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Biotite from
Wing Hill Garnet Quarry, Rangeley, Franklin County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wing Hill Garnet Quarry, Rangeley, Franklin County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:538603
Long-form Identifier:1:3:538603:1
GUID (UUID V4):da038e66-3615-4c81-adcc-d3f2de2f0694
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
29.5km (18.3 miles) East Branch Swift River Gold locality, Byron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
46.2km (28.7 miles) Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
48.6km (30.2 miles) Bear Pond Road Locality, T3 R5 BKP WKR, Somerset County, Maine, USA
51.1km (31.8 miles) Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
58.1km (36.1 miles) Robinson Mine, Concord, Somerset County, Maine, USA
58.3km (36.2 miles) Lobikis Quarry, Peru, Oxford County, Maine, USA
61.4km (38.1 miles) Hedgehog Hill Quarry (Gem Mica Quarry), Peru, Oxford County, Maine, USA
61.4km (38.2 miles) Mont Mégantic, Val-Racine, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
67.3km (41.8 miles) Ragged Ass Jack Mountain locality (Ragged Jack Mountain locality), Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
67.5km (41.9 miles) Milan Mine, Milan, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
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cooperation with the Maine Geological Survey GEOLOGIC MAP OF WESTERN INTERIOR MAINE • - Chen-f0e. wit...Augusta, Maine, and University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii --Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, and...University, Syracuse, New York 4/ --Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, and Queens College, Flushing,...typically intrude more mafic varieties Biotite- and hornblende-biotite granite and granodiorite-Predominant...granodiorite to lighter colored quartz monzonite and biotite granite; commonly has phenocrysts of plagioclase
 
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