 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District Topsham • Topsham, Maine's underappreciated...the Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs...Androscoggin River, north-northeast through the town of Topsham. The belt extends southward into Brunswick and...but only the pegmatites actually in the town of Topsham are covered in this review. There are thirty or...named quarries and numerous unnamed prospects in Topsham. The quarries, all inactive, are usually named |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 04:13 19 December 2014 Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado A s virtually every collector knows...and some districts, such as those in San Diego County, California, and many of those in Minas Gerais...premier aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted by Jacobson and Lees...and is reported from the Orchard quarry at Buckfield, the Noyes quarry at Greenwood, and the Burnell Hill...at Waterford, Oxford County; and the Square pit at Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Good crystals are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MT. APATITE, AUBURN, MAINE By M. Jean Ingraham Smith College, Northampton, Mass. INTRODUCTION the Auburn...instance, bands of pegmatite have been injected albite (variety cleavelandite) and Iepidoalong bedding...nowhere observed to be associated with schorl and albite. Fragmore than 18 inches wide. ments of loose crystals...circular distribution of the pits around According to Ordway (1950, p. 100), the hill (Fig. 1) suggests a lenticular...and lithia-rich zones are ated rocks of western Maine. With regard less likely to do so. Heinrich also |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................COVER: Tourmaline crystal group 9 cm long, with albite and lepidolite, mined recently at the Himalaya...Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77 |  | | 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...Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LOCALITIES:MT. MICA' MT. APATITE AND OTHER LOCA.LITIESIN MAINE JAMES G. MANCHESTER AND WIIJLIAM T. BATHER Neu...minerals to visit the famous mineral localities in Maine. This desire on the part of the writers has been...Geology of the Pegmatites and AssociatedRocks of Maine," by E. S. Bastin, which we found to be very useful...Portland, including a visit to the Maine State Fair, which openedthat day. Maine being well known as a sourceof...days and found goodaccommodations presidentof the Maine is the Howe, the residents,Mr. George on is Academyof |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | recovered in dolomite at Russell, Saint Lawrence County, New York (Clark 1949). It is a rare constituent... Brazoria County, Texas; the Choctaw Dome, Louisiana; and the Louann Salt in Clarke County, Alabama (Simmons...quany, Riverside County, California (DeVito and Ordway 1984), and at the Crestmore quarry, Sky Blue Hill...Hill and Chino Hill in the same county. Several unusual evaporite-related danburite occurrences are reported...at Iona, Cape Breton Island, and Cheverie, Hants County, Nova Scotia (Trail1 1983). In Mexico spectacular |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University... Menezes and J. M. Martins The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California ........................................... 273 by F. DeVito and A. Ordway Jr. Secondary uranium minerals of the Cunha Baixa m in...noticed by Bill on a specimen from the San Venanzo quarry, Terni, Umbria, Italy, and was later recognized...Norwich Avenue Thousand Oaks, California 91360 and A1 Ordway Jr. 9385 Church Street Bloomington, California |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc., New port, Herkimer County, New York. Jeffrey B. Fast specimen and photo....and albite, variety cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California...September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals, Inc., specimen...Treasure Chest Pocket, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia. Lisa Bennett specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Agardite-(Y), Nevada, 66 Albert Ordway (1935–2007), D. Leicht, 178 Albite, California, 292 Alumopharmacosiderite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | area around Glass Mountain near the ModocSiskiyou county line. Also of minor importance is the extension...deposits of southeastern Oregon into northern Modoc County. Ultramafic rocks, largely altered to serpentine... Trinity River, Trinity County at the High Plateau mine in Del Norte County, and kammererite (clinochlore)...(clinochlore), as at the Veta Grande mine in Siskiyou County. The ultramafics also host occurrences of the massive...such as that at Happy Camp in western Siskiyou County. More importantly, the ultramafics are the source |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Houlevard Los Angeles, California...at the Natirral History Mitseuni of Los Angeles County. He was the sirbject of the Who’s Who in Mineral...little-known pegmatite in north-central San Diego County, California, had their dreams come true. The remarkable...of Chihuahua Valley in north-central San Diego County, California (NU2 sec. 14, T. 10 S., R. 3 E.,San...Chihuahua Valley, just over the county line into Riverside County (A1 Ordway. pers. com., 2002). The claim |  | | Report (issue) | | from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient...crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms...4m: The largest beryl crystal at the Bumpus quarry in Maine was 8.4 meters long, 1.9 meters in diameter...pegmatites, beryl is associated with quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, biotite, ferrocolumbite, and phosphates...number of Brazilian states (page 84); San Diego County, California (page 32) in the United States; Canada |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | found at and within the pockets, or associated with albite + lepidolite in massive pegmatite. Hambergite,...A coarse-grained schorl-enriched unit (quartz + albite + schorl + K-feldspar _+garnet) is present in some...local pods or even independent zones. Patches of an albite unit consist particularly of medium-to coarse-grained...pegmatite bodies. A fine-to medium-grained saccharoidal albite occurring only at CtidruNce locally show a distinct...the last two minerals locally of a gem quality. Albite is only a minor component, whereas cassiterite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm tall, Fano mine, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County. Bryant Harris specimen. Figure 4 (top right)....claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County. Al and Betty Ordway specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 5...cm tall, on albite and muscovite, Audrey Lynn claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County. Recovered by...Mountains in central Riverside County southward through San Diego County and into the Baja Peninsula of...area around Mount San Jacinto in central Riverside County to the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, though |  | | Report (issue) | | _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect...prospect __________________ _ Bennett feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________ |  | | Journal (issue) | | PAGE FROM A COLLECTOR'S NOTEBOOK: 3M BIG ROCK QUARRY, ARKANSAS COLLECTING TRIP - FALL 1998, Part 1 Art...Slam) breakfasts we proceeded to the 3M Big Rock Quarry in the nephelinc sycnite of Granite Mountain located...pyrophanite crystals in small cavities at the Big Rock Quarry, and even more abundant hculanditc at Continued...a filiform arrangement, 1 mm tall, 3M Big Rock Quarry, Sweet Home, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, photo by the...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com |  | | 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:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | Report (issue) | | Seip tage Gb tos 6x: ine 4 a ok pas ae patie os USA Purpose dnd MOGHIOMmEsHEN.. ee eee il a Aes o's...Photomicrograph showing the granophyric texture of the Ordway Creek intrusive) ene AAA fod Coal section at the............200- 48 7. Chemical analysis of the Ordway Creek intrusive ........... 5] 8. Two partial...ferruginous bauxite from Cowlitz County, Washington and Columbia County, Oregon ....... 88 14. Average...Average of analyses of laterite from Cowlitz County based omseverditthousondssamplesiy.. sie ihadisl erate |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | City area, Gunnison County, Colo. The microlite, associated with lepidolite and albite, occurs as rounded...the pegmatite-schist contact in the Strickland quarry, Portland, Conn., have an average uranium content...samples of uraninite from pegmatite from the Hale quarry, also in Portland, Conn., have an average uranium...found in several pegmatites in Georgia. In Lamar County, yellow and green secondary uranium minerals occur...uranium-bearing pegmatite bodies in San Bernardino County, California: Am. Mineralogist, v. 38, p. 1040-1050 |  | | Journal (issue) | | acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...grow to around J t/4 inches (3 cm). The Chavan Quarry (W agho li. 12 miles (20 km) east of Pune (Poona)...and less green than s pecime ns from the Dhoot Quarry, producing the first Indi a n specimens. The crystal |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The...contacted the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to ask whether the Museum and its Gem and Mineral...informally known as “The L.A. Show,” “The L.A. County Museum Show,” or something else. Calling it “The |
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