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Orthoclase from
Mount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:658242
Long-form Identifier:1:3:658242:5
GUID (UUID V4):ff2788c1-dad2-45b1-adce-af2328e209ca
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘHibbs Quarry, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘRyerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
15.4km (9.5 miles) ⓘPulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘMaine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘSabbatus Mountain, Wales Township, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
27.4km (17.1 miles) ⓘEmmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
51.0km (31.7 miles) ⓘEstes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
66.2km (41.2 miles) ⓘGovernment pit, Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
66.8km (41.5 miles) ⓘMiddle Moat Mountain locality, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
85.1km (52.9 miles) ⓘRoute 105 road cut, Appleton, Knox County, Maine, USA
References
USGS Bull 445
Reference Search (possible matching items)
King, Vandall T., Foord, Eugene E. (1994) Mineralogy of Maine Vol. 1 - Descriptive mineralogy. Maine Geological Survey.
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...photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
King, Vandall T. (2000) Mineralogy of Maine Vol. 2 - Mining History, Gems, and Geology. Maine Geological Survey.
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
Sinkankas, John (1997) Gemstones of North America Vol. 3. Geoscience Press, Inc., Tucson, AZ.
Book (volume)
octagonal calcite (21.30 ct), Montana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho; rectangular step...cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16...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...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache
Sinkankas, John (1997) Gemstones of North America Vol. 3. Geoscience Press, Inc., Tucson, AZ.
Book (volume)
calcite (21 .30 et), 1\1ontana; light yellow orthoclase feldspar (25.03 et), Idaho; rectangular step...cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy
 
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