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


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Schorl

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Comments:Well-terminated but low luster crystals to over 10 cm known.
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Almandine1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl 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:28225
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28225:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
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
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
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘGE-SE Mine, 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
Myles M. Felch, William B. Simmons, Alexander U. Falster, and Karen L. Webber (2016) A large scale boundary layer texture in the Mt. Mica pegmatite, Paris, Oxford County, Maine. in Second Eugene E. Foord Pegmatite Symposium July 15-19, 2016 Colorado School of Mines campus, Golden, Colorado
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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