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Cookeite and Carbonate-Fluorapatite over Albite and Quartz from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

 
Cookeite and Carbonate-Fluorapatite over Albite and Quartz from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Cookeite and Carbonate-Fluorapatite over Albite and Quartz from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

Cookeite and Carbonate-Fluorapatite over Albite and Quartz from Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine

DESCRIPTION:No. 71468
Mineral:Cookeite and Carbonate-Fluorapatite over Albite and Quartz
Locality:Rose Quartz Locality, Plumbago Mountain, Newry, Oxford County, Maine
Description:Brown cookeite and carbonate-fluorapatite microcrystals completely coating albite crystals to 3 mm and quartz crystals to 1 mm. Note the post-crystallization fracture also has cookeite and carbonate-fluorapatite microcrystals coating the inside surfaces. Collected in June 1969 by Cliff Trebilcock
Overall Size:25x20x10 mm
Crystals:micro to 3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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