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Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Quartz, Cookeite, Albite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

 
Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Quartz, Cookeite, Albite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Quartz, Cookeite, Albite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Quartz, Cookeite, Albite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Quartz, Cookeite, Albite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Quartz, Cookeite, Albite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Quartz, Cookeite, Albite from Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 76073
Mineral:Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Quartz, Cookeite, Albite
Locality:Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite)
Description:Lustrous translucent pink parallel scalenohedral rhodochrosite microcrystals in aggregates to 2 mm, with yellow-metallic cubic pyrite crystals to 2.5 mm with iridescent surfaces, plus greenish-yellow platy cookeite, white albite, colorless quartz. Collected April 8, 2012
Overall Size:6.5x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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