 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 45056 rakovajf@miamioh.edu Fluorapatite Acushnet Quarry Bristol County, Massachusetts N orth America...anywhere is the “Roebling apatite” from the Pulsifer quarry in Auburn, Maine. Formerly in the collection of...The gemmy, intense purple apatites from this pegmatite mine have made Pulsifer the premier locality for...worldwide, the Acushnet quarry (also currently known as the J. Keating Company stone quarry), Bristol County...County, Massachusetts. Rather than a granite pegmatite, the geological environment in which this specimen formed |  | | Journal (issue) | | CONTENTS Page Feature Articles: The Coolgardie pegmatite field, Western Australia Mark I. Jacobson ......Mineralogy Vol 3, No 2, December 1997 %e Coo(gardie Pegmatite :fie[� 'Western .9Lustrafia Mark I. Jacobson Chevron...70593 California, USA This n otable Australian pegmatite locality has produced a range of lithium minerals...the Western Australian outback, an abundance of pegmatite fields stretch from the fiercely hot and arid...Cattlin Creek pegmatite field,near Ravensthorpe in the south. The Coolgardie pegmatite field, near the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | buddingtonite is much rarer than the species microcline and albite.) The word specie is not the singular of species...Canada by Ann P. Sabina). Quebec Francon Quarry The Francon quarry in Montreal is famous for the abundance...dis covered what appears to be a first for the quarry—cube faces on analcime. This mineral almost always..."dresserite" examined. It was identified in the quarry by an "expert." On the specimens were gray botryoids...also available as tiny, loose crystals. Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos The following note comes from D r . Steve |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | throughout the Wausau complex. I n the massive pegmatite, it commonly forms brown prismatic crystals surrounded...was opened in the southeast wall of the Poudrette quarry. The pipe contained large crystals of serandite...heart-shaped albite twins were found (see drawings). Goniometric and X-ray studies show that these albite crystals...ism with (010) of the other. Baveno twinning in albite was described over 150 years ago, but is very uncommon...modes. I n the first, they pro ject from a dense albite matrix, which often forms a coat ing around aegirine |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................................. 2 Himalaya pegmatite,...................................................................................... 2 Unnamed pegmatite occurrence, Volcan Mountains ....................................... 3 Brown Derby no. 1 pegmatite ............................................................................... 3 Ridgefield pegmatite,................................................................................. 3 Hewitt Gem Quarry............................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster, pegmatite specialists from the University of New Orleans...giant beryl crystal at Senhora da Assun9iio in Portugal uncommonly seen in beryl and is usually due to...pegmatites. Most ore beryl occurs in massive pegmatite zones where crystals may reach considerable size...can be found adjacent to the core margin of the pegmatite and in Suggested Chromophores for Beryl Color-generating...meter long crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 |  | Kampf, A. R., Adams, P. M., Kolitsch, U., Steele, I. M. (2009) Meurigite-Na, a new species, and the relationship between phosphofibrite and meurigite. American Mineralogist, 94 (5) 720-727 doi:10.2138/am.2009.3134 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurs at Tom’s quarry and Moculta quarry in South Australia, Australia, Lake Boga quarry and probably Rixon’s...Rixon’s Sandstone quarry in Victoria, Australia, and at an unnamed pegmatite prospect near Linopolis...Australia: Tom’s quarry, Kapunda, Mt. Lofty Ranges, South Australia; Moculta quarry, Angaston, Mt. Lofty...Australia; Lake Boga quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria; and probably Rixon’s Sandstone quarry, Campbells Creek...muscovite, and quartz on a specimen from an unnamed pegmatite prospect near Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil |  | | Journal (issue) | | e r a lo j g ic a l Volume Eight/Number Two PEGMATITE ISSUE #1 p u b lis h e r ls * h n Q n i. • ;...New York Famous Mineral Localities —The Pulsifer Quarry....................... 72 by Wende|| E Wi|son ...83 by R. Lasmanis The Clear Creek Pegmatite: A Rare Earth Pegmatite in Burnet County, Texas.............apatite H (actually fluorapatite), from the Pulsifer quarry near Auburn, Maine; H 3 x 3.8 x 4.3 cm, on display...newsletter, the Quarry. Some club newsletters are, frank ly, boring but the Quarry is alive and interesting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALOGY OF AN EVOLVED DICKINSON COUNTY, MICHIGAN, PEGMATITE. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster 2, W. B. Simmons2...(1961) documented approximately ninety known pegmatite occurrences in central Dickinson County in the...Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A small beryl-rich pegmatite was investigated to describe its mineralogy and...determine its degree of geochemical evolution. The pegmatite is emplaced in Lower Proterozoic metamorphic rocks...probable that the pegmatite is late- to post-Penokean in age. Local control for pegmatite emplacement appears |  | | Book | | Roland Bouhelier in 1973 from the "Bouhelier pegmatite", and shortly thereafter acquired by the Canadian...Saint-Hilaire pluton 36 Geology of the Poudrette quarry Miarolitic cavities in nepheline syenite Sodalite...Organic compounds 491 Partially studied and unnamed MSH minerals 494 Gemstones 514 Pseudomorphs...progressed well through repeated visits to the operating quarry and collaborations with visiting professionals...chiseling away at the quarry walls. Intrigued, they later ventured into the quarry and discovered what |  | | Book (volume) | | publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite district in North America. Its wealth of tourmalines...Gerais, Brazil, better than those from the Harvard quarry in Greenwood? Are the morganites of Cerro de Urucum...Pala, California, better than those of the Bennett quarry in Buckfield? The answer to most of these questions...omitted. Instead of Consolidated Feldspar quarry, Heal Granite quarry, or Sullivan Silver mine, etc., the corresponding |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to the sodic end of the solid solution between albite, NaAlSi3O8, and anorthite, CaAl2Si2O8. Dr. David...the potassic end of the solid solution between albite, NaAlSi3O8, and one of the K-feldspar species,...alkali feldspar is coarsely perthitic (consisting of albite lamellae exsolved from host alkali feldspar), the...(b) Beryl variety aquamarine with spessartine on albite and muscovite, 11.5 × 11.0 × 7.0 cm, Haramosh Mountains...photo. (c) Beryl variety morganite with “schorl” on albite, 16.8 × 16.0 × 14.3 cm, Urucum mine, Minas Gerais |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...1991). Simdeled, Aust-Agder. Early in 1999, in a quarry near S~ndeled, collectors opened a pocket containing...2000). PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria Estremadura. The Montijos gabbro quarry at Monte...numerous crystal pockets, associated with small albite crystals; the platy, flattened-rhombohedral ilmenite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | beryllium and the crustal Be cycle from migmatite to pegmatite JOSEPH M. EVENSEN*† and DAVID LONDON School of...from 680 – 850°C), quartz (0.24 at 800°C), and albite (0.10 at 750°C). The partition coefficients are...08 from 750 – 800°C), but higher in the case of albite (0.37 at 750°C). With other data sources, these...the final stages of the petrogenesis of granite–pegmatite systems. In combination with reported data on...(pegmatitic) Na-alkali feldspar Plagioclase Albite Albite (pegmatitic) Oligoclase Andesine Quartz Quartz |  | | Book | | 10:215-217 ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54...14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite...Strontian crandallite from the Alto Benedeto pegmatite, Parai'ba, Brazil (by J.P. Cassedanne & L. Barreto)...21:409-412 --with J. P. Cassedanne: The Jaguara~u pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil 25:165-170 9 AUTHOR/TITLE...ANALCIME Natrolite and analcime from Eckman Creek quarry. Waldport. Oregon (by M. Groben) 1:153, 1:173, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mines and Minerals of the California Pegmatite Province Downloaded by [Pennsylvania State University]...of the past century, the Southern California pegmatite province has been the source of some of the world’s...(bottom left page). Map of the Southern California pegmatite province, including location of major specimen-producing...(above). Beryl, variety aquamarine, 6 cm tall, on albite and muscovite, Audrey Lynn claim, Cahuilla Mountain...Geology and Geography The Southern California pegmatite province is a mountainous, semiarid region located |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Famous mineral localities: The Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada . . . . . . . . . . ...WELOGANITE crystal, 4 cm, on matrix, from the Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada. (See the article in...WEW 3 Famous mineral localities: The Francon Quarry, `ÉÇàÜ°tÄ? dâ°uxv Peter Tarassoff 91 Lakeshore...Road Hudson, Québec, Canada J0P 1H0 The Francon quarry ranks as the second most prolific type locality...Weloganite, described in 1968, established the quarry as a worldfamous mineral collecting site. Weloganite |  | | Journal (issue) | | new Cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County, Nevada . . . . . . . . . ...but Espenshade (1954) identifies it as a short unnamed inclined adit accompanied by a small dump about...alaskite from Bolivia.] (1926) Zinnerzfuhrende Pegmatite in der Cordillera Real Boliviens. Metall und Erz...DIRECTORY Alpine Mineral Company Fine Alpine and Gem Pegmatite Minerals www.alpineminerals.com e-mail: kevin@alpineminerals...New Cd-Bearing Phosphate Mineral from the Gold Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada Andrew C. Roberts,1 |  | | Journal (issue) | | with tourmaline, have sustained the Golconda pegmatite field’s reputation as among the most important...districts in all of Brazil. INTRODUCTION The Golconda Pegmatite Field is a familiar name to mineral collectors...for mica produced in Minas Gerais. A rich, new pegmatite deposit in the Brazilian Golconda area, best known...including the region now known as the Eastern Pegmatite Province. Just below the center can be seen the...of other pegmatite minerals. LOCATION AND ACCESS The Golconda District or Golconda Pegmatite Field, also |  | London, D., Morgan, G. B., Paul, K. A., Guttery, B. M. (2012) Internal Evolution of Miarolitic Granitic Pegmatites at the Little Three Mine, Ramona, California, USA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 50 (4) 1025-1054 doi:10.3749/canmin.50.4.1025 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the temperatures recorded by feldspars in the pegmatite that surrounds the miarolitic pockets, then the...compositions. Keywords: miarolitic, granitic pegmatite, modal analysis, bulk composition, alkali feldspars...Little Three mine are located within the Ramona pegmatite district, ~7.5 km east of Ramona, San Diego County...The Main dike contains the thickest section of pegmatite, 1026 the canadian mineralogist up to ~2.5...dikes in Foord et al. (1989). Other small, unnamed pegmatite dikes occur on the property. Geometry of the |  | | Report (issue) | | from between Q-Epi-H schist and H-A gneiss from a quarry along Crabtree Creek, Mitchell Co. ..............37 16. Photomicrographs of epidotite from the quarry along Crabtree Creek, Mitchell Co. and H-A -Z-Q..... 42 ?. Muscovite in the vail zone of the pegmatite in tha Meadow mine, Avery Co. ..................area in the northeastern part of the Spruce Pine pegmatite district* on the Blue Ridge upland in western...Geological Sorvey Professional Paper describing pegmatite* in the Blue Iddge Province* In 1948, the general |  | | Journal (volume) | | INSIDE THIS ISSUE: • The geology of Double Rock pegmatite • The Kemble family, long-term Franklin mineral...Photos From the Field 11 Geology of Double Rock Pegmatite From the Buckwheat Open Cut, Richard A.Volkert...3:30 P.M. — FOMS Meeting and Lecture, Lime Crest Quarry, Limecrest Road, Sparta, NJ. Kraissl Hall, Franklin... — FOMS Meeting and Lecture, Franklin (Farber) Quarry, Franklin, NJ. 1:30 to 3:00 P.M. — FOMS Meeting...— FOMS Field Trip — Eastern Concrete Materials Quarry, Hamburg, NJ. Buckwheat Dump, Franklin: Saturday |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hambergite, danburite, and axinite from three pegmatite dikes (named Main, US Swamp, and Spessartine)...patterns of δ11BTur from margin-to-core of each pegmatite attest to a negligible fractionation of boron...only the bulk isotopic US composition of the pegmatite-forming melts. KEYWORDS AC CE PT ED M AN...influx of fluids from the host rock into the pegmatite (Trumbull et al., 2013). 3 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT...using the boron isotopic composition of each pegmatite to ascertain the likely source of the T boron |  | | Journal (issue) | | Stan Tourmaline) into a general San Diego County pegmatite collectic of nearly 200 superb specimens. Fine...garnets stood side-by-side with rare and exotic pegmatite specie It was widely acclaimed as the finest such...Colombia; 2.75 inches. A q u a m a r in e ♦ 48 ♦ on albite crystals, from Shengus, near Skardu, Pakistan;...inches. A q u a m a r in e beryl with quartz, albite and schorl, from Shengus, Pakistan; 6 inches. ...Afghanistan; 4.75 inches. ♦ 55 ♦ ♦ 56 ♦ on quartz, albite and lepidolite, from the Pederneira mine, M inas |  | | Report (issue) | | Helpful suggestions on field occurrences and pegmatite mineralogy were received horn Dr. James J. Norton...Group (Orthoclase) (Microcline) (Anorthoclase) (Albite) (Oligoclase) (Andesine) (Labradorite) (Bytownite)...north side of the tunnel entrance to the Greene pegmatite three miles east-northeast of Pringle has been...southeast part of the Gayle (Dubuque)-Royal Flush pegmatite 5.9 miles southwest of Custer by Redden (5) p...Nodular masses 6 to 8 inches in diameter occur with albite, cassiterite, and tantalite at the Hardesty Homestead |
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