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


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Hydroxylherderite

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Hydroxylherderite
Formula:CaBe(PO4)(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Beryllonite11
Moraesite9
Albite6
Fluorapatite4
Quartz4
- var Smoky Quartz1
Bertrandite3
Beryl3
Cookeite1
Rhodochrosite1
Muscovite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hydroxylherderite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (26 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28548
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28548:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hydroxylherderite
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘTiger Bill Quarries, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘNoyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘTamminen 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
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘB.B. No. 7 Quarry, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘCobble Hill Quarry (George Howe prospect), West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘSki Pike Quarry, West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘRyerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Mineral News (1991) 7:3 pp6,7,10
Mineral News (1994) 10:12 pp1,2
Mineral News (1999) 15:6 pp8-10
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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