Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Goshen, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA

mindat Locality ID: 233258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goshen, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Barrus Farm Pegmatite Localities (Weeks Farm)
Goshen Stone Co. Quarry

Latitude: 42°28'19"N
Longitude: 72°50'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.471944444444,-72.838888888889

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	Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Mica	None
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*
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 C Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Feldspar Mica None
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Tourmaline Zircon

16 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	219534	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	219533	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	219533	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	219534	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	219533	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	219533	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	219533	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	219533	2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	219533	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	219533	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	219533	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	219533	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	219533	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	219533	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	219533	688
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	219533	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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