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Cookeite from
Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA


Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
© Van King
Description
Type Locality:Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA is the type locality for Cookeite
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 of samples:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Rarity at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:King, V. T. and Foord, E. E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, Descriptive Mineralogy, volume 1, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine, USA, pp. 418 + 88 plates.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cookeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
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