Löllingite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Bill & Anne Cook Collection)

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Please note: This specimen is labeled as coming from the Bennett Quarry in Buckfield, Maine, but I can't find a reference that reports Löllingite from this locality, so it might be from Mount Mica, or somewhere more obscure. If any of you have some insight as to where this piece could be from, please reach out and let us know. This specimen is a notably DENSE and rich example of the uncommon arsenic sulfide, Löllingite featuring massive metallic silvery grey formations, but no real crystals that I can see. The piece weighs 571 grams, which is quite heavy for its size. From the collection of William ("Bill") (1927-2006) and Anne (1928-2021) Cook of Cleveland, Ohio. This husband and wife duo were actively involved in the mineral world for many decades. Bill was a PhD geologist, and Anne was a mathematician, and they both were very serious mineral collectors. Bill served for many years as adjunct curator of mineralogy at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and Anne was inducted into the Micromounters' Hall of Fame on October 12, 2019. Both Bill and Anne, at various times, served as president both of the Mineralogical Society of Cleveland and of the Micromineral Society of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and Anne was inducted into the mi The rare barium lithium beryllium phosphate Wilancookite was named in their honor in 2015.