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Triphylite from
Nevel Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Triphylite | |
| Formula: | LiFe2+PO4 | |
| Comments: | Best Quality crystals were found in the intermediate zone. Well terminated crystals to 20 cm, although not as fine as those from Newport, NH. King and Pope (1990) analyzed triphylites from this locality and found that the analyses ranged from 0.32-0.34 in about 15 analyses. | |
| Habit: | Rod-like through blocky habit | |
| Colour: | greenish gray | |
| Luminescent properties: | none | |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) | |
| Abundance at site: | Common | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Beryl | 7 | |
| Muscovite | 6 | |
| Albite | 6 | |
| - var Cleavelandite | 3 | |
| Quartz | 2 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Triphylite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Nevel Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 29490 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:29490:0 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Triphylite | ||
| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | ⓘBell pit, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | ⓘCrooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | ⓘFrank Perham prospect, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘDunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | ⓘScotty Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 0.7km (0.5 miles) | ⓘWhitehall #1 Prospect, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 1.7km (1.0 miles) | ⓘPlumbago North Pegmatite, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 7.0km (4.3 miles) | ⓘRed Hill quarries, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 7.5km (4.7 miles) | ⓘBlack Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| 19.2km (11.9 miles) | ⓘLobikis Quarry, Peru, Oxford County, Maine, USA | |
| References | ||
Nevel Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA