USA
Maine
Androscoggin County
near Poland
Berry-Havey Pegmatite
 

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Pink to colorless rossmanite occurs in the core zones of the Berry-Havey pegmatite, Maine. The identification has been determined through electron microprobe analysis and X-ray diffraction.
 

Composition:

Rossmanite-42, Elbaite-33, Olenite-24 (from Gil-Crespo et al, 2012)

From Roda-Robles et al. (2015)

Cell parameters:

a  = 15.857 Å
c =   7.107 Å

References:

Gil-Crespo PP, Ostaikoetxea U, Roda-Robles E, Simmons W, Nizamoff J  ( 2012) Caracterización por XRD y Espectroscopía NIR de Turmalinas de la Serie Chorlo-Elbaíta-Rossmanita de la Pegmatita de Berry-Havey (Maine, USA). Macla nº 16. junio /12, 222-223. Revista de la sociedad española de mineralogía.

Roda-Robles E, Simmons W, Pesquera A, Gil-Crespo PP, Nizamoff J, Torres-Ruiz J (2015) Tourmaline as a petrogenetic monitor of the origin and evolution of the Berry-Havey pegmatite (Maine, U.S.A.). American Mineralogist 100, 95-109.