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Aquamarine: Mineral information, data and localities.
A sky-blue to sea-green gem variety of beryl. It is mainly associated with granitic pegmatites.
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Feldspar Group A group of silicate minerals.
Muscovite 882 photos of Aquamarine associated with Muscovite on mindat.org.
Schorl 799 photos of Aquamarine associated with Schorl on mindat.org.
Albite 600 photos of Aquamarine associated with Albite on mindat.org.
Quartz 279 photos of Aquamarine associated with Quartz on mindat.org.
Feldspar Group 272 photos of Aquamarine associated with Feldspar Group on mindat.org.
Microcline 113 photos of Aquamarine associated with Microcline on mindat.org.
Smoky Quartz 109 photos of Aquamarine associated with Smoky Quartz on mindat.org.
Orthoclase 90 photos of Aquamarine associated with Orthoclase on mindat.org.
Fluorite 80 photos of Aquamarine associated with Fluorite on mindat.org.
Cleavelandite 68 photos of Aquamarine associated with Cleavelandite on mindat.org.
The following Aquamarine specimens are currently listed for sale on minfind.com.
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Collection of Keith Compton. Mine locality provided by late Keith Gregson of Torrington. Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Grafton-Maclean Metallogenic Map (SH/56-6, SH/56-7), Geological Survey of New South Wales, 2001: HF Henley, RE Brown, JW Brownlow, RG Barnes and WJ Stroud. Published by the Geological Survey of New South Wales.
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ⓘ Groves Quarry (Hole in the Ground Quarry) ?
ⓘ Wade Quarry (Androscoggin Tourmaline prospect) ?
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ⓘ French Mountain prospect ?
King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 1, King, V. (ed.), 2000, Mineralogy of Maine, V. 2.
ⓘ Swan's Falls locality ?
ⓘ Peaked Hill Quarry ?
ⓘ Mayhue Ledge locality ?
ⓘ Streaked Mountain localities ?
ⓘ Alton Maxim prospect ?
ⓘ George Elliot Quarry (North Rumford Mica Quarry) ?
ⓘ Whitecap Mountain localities ?
ⓘ Shell Pond Brook locality ?
Bastin, Edson Sunderland (1911) Geology of the pegmatites and associated rocks of Maine, including feldspar, quartz, mica, and gem deposits. USGS Bulletin 445.
ⓘ Blandford mica mines ?
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ⓘ E.E. Smith Mine (E.E. Smith Quarries; Smith Quarry; Smith Mine; Bullock Mine; Bullock Quarry) ?
ⓘ New Haven Mica Quarry (Hutchins Hill Quarry) ?
Whitmore and Lawrence, 2004. The Pegmatite Mines Known As Palermo, p.180.
ⓘ Keyes Mica Quarries ?
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ⓘ Chandlers Mill Quarry ?
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