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Muscovite from
Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA


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Muscovite, etc.

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite, etc.

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
05640260017272023384817.jpg
Muscovite

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
06865070017272034692325.jpg
Muscovite, etc.

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
06607700017272023377153.jpg
Muscovite

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
04549310017272023396397.jpg
Muscovite

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
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Muscovite

Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Albite4
Greifensteinite2
Fairfieldite1
Triphylite1
Heterosite1
Uralolite1
Fluorapatite1
Eosphorite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:32868
Long-form Identifier:1:3:32868:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘBerry Ledge, Cornish, York County, Maine, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘOak Hill area, Standish, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘEast Fryeburg Quartz locality, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, USA
23.1km (14.3 miles) ⓘJockey Cap Hill Garnet locality, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, USA
25.2km (15.7 miles) ⓘKnox Mountain Granite quarry, Newfield, York County, Maine, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘSwan's Falls locality, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, USA
27.1km (16.8 miles) ⓘMineral Hill Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘHam and Weeks Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
29.2km (18.2 miles) ⓘSaltman amethyst locality, Sweden, Oxford County, Maine, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) ⓘMadison Lead Mine, Madison, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Rocks and Minerals (1999) 74:188,189
Thompson, Woodrow B., Bearss, Gene T., Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Nizamoff, Jams W. (2000) The Estes Quarry, Cumberland County, Maine: A New Pegmatite Mineral Locality. Rocks & Minerals, 75 (6) 408-418 doi:10.1080/00357520009605667
Anthony R. Kampf, Stuart J. Mills, W.B. Simmons, James W. Nizamoff, and R.W. Whitmore (2012) Falsterite, A New Zinc-Bearing Secondary Phosphate From The Palermo #1 Mine, North Groton, New Hampshire. 39th Rochester Symposium abstracts.
 
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