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Morganite from
Berry-Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Beryl var: Morganite
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Morganite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Berry-Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:30267
Long-form Identifier:1:3:30267:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Morganite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘMaine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘKeith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘPulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘGreenlaw Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘMount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
26.0km (16.2 miles) ⓘMount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
26.6km (16.6 miles) ⓘBennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘFisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) ⓘTamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘEmmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
King, Vandall T., Foord, Eugene E. (1994) Mineralogy of Maine Vol. 1 - Descriptive mineralogy. Maine Geological Survey.
Roda-Robles, E., Simmons, W., Pesquera, A., Gil-Crespo, P. P., Nizamoff, J., Torres-Ruiz, J. (2015) Tourmaline as a petrogenetic monitor of the origin and evolution of the Berry-Havey pegmatite (Maine, U.S.A.). American Mineralogist, 100 (1). 95-109 doi:10.2138/am-2015-4829
 
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