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Cookeite from
Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
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
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz17
- var Rock Crystal1
Elbaite12
Lepidolite5
Albite3
- var Cleavelandite3
Muscovite2
Fluorapatite1
Microcline1
Hydroxylherderite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cookeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13534
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13534:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cookeite
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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