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Montebrasite from
Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Montebrasite
Formula:LiAl(PO4)(OH)
Formation:Primary
Comments:Crude crystals to at least several cm associated with quartz, cleavelandite, pollucite and spodumene. Differentiated from similar-looking microcline by its bright green fluorescence under SW UV, apparently caused by included opal-AN?
Habit:subhedral coarse grains
Colour:white
Luminescent properties:bright green under SW UV (from included opal-AN?)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Opal5 photos of Montebrasite associated with Opal at this locality.
Cleavelandite4 photos of Montebrasite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Pollucite4 photos of Montebrasite associated with Pollucite at this locality.
Muscovite2 photos of Montebrasite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Mitridatite2 photos of Montebrasite associated with Mitridatite at this locality.
Spodumene2 photos of Montebrasite associated with Spodumene at this locality.
Eosphorite1 photo of Montebrasite associated with Eosphorite at this locality.
Lithiophorite1 photo of Montebrasite associated with Lithiophorite at this locality.
Goethite1 photo of Montebrasite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Vivianite1 photo of Montebrasite associated with Vivianite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Montebrasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28560
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28560:1
GUID (UUID V4):5d38695a-b0db-42c3-b745-e8caf2d65da0
Nearest other occurrences of Montebrasite
5.5km (3.4 miles) Outback prospect (Gross prospect), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Morgan Quarry (Upper Noyes Mountain Quarry; Upper Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
18.6km (11.6 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
22.1km (13.7 miles) Cole Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA
23.4km (14.5 miles) Lord Hill Quarry (Lord Hill Mine), Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA
24.2km (15.0 miles) GE-SE Mine, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Emmons pegmatite in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite...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...Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of the Emmons pegmatite. For the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RHODOCHROSITE MINERALIZATION AT THE EMMONS PEGMATITE, OXFORD CO., MAINE ALEXANDER U. FALSTER§ AND WILLIAM...Group, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, 99 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217, USA Keywords: Emmons pegmatite...The Emmons pegmatite is located on the eastern slope of Uncle Tom Mountain in Greenwood, Oxford County...County, Maine. At times, the Emmons pegmatite has been referred to as the Uncle Tom Mountain quarry. The...The Emmons pegmatite is the species-richest pegmatite in Maine with currently 112 species. LITHIOPHILITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum; Dr. Sarah Hanson, Adrian College;...LOCALITY FOR PHENAKITE AND CASSITERITE IN MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2, and...Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494; 2MP2 Research Group, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St., Bethel...discovered in the Wausau Syenite Complex, Marathon County, Wisconsin. The site is located in the Nine Mile...the Ladick quarry has produced some phenakite associated with cassiterite. The Ladick quarry is operated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3749/canmin.AB00008 THE CORE MARGIN ZONE OF THE EMMONS PEGMATITE: THE DIRECTIONAL ASPECTS OF BALL MUSCOVITE...Laboratory, Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, 99 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217, USA Keywords: Emmons pegmatite...margin. INTRODUCTION The Emmons pegmatite (Falster et al. 2006) on Uncle Tom Mountain (Fig. 1) is one of the...most evolved pegmatites in the Oxford pegmatite field in western Maine. Compared to other pegmatites in...pollucite (Falster et al. 2017), spodumene, montebrasite, beryl, evolved Nb-Ta oxides such as columbite–tantalite
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)
Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...several locations includ­ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield
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)
of Otago] at 13:59 13 January 2015 THE WATERLOO QUARRY A NEW LOCALITY FOR GAHNITE, MANGANOCOLUMBITE, AND...aggregate. Several pegmatites have been found in this quarry as thin veins, approximately 20-30 cm thick, that...MICROMINERALS FROM BLACK JACK CANYON, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA. E. Grundel, 2000 S. 2d St., No. 8, Arlington...mileposts 162 and 163 near Black Jack Canyon, Greenlee County, Arizona. The specimens are found in the vesicles...Graham Counties,Arizona. Arizona Bureau of Mines, county geology map series 3-4. A NEW OCCURRENCE OF CUBIC
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)
the Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*, Cathleen D. Brown Department...two-mica granite situated in the Oxford pegmatite field, southwestern Maine. Surrounding the pluton is an...chemistry, petrology, geochemistry, Sebago, southern Maine Received: 1 October 2009; accepted: 30 March 2010;...Introduction The granitic pegmatites of southern Maine represent one of several major pegmatite regions...Unfortunately, very little geochemical data exist for the Maine pegmatites despite their popularity among mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THE HASKE QUARRY, CARY MOUND GRANITE/GRANOPHYRE COMPLEX, WOOD COUNTY, WISCONSIN T. W. Buchholz1...rhyolite outcrop on Cary Mound in western Wood County, Wisconsin, and are exploited in a number of quarries...January 2015 MINERALOGY OF THE EMMONS PEGMATITE, OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE: AN EXAMPLE OF A HIGHLY EVOLVED...Andover, MA 01810. The Emmons pegmatite on Uncle Tom Mountain, Oxford County, Maine, is an example of a...lithiophilite-triphylite as well as amblygonite-montebrasite phosphate pods to 50 cm across. An extensive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...California, 160 Alunite, Colorado, 308 Amblygonite-montebrasite,California, 160 Analcime, Michigan, 339 The...Mineralogy Cahill, C., Ferroaxinite from Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta, New Jersey, 252-56 Cairncross, B., see...minerals from Chile, 56 Chimney, 351 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5-7, 85-86,149-50,213-15,293-95
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Case Study of Pegmatites from the Oxford Pegmatite Field (Maine, USA) Lorena Hernández-Filiberto 1, *...Case Study of Pegmatites from the Oxford Pegmatite Field (Maine, USA). Minerals 2021, 11, 802. https://...roda@ehu.es Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, P.O. Box 500, 99 Main Street, Bethel, ME 04217, USA; wsimmons@uno...Abstract: Almandine-spessartine garnets, from the Oxford County pegmatites and the Palermo No. 1 pegmatite,...fractionated pegmatites (Mt. Mica, Berry-Havey, and Emmons) show the highest Mn, Nb, Ta, Zr, and Hf values
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 (issue)
Complex, Wausau Syenite Compley, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA……………………………………………..21 DOLGOPOLOVA, A.,...uartz assemblage in the Emmons pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA: implication for the origin...the internal evolution of the Emmons rare-element pegmatite (Maine, USA)…………………………………………37 GUASTONI,...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 (issue)
Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Southwood Melbourne, Australia Woodrow B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME John S. White, Stewartstown
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization at the Crooker Gem Pegmatite, Newry, Maine. V. King1, L. Jonaitis2, and R. Brown2. 1PO Box...04237. The Crooker gem pegmatite, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, has been mined sporadically since 1930...a small knoll downslope from Plumbago Mountain–Puzzle Mountain. The pegmatite was core-drilled and mapped...fluorapatite (to 1 cm), and montebrasite (to 15 cm). Both triphylite and montebrasite occur in last-stage c... Mineralogy of Maine. Vol. 1. Maine Geological Survey. ———. 2000. Mineralogy of Maine—Addenda to volume
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
Journal (issue)
Columbia University, from Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, labelled as kolwezite. The associated...the Delta Mine, San Rafael Swell (valley), Emery County, Utah. It is associated with sodium-zippeite. The...mineral for this mine, Utah, as was well as the entire USA. Joscite-B was found in a specimen of metallic concentrate...Houston, Texas 77036-6742 Part 1: The P. W. Estes quarry and the Mascot Mine There was considerably more...started off at the P. W. Estes quarry in West Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine. There had been no or very
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (issue)
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...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C., 20013, USA Keywords: cathodoluminescence, pegmatite minerals, Black Mountain, Maine. INTRODUCTION...and partially resorbed apatite from the Emmons pegmatite, Maine. The white line in the CL image outlines...primary and secondary phosphates (e.g., apatite, montebrasite, lazulite), halides (e.g., fluorite, cryolite)...of the complexly zoned, Li-rich Black Mountain pegmatite, Maine demonstrated that CL microscopy can be...image of mineral assemblages in the Black Mountain pegmatite, Maine. Symbols: Qtz – quartz, Ap – apatite,
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 (issue)
acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...grow to around J t/4 inches (3 cm). The Chavan Quarry (W agho li. 12 miles (20 km) east of Pune (Poona)...and less green than s pecime ns from the Dhoot Quarry, producing the first Indi a n specimens. The crystal
 
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