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Cookeite from
White Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Cookeite
Formula:(LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz3
Elbaite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cookeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:670403
Long-form Identifier:1:3:670403:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cookeite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 1, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘSimpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
10.7km (6.7 miles) ⓘQuarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘBrack Gem prospect (Brack prospect), East Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘHewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
75.2km (46.7 miles) ⓘBlandford mica mines, Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
References
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication.
Schairer (1931)
 
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