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Cookeite from Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

 
Cookeite from Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Cookeite from Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Cookeite from Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 28054
Mineral:Cookeite
Locality:Hebron, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)
Description:Quartz crystals almost completely coated with brown cookeite crystals. Looks beautiful under magnification - fan-shaped crystal aggregates of six-sided cookeite crystals, many showing translucency. Though the label does not say, it is from Mt. Rubellite. Ex. A. Lincoln Sherk II, MD. (1896-1970)
Overall Size:6x5x4 cm
Crystals:1-2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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