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Cookeite from
Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA


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Cookeite

Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
02523870017363603542914.jpg
Cookeite

Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
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Cookeite, etc.

Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
02523870017363603542914.jpg
Cookeite

Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
09916110017708833477662.jpg
Cookeite, etc.

Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Cookeite
Formula:(LiAl4◻)[AlSi3O10](OH)8
Comments:Occurs in Jackfork Sandstone.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cookeite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:70308
Long-form Identifier:1:3:70308:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cookeite
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘBig Rock Quarry (Big Rock Sandstone Quarry), North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘKellogg Mine (Confederate Mine; German shaft; Welldiggen claim), North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘBig Rock Quarry (3M Quarry; Arch Street Pike Quarry), Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘStand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine (Alum Creek prospect), Bland, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
References
Miser, H.D.,and Milton, C.,1964, Quartz, rectorite, and cookeite from theJeffrey Quarry, North Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, Arkansas GeologicalCommission, Bull.21 (in coop. with the U.S.G.S.), Little Rock, Arkansas,29 p.
Newsom(1978).
Rocks & Minerals (1988): 63: 122.
Dietel, Jan, Steudel, Annett, Warr, Laurence N., Emmerich, Katja (2015) Crystal chemistry of Na-rich rectorite from North Little Rock, Arkansas. Clay Minerals, 50 (3) 297-306 doi:10.1180/claymin.2015.050.3.04
 
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