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Cookeite from
Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine (Alum Creek prospect), Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA


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Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
00356980017272010471907.jpg
Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine, Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cookeite
Formula:(LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz48
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cookeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine (Alum Creek prospect), Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (28 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3926
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3926:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cookeite
37.7km (23.4 miles) ⓘBig Rock Quarry (3M Quarry; Arch Street Pike Quarry), Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘBig Rock Quarry (Big Rock Sandstone Quarry), North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘJeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
47.9km (29.7 miles) ⓘKellogg Mine (Confederate Mine; German shaft; Welldiggen claim), North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
References
Wilson, Wendell E. (1986) What's New in Minerals? - Arkansas Cookeite. The Mineralogical Record, 17 (2) 151
Smith, Arthur E. Jr. (1997) Collecting Arkansas Minerals. L. R. Ream Publishing, Coeur d'Alene, ID.
 
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