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Heliodor from
Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Beryl var: Heliodor
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Comments:massive to subhedral prisms to at least 15 cm frozen in matrix, associated with cleavelandite, quartz, schorl, columbite
Habit:hexagonal prisms with pinacoids
Colour:yellow to yellow-orange
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Heliodor data
Locality Data:Click here to view Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:794870
Long-form Identifier:1:3:794870:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Heliodor
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘHibbs Quarry, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
17.0km (10.5 miles) ⓘHeath Quarry, Casco, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘFletcher Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
24.7km (15.4 miles) ⓘBennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘRyerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘCoombs Quarries, Bowdoin, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘLaChance Quarry, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘWilliam Willes #1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
31.5km (19.6 miles) ⓘSquare Pit (Consolidated #4 Quarry), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘFisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
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