Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blandford, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 15756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blandford, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Blair Pond Staurolite Locality
Blandford Mica Mines
Blandford Power Lines Kyanite Locality
Boise Quarry
Osborne Soapstone Quarry

Latitude: 42°10'41"N
Longitude: 72°55'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.178055555556,-72.925555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Apatite	Autunite	Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Meta-autunite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite
Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Autunite ()*
Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chromite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Triphylite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Be Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Si Sn Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Autunite Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Meta-autunite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite
Talc Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	219475	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	219472	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	219472	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		718
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	219472	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	219472,219474	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	219472	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	219475	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	219475	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	219472	2740
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	219475	741
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	219473	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	219475	14899
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	219472	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	219472	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	219472,219475	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	219472,219475	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	219472	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	219472,219474,219475	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	219472,219475	2705
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	219471,219472	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219475	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	219475	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	219472	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	219472	313
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	219472	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	219472	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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