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Locality Name:
Rice Quarry, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3941
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3941.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rice Quarry, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArrojaditeBerylClayFeldsparGarnetGraftoniteLaueiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
OlivineQuartzTourmalineVivianiteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Beryl  (*)Graftonite  (*)
Heterosite  (*)Laueite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2050
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)20107
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)0204
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O070
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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