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Verdelite from
Maine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Tourmaline var: Verdelite
Formula:A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Verdelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Maine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:34723
Long-form Identifier:1:3:34723:9
GUID (UUID V4):95b1c7c2-454e-4a65-9f19-9055314657f0
Nearest other occurrences of Verdelite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Greenlaw Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wade Quarry (Androscoggin Tourmaline prospect), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Groves Quarry (Hole in the Ground Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry; Berry Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Mount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) Mount Marie Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) Streaked Mountain, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no
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
Report (issue)
3: Tourmaline Publisher Lapis International, LLC; East Hampton, CT Concept & Design Maximilian Glas, Stamberg...Lapis International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...78 Australia ......................... 82 Europe (east) ...................... 83 Europe (west) .........important find of gem tourmaline was made at Mount Mica in Paris, Maine, though only small quantities were uncovered
Book
to receive Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA, weighs in at 254 carats. new unit-cells. It is...most often occurs. LEFT This fine example of feldspar variety adularia from Switzerland shows clearly...Fluorite Easily scratched by pocket knife 5.0 5 Apatite lust scratched by pocket knife 6.5 6 Orthoclase...made. LEFT KennecoU opencast copper mine in Utah, USA. Copper is widely used in the electrical engineering...presence of chrome. transforming wishes into in East Africa, display similar characteristics. reality
Book (volume)
Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller + GEMSTONES OF AFGHANISTAN...calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho; rectangular step cut purplish...purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16.62 ct)...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75
Book (volume)
Cultural Art Santa Ana, California GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller GEMSTONES OF AFGHANISTAN...(21 .30 et), 1\1ontana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 et), Idaho; rectangular step cut purplish...purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet ( 16.62...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...long. BOTTOM GROUP. Deep, spine! red oligoclase feldspar (5.04 et), Oregon; and three Montana sapphires
 
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