Chester Emery Mines slag locality, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Chester Emery Mines slag locality | Slag Locality |
Chester Emery Mines | Group of Mines |
Chester | Town |
Hampden County | County |
Massachusetts | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° North , 73° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
205678
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:205678:7
GUID (UUID V4):
5c1769a2-31a7-4439-b1e9-dfa242a69b47
Slag resulting from a misguided 1850s attempt to smelt the emery as iron ore.
The true identification of the emery was not yet known, and it had been mistaken for a magnetite-rich rock.
Macroscopic hopper crystals of spinel and platy diaoyudaoite are visible.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cuprite ? Formula: Cu2O References: |
ⓘ Diaoyudaoite Formula: NaAl11O17 |
ⓘ Spinel Formula: MgAl2O4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Cuprite ? | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
ⓘ | Spinel | 4.BB.05 | MgAl2O4 |
ⓘ | Diaoyudaoite | 4.CC.45 | NaAl11O17 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
O | ⓘ Diaoyudaoite | NaAl11O17 |
O | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | ⓘ Diaoyudaoite | NaAl11O17 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Diaoyudaoite | NaAl11O17 |
Al | ⓘ Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Cuprite | Cu2O |
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Chester Emery Mines slag locality, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA