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Montebrasite from
Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Montebrasite | |
| Formula: | LiAl(PO4)(OH) | |
| Formation: | Primary | |
| Comments: | Crude crystals to at least several cm associated with quartz, cleavelandite, pollucite and spodumene. Differentiated from similar-looking microcline by its bright green fluorescence under SW UV, apparently caused by included opal-AN? | |
| Habit: | subhedral coarse grains | |
| Colour: | white | |
| Luminescent properties: | bright green under SW UV (from included opal-AN?) | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Opal | 5 | |
| Albite | 4 | |
| - var Cleavelandite | 4 | |
| Pollucite | 4 | |
| Muscovite | 2 | |
| Mitridatite | 2 | |
| Spodumene | 2 | |
| Eosphorite | 1 | |
| Quartz | 1 | |
| Lithiophorite | 1 | |
| Goethite | 1 | |
| Vivianite | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Montebrasite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 28560 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:28560:1 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Montebrasite | ||
| 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 | |
| 18.4km (11.4 miles) | ⓘRyerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 18.6km (11.6 miles) | ⓘMount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 21.6km (13.4 miles) | ⓘBennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 22.1km (13.7 miles) | ⓘCole Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 23.4km (14.5 miles) | ⓘLord Hill Quarry (Lord Hill Mine), Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 24.2km (15.0 miles) | ⓘGE-SE Mine, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| References | ||
Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA