 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AMERICA NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND PART II. REMAINING COUNTIES Lrovn W. FrsnBn...Staurolite Stilbite Zoisite BRISTOL COUNTY The major portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks consisting...consisting chiefly of the Rhode Island formation of shales, con_ glomerates and sandstones. B. K. Ernerson2has...quartz similar to the Diamond Hill area of Providence County. The Bristol area, in the vicinity of portsmouth... K. Gedney: Notes on the Mineral Localities of Rhode lsland. Arn. Mineral.,11, No. 12, pp. 334-340, (1926 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |  | | Report (volume) | | SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND BENJAMIN K. EMERSON JOSEPH H. PERRY WASHINGTON.............. 18 Nonoccurrence of il vaite in Rhode Island.................. 19 Inclusion of limestone............................... 24 Beds west of Providence and Pawtucket ................... 25 Cranston...crystalline rocks in the vicinity of Providence and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island...............................SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND. Bv B. K. EMERSON and J. H. PERRY. INTRODUCTION |  | | Report (volume) | | Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...-___--_Older gneissic rocks of northwestern Rhode Island.____________ Nipsachuck Gneiss------------- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...brachiopod in gray chert. Fowlers Beach is in Sussex County, Delaware, on Delaware Bay. FLORIDA—At the 6th...the Hypotheek lead mine near Kingston, Shoshone County. The anglesite is found in cavities of galena as |  | | Report (volume) | | relatively uncommon rocks composed mostly of tremolite or serpentine. Where uncertain from the context...abundant fibrous or acicular minerals such as tremolite; and "lava talc" and "block talc," both industrial... W., 1942, Soapstone of northeastern Gillespie County, Texas : Texas Univ. Bur. Econ. Geol. Min. Res...Preliminary report on the froth flotation of Wake County talc: North Carolina State College Dept. Eng. Resources...Emerson, B. K., 1917, Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 597, p. 85, 214-215 |  | | Book | | searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...ciifce—Westchester County.................. Tne McLear pegmatite—5t. Lawrence County....................................... Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County............................Counties.. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County................. Clinton hematite............. | | | Book | | searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...pegmatite-Westchester County .......... . The Mclear pegmatite-St. Lawrence County .......... . Minerals................... . Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County ...........................Counties .. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County ......... . Clinton hematite ................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Harrison ........................ 46 COLLECTING IN RHODE ISLAND. By lf7illard Stone lf7inslow, fr. 51 MORE ABOUT...ADVERTISE IN ROCKS A N D MINERALS. By 1'1ark i\1. Foster .......................................... 60 INVISIBLE...MINERALS In this issue of Rocks and Minerals, Mark M. Foster, America's most noted opal miner and one of our...ores were abundant around my home, in Crawford county of Eastern Missouri. It had been eleven years since...of Apple Creek, in the southeast corner of Perry county, (S. E. Missouri). The first iron ore smelter was |  | | Journal (issue) | | ... 462 NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND. By Willard Stone Winslotv, fr. ..............10 ao, NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND 1g llt :cl 1y & id of rd ;t- ! DO ire...like to hear about localities for minerals in Rhode Island. From time to time • very interesting articles...are two famous limestone deposits in northern Rhode Island, once noted for their profusion of mineral specimens...main road between the cities of Providence and Woonsocket) . Providence lies about eight miles to the south |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr...Counties) . Samples enclosed consist of: "From Madison County — Lot 1 10 crystal, V4 to 1 inch. — Lot 2 - 15...commonly known Sweet Water Road. "From Beaverhead County - 2 specimens of corundum rock from a deposit located...1950, by E. Wm. Heinrich. "We consider the Madison County ROCKS AND MINERALS specimens worthwhile additions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and is associated with or possibly replacing tremolite at Edwards ROCKS & MINERALS 210-219Amphiboles...Lawrence County. Anthophyllite occurs in a fibrous habit in specimens from Manhattan, New York County; as...arrays (Swan Street, Richmond County); massive (Edwards, St. Lawrence County); spherulitic (Fifty-ninth...(Fifty-ninth Street, New York County); as plumose fibrous aggregates (New York County); and as asbestiform aggregates...Hill, both on Staten Island, Richmond County, and at Tilly Foster mine in Putnam County). The acicular to |  | | Book | | of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Iron, at Rumford Falls, (J. P.) PARKER'S ISLAND. (In the Kennebeck.) Schorl, sometimes translucent...Laminated Calcareous Spar. Rhomb Spar. Jlragonite. Tremolite. Hornblende, resembling hypersthene. Sulphuret...usually in imperfect crystals. (C.) CHESTER. Tremolite, bladed and abundant, near the Devil's den. Graphite...Granite. (N. G.) in small quantities, in tremolite. CHESTERFIELD. Brown Oxide of Iron, on West |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sunstone cabochon, Owls Head Mountain, Franklin County, 18 × 25 mm, G. and S. Robinson specimen, G. Robinson...Robinson photo; blue fluorite, Penfield, Monroe County, 46.6 carats, A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum specimen...photo; peristerite cabochon, Macomb, St. Lawrence County, 12 × 18 mm, G. and S. Robinson specimen, G. Robinson...right: Titanite (sphene), Tilly Foster mine, Brewster, Putnam County, 6.70 carats, Harvard Mineralogical...Robinson photo; diopside, DeKalb, St. Lawrence County, left—kite cut 3.96 carats, right—oval cut, 10 |  | | Journal (issue) | | gcographic distribution. and mine . The Tilley Foster deposit is discus ed under the primary iron ores...minerals found in the mining regions of Putnam County. J\1{//hcr. \\'i/Jia111 IV.; Ge/llngy ofNew York...southward from Lake Champlain to and including Long Island and westward into the Catskills and Saratoga region...the first definitive study of the geology of Long Island and the mineralogy of many of the noted localities...beautifullr hand colored geological map of Long Island and hand colored profiles. These arc the first |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | them to sites for talc, marble, actinolite, tremolite, copper (native in marble), Auburn, is conducting...hibits of the New York State Museum. The Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, viewed the new Federation...Dept., Cornell, spoke to the Club on Micronesian Island and the Coral Reef Problem. SOUTH CAROLINA Mr...moonstone, unakite and breccia. ALABAMA The Calhoun County Rock and Min eral Club, Jacksonville, reports...(Birmingham) Newsletter. A field trip was held to Elmore County to collect petrified wood. NORTH CAROLINA The |  | | Book | | 11ne 2; ••• Amph1bo1ite--see Bolton, Worcester County M1nera1 Loca11t1es. page 85 ••• 11.8 3~ter cerium...•••••••••••••••••'.' •.••.•••• 2--6 Barn.table County ro •• il Localiti ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...Localit1e•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Br1.tol County Mineral Localit1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••...24--25 Dukes County Mineral Loeal1tiea •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26--21 Duk •• County Fo.sil Loeal1tie...Local1t1es •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 29--3? Bs.ex County Fo ••1l Localit1e •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Sciences,Box 1846, Brown University, Providence,Rhode Island 02912, U.S.A. Ansrn-c.cr Reflectancespectra...pm) spectralresolution of 19 minerals from the tremolite-actinolite solid solution seriesare used to characteiue...objectively the bulk chemistry of the minerals of the tremolite-actinolite solid solution seriesusing high-resolution...amphiboles and, more specifically, the minerals of the tremolite-actinolite-ferroactinolite solid solution series...observedin transmission spectraof actinolite and tremolite. These absorptions are extremely intense becausethe |  | | Report (issue) | | ........................................104 Rhode Island ..............................................during metasomatism include chlorite, Fe oxides, tremolite, serpentine, diopside, and forsterite. Intrusive...carbonate rocks have been replaced by talc and tremolite with the aid of solutions formed by connate water...pure talc or talc accompanied by chlorite and tremolite. Talc in the Murphy belt, North Carolina and...have replaced dolomitic marble with talc and tremolite. Talc deposits in Virginia are all derived from |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse...listed. L O CA L I T I E S B Y C O U N T Y Albany County Indian Ladder: brookite; F. Old Callanan quarry:...11 August 1859: olivinebronzite chondrite. Bronx County Various excavations: chabazite, harmotome, quartz...quartz (amethyst), stilbite; F. Clinton County Au Sable Forks, iron mines north of: microcline (sunstone)...stilbite, titanite, zircon, others; F, C. Columbia County Ancram lead mines: barite, galena, sphalerite, |  | | Report (issue) | | ___________ Clinochrysotile (Globe-type), Gila County, Ariz___________________________________________...Clinoehrysotile (iron-bearing serpentine), Stillwater County, Mont_________________________ Clinochrysotile...Hill, Harford County, Md____________________ Clinochrysotile and lizardite, Morris County, N.J________...Clinochrysotile and lizardite, variant form, Morris County, N.J.____________________________ Lizardite plus...(deweylite), Delaware County, Pa__-___________-_____________-_---__---__--_-Lizardite, Staten Island, Richmond County |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE, |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...... .... 179 SOME RECENT FI NOS AT TI LL Y FOSTER. By Peter Zod.:ic . . . . . . . 180 JOHN MELHASE...name from an island in the Red Sea. But the stone which actually occurred on this island was a yellowishgreen...yellowishgreen peridot. The island was called Topazion, a Greek word which meant, " to seek", in allusion to...to the fact that in olden times the island was often so densely covered by a fog that ancient mariners...system. Hence the mineral takes its name from an island on which it never occurred. To · the general public |  | | Journal (issue) | | Good. Anthophyll ite Amosite Crocidolite Tremolite Chrysotile lavender, blue, or greenish. Ash-gray...minerals includes tremolite, crocidolite, amosite, and anthophyllite (see Table 2). Tremolite and anthophyllite...amphibole asbestos minerals found in Oregon. Tremolite (2CaO. 5MgO. 8Si02. H20), the most common of the...adjacent to serpentine. Actinolite, a variation of tremolite containing iron, is usually found with it. In...exed between the fingers. World production of tremolite is less than ~ of 1 percent of the total asbestos |
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