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


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Muscovite

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite, etc.

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite, etc.

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite, etc.

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite, etc.

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite, etc.

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite, etc.

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Albite9
- var Cleavelandite3
Quartz6
Tourmaline6
- var Indicolite2
Elbaite5
Lepidolite5
Fluorapatite3
- var Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite1
Cookeite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28191
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28191:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘIrish Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘCrocker Hill mines, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘSlattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘRyerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘCummings Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘWhispering Pines Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘEllingwood Prospect, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘHooper Ledge prospect, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘHooper Ledge Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘBessey Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
King, Vandall T., Foord, Eugene E. (1994) Mineralogy of Maine Vol. 1 - Descriptive mineralogy. Maine Geological Survey.
Thompson, Woodrow B., Joyner, Ronald L., Woodman, Raymond G., King, Vandall T. (1998) Bulletin (41), A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities (3rd ed.) Maine Geological Survey
Encar Roda-Robles, William Simmons, Alexander Falster, Alfonso Pesquera, Pedro-Pablo Gil-Crespo (2018) Paragenetic and compositional evolution of tourmaline from the Mt. Mica pegmatite (Maine, USA). in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 498
Hernández-Filiberto, Lorena, Roda-Robles, Encarnación, Simmons, William B., Webber, Karen L. (2021) Garnet as Indicator of Pegmatite Evolution: The Case Study of Pegmatites from the Oxford Pegmatite Field (Maine, USA) Minerals, 11 (8) 802 doi:10.3390/min11080802
 
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