berry Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN GRANITIC PEGMATITE, MAINE CATHLEEN D. BROWN§ AND MICHAEL...crystallization history of the Black Mountain granitic pegmatite, near Rumford, western Maine, is evaluated using...granitic pegmatite, internal zonation, Black Mountain, Maine, tourmaline, spodumene, lepidolite, columbite...pegmatite granitique de Black Mountain, prĂšs de Rumford, dans l’ouest du Maine, fait l’objet d’une Ă©valuation...pegmatite granitique, zonation interne, Black Mountain, Maine, tourmaline, spodumĂšne, lĂ©pidolite, columbite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRANITIC PEGMATITES OF THE BRUNSWICK AND OXFORD FIELDS, MAINE: DIFFERENTIAL TRENDS IN F-POOR AND F-RICH...FRANCIS Mineralogical Museum, Harvard University, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A....field and the Central Maine Synclinorium of the Oxford pegmatite field, in Maine, are intruded by numerous...(Nb,Ta)-bearing phases. Generally, the CGM from Maine are hosted by pegmatites characterized by a LCT...observed between the CGM from the Brunswick and Oxford pegmatite fields. Columbite-group minerals from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SVNPJHSQUARRY, GARLAND COUNTY, ARKANSAS. S. L. Hanson1, A. U. Falster2...pale green to dark green sequence, although Dunton quarry green tourmaline generally fluoresces in contrast...most green tourmalines worldwide. At the Dunton quarry, green tourmaline without adjacent red zones fluoresces...treating rubellite increased the brightness of Dunton quarry tourmaline. Hawkins, Mackinnon, and Schneeberger...(1995) published a chemical analysis of Dunton quarry elbaite and revealed that there was an equal concentration
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........ 24 Ferdinand Damaschun ‱ Is There Really Black Tourmaline? ..... 30 Joachim Zang and Warde da Fonseca-Zang...nearly colorless through green, red, blue, brown and black. Acceptance of this variability lay in the fact...through successively stronger colors into blue­ black to black. As the concept of chemical zoning did not
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volume 90, pages 481–487, 2005 Mn-bearing “oxy-rossmanite” with tetrahedrally coordinated Al and B from...S.A. 3 Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, U.S.A. 4 Mineralogisches Institut...ABSTRACT Pink, Mn-bearing “oxy-rossmanite” from a pegmatite in a quarry near Eibenstein an der Thaya,...consistent with the measured distances. This “oxy-rossmanite” shows that it is possible to have significant...and [4]Al in an Al-rich tourmaline. The “oxy-rossmanite” from Eibenstein has the highest known Al content
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
Show/Event (guide)
during highway construction, Hull Township, Gatineau County, Quebec. P. M. Bellev, R. Rowe & M. Picard. 2:45...e " from the Harder Farm, Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. M. Lupulescu. 3:45 H i s t o r y of the Powers...Powers farm streamside veins, St. Lawrence County, New York. M. R. Walter & S. C. Chamberlain. 4:00 M...Louisa County, Virginia. L. E. Kearns & M. D. Dunn. 4:30 B l u e wavellite from the De Linde quarry, Garland...Garland, County, Arkansas. S. L. Hanson, A. U. Falster & Win. B. Simmons. 4:45 H a f n i a n zircon from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
light blue, green, amber, brownish-pink, purple and black. Chemically, the tourmalines range from fluor-elbaite...fluor-elbaite to fluor-liddicoatite and rossmanite: these chemical changes occur in the same sample and affect...light blue, green, amber, brownish-pink, purple and black (Figure 1). Gem-quality tourmalines are present...sediments, at the northern slope of the Foppa mountain (2752 m) in a gully of Forcel Rosso (or “Vallone...6 Synchrotron X-ray computed ”-tomography 9 “Black quartz” cavity Pink green Electron microprobe
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
X-site vacant tourmaline Rossmanite ‘‘Mg-foitite’’ Foitite ‘‘Fluor-rossmanite’’ ‘‘Fluor-Mg-foitite’’ ‘‘Fluor-foitite’’...‘‘Fluor-foitite’’ ‘‘Oxy-rossmanite’’ ‘‘Oxy-Mg-foitite’’ ‘‘Oxy-Mg-ferri-foitite’’ ‘‘Oxy-foitite’’ ‘‘Oxy-ferri-foitite’’...Buergerite Dravite Dravite Elbaite Elbaite Rossmanite Rossmanite Grice and Ercit, 1993 Grice and Ercit...Oxy-dravite F-Elbaite F-Elbaite Rossmanite Check for Oxyrossmanite Rossmanite Check for Oxyrossmanite 11...75 25 (with dominant Z=Al, V=OH) 50 "Oxy-Rossmanite" 75 75 25 25 "Oxy-Mg-foitite" Mg-foitite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
as lepidolite), and the tourmalines (elbaite, rossmanite, liddicoatite, and others; see London 2016)....Liddicoatite Lithiophilite Montebrasite Petalite Rossmanite Spodumene Triphylite Zinnwaldite Formula LiAlPO4F...becomes shale. Subsequent metamorphism during mountain-building events (e.g., the formation of the Alps...pegmatite composed of feldspars, quartz, muscovite, “black” tourmaline, and other common minerals. The composition..., London 2016). The relationships of ordinary “black” tourmalines (mostly solid solutions among schorl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from gem pockets in the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California, including a strongly color-zoned crystal...lepidolite, F contents in tourmaline decrease. The black core is a Mn-bearing “oxy-schorl.” The grayish-yellow...schorl-foitite at the pegmatite margin to elbaite-rossmanite-liddicoatite in the final stages of consolidation...tourmalines (elbaite, liddicoatite, olenite, “oxy-rossmanite”) showed that B substitutes for Si in significant...et al. 2000; Marler et al. 2000, 2002). “Oxy-rossmanite,” with the 2+ 4+ Z formula X(o 0.53Na0.46Ca0
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metaconglomerates of the Neoproterozoic Equador Formation. Black comb-textured dravitic tourmaline in the border...yes yes yes Black tourmaline, yes yes yes yes yes yes no border zone (comb texture) Black tourmaline wall...mines, is the presence of strings of combtextured black tourmaline (usually dravite) between the border...281 three pegmatites. Several similar strings of black tourmaline (usually schorl) may follow inward, respectively...fan-like aggregates Fig. 2. Comb-textured dravite (black crystals) along the contact of the Quintos pegmatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
boundaries at Black Mountain and 1132 LITHIUM ESTIMATION IN TOURMALINE Mount Mica, southwestern Maine, USA...Prowatke, S. and Ludwig, T. (2005) Mn-bearing "oxy-rossmanite" with tetrahedrally coordinated At and B from...of pegmatite evolution; Bob Ingersoll Pegmatite, Black Hills, South Dakota. American Mineralogist, 71,...origin and evolution of the Berry-Havey pegmatite (Maine, U.S.A.). American Mineralogist, 100, 95–109. Slack
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1600017 BULK COMPOSITION OF MT. MICA PEGMATITE, MAINE, USA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF AN LCT TYPE PEGMATITE...FALSTER, AND KAREN WEBBER Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, 99 Main St, Bethel, Maine 04217, U.S.A. ENCARNACIÓN...Coromoto Minerals, LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine 04281, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Mt. Mica pegmatite is...composition, anatexis, Sebago Migmatite Domain, Maine. § Corresponding author e-mail address: wsimmons@uno...Most of the exposed bedrock of Maine is Paleozoic in age. Western Maine has been affected by several orogenic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magnesio-foitite** G Mg 2 Al Al 6 Si6O 18 (BO 3) 3 (OH) 3 (OH) Rossmanite G Li Al2 Al6 Si6O 18 (BO 3)3 (OH)3 (OH) ____...distribution, and talc formation, northwest Adirondacks, USA. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 201-211. Deer,...pegmatite–country rock boundaries at Black Mountain and Mount Mica, southwestern Maine, USA. Eur. J. Mineral. 11, 281-294...from a tungsten-bearing vein at Copper Mountain, Taos County, New Mexico. Can. Mineral. 37, 1431-1438...and biotite in pelitic schists from northwestern Maine. Am. Mineral. 62, 438-448. Hatert, F. & Burke, E
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Center, 100 East Boyd Street, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA Abstract Experiments with tourmaline-group minerals...elbaite Na[Li1.5 Al1.5 ]Al6 (BO3 )3 Si6 O18 (OH)3 O rossmanite G[LiAl2 ]Al6 (BO3 )3 Si6 O18 (OH)3 O liddicoatite...Synthesis and Decomposition Experiments Common “black” tourmaline can be regarded as a solid solution...been deduced from natural occurrences: common “black” or “brown” tourmaline has a wide field of stability...Ferric iron is an appreciable component of common “black” tourmaline (Mattson & Rossman 1984, Delaney et
Show/Event (guide)
K Joyce. 2:15 D i o p s i d e from the Atwater quarry area, Westfield, MA by W Shelton, G. W. Robinson...occurring in the Cartersville Mining District, Bartow County, Georgia by1..C. Gray. 4:30 A new site for gadolinite-(Y)...e x a h e d r a l faces on grossular from Inyo County, California by V. T King. 2 5:00 T w i n n e...over the past year along County Highway G east of Big Falls, Waupaca County, WI briefly exposed a series...New York. Talcville is located in St. Lawrence County, a famous mining region. Mining in the area started
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Astrochemistry and Planetary Sciences, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing...10515 Research Drive Suite 300, Knoxville, TN 37932, USA 3 Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences...rock, Altai, NW China. Black Fe-rich dravite in the altered country rock and black Fe-rich dravite + schorl-foitite...Fe3+ /Fe2+ ratio (0.35 and 0.30, respectively). Black elbaite-schorl in zones I to IV has a moderate degree...well-known granitic pegmatite located in the Altai Mountain, northwestern China. Tourmalines occur in most
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions and quartz from the Tin Mountain pegmatite in the Black Hills (Teng et al., 2006), where Li...Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, Virginia, USA. Dyar, M.D., Taylor, M.E., Lutz, T.M., Francis, C...pegmatite-country rock boundaries at Black Mountain and Mount Mica, southwestern Maine, U.S.A. European Journal of...Prowatke, S. and Ludwig, T. (2005) Mn-bearing ‘oxy-rossmanite’ with tetrahedrally coordinated Al and B from...from a tungsten-bearing vein at Copper Mountain, Taos County, New Mexico. The Canadian Mineralogist,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
early-crystallized, Li-poor outer zones, whereas elbaite-rossmanite locally Fe-enriched associated with abundant...PĂ­sek region, southern Bohemia; early-crystallized, black, Li-poor tourmaline from outer zones of lepidolite...Tourmaline morphology and mineral assemblages Black to brownish black tourmaline occurs in several distinct morphological...et al., 2002). Lithium-poor tourmaline (black to brownish black) examined describes merely part of geochemical...pegmatite-country rock boundaries at Black Mountain and Mount Mica, southwestern Maine, U.S.A. Eur. J. Mineral.,
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approximately 11 km west of SkellefteĂ„, in VĂ€sterbotten County, Northeastern Sweden (Fig. 1). It is located within...assemblage dominated by albite, with minor muscovite and black tourmaline. Lens-shaped bodies of ïŹne-grained albitic...Tourmaline types Albite-tourmaline Border zone VTR-2 Black schorl Albitic aplite Wall zone VTR-21, VTR-38A...assemblage VTR-10, VTR-11 Black schorl (core), dark-blue (ïŹ‚uor-) elbaite (rim) Black schorl (core), dark green...al. / Chemical Geology 421 (2016) 1–16 green to black book micas, albite and locally, tourmaline (for
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MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...old dumps. In 1975-1976, Brunet collected sharp, black, flattened hexagonal ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns
Book
Minerals 2019, 9, 233 Li-rich tourmaline (elbaite-rossmanite and liddicoatite), blue and sherry topaz, transparent...Summaries 2007; U.S. Geological Survey: Reston, VA, USA, 2007; pp. 164–165. Beurlen, H.; Barreto, S.; Martin...Universty of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1986; p. 215. Jardim de Sá, E.F.; Legrand, J.M.;... Hagemann, S.G., Eds.; PACROFI VI: Madison, WI, USA, 1996; pp. 97–98. Collins, P.L. Gas hydrates in CO2...by the 40 Ar/39 Ar Method, 2nd ed.; Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 1999; p. 26. Ludwig, K.R. Users
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wide); (3) dark green (~2 cm wide); (4) dark green-black (~0.7 cm wide). Each of these major color divisions...variations, and bordered by sharp, grayish green to black boundaries, each of which is inclined at ~45° to...(2006); black circles: Hughes et al. (2004); black diamonds: MacDonald & Hawthorne (1995); black triangle:...inverted white triangles: Lussier et al. (2008); black squares: Ertl et al. (2006); white squares: Ertl...country rock boundaries at Black Mountain and Mount Mica, southwestern Maine, U.S.A. Eur. J. Mineral. 11
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Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH, U.S.A. Franco Pirajno, Geological Survey of...account these mineralogical features, these dull black heavy mineral aggregates can successfully be used...Evolution of the Variscides Within the Alpine Mountain Range with Special Reference to Pegmatites .....The Variscan Massifs in the Alpine-Carpathian Mountain Range ..........................................Their Associated Pegmatites in the Swiss Alpine Mountain Range and the External Moldanubian Zone .....
 
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