 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HENRY Geosciences Museum Victoria GPO Box 666 Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia dhenry@museum.vic.gov...agree, however, that opal is synonymous with Australia (see Pecover in press) and that Broken Hill in...only for the quality of the specimens it has produced but also for the diversity of species (see Birch...New South Wales can claim ownership of several other occurrences of Australia’s best specimen minerals...western New South Wales has produced superb groups of green mimetite crystals and Australia’s best wire |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | May-June: Elbaite, Lavra, do Genipapo, Municipio of Itinga, Minas Gerais, Bra zil; photo by Bill Robertson...Pelt. September-October: Wire silver, Cobalt Lode mine, Ontario; photo by J . Schekkerman. November-December:...421 Argellite, 188 Arkansas, Stand on Your Head #2 mine cookeite, 318; Magnet Cove eggonite, 114 Arsenopyrite...for Micromounts, S. Leber, 31 Aubertite, 318 Australia, George Smith, 222; Flinders natrolite, 117 Baddeleyite...305, 319 Barwood, H . L . , 13th Rochester Academy of Science Mineralogical Symposium— Contributed Papers |  | | Report (edition) | | DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1998 Copyright © 1998 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation...reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored...or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Front cov5r photograph: Elbaite crystals...laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in Department of Conservation programs...programs and/or employment because of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, or handicap. Any person |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gems and Minerals of Maine Pegmatites Carl A. Fran cis Granitic pegmatites in Maine have been collected...commercial product, but it is the sporadic production of gemstones beginning in the 1820s and continuing to...County of southern California. In a review paper Wise and Francis (1992) using the scheme of Cerny (1982)...seacoast northeast of Portland. The Oxford field is inland northwest of Portland. A fault of regional significance...into clusters of pegmatites termed "series." The Brunswick field comprises four series of which the Topsham |  | | Journal (issue) | | Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario...University of So. Florida Tampa, FL Richard W. Thomssen Mineral Expl. Consultants Carson City, NV photography:...Separations Effective Graphics, Compton, CA Board of Directors, Mineralogical Record Inc. Richard W. Thomssen...History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University of So. Florida...Famous mineral localities: The mines and minerals of Bad Em s by R. Dietrich and R. Bode 323 Vanadinite |  | | Book (volume) | | Eugene E. Foord Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Walter A. Anderson, State Geologist...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1994 Copyright ©1994 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation...reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored...prior written permission of the publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn,...laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in Department of Conservation programs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | July 2016 nd THE THIRTY-SECOND TECHNICAL SESSION of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium was held on...abstracts were reviewed by a committee consisting of Dr. Carl Francis, Dr. Marian Lupulescu, Dr. George...occurring within the intermediate and core zones in many of the Oxford County, Maine, pegmatites. This study...focuses on the textural and chemical characteristics of the two best-known garnet-line examples from Maine:...Mt. Mica and western Mt. Apatite pegmatites. Both of these two pegmatites have produced gem-quality tourmaline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | photo March/April: Fluorite, Dow Scar vein, Hilton mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England; Jesse Fisher specimen... quartz, and albite, Kestral Pocket, Smoky Hawk mine, Teller County, Colorado; Martin Zinn specimen,...September/October: Gold and quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California; Scott Rudolph specimen...History of “Turritella Agate,” 160–65 Almandine, New York, 222–24 Alamandine, New York City, New York...Ancyclite-(Ce), New York, 225 Anderson, V., Micromounters Hall of Fame, 465 Anhydrite, New York, 329, 452 Ankerite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by [University of Otago] at 13:59 13 January 2015 THE NINETEENTH TECHNICAL SESSION OF THE Rochester Mineralogical...abstracts were reviewed by a committee consisting of Dr. Steven C. Chamberlain, Syracuse University; Dr...Technological University. INVESTIGATION OF OXIDE MINERALS FROM AN OLD COLLECTION OF MADAGASCAR MINERALS. A. U. Falster...Falster and K B. Simmons, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148...so the pegmatites of Madagascar have yielded an immense wealth of minerals, many of which represent rare |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEORGIA Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 09:55 07 August 2017 MINERAL LOCALITY INDEX JENNINGS...provide a list of mineral localities that have been reported and verified from the state of Georgia. The...(unrefer enced locations) that span several decades of field collecting. For the most part, the list is...that while some of the listings are still acces sible (with legal permission), many of the sites are inaccessi...inaccessi ble due to urbanization or the construction of major reser voirs. Since this is not intended to |  | | Journal (issue) | | County, Colorado William Henry Hutchinson University of Colorado (Boulder) Photographs by Phillip McCul/um...aquamarine has been collected from the alpine areas of Mount Antero and Mount White in the Collegiate Range...County, Colorado (Jacobson 1993). Over this period of time only a few small crystals have been suggested...Jeffery Self discovered a new beryl crystal on his mine, the Blue Eagle Claim, on Mount Antero. This crystal...crystallographic analysis confirms the discovery of morganite. ' ·>- -· l~~--ii~~ William Hutchinson |  | Francis, Carl A., Felch, Myles, Falster, Alexander U., Bailey, Douglas A. (2016) Aquamarine from Stoneham and Vicinity, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 91 (1) 28-35 doi:10.1080/00357529.2016.1099131 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Maine Mineral and Gem Museum (MMGM) specimens: Gems of 124.9, 20.3, 6.5, and 5.1 carats from the Perham...Maine Mineral and Gem Museum and an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals. Myles Felch is staff geologist...science. In this article we examine the mineralogy of Stoneham-area pegmatites, particularly the important...(1981) and King and Foord (1994) for broader reviews of Maine beryl occurrences. Location Stoneham is located...Oxford Hills about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Portland, Maine. The pegmatitebearing area under |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | apatite R. CHRIS TACKER* North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh,...ordering of anions and cations within the apatite structure. With few exceptions, the spectrum of the stretching...as a combination of peaks observed in synthetic apatites. Relative concentrations of OH populations can...from unpolarized spectra of oriented specimens. Analysis of populations of OH-Cl and OH-F pairs shows...shows that OH-Cl pairs occur at a frequency greater than expected from a random sequence. This finding confirms |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | qwight@sympatico.ca The Year in Micromounting 2019 Was a Year of Upheaval T he term upheaval is probably too mild...several people, but five deserve special notice. Four of those who left us were Europeans, and one was American... Two were also much valued members of the Micromounters’ Hall of Fame (MMHoF). Interestingly, the first...first to go, Patrick Beaulieu of France, who died in January, had not been a micromounter for long. He...crystallography, photomicrography, and the microminerals of his favorite Italian mines. It is sad, but fitting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Coming Events N O T I C E T O CLUBS—Listing of all shows is a free service provided by R O C K S A N...before date of publication. Include date, place, sponsoring club, and name and address of show chairman...Washington, D . C . 20016. Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 21:07 04 August 2017 November 6-8—Tucson...Micromineral Society of the Cleveland M u seum o f Natural History. Cleveland Museum of Natural History...Fort Worth G e m and Mineral Club. East Texas room of the A m o n G . Carter, J r . , Exhibits H a l l |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | caption " u n k n o w n collector." The publi cation of these news items was held up in the hope that they...are among the most valuable of precious stones. Due to the high cost of diamonds, however, a substitute...refractive index and dispersion. 2 A comparison of physical properties between diamond and cubic zirconia...measure of how much light is bent as it passes through the stone. ( I t is also a measure of how fast...the stone to "radiate" light. The refractive index of cubic zirconia is still less than diamond, however |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 2000 Copyright ©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation...reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored...or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Cover photograph: Thomas Lamb (left) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogical Symposium THE TENTH TECHNICAL SESSION OF THE Rochester Mineralogical Symposium was held on...1993. Eighteen abstracts were accepted, fourteen of which were presented during the technical session...abstracts were reviewed by a committee consisting of Dr. Steven C. Chamberlain, Syracuse University; Dr...Museum of Nature. The accepted abstracts follow. MINERALOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE BOX-VEIN OF LYONSDALE...LYONSDALE, NEW YORK. A. R. Gats.de, Department of Geology, State University College at Cortland, P.O. Box 2000 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Downloaded by [University of Bristol] at 12:46 28 January 2015 Pages 1-80 81-144 145-208 209-288 289-368...Rhodochrosite (specimen and cut stones), N'Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa. Martin Zinn specimen and...photo. May/June: Pyromorphite,Daoping Lead Zinc mine, Guangxi, China. Fine Minerals International specimen...on matrix, Mount Antero, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature and Science specimen and gemstones, Jack Thompson...September/October: Rhodochrosite on sulfides, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, Martin Zinn specimen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogical Symposium THE NINTH TECHNICAL SESSION OF THE Rochester Mineralogical Symposium was held on...April 1992. Thirteen abstracts were accepted, eight of which were presented during the technical session...abstracts were reviewed by a committee consisting of Dr. Steven C. Chamberlain, Syracuse University; Dr...Robinson, Canadian Museum of Nature. The accepted abstracts follow. UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE OF MAGNATITE CRYSTALS...COUNTY, NEW YORK. S . C. Chamberlain, Department of Bioengineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |  | Thompson, Woodrow B., Bearss, Gene T., Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Nizamoff, Jams W. (2000) The Estes Quarry, Cumberland County, Maine: A New Pegmatite Mineral Locality. Rocks & Minerals, 75 (6) 408-418 doi:10.1080/00357520009605667 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Downloaded by [Lulea University of Technology] at 19:41 16 August 2013 Cumberland Countv. Mahe A New...species. This locality contains a suite of phosphates similar to those of other highly mineralized pegmatites...Hampshire. The quarry has yielded fine specimens of eosphorite, fairfieldite, montebrasite, roscherite...(fig. 1). It is on the western flank of an unnamed hill just east of the Saco River on the U.S.Geological...belongs to P.Y.Estes & Son Excavation Contractors of West Baldwin. This is a working quarry with high |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Collector's Newsletter $3.00 The Minerals of Halls Ridge and Pluntbago-Puzzle Mountain Newry,...found watermelon tourmaline exposed at the surface of the current Dunton Pegmatite in 1898 (watermelon...tourmaline was not actually named until 1910). The number of minerals at the Newry quarries is about 116 and an...specimens actually dug from a quarry or prospect. Of course, the list includes whatever species have actually...VanKingphoto. (Continues next page) Lazard Cahn: A Man of Letters Urban J. Turzi, Jr. u.turzi@att.net A Special |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Journal of Geosciences, 55 (2010), 3–26 DOI: 10.3190/jgeosci.061 Original paper Mineral chemistry...chemistry, petrology and geochemistry of the Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*... Cathleen D. Brown Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution...migmatites and diatexites with subordinate intrusions of heterogeneous, two-mica and biotite granites, pegmatitic...defined the extent of the Sebago Batholith. Most of the granitic pegmatites and bodies of pegmatitic leucogranites |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 10.3749/canmin.52.2.165 THE LATE-STAGE MINIFLOOD OF Ca IN GRANITIC PEGMATITES: AN OPEN-SYSTEM ACID-REFLUX...PLAGIOCLASE IN THE EXOCONTACT Robert F. MARTIN§ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University,...into the country rock, mostly from the apical parts of zoned pegmatites. There, it interacts with plagioclase...that brings the acidified fluid back into the heart of the pegmatite. There, it is aggressive toward the...Miarolitic pegmatites of either NYF and LCT affiliation contain clear signs of the presence of cations brought |  | | Journal (issue) | | Associate Editors Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter... Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario...Carson City, NV 89701 702-883-2598 Bookstore Marilee Chirila 1601 Fairview Dr., Suite C Carson City, NV..............181 by P. B. Moore Recent discoveries of hydroxylherderite in Minas Gerais .......................................201 by R. Tyson Mineralogy of the Alpine veins near Sherbrooke, Quebec ....... |
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