| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Cookeite |
| Formula: | (LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8 |
| Habit: | Radial clusters of tightly grown platy crystals. The clusters show the typical arrangement of chlorite group minerals. |
| Colour: | White to clear when pure. Also found pale yellow, pale, green, or pale pink. |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 17 |
| - var Rock Crystal | 1 |
| Elbaite | 12 |
| Lepidolite | 5 |
| Albite | 3 |
| - var Cleavelandite | 3 |
| Muscovite | 2 |
| Fluorapatite | 1 |
| Microcline | 1 |
| Hydroxylherderite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Cookeite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (11 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 13534 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:13534:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Cookeite |
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| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘRyerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 4.5km (2.8 miles) | ⓘBennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 6.6km (4.1 miles) | ⓘMount Marie Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘSki Pike Quarry, West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 9.3km (5.8 miles) | ⓘMount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 12.0km (7.4 miles) | ⓘB.B. No. 7 Quarry, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 13.3km (8.3 miles) | ⓘWaisanen Quarry (Tamminen-Waisanen Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 13.4km (8.3 miles) | ⓘTamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 13.6km (8.4 miles) | ⓘOutback prospect (Gross prospect), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 13.6km (8.5 miles) | ⓘMorgan Quarry (Morgan Pit; Upper Noyes Mountain Quarry; Upper Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
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Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA