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The Estes Quarry, Cumberland County, Maine.

From: Rocks & Minerals  |  Date: 11/1/2000  |  Author: BEARSS, GENE T.; FALSTER, ALEXANDER U.; NIZAMOFF, JAMES W.; SIMMONS, WILLIAM B.; THOMPSON, WOODROW B.

A New Pegmatite Mineral Locality

The Estes quarry in southwestern Maine exposes a granite pegmatite hosting more than forty mineral species. This locality contains a suite of phosphates similar to those of other highly mineralized pegmatites in Maine and New Hampshire. The quarry has yielded fine specimens of eosphorite, fairfieldite, montebrasite, roscherite, and vivianite.

Location and History

The Estes quarry is located on Route 5 in West Baldwin, Cumberland County, ...

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