 | | Book (volume) | | Mineralogy by Vandall T. King and Eugene E. Foord Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Walter...Resources Information, Maine Geological Survey Walter A. Anderson, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1994 Copyright ©1994 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | | Report (edition) | | BULLETIN 41 Third Edition A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities by Woodrow B. 7KaSVRQ Donald...Vandall T. King Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources Information...OF CONSERVATION 1998 Copyright © 1998 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently...Photo by John B. Poisson. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | | Report (issue) | | da Ilha pegmatite, Brazil). Association: Quartz, albite, muscovite, wardite, eosphorite, whiteite, apatite...pegmatite, Brazil); fluorapatite, albite (Martin prospect, Newry, Maine, USA). Distribution: From the Lavra... Brazil. In the Bell pit and from the Martin prospect, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA. Name: To honor...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, R17847, References: (1) Leavens, P.B., J.S. White |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dale, N. C. 1924. The box-vein of Lyomdale, Lewk County, New York. New York State Museum Bulletin 251:134-48...rarely exceeding 1-3 mm. Minerals include aegirine, albite, those in the amphibole group, analcime, anacylite...section of a 1.6cm graphite sphere from Sussex County, New Jersey, showing a radial texture and smooth... Saphorin, Switzerland. URANIUM MINERALS OF MAINE, USA, GRANITE PEG MATITES. K T King, P.O. Box 90888...nmeersscheite, and w6kendorfite are known from Maine pegmatites. The localities are listed by King (1993) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...15:414-15. Short but informative description of Mt. Newry and Black Mt., the specimens found as well as description |  | | Journal (issue) | | Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...both the county (pro vince) and its capital; there are thirty-one separate mines in the county. The mines...another new borate mineral at Borax Lake, Lake County, California, and in 1939 was co-author with W. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Corporation and the Mt. Mica Land Corporation in Maine. The major tourmaline deposits here may be de veloped...Although Charles Key is now located in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, he has lived, and has had businesses in, New Jersey...orginally found at Bell Pit and the Dunton Gem mine (Nevell mine), Newry Hill, Newry, Maine. 7 Figure 1:...Perham, geologist and pegmatite miner of West Paris, Maine, in honour of his dedicated labours in the recovery...Perham was born March 5, 1934, in West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, to Stanley Irving and Gwendolen Louise |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary phosphate with beryllonite at Newry; also...secondary phosphate at the Berry at the gem mine at Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE, one...phosphate, has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has together with...Norway. Maine 04268 366 ROCKS AND MINERALS occurred at a number of pegmatite local ities in Maine. It...been noted at the gem mine, and also at the Bell Pit at Newry, as well as at Black Mt. at Rumford. SILLIMANITE |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert...Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by...Resources Information, Maine Geologi,cal Survey Robert G Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 2000 Copyright ©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All |  | | Report (issue) | | = 14.114(6) X-ray Powder Pattern: Stoneham, Maine, USA. 2.84 (10), 3.65 (9), 2.28 (7), 3.92 (6), 2.37...70 24.41 Total 99.42 100.00 (1) Stoneham, Maine, USA; composite average of six partial analyses. (2)...petalite, lepidolite, albite, orthoclase, quartz. Distribution: In the USA, in Maine, found on Sugarloaf...Stoneham, at the Dunton quarry and the Bell Pit, Newry, Oxford Co., and other minor occurrences. In Canada...Material: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 3.1946. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FROM T H E THIRTEENTH L A K E QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . V. H. Collins and J. S. Collins...Schaller, W. T . 1932. Serendibite from War ren County, New York and its paragenesis. Amer. Min. 17:457-465...R I T E IN T H E LOCKPORT FORMATION I N MADISON COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . W. P. Dossert and S. C. Chamberlain...composite alkalic intrusive ex posed in Marathon County, Wisconsin. The complex con sists of four intrusive...heart-shaped albite twins were found (see drawings). Goniometric and X-ray studies show that these albite crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ridge and Pluntbago-Puzzle Mountain Newry, Oxford Count , Maine Van King PO Box 90888 Rochester, NY 14609...14609 newryqs@ rochester .rr .corn Halls Ridge, Newry, Maine was named for Henry C. Hall who first found...named until 1910). The number of minerals at the Newry quarries is about 116 and an additional 7 species...names have been proposed for minerals discovered at Newry, but they have been found to be misidentified or...(Continues on page 4) Mineral News ----2 Newry, Oxford County, Maine (Continued from page 1) For example. |  | | Report (issue) | | Powder Pattern: Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA. 5.04 (10), 2.98 (8), 2.73 (8), 2.68 (8), 2.87 (7)...metamorphosed sedimentary deposits. Association: Muscovite, albite, apatite, tourmaline ([Córrego Frio mine,] Brazil);...apatite, quartz (Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA); amblygonite, lazulite-scorzalite, augelite, bertossaite...Parelhas and Alto do Giz, Rio Grande do Norte. In the USA, at the Palermo #1 and Fletcher mines, near North...Sullivan Co., New Hampshire; at the Bell Pit, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine; from the White Picacho district |  | | Report (issue) | | lithiophilite, lacroixite, crandallite, muscovite, albite. Distribution: A few localities for well-studied...Canada. In the USA, at the Nevel quarry and Bell Pit, Newry, Oxford Co., and elsewhere in Maine; in the Midnight |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE B y D A V I D M. SEAMAN 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268 (Continued from...frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed by the weathering or hydrothermal alteration...secondary phosphates found at the Dun ton Gem Mine at Newry. LA UEITE, another hydrous, manga nese, and iron...Buckfield, the Dun ton Gem Mine at Newry, and at Black Mt. at Rumford in Maine. Its crystals are honey-brown...mineral in Maine, but has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine, and also the Scotty Mine at Newry in small |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun tain is...Formation which is of Ordovician age. The gravel pit (actually a quarry) is 3 miles north of Mount Ida...flank. The wavellite is typical of other Montgomery County Locations which differs from the more common Dug...Dug Hill material from near Avant in Garland County. Here it occurs in various shades of light green with...R 1980 211 Left: Albite from Maine. Right: Apatite from New Hampshire. Maine Perhamite It is always |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of samples from his recent ventures. The Highland Bell mine in Beaverdell is a still operating silver mine...that similar gold has been found in E l Dorado county. Also in Colorado Bernard Dubeski of Philadelphia...piece is from the Idarado mine, Telluride, San Juan county, Colorado. Connecticut Pegmatite Minerals Theodore...quartz from the Idarado Mine, Telluride, San Juan County, Colorado. Photograph by Bernard M. Dubeski. crystals...peculiar and will be discussed in a future issue. Maine A Variety of Finds Terry Szenics of Westwood, Connecti |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By D A V I D M. S E A M A N 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 0 4 2 6 8 INTRODUCTION...of minerals have been found in the pegmatites of Maine since the discovery of Mt. Mica near Paris H i l...eosphorites, beautifully crystallized in small vugs in albite or altered phosphates. Loellingite is often noted...have been found em bedded in the platy variety of albite, cleavelandite. Microscopic zircon crystals of...gem tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | montebrasite, scorzalite, wylleite, eosphorite, siderite, albite, muscovite, quartz, and microcline. It also occurs...from the Bell pit on Halls Ridge at Newry and is reported from the nearby Dunton quarry,Maine. Other unconfirmed...unconfirmed Maine occurrences include the Harvard quarry at Greenwood, the Nevel quarry, the rose quartz...Grafton County; the Charles Davis (Morrill 1956) and Nancy No. 1 mines, also in Grafton County; and the...at the G. E. Smith mine near Newport, Sullivan County. Much of what we know about the occurrence of brazilianite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Figure 2. Postcard image of the Lavender Open Pit in Bisbee, Arizona as it appeared in the 1960.s....Dodge office that took me right past the Lavender Pit which I marveled at. I arrived at the office just...from page I) History Born in Waterville, Oneida County, New York, on January 16, 1863, William Phelps...mines were in operation along with the Lavender open pit. The ne:>..'1 morning I arrived at the appointed...tourmaline crystals from the Himalaya mine in San Diego County, California. He also had one small flat of slightly |  | | Book | | Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | infrequently. However, a locality in San Benito County regularly produces this oddity. The accompanying...this editor's collection. The matrix is chlorite. Maine Montmorillonite Magnetite, San Benito, California...was found at the Bell pit in Newry by the late Professor Roger Clapp of Orono, Maine. Ms. Patricia Marie...found was a specimen of cleavelandite variety of albite crystals which on close examination were found |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |
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