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


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Cleavelandite

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
08781620017272012996532.jpg
Albite

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

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
00350750017272034008755.jpg
Albite

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
06722420017272013064230.jpg
Cleavelandite, etc.

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

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Elbaite8
Rhodochrosite6
Bertrandite6
Pyrite6
Muscovite6
Quartz6
Fluorapatite4
Löllingite2
Trilithionite2
Kaolinite1
Lepidolite1
Tourmaline1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28188
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28188:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘSlattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘRyerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘCummings Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘWhispering Pines Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘHooper Ledge Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘHooper Ledge prospect, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘBessey Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘOrchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘBennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘFletcher Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
King, Vandall T., Foord, Eugene E. (1994) Mineralogy of Maine Vol. 1 - Descriptive mineralogy. Maine Geological Survey.
Thompson, Woodrow B., Joyner, Ronald L., Woodman, Raymond G., King, Vandall T. (1998) Bulletin (41), A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities (3rd ed.) 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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