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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Kosnarite
Formula:KZr2(PO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kosnarite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:279305
Long-form Identifier:1:3:279305:4
GUID (UUID V4):ecfbba7f-3011-46d4-958d-e77b24a80e99
Nearest other occurrences of Kosnarite
7.5km (4.6 miles) Bell pit, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
37.7km (23.4 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1993 Kosnarite, l(Zrr(PO)r, a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine Mrcnlnr-...FederalCenter,Denver, Colorado80225,U.S.A. Ansrucr Kosnarite, ideally KZrr(PO)r, has been identified as part...Paris, and from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine. Kosnarite from Mount Mica occurs...u ( O ' , r r F o o r ) r r rfor o m .Kosnarite Black Mountain is almost pure KZrr(POo), with only trace...analogueofgainesite. The name is for Richard A. Kosnar of Black Hawk, Colorado. INrnooucrroN In 1991,Vandall T
Report (issue)
Kosnarite KZr2 (PO4 )3 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal, pseudocubic...877(7) Z=6 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mt. Mica, Maine, USA. 4.329 (100), 3.806 (90), 2.928 (90), 6.41 (50)...9.30 Total 99.97 100.57 100.00 (1) Mt. Mica, Maine, USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as FeO, total...[P1.02 (O3.98 F0.02 )Σ=4.00 ]3 . (2) Black Mountain, Maine, USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as...quartz (Mt. Mica, Maine, USA); siderite, albite, quartz (Black Mountain quarry, Maine, USA); wycheproofite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Victoria, Australia, and a new occurrence of kosnarite WILLIAMD. BIRCH Department of Mineralogy, Museum...minerals include two other zirconium phosphates - - kosnarite and a new species, selwynite, the K-analogue of...on a hilltop'. Data on the third occurrence of kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3, at Wycheproof are also given. KE...KEYWORDS:wycheproofite, new mineral, zirconium phosphate, kosnarite, Wycheproof, Australia. Introduction IN late...discovered pegmatite veins in granite boulders in a quarry at Wycheproof, a small town in northwestern Victoria
phosphate mineral from the Dunton Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA F. C. HAWTHORNE1,*, N. A. BALL1...University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA 2 [Received 8 April 2009; Accepted 6 July 2009]...tourmaline-bearing pocket at the Dunton Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA. It occurs as subhedral blocky...properties, X-ray powderdiffraction data, Newry, Maine, USA. Introduction MAHLMOODITE, Fe2+Zr(PO4)2(H2O)4...ore deposit at Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA, was described by Milton et al. (1993) as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA [Received 28 April 2010; Accepted 1 July 2010] ABSTR...from the giant 1972 pocket at Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA, has been solved and refined to R1 3.75%...phosphate, crystal structure, Newry pegmatite, Maine, malhmoodite Introduction ZIGRASITE, MgZr(PO4)2(H2O)4...tourmalinebearing pocket at the Dunton Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA, by Hawthorne et al. (2009). It...malhmoodite: Fe2+Zr(PO4)2(H2O)4, Milton et al. (1993); kosnarite: KZr2(PO4)2, Brownfield et al. FIG. 1. Details
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rainforest! Magnetoplumbite is an unremarkable looking black mineral, and its occurrence seems restricted to... KNaZr2[Be(P0,),].2H,0, (Birch et al. 1995); kosnarite, KZr,(PO,),, (Brownfield et al. 1993); and wycheproofite...et al. 1994). Of these, only mahlmoodite and kosnarite were known as synthetic compounds prior to the...mineral descriptions, and three of themselwynite, kosnarite, and wycheproofite-were found in a granite pegmatite...mm across. MOV collection, M40597. Figure 5. Kosnarite (bluish gray) with cyrilovite (yellow). The crystal
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)
high-sulfidation epithermal systems: formation of kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3, in the Chaquicocha gold deposit,...Abstract We report the first occurrence of Hf-rich kosnarite [K(Hf,Zr)2(PO4)3], space group R-3c, Z = 6, in...deposit in the Yanacocha mining district, Peru. Kosnarite crystals are small (<100 μm) and occur in 2–3-mm-thick...[(Fe,As,Pb,Au)S2] and secondary Fe sulfates. Kosnarite is associated with quartz and is clearly late...sequence. Electron microprobe analyses (EMPA) of kosnarite show relatively high concentrations of HfO2 and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
natural and synthetic zirconium phosphates (e.g., kosnarite KZr2(PO4)3; selwynite - NaK(Be,Al)Zr2(PO4)4·2H2O;...pegmatite veins of a Devonian granite mined at a quarry at Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia (Birch et al...minerals include two other zirconium phosphates, kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3, and selwynite, NaK(Be,Al)Zr2(PO4)4·2H2O...zirconium phosphates: such linkage is found in, e.g., kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3 (Brownfield et al., 1993), synthetic... Victoria, Australia and a new occurrence of kosnarite. Min. Mag., 58, 635-639. Birch, W.D., Pring, A
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Taughannock Creek) and harzburgitic (Portland Point quarry) affinities. The yellow garnet is grossular. Phlogopite...Roscherite 0 Palerrno, NH V Dunton Quarry, ME Black Mountain, ME Estes Quarry, ME v Martin Prospect, ME 1...the samples. Specimens from the Estes quarry, West Baldwin, Maine, exhibit a considerable range in composition...muscovite. Samples from the Martin prospect, Newry, Maine, are confirmed as zanazziite. Martin prospect zanazziite...hydroxylherderite and fluorapatite. The Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine, samples yield compositions ranging
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...hydroxylherderite, cassiterite, pollucite, and kosnarite have been recovered. GENERAL GEOLOGY Host rocks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralogy and paragenesis of pegmatites from San Diego County, California. He will also be remembered for his...with his friend George Ashley at Hiriart Mountain, San Diego County, California, 1986. 3. Gene in Jackson...bucket at the San Diego Tourmaline Mine, San Diego County, California in 1974. 5. Boris Schmakin, Skip Simmons...Lake Keoka in Maine. The family would take trips to collect at the pegmatites in Maine and visit Perham’s...Gene to the gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County, California, which resulted in Gene’s dissertation
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)
resistant being loparite and Eu aluminate (Table 3). Kosnarite-based matrixes. It has been demonstrated (Orlova...successfully immobilized using solid solutions of kosnarite, a relatively rare mineral found in rare-metal...rare-metal pegmatites (Brownfield et al., 1993). Kosnarite is an orthophosphate with broad isomorphic substitutions...X – Si, P, As, and V). The high resistance of kosnarite to processes of physicochemical weathering makes...framework crystal structures analogous to that of kosnarite KZr2(PO4)3 (space group R 3 c, with Z = 6) are
Journal (issue)
rainforest! Magnetoplumbite is an unremarkable looking black mineral and its occurrence seems restricted to Langban...collection, M40597. Photo: F. Coffa Figure 5: Kosnarite (bluish grey) with cyrilovite (yellow). The crystal...crystal is 0.4 mm across. From the Council Quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria. Ian Beckwith collection. Photo:...Wycheproofite (orange fibrous), from the Council Quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria. The speci­ men is 1 cm across...CsNaZrJ(Be,Li)(PO4)Jl2Hp, (Foord et al., 1994); kosnarite, KZr/PO4)3 (Brownfield ' et al., 1993); selwynite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
transition metals, resulting in the dark brown-black or green-black colors due to a M2+ ↔ M3+ charge transfer...crystallize in this Minerals 2020, 10, 524 9 of 30 Black crystals of the octahedral shape, obtained under... Other Phosphate-Based Series 4.2.1. Mineral Kosnarite and Structurally Related Phosphates A late alteration...alteration mineral of granitic pegmatites, kosnarite, KZr2 (PO4 )3 , was discovered in the early 1990s...synthetic analogue was determined in 1969 [65]. The kosnarite crystal structure presents a 3D framework built
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
J.D. Grice. 1994. Can. Min. 32, 843. Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Na26REE(S...34, 592. As black euhedral to subhedral crystals to 1 mm in a quartz vein from Ankang County, Shaanxi Province...pleochroism; reflectance data are given. Named for the County in which the type locality is situated. Antimonselite...Wang, 1993. Acta Min. Sinica, 13, 7. Occurs as black anhedral grains and as radiating acicular crystals...mine, found in human secretions. Graham County, Arizona, USA. PbA1F3(OH)2. Baumhauerite-2a. A. Pring
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(NZP) (Alamo 1993). The rare natural mineral kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3 (Šljukić et al. 1969; Brownfield et...(1993) Kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3, a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. American... a new mineral species from Mount Mica, Oxford County, Maine, and new data for gainesite. Canadian Mineralogist...(2014) Hip and knee replacement in Germany and the USA. Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 111(23–24), 407–416. Winter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tschernichite, a new zeolite from Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, 822 Bohlen, S.R., Peacor, D.R., Lawrence...T.: Kosnarite, KZrz(POit, a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine, 653
Book
"Mineralogy of Hyperagpaitic Alkaline Rocks" (1995), Oxford Uni,·ersity Press. Original Russian titles of the...MS4+0 2 )0 Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Occurrence:...meters on the southern slope of the Vasilikon mountain chain, 2.5 km WSW of Apikia, Andros Island, Cyclades...translucent in thin fragments. Colar: black. Streak: brownish-black. Hardness : VHN 25 920 k.g/mm 2 • Tenacity:...Luster: metallic. Diaphaneity: opaque. Color: black. Streak: black. Hard11ess:VHN 30 120 kg/mm2, Mohs 3 1/
Journal (issue)
06 .9 3 158-167 Sugar Grove . West Virgin ia . USA 168-175/198-200 Mining America : a pictaria l postcard...Ital y 184-186 Keweenaw National Historica] Par k (USA ) 187 The formation of Caliche deposit s 188-192...mineralogy of the Matub a Hill Mine . Pershing County . US A 185 . 202 Minerals of the Sawtooth Bathalith...study 653-656 Kosnarite . KZr,(PQ 4 1 .,, a new minera l from Mount Mica and Black Mountain . Oxfor d Co...Co . Maine USA * EXTRALAPIS nr . 4 . 08 .93 Tema : FLUORIET 98 pp . 3 . 29 La mine de La Poype Vienne
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