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


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Elbaite, etc.

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

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

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

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
00407300017362149415596.jpg
Elbaite, etc.

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
00921810017272013451971.jpg
Elbaite, etc.

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
03589910017272013465815.jpg
Elbaite

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
06729430017360821956503.jpg
Elbaite

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
00407300017362149415596.jpg
Elbaite, etc.

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

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

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

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Elbaite
Formula:Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Comments:In 1904, the world's largest elbaite crystal record was held by Mount Mica Quarry and the specimen was illustrated by Bastin (1911).
Habit:Prismatic crystals showing a variety of terminations: pedion, trigonal pyramidid, and occasionally a ditrigonal pyramid.
Colour:Green, Red, Colorless, Blue, may be concentrically zoned in "watermelon" style or longitudinally color zoned.
Luminescent properties:Pink crystals sometimes fluoresce weakly to moderately in SW
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Wet Chemical
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz22
Cookeite12
Albite12
- var Cleavelandite4
Lepidolite10
Muscovite5
Foitite3
Tourmaline1
Microcline1
Moraesite1
Pollucite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elbaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (97 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13533
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13533:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Elbaite
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘRyerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘBennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘGE-SE Mine, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘStreaked Mountain, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘWestinghouse Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘMount Marie Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘOwls Head prospects (Nevel prospects), Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘSki Pike Quarry, West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘMount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘB.B. No. 7 Quarry, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
King, Vandall T., Foord, Eugene E. (1994) Mineralogy of Maine Vol. 1 - Descriptive mineralogy. 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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