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Bertrandite from
Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA


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Bertrandite, etc.

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Bertrandite

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Bertrandite

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Bertrandite, etc.

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Bertrandite, etc.

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Bertrandite

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Bertrandite

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Bertrandite, etc.

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
03537770017272014233562.jpg
Bertrandite, etc.

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
07362880017272013265705.jpg
Bertrandite

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
08999670017272013298009.jpg
Bertrandite

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
04778190017272013282438.jpg
Bertrandite, etc.

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Bertrandite
Formula:Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorapatite11
Quartz9
Albite4
Hydroxylherderite3
Beryl3
Cookeite3
Muscovite2
Behoite2
Lepidolite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bertrandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (32 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28530
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28530:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bertrandite
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘTiger Bill Quarries, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) ⓘHayes Ledge Quarries (East and West), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘOutback prospect (Gross prospect), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘNoyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘMorgan Quarry (Morgan Pit; Upper Noyes Mountain Quarry; Upper Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘTamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘOhtonen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘWaisanen Quarry (Tamminen-Waisanen Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘBumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘSongo Pond Quarry (Kimball Ledge Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Thompson, Woodrow B., Joyner, Ronald L., Woodman, Raymond G., King, Vandall T. (1998) Bulletin (41), A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities (3rd ed.) Maine Geological Survey
Rocks and Minerals (2003) 78:123
Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Webber, Karen L., Dallaire, Donald A., Nizamoff, James W., Sprague, Raymond A. (2019) The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 94 (6) 498-519 doi:10.1080/00357529.2019.1641021
Vignola, Pietro; Demartin, Francesco; Campostrini, Italo; Falster, Alexander U; Simmons, William B; Sprague, Raymond A (2021) Crystal structure of correianevesite from the Emmons pegmatite, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 90. 125-135
 
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