| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | GRAND, ISLE: L Jirrwowwux/ lot* llMt UK* U'A VERMONT Mineral Locality Index VANDALL T. K I N G P.O....Massachusetts 01776 MASSACHUSETTS Figure J. Vermont political divisions map; adapted from U.S. Geological...of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS he state of Vermont is relatively small,...ry in the world is in Rochester (Windsor Co.), Vermont. Min eral products mined "as is" for their final...maintained. (The disuse of cobblestone roads prevents Vermont from being a giant mining state today, but in the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Through the ’Scope SEARCHING VERMONT for MICROMINERALS MARCELLE H. WEBER 1172 West Lake Avenue Guilford...last place one would look for microminerals is Vermont. One of the state’s collectors of such material...that’s it, but it isn’t.’’ Nor should that be all. Vermont is a mountainous state situated between New York...photographing, and to Johannes “Hans” Swarts, Vermont micromineral collector, who met one of the authors...In the past, a pamphlet could be secured at the Vermont welcome centers listing minerals and where they | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mr. Smith. MINNESOTA—"I found an agate in Itasca County, Minn., which weighed exactly one pound. It is...pieces weighing four pounds. "Location: — Washington County, Nebr., about 15 miles north of Omaha in a limestone...the most productive finds have been made in Essex County, especially in the general vicinity of Keeseville... Hurdsfield, N. D. Hurdsfield is in S.W. Wells County, which is in central North Dakota. OHIO—"This past...was the large celestite xls with inclusions of aragonite. Some xls measured IV2" across. 36 They are fluorescent | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | conglomerates in fields and in gravel bars here in Putnam County, Indiana."—item received from Walter Reeves, R3...Stephenson, Meno- name of mineral, its locality, County, minee Co., Mich. One of the specimens State and...Schell City. of McNeill, Miss., in Pearl River County. Shell limestone is also found. Septarium The rocks...barite roses. "Barite crystals, southwest Wibaux County, Mont."—on label. NEBRASKA — Flat masses of tabular...specimens taken from the Terrero Mine, in San Miguel County, New Mexico. "The mine from which these specimens | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | wide and 1 inch thick. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. CONNECTICUT—A tiny but...Conn."-—on label. Haddam, in central Middlesex County, is in southern Connecticut. DELAWARE — "Enclosed...of Rt. 95 and Naaman's Rd., Claymont, New Castle County, Del."—item from Ed Carvalho, 1307 Penna. Ave....New Castle County, is in northern Delaware. ILLINOIS—"Enclosed are two calcite-aragonite-quartz vugs...with colorless calcite xis, some coated by white aragonite (massive smoky quartz forms a thin layer between | | | Catalog/List | MINERAL SPECIMENS 1 ACTINOLITE - Chester, Vermont - green bladed Xne., some with talc - lxl-lOC,...5-2Sc,35c,50c, lx2-35c,60c, 2x2-50c, 75c v ✓ ARAGONITE - Spain - highest quality translucent "hexagonal"...2x3-$2.50, about 3x3-$4.50, $6.00/lb. KYANITE - Windham, Maine - top quality clean colorful light blue...50,$3.00, 3x4-$3.50,$4.50, $2.50/lb. KYANITE - Windham, Maine - gray to pale blue bladed masses with quartz... Chihuahua - yellow micro-X. & coat ings on aragonite - l"-SOc, lxl-75C, ·lx2-$1.00, 2x2-$1.SO, about | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of view 10.2 cm across, 1-84, Newtown, Fairfield County; collected 1960. Weber specimen, Marcelle Weber...Calcite, 2.6 cm long, Route 7, Brookfield, Fairfield County. Jeffrey Scovil specimen and photo. * « i Road...(left). Chalcocite, 2.4 cm across, Bristol, Hartford County. Canadian Museum of Nature speci men, Jeffrey...long, Diamond Lake, East Glas tonbury, Hartford County. Weber specimen, Marcelle Weber photo. Figure...long, Hollister quarry, Glaston bury, Hartford County. Bruce Jarnot specimen, Jeffrey Scovil photo. | | | Book (edition) | mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville...Luttrell, Another of .78 carat, light yellow, Union County. was reported found in 1888 on the Henry Burris | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | one member. Cedar Bluff is in central Cherokee County in N / E Alabama. ARKANSAS—From a gravel pit located...of sawing are present. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. Rome, Georgia Mineral...found in the sanbornite deposits of eastern Fresno County in central California. The four new minerals are:...occurs as tiny yellow grains—name is for Fresno County. Verplanckite (barium manganese silicate with chlorine)...(chalcedony pseudo-morph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida near the famous Suwannee River. This coral | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | antimony(?)—Old Town apophyllite—see fluorapophyllite aragonite—Jim Pond, Thomaston arfvedsonite—York ((argentite))^see...)—Stoneham New York Herkimer "Diamonds" Herkimer County is well known for its quartz crystals, some of...loellingite—Bowdoin, Hebron, Newry, Parisnatrolite—Perry, Windham ludlamite—Newry neotocite—Hovey Mt. mackinawite—Union...psilomelane—see romanechite pumpeUyite—Aroostock County purpurite—Auburn, Greenwood, Hebron, Newry pyrargyrite—Franklin... Phippsburg(?), Rumford, Stone Gardiner)), ((Windham)), TE ham, Topsham uranophyllite=misprint for uranopilite | | | Report (issue) | abandoned town of Lehigh, about 3% miles southwest of Windham, was once a thriving coal mining camp. The coal...Shale, black; mostly covered; loose fragments of aragonite on covered slope________________________________________...occasionally found in animal diggings; fragments of aragonite veins are scattered on the ground.___________...descriptions of the stratigraphic sections. Layers of aragonite, as much as 2 inches thick, that display columnar...primary depositional feature. The presence of such aragonite fragments on soil-covered slopes provides a good | | | Report (edition) | much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...staurolite. The Cook Road staurolite locality in Windham is an example of this kind of deposit. Schists...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on...specimens of minerals and fossils in Aroostook County and elsewhere in northern Maine. Most of the bedrock | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | gneiss at Mallison Falls, Windham, Maine, and at the Dexter quarry, Lincoln County, Rhode Island. A historical...including those at Edgewater, Bergen County; Bergen Hill, Hudson County; and Great Notch, Upper Montclair...Passaic County. Scolecite has been collected in the diabase quarry at Manassas, Prince William County, and...and near Hightown, Highland County, Virginia. It is found with other zeolites and epidote filling fractures...fractures in stone quarried at Woodleaf, Rowan County, North Carolina, and occurs as similar radiating sprays | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded by...tall, Middle Moat Mountain, North Conway, Carroll County. Canadian Museum of Nature specimen, Jeff Scovil | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 378 is undoubtedly the Hahns Peak area in Routt County, northern Colorado. It is not usually especially...success. He has cabochons of moonstone from Stephens County, which are unusually good ; also, rutilated rose...near the new waterworks dam at Mountain Ciy, Rabun County, Ga. He has a yellow cabochon of unusual beauty...Rabun County. The prize of the lot is opalescent rose quartz from the Kell mica mine in Rabun County. This...Marriotteville Flagstone formation in Baltimore County. Today we visited the opening and returned with | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | (green), sphalerite (orange), fluorite (yellow), aragonite (white), manganapatite (gold), calcite (beige)...l d . Store on highway 7 , ' A mile north o f Vermont-Quebec border. 5 0 miles south o f Montreal W o...sulphur, hemimorphite, pyrolusite on d o lomite, aragonite, smithsonite, aurichalcite, and many more. Also...J. 0 8 8 4 6 . FRANKLIN-OBERG — Todorokite, aragonite, axinite, hancockite, many others, 5 0 0 . Fifty.... 0 0 postpaid. Geobooks, Box 6 3 , Winooski, Vermont. 0 5 4 0 4 . M I N E R A L G A M E — Sixteen Maine | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Italy, Spain, Canada, Poland, Rumania, the USSR, the USA, Finland, France and the FRG, to mention a few. The...magnetite octahedrons up to Vi"< from new location in Windham, Vt. Also pyrite in unusual massive granular form...Piece Silica Carbonate Rock Psaudomorph after Aragonite • t l Denburite - xl Portion Staurolite - Altered | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | — 2"x2" geode with greenish microcrystals $3. Aragonite 2"x2" cry stal twin $3. Cinnabar polishing grade...$9.00. Excellent Cutting Rough, 10 lbs. $9.00. Vermont Picture Rock (A dolomite) 5 lbs. $3.00. Connecticut...Indiana, visit us in the beautiful hills of Brown County. Open every day, except Tuesday, 10 A.M. to 6 P...alogical and geological terminology. His toric Windham Report of Mining Indus try in Ouray, in 1880, | | | Report (issue) | GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF VERMONT 1929-1930 SEVENTEENTH OF THIS SERIES GEORGE H...H. PERKINS State Geologist STAFF OF THE VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1929-1930 GEORGE H. PEinuNs, State...University of Vermont. ELBRIDGE C. JACOBS, Assistant CONTENTS Geologist, University of Vermont. CHARLES...PHYSIOGRAPHY OF VERMONT, G. H. PERKINS ..................... THE aEOLOGY OF VERMONT OCHER DEPOSITS,...107 MOUNT MONADNOCK III VERMONT, J. E. Worr ................... LIST OF VERMONT MINERALS, G. H. PERKINS | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | confirmation of my guess as to the rock I found in Marion County, Florida. "I say it's jasper, flint and agate....From Idaho wilderness area near Stanley in Blaine County, Idaho. Some of these come in very large xls."...that were found in the Warsaw formation, Hancock County, Illinois. These were found in geodes embedded...goethite, kaolinite, ankerite, smoky quartz, barite, aragonite, smithsonite, hematite, selenite, and sphalerite...Drennon area on the Kentucky River in eastern Henry County, Ky., we have an attractive 4 x 6 inch polished | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples...Lots 612 580 and 649, 19th District of Paulding County."—Spring 1954 issue, page 48. IDAHO—"I am sending...This new find is near Gilmore, Idaho, in Lemhi County."—letter dated July 28, 1954, from Clarence Martin...One was a yellowish, semi-translucent mass of aragonite which should take a beautiful polish. Another | | | Journal (volume) | MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY VGS Website: http://www.uvm...............................................4 VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST’S REPORT ........................you all up on some of the latest business of the Vermont Geological Society. Please read carefully because...stepping down after giving eight lectures on the new Vermont bedrock geologic map. The VGS Executive Committee...some of the money to promote/ enhance geology in Vermont (i.e. prepare new and collate existing educational | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | o r l d . Store on highway 7, VA mile north of Vermont-Quebec border. 5 0 miles south of Montreal W o...sulphur, hemimorphite, pyrolusite on dolomite, aragonite, aurichalcite, and many more. Also spheres and... Calcites of all kinds. Mimetite. Malachite, Aragonite, Tarnowitzite. Duftite. Bayldonite, etc. Thumbnails...Kilbourne Rd., Columbia, S. C. 29205. ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY ROCKS, M I N ERALS, XLS. & JEWELRY — Fluorescent...Middlesex, N. J. 08846. FRANKLIN-OBERG — Todorokite, aragonite, axinite, hancockite, many others, 50g. Fifty | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | located west of Tucson. There were also calcite and aragonite crys- site in massive form, occurs near Mountals...near Glen wood, Pike ROCKS AND MINERALS, p. 123. County, Arkansas. Mr. Young also sends a note on a Downloaded...development near Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, Calif. Molybdenum Corporation of America is at...smoky quartz, have been found in Willimantic, Windham Co., Conn. DELAWARE—In the last issue of R & M...Idaho, gives this interesting information: "Lemhi County, Idaho, Fair held at Salmon, had a new treat this | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | masses of cyanite have been found in Hampton, Windham Co., Conn., by Wm. H. Robbins, RFD 1, Hampton,...staurolites (Fairy Crosses) which come from Fannin County, Georgia. There were 25 xls in the packet—all loose...tree of the cordaites group." oxide." KANSAS—Aragonite, as small xls in MASSACHUSETTS — A deep black...centuries. The location is northwestern Cimarron county, 18 miles west and 13 miles north of Boise City—in...Mineralogy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.). VERMONT — A milk-white slab, of white statuary marble, |
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