Foitite

Foitite, etc.

Rosina vein, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Foitite, etc.

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Foitite

Schindler Mine, Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside Co., California, USA

Foitite, etc.

Rosina vein, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Foitite, etc.

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

Foitite

Schindler Mine, Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside Co., California, USA

Foitite, etc.

Rosina vein, San Piero in Campo, Campo nell'Elba, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Foitite, etc.

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA

About FoititeHide

Dr. Franklin F. Foit, Jr.

Formula:

(□,Na)(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃OH

Colour:

Dark indigo with purple tints to bluish-black.

Lustre:

Vitreous, Sub-Vitreous

Hardness:

7

Specific Gravity:

3.17

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Member of:

Tourmaline Group

Name:

Named in 1993 by D. J. MacDonald, Frank C. Hawthorne, and Joel D.Grice in honor of Franklin F. Foit, Jr. (b. 1942), mineralogist and specialist in the tourmaline group, at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, USA.

Type Locality:

ⓘ California, USA

A vacancy-dominant member of the Tourmaline Group. The Fe2Al-OH-analogue of oxy-foitite.

Correct identification is only possible by suitable analytical methods.

Relatively common among low-temperature (authigenic) tourmalines (Henry & Dutrow, 2012).

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Classification of FoititeHide

Physical Properties of FoititeHide

Optical Data of FoititeHide

Type:

Uniaxial (-)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.664 n_ε = 1.642

Birefringence:

0.022

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.022

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Moderate

Optical Extinction:

Parallel

Pleochroism:

Visible

Comments:

O

Chemical Properties of FoititeHide

Crystallography of FoititeHide

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

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Radiation - Copper Kα

Data Set: Fano mine, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County, California, USA 1496 Coahuila Mountain, California, USA 1808

Data courtesy of RRUFF project at University of Arizona, used with permission.

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
6.34 Å	(80)
4.21 Å	(50)
3.99 Å	(40)
3.45 Å	(90)
2.94 Å	(70)
2.57 Å	(100)
2.04 Å	(30)
1.27 Å	(30)

Type Occurrence of FoititeHide

Synonyms of FoititeHide

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Relationship of Foitite to other SpeciesHide

Common AssociatesHide

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz GroupingHide

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Localities for FoititeHide

This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.

Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Afghanistan
Nuristan Kamdesh District ⓘ Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine)	Rob Lavinsky photo; Natkaniec-Nowak, L., Dumańska-Słowik, M. & Ertl, A. (2009): “Watermelon” tourmaline from the Paprok mine (Nuristan, Afghanistan). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 186, 185-193.
Antarctica
Eastern Antarctica Princess Elizabeth Land Ingrid Christensen Coast Prydz Bay ⓘ Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills)	Wadokski, E. R. Grew, E.S. & Yates, M.G. (2011): Compositional evolution of tourmaline-supergroup minerals from granitic pegmatites in the Larsemann Hills, East Antartica. Canadian Mineralogist. 49: 382-405
Argentina
Catamarca Province Belén Department Papachacra ⓘ Papachacra Pegmatites	Rocks & Min. (2007) 82:234-235
Australia
Tasmania Waratah-Wynyard municipality Waratah district Waratah ⓘ Mount Bischoff mine (Mt Bischoff mine)	Bottrill
Austria
Lower Austria Waldviertel Senftenberg ⓘ Königsalm	Ertl, A., Schuster, R., Hughes, J.M., Ludwig, T., Meyer, H.-P., Finger, F., Dyar, M.D., Ruschel, K., Rossman, G.R., Klötzli, U., Brandstätter, F., Lengauer, C.L., Tillmanns, E. (2012): Li-bearing tourmalines in Variscan granitic pegmatites from the Moldanubian nappes, Lower Austria. European Journal of Mineralogy, 24, 695-715.
Brazil
Minas Gerais Conselheiro Pena Penha do Norte ⓘ Navegadora claim (Navigator mine; Orozimbo claim)	Sergio Varvello photo
São José da Safira ⓘ Cruzeiro mine	Canadian Mineralogist 38: 1399-1408 (2000); Dutrow, B. and Henry, D. J. (2000) Complexly zoned fibrous tourmaline: A record of evolving magmatic and hydrothermal fluids. Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 131-143.
Bulgaria
Sofia City Province Samokov Obshtina Samokov Town ⓘ Markova Trapeza hill	Vasil Arnaudov, Svetoslav Petrusenko, and Chavdar Karov (2003): Sherl, foytit i dravit v pegmatiti ot metamorfnata mantiya na Planskiya pluton, Yugozapadna B'lgariya [Schorl, foitite and dravite from pegmatites in the metamorphic zone of Plana Pluton, SW Bulgaria]. Geokhimiya, Mineralogiya i Petrologiya, 40, 97-107 (in Bulgarian with English abtract). [http://www.geology.bas.bg/mineralogy/gmp_files/gmp40/V.Arnaudov.pdf]
Canada
British Columbia Revelstoke Mining Division Revelstoke ⓘ Mount Begbie	Dixon, A. (2014, October). Mount Begbie Pegmatite Group, British Columbia, Canada–evolution from Barren to Complex Rare-element Pegmatites. In 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Manitoba Lac-du-Bonnet area Bernic Lake ⓘ Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine)	Can Min.38:877-891; Selway, J. B.; Cerny, P.; Hawthorne, F. C.; Novak, M. (2000): The Tanco pegmatite at Bernic lake, Manitoba. XIV. Internal tourmaline. Canadian Mineralogist 38, 877-891.
Red Cross Lake ⓘ Red Cross Lake pegmatites	Cerny et al. 2012; Černý, O., Teertstra, D.K., Chapman, R., Selway, J.B., Hawthorne, F.C., Ferreira, K., Chackowsky, L.E., Wang, X.J. & and Meintzer, R.E. (2012)
Northwest Territories ⓘ Naats'ihch'oh igneous complex	Geological Association of Canada (2014) Abstracts Fredericton Vol 37
Ontario Kenora District Pakeagama Lake Area ⓘ PAK Lithium Project (Pakeagama Lake pegmatite)	Andrew G. Tindle, Fred W. Breaks and Julie B. Selway (2002) Tourmaline in petalite-subtype granitic pegmatites; evidence of fractionation and contamination from the Paleagama Lake and Separation Lake areas of northwestern Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist 40:753-78
Root Lake pegmatite group Root Lake Area ⓘ McCombe pegmatites	Tindle, A. G., Selway, J. B. & Breaks, F. W. (2005): Liddicoatite and associated species from the McCombe spodumene-subtype rare-element granitic pegmatite, northwestern Ontario, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist 43, 769-793.
ⓘ Separation Rapids Lithium Project (Separation Lake area)	Tindle, A.G., Breaks, F.W., and Selway, J.B. (2002) Tourmaline in petalite-subtype gramitic pegmatites: evidence of fractionation and contamination from Pakeagama Lake and Separation Lake areas of northwestern Ontario, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 753-788.
China
Xinjiang Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture) Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture) Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.) Koktokay pegmatite field (Keketuohai pegmatite field) Altay Mine ⓘ Koktokay No. 3 pegmatite (Altay No. 3 pegmatite)	Zhang AC, Wang Ru, Hu H, Chen XM (2004) Occurrences of foitite and rossmanite from the Koktokay No. 3 pegmatite dyke, Altai, Northwestern China: A record of hydrothermal fluids. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 873-883.
Czech Republic
South Bohemian Region Písek District ⓘ Obrázek I	Petr Černý, Milan Novák, Ron Chapman, Karen J. Ferreira (2007) Subsolidus behavior of niobian rutile from the Písek region, Czech Republic: a model for exsolution in W- and Fe2+>>Fe3+-rich phases. Journal of Geosciences, 52:143–159
ⓘ U obrázku quarry	Historic mineral collection National museum of Czech Republic
Vysočina Region Žďár nad Sázavou District Bystřice nad Pernštejnem ⓘ Dolní Rožínka
Křižanov ⓘ Dobrá Voda	Novák, M., Staněk, J.: Lepidolitový pegmatit od Dobré Vody u Velkého Meziříčí, západní Morava. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae geologicae, 1999, roč. 84, s. 3 - 44.
Dolní Bory ⓘ Pegmatite vein No. 1	Staněk, J.: Asociace minerálů významnějších pegmatitových žil v Hatích u Dolních Borů na západní Moravě. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae naturales, 1997, roč. 82, 3-19.
ⓘ Pegmatite vein No. 3	Novák, M., Johan, Z., Škoda, R., Černý, P., Šrein, V., & Veselovský, F. (2008). Primary oxide minerals in the system WO3–Nb2O5–TiO2–Fe2O3–FeO and their breakdown products from the pegmatite No. 3 at Dolní Bory-Hatě, Czech Republic. European Journal of Mineralogy, 20(4), 487-499.
ⓘ Pikárec
Rožná ⓘ Rožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna)	Novák, M., Houzar, S., Pfeiferová, A.: Přehled mineralogie, petrografie a historie klasické lokality lepidolitového pegmatitu v Rožné u Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, západní Morava. Acta Musei Moraviae, Sci. geol., 83:3-48.
ⓘ Rožná Borovina	P. Pauliš (2001): Nejzajímavější naleziště Moravy a Slezska. Kuttna, Kutná Hora.
ⓘ Rožná Hradisko	P. Pauliš (2001): Nejzajímavější naleziště Moravy a Slezska. Kuttna, Kutná Hora.
Germany
Saxony Chemnitz Penig ⓘ Amerika Quarry	Gunnar Färber
Erzgebirgskreis Pöhla ⓘ Hämmerlein deposit	Lefebvre, M. G., Romer, R. L., Glodny, J., & Roscher, M. (2017) Two stages of skarn formation in the Hämmerlein tin-skarn deposit, western Erzgebirge, Germany. Mineral Resources to Discover - 14th SGA Biennial Meeting 2017, Volume 4 pp 1305-1308
Görlitz Löbau Czorneboh Wuischke ⓘ Steinberg	Witzke, T., Giesler, T. (2008): Neufunde und Neubestimmungen aus der Lausitz, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 59, 245-252
Hungary
Pest County Szob District ⓘ Nagybörzsöny	WDS: Béla Fehér
Ireland
Leinster Co. Dublin Barnacullia ⓘ Blue Light Quarry	David Jordan
Italy
Lombardy Brescia Province Camonica Valley Adamello-Brenta Natural Park Adamello Massif Mt. Foppa Forcel Rosso Gully (Forcel Rosso Pass) ⓘ Pegmatite occurrences	Diella, V., Pezzotta, F., Bocchio, R., Marinoni, N., Cámara, F., Langone, A., Adamo, I., Lanzafame, G. (2018): Gem-quality tourmaline from LCT pegmatite in Adamello Massif, Central Southern Alps, Italy: An investigation of its mineralogy, crystallography and 3D inclusions. Minerals 8, 593.
Varese Province Ceresio Valley ⓘ Cuasso al Monte	Vignola, P., Gentile, P., Risplendente, A. (2018): Sulla tormalina del granofiro di Cuasso al Monte (Varese). MICRO 16 (1), 44-49.
Sardinia South Sardinia Province Arburese ⓘ Arbus Pluton (Arburese Pluton)	Bosi, F., Cuccuru, S., Naitza, S., Skogby, H., Secchi, F., Conte, A.M., Hålenius, U., De La Rosa, N., Kristiansson, P., Nilsson, E.J.C., Ros, L., and Andreozzi, G.B. (2017) Schorlitic and foititic tourmalines from the Arbus pluton, Sardinia, Italy: A first detailed crystal-chemical study. Tourmaline 2017 International Symposium, Hotel Skalský dvůr, Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Czech Republic, June 23-28, 2017. Book of abstracts, 14-16; Bosi, F., Naitza, S., Skogby, H., Secchi, F., Conte, A.M., Cuccuru, S., Hålenius, U., De La Rosa, N., Kristiansson, P., Nilsson, E.J.C., Ros, L., and Andreozzi, G.B. (2018) Late magmatic controls on the origin of schorlitic and foititic tourmalines from late-Variscan peraluminous granites of the Arbus pluton (SW Sardinia, Italy): crystal-chemical study and petrological constraints. Lithos, vol. 308-309, 395-411.
Tuscany Livorno Province Elba Island Campo nell'Elba San Piero in Campo ⓘ Fonte del Prete	F. Pezzotta, F.C. Hawthorne, M.A. Cooper, D.K. Teerstra (1996) - Fibrous foitite from S. Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy. - Canadian Mineralogist, 34: 741-744.
ⓘ La Speranza (Pisani's Quarry)	Barsotti, G., & Nannoni, R. (2006). Rocce, minerali e miniere delle isole dell'Arcipelago Toscano. Pacini editore, 152 pp.
ⓘ Rosina vein	Pezzotta, F., Hawthorne, F.C., Cooper, M.A., Teertstra, D.K. (1996): Fibrous foitite from San Piero in Campo, Elba, Italy. Can. Mineral., 34, 741-744.
Sant'Ilario in Campo Catri Fosso Marcianella Pegmatite ⓘ Pastori Vein (Filone dei Pastori)	Field Trip Excursion Programm IMA, May 29, 2005 (M.E. Ciriotti).
Japan
Fukushima Koriyama ⓘ Tsukigata mine	Kato et al (1994) Koubutsu-Gakkai Kou'en-Youshi, 177.
Kochi ⓘ Kashiratsudoi	Minakawa& Adachi (1995) Chigaku Kenkyu, 44, 99-103.
Miyazaki Hinokage ⓘ Otogafuchi mine ?	Alfredo Petrov specimen
Koyu district Kijō ⓘ Matsuo mine	Minakawa & Adachi (1995) Chigaku Kenkyu, 44, 99-103.
Myanmar
Mandalay Region Pyin-Oo-Lwin District ⓘ Mogok Township	various added photos
Namibia
Erongo Region Arandis Cape Cross area ⓘ Mile 72	Bezing, L. von, Bode, R. & Jahn, S. (2008): Namibia Minerals and Localities. Edition Schloss Freudenstein, Bode Verlag GmbH, Haltern, 585 pp. (in English)
Karibib ⓘ Davib Ost Farm 61 (Davib East Farm 61)	Foitite has been identified by Prof. Al Falster (unpublished results) as fibrous structures in schorl crystals
ⓘ Erongo Mountains	Jahn, St. & Bode, R. (2003): Mineralogische Neuigkeiten vom Erongo in Namibia (III). Mineralien-Welt 14 (6), 58-64 (in German). [reported but not based on reliable analyses]; Ferdinando Giovine collection (analysed by Prof. Al Falster)
Usakos ⓘ Ameib Farm 60 ?	Jahn, S. (2010): Blue Beauties - Jeremejewit-Neufund auf der Farm Ameib, Namibia. Mineralien-Welt 21 (4), 31-33.
Pakistan
Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ Shigar District	Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences 43 (2010) 1-1
Poland
Greater Poland Voivodeship Jarocin Co. Gmina Jarocin ⓘ Ługi-1 borehole	Pieczka, A.; Buniak, A.; Majka, J.; Harryson, H. (2011): Si-deficient foitite with [4]Al and [4]B from the ‘Ługi-1’ borehole, southwestern Poland. Journal of GEOsciences 56, 389-398.
Lower Silesian Voivodeship Jelenia Góra Co. Karpacz ⓘ Krucze Rocks	Szełęg, E., Galuskina, I., Prusik, K. 2010: A Sc-Nb oxide from corundum pegmatites of the Krucze Skały in Karpacz (Karkonosze massif, Lower Silesia, Poland) – a potentially new mineral of the ScNbO4 – FeWO4 series. 20th General Meeting of the IMA (IMA2010), Budapest, Hungary, August 21-27, CD of Abstracts, p. 501
Świdnica Co. Gmina Świdnica Michałkowa pegmatites ⓘ Góry Sowie Block	Pieczka, A., Hawthorne, F.C., Gołębiowska, B., Włodek, A., Grochowina, A. (2016): Maneckiite, ideally NaCa2Fe2+2(Fe3+Mg)Mn2(PO4)6(H2O)2, a new phosphate mineral of the wicksite supergroup from the Michałkowa pegmatite, Góry Sowie block, southwestern Poland. Mineralogical Magazine: 80: (in press
Świeradów Zdrój area Garby Izerskie Mts ⓘ Stanisław Quarry	Długoszewska A. 2005: Minerals from pegmatoids of the northern part of the Karkonosze Massif cover. Mineralogical Society of Poland - Special Papers, vol. 26, 153-156
Portugal
Castelo Branco Covilhã ⓘ Panasqueira Mines	www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/gold2001/pdf/3116.pdf.
Viseu Vila Nova de Paiva ⓘ Queiriga	Dias, P. & Leal Gomes, C. (2009) – Topaz bearing tourmalinites and topazite veins from Queiriga Old Mines – Viseu – Central Portugal. Estudos Geológicos. (Special Issue of contributions to the 4th International Symposium on Granitic Pegmatites). 19 (2), pp.111­‑116.
Russia
Tuva ⓘ Khaak-Sair occurrence	Kuzhuget, R. V., Zaikov, V. V., Lebedev, V. I., & Mongush, A. A. (2015). Gold mineralization of the Khaak-Sair gold-quartz ore occurrence in listwanites (western Tuva). Russian Geology and Geophysics, 56(9), 1332-1348.
Slovakia
Banská Bystrica Region Detva Co. Vígľašská Huta - Kalinka ⓘ Kalinka	Juraj ŽItňan, Peter Koděra & Pavel Uher (2011) Characteristics of advanced argillic alteration at Biely Vrch and Kalinka localities, Javorie stratovolcano, Slovakia.SGA Student Conference Mineral resources for the society Prague, April15 19,2011
Rimavská Sobota Co. Tisovec ⓘ Magnet hill	Bačík P., Ertl A., Števko M., Giester G., Sečkár P. (2015): Acicular zoned tourmaline (magnesio-foitite to foitite) from a quartz vein near Tisovec, Slovakia: the relationship between crystal chemistry and acicular habit. Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 2, 221-234.
Košice Region Košice Co. ⓘ Zlatá Idka	Pauliš P., Ďuďa R., 2002: Nejzajimavejší mineralogická nalezište Slovenska. Kuttna, Kutná Hora, 134p.
Spišská Nová Ves Co. Hnilec (Hniletz; Nyilas; Nagyhnilec) ⓘ Medvedí potok	Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590k
Spain
Community of Madrid ⓘ La Cabrera pluton	Tanago, J. G., Lozano, P. L., Larios, A. , La Iglesia, A. (2012) Stokesite crystals from La Cabrera, Madrid, Spain. Mineralogical Record 43:499-508
Sweden
Stockholm County Haninge Utö ⓘ Utö Mines
ⓘ Grundberg outcrop	Selway, J. B.; Smeds, S.-A.; Černý, P.; Hawthorne, F. C. (2002): Compositional evolution of tourmaline in the petalite-subtype Nyköpingsgruvan pegmatites, Utö, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden. GFF 124, 93-102
Turkey
Black Sea Region Giresun Province Şebinkarahisar ⓘ Asarcık deposit	Canadian Mineralogist 37: 155-161.; Mineral. Petrol. 94 (2008) 195-208.
USA (TL)
ⓘ California (TL)	Am.Min. (1993): 78: 1299.
Riverside Co. Cahuilla Mining District Little Cahuilla Mountain ⓘ Schindler Mine (Beryl Crystal claims; Schindler claims; Silica Beryl claims; Silica Beryl group)	Caltech, Phys Chem Minerals 14, p. 163.
San Diego Co. Pala Mining District Pala Chief Mountain Pala Chief Mine (Chief mine; MS 6452; Salmons mine) ⓘ Chief Extension prospects ?	Hapeman, Jeffrey R. (2011)
Hiriart Mountain (Hariat Mtn; Harriot Mtn; Heriart Mtn; Heriot Mtn; Hiriat Hill) ⓘ Katerina Mine (Ashley mine; Caterina mine; Catherin mine; Catherina mine; Katrina mine) ?	Rocks & Minerals: May, 1999
ⓘ Vanderberg Mine (MS 5391; Naylor Rock; Naylor-Vanderburg mine; Sickler group; Vandenburg mine; Vanderburg mine)	Osborn, P. 2007. Description of the Naylor Rock location and Foitite discovery on Hiriart Mountain by Phil Osborn of Hemet, Riverside Co., California. Personal communication with S. L. Ritchie; 7/27.
ⓘ White Queen Mine (Queen mine; White Queen prospect)	Novák, M. & Taylor, M.C. (2000): Foitite: formation during late stages of evolution of complex granitic pegmatites at Dobrá Voda, Czech Republic, and Pala, California, U.S.A. Canadian Mineralogist 38, 1399-1408.; Fisher, J., 2002, Mineralogical Record 33(5), 363-407
Ramona Mining District Ramona ⓘ Little Three Mine (Little 3 mine)	David London, George B. Morgan VI, and James L. Maner (2016) Pegmatites of the Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California. in Second Eugene E. Foord Pegmatite Symposium July 15-19, 2016 Colorado School of Mines campus, Golden, Colorado
Connecticut Middlesex Co. East Hampton (Chatham) ⓘ Nathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry) ?	Fred E Davis Collection
Portland Collins Hill Strickland pegmatite (Strickland-Cramer Quarry; Strickland-Cramer Mine; Strickland-Cramer Feldspar-Mica Quarries) ⓘ Strickland Quarry (Eureka Quarry)	Jarnot, Bruce M. (2011): Letters: Connecticut Update. Rocks & Minerals: 86(4): 299.
Maine Androscoggin Co. Poland ⓘ Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry; Berry Quarry)	Pedro-Pablo Gil-Crespo, Uxue Ostaikoetxea, Encarnación Roda-Robles, William Simmons, James Nizamoff (2012): Caracterización por XRD y Espectroscopía NIR de Turmalinas de la Serie Chorlo-Elbaita-Rossmanita de la Pegmatita de Berry-Havey (Maine, USA). Macla 16, p. 222-223.; Jeffrey Morrison, William Simmons, Alexander Falster, Encar Roda Robles (2018) The havey gem tourmaline pegmatite, Poland, and roscoggin county, maine – an example of highly
Oxford Co. Albany ⓘ Bumpus Quarry	King, V., 2009, Maine Feldspar, Families, and Feuds
ⓘ Songo Pond Quarry (Kimball Ledge Quarry)	King, V. (ed.), 2009, Maine feldspar, Families, and Feuds
Buckfield ⓘ Larrivee prospect ?	Van King
Greenwood Uncle Tom Mountain ⓘ Emmons Quarry (Uncle Tom Mountain Quarry) ?	Falster, A.U., Simmons, W.B., Sprague, R. (2006) 33rd Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, abstracts, 14-15.; https://www.mindat.org/min-1579.html https://www.mindat.org/photo-970075.html; https://www.mindat.org/min-1579.html https://www.mindat.org/photo-970075.html; optically confirmed by A. Falster of MMGM Lab.
Newry ⓘ Crooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries	King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 1; King, V. (ed.), 2000, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 2, with updates by Van King
ⓘ Dunton Gem Quarry	King, V. T., 2006, Minerals of Halls Ridge and Plumbago-Puzzle Mountain, Newry, ... Maine, Mineral News, v. 22(6): p. 1-3.
ⓘ Timberlands Lithium Pegmatite Prospect	Van King, unpublished property evaluation
Paris ⓘ Mount Mica Quarry (Mount Mica Mine)	http://minerals.gps.caltech.edu/rossmanite/USA_Maine_Mt_Mica/Mt-Mica-index.htm ; Encar Roda-Robles, William Simmons, Alexander Falster, Alfonso Pesquera, Pedro-Pablo Gil-Crespo (2018) Paragenetic and compositional evolution of tourmaline from the Mt. Mica pegmatite (Maine, USA). in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 498
Sagadahoc Co. Topsham ⓘ Fisher Quarry	King and Foord, 2000, Addenda to Volume 1, Mineralogy of Maine, v. 2.; Clara Brennan, Samuel M. Cameron, and Mona-Liza C. Sirbescu (2016) Crystallization of the Fisher Quarry Pegmatite, Sagadahoc Co., Maine: Preliminary Insights from Fluid Inclusions. in Second Eugene E. Foord Pegmatite Symposium July 15-19, 2016 Colorado School of Mines campus, Golden, Colorado
New Mexico Taos Co. Picuris District Copper Mountain ⓘ Tungsten Mine (Wichita Mine)	Francis, C.A., Dyar, M.D., Williams, M.L., and Hughes, J.M. (1999), Canadian Mineralogist: 37: 1431-1438.
Wisconsin ⓘ Sauk Co.	Medaris, J. & J. Fournelle (2003) Tourmaline-bearing quartz veins in the Baraboo Quartzite, Wisconsin: Occurrence and significance of foitite and "oxy-foitite": Canadian Mineralogist: 71: 749-758.
ⓘ Baraboo	Medaris, L., Fournelle, J. & Henry, D.( 2003) Tourmaline-bearing quartz veins in the Baraboo Quartzite, Wisconsin: occurrence and significance of foitite and oxy-foitite: The Canadian Mineralogist: 41: 749-758.
Sampler ⓘ Baxter's Hollow	Medaris, L.G. , Fournelle, J. and Henry D., (2001) "Tourmaline-bearing quartz veins in the Baraboo Quartzite, Wisconsin: Occurrence and significance of foitite and oxy-foitite, The Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 41, p. 749-758; Medaris, L., Fournelle, J., Henry, D. (2003) Tourmaline-bearing quartz veins in the Baraboo Quartzite, Wisconsin: occurrence and significance of foitite and "oxy-foitite". The Canadian Mineralogist, 41:3, 749-758.
Zambia
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