| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Beryl var: Heliodor |
| Formula: | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
| Comments: | massive to subhedral prisms to at least 15 cm frozen in matrix, associated with cleavelandite, quartz, schorl, columbite |
| Habit: | hexagonal prisms with pinacoids |
| Colour: | yellow to yellow-orange |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Heliodor data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 794870 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:794870:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 48241935-9d0b-42d6-94d8-d39859072980 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Heliodor |
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| 16.2km (10.1 miles) | ⓘHibbs Quarry, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 17.0km (10.5 miles) | ⓘHeath Quarry, Casco, Cumberland County, Maine, USA |
| 22.0km (13.7 miles) | ⓘFletcher Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 24.7km (15.4 miles) | ⓘBennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 26.4km (16.4 miles) | ⓘRyerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 30.9km (19.2 miles) | ⓘLaChance Quarry, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA |
| 31.4km (19.5 miles) | ⓘWilliam Willes #1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 31.5km (19.6 miles) | ⓘSquare Pit (Consolidated #4 Quarry), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 31.7km (19.7 miles) | ⓘFisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 45.5km (28.3 miles) | ⓘBumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
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 | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT...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 |
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