 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered...2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz (crystals), sillimanite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EMSTONES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE A variety of New Hampshire's beautiful gemstones are represented and private... JOHN J . BRADSHAW P. O. Box 7467 Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 Photographs by Tino Hammid except a s...R E L A T I V E L Y S M A L L I N A R E A , New Hampshire has provided a considerable variety of fine...the discovery of a variety of gemstones. Beryl, quartz, 300 ROCKS & MINERALS in museum and fluorite...well as new sources to provide the mineralogical world with both specimen and gem material. New Hampshire |  | | Book (edition) | | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...crystals that are rooted in the microcline-plagioclase-quartz wall zone Downloaded by [] at 04:12 15 May 2015...project into the white quartz core. The portion of beryl enclosed by the quartz core is often sharply...suFounded by graphic granite.) Typically, smoky quartz, albite, muscovite, and microcline line the cavity...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil |  | | Book (edition) | | channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...gas fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und |  | | Report (issue) | | 5◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: G.E. Smith mine, New Hampshire, USA. 3.67 (10), 3.03 (9), 2.78 (9), 2.21 (9)...Total 100.09 100.00 (1) G.E. Smith mine, New Hampshire, USA; corresponds to Ca0.98 Be2.13 (PO4 )1.98...siderite, muscovite, albite, quartz (G.E. Smith mine, New Hampshire, USA); montebrasite, beryllonite,...Dakota, USA). Distribution: In the USA, large crystals from the G.E. Smith mine, Newport, Sullivan Co.,...Beauregard pegmatite, Gilsum, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire; in the Black Mountain quarry, Rumford, Oxford Co., |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Report (issue) | | and is here acknowledged. Aid was given in New Hampshire by Samuel Cordick, superintendent of the General...general information on a number of mines in Grafton County and extended other kindnesses; M. M. Kilton, of...more normal phases is com'posed of feldspar and quartz, with or without mica and other minerals. It is...crystals, some of which may be several feet thick. Quartz occurs in several ways in pegmatite either intermixed...out into large separate masses. The segregated quartz may form sheets or veins in the interior or along |  | | Report (volume) | | ...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; |  | | Report (issue) | | Sherbrooke-Lewiston I°x2° Quadrangles; Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont by Walter J. Bawiec^ Open-File...Lewiston 2° quadrangles which occur in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont and the Charlotte 2° quadrangle...Commodity name and code, year of production, producing county, production amount, and production value. I. Commodity...circled, production of this commodity comes from county which intersects the Sherbrooke-Lewiston 1° x 2°...production that commodity. Producing county - Each record was collected on a county basis when possible. Otherwise |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | black coating on chert. The writer also found small quartz crystals with the graphite in one clay bank. The...velvety-black specimen is basanite, a variety of quartz. A common name for basanite is touchstone. ARIZONA—From...Copper Queen Mines (Cochise Co.), Ariz. ARKANSAS—A new locality for selenites has been found in Arkansas...mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...— "Please identify the green inclusions in this quartz specimen? It comes from Woodbury, Litchfield Co |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l...mine, which was used for a prison; the Allyndale quarry in North Canaan, from w h i c h came the marble..."brownstone" fronts in New York City and elsewhere; and the Hoadley Neck quarry in Guilford, which furnished...through out the United States. I n modern times, one quarry has been used by the Navy as an underwater sound...columbite, traditionally reported to have been found at New London, where it has not been found since. It is |  | | Report (volume) | | .................................. 42 Veins (quartz) .......................:................... Dikes...and grain...................................... Quarry site.............................................76 . Cumberland County.......................................... 76 Franklin County.......................... Hancock County............................................. Kennebec County .........;.................. Knox County................................................. Lincoln County .............. |  | | Report (volume) | | ORE DEPOSITS IN MAINE AND THE MILAN MINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY WILLIAM H. EMMONS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT............................. 30 Mines of Hancock County.............................................. 30............................................. 39 Sullivan, Waukeag, and Pine Tree mines.......................................... 42 Mines of Washington County............................................ 43................................. Milan mine, New Hampshire........................................... General |  | | Report (edition) | | 5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...llecting equipment and techniques for those who are new to the ·hobby. Several previous guidebooks have been...Supplemental labels were added where necessary to show quarry sites, road names, and other useful landmarks. |  | | Report (volume) | | Director Bulletin 738 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...expansion____^_________________ Geographic distribution of New England granite quarries____ Descriptions of the...___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________ |  | | Book (volume) | | Descriptive Mineralogy Vandall T. King Rochester, New York 14609 , Eugene E. Foord U S. Geological Survey...publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Philip Hauck Richard P. Hauck was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on June 30, 1935. He has been actively involved...for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining history...States Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia; the New York City Public Library; the Library of Congress; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | review panel consisted of Dr. Steven Chamberlain, New York State Museum; Dr. Carl Francis, Harvard University;...Lupulescu, New York State Museum; and Dr. George Robinson, Michigan Technological University. neW DATA On... of Geology and Geophysics, University of new Orleans, new Orleans, LA 70148. Recent work on material...anilite seems restricted to quartz-rich portions of thin carbonate-quartz-sulfide veinlets, is intimately...wires of native silver associated with chalcocite, quartz, and minor barite. During examination of this material |  | | Book (volume) | | and Geology Edited by Vandall T. King Walworth, New York 14568 Production editing and design Robert...Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................in geology and has authored articles on Maine and New England geological and mineralogical occurrences...permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...gratefully dedicated. Gene Foard (right) at Swamp #1 quarry, Topsham. Gene Foard speaking with Frank Perham |  | | Report (volume) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green...sapphire, star sapphire, star ruby, rutile, and quartz are gem stones that have been successfully synthesized |  | | Book | | ( C. 4 ( MINERAL & GEM TRAILS of NEW ENGLAND .� ';� M � [- ' 1f,.,,1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l-...MINERAL & GEM TRAILS OF NEW ENGLAND by Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode...Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE Center Strafford, New Hampshire Parker...Conway, New Hampshire Hurricane Mt. Grafton, New Hampshire Ruggles Mine Newport, New Hampshire Chandler...Mills Mine North Conway, New Hampshire Lovejoy Gravel Pit North Groton, New Hampshire Fletcher Mine Palermo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 23:49 05 October 2014 Daybreak Mine, Spokane County, Washington T he naming of minerals that contain...autunite aggregates from the Daybreak mine, Spokane County, Washington; John Lucking specimen, Jeff Scovil...autunite crystals on matrix from the Apex mine, Lander County, Nevada; Scott Kleine specimen, Jeff Scovil photo... felsic plutons including those of granite and quartz-monzonite composition, and roll-front and other...other Oxford County sites, including the well190 ROCKS & MINERALS known Dunton quarry at Newry where |  | | Report (volume) | | General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Triassic dinosaur from north-central New Mexico (USA) ROBERT M. SULLIVAN,Harrisburg, SPENCER G. LUCAS, Albuquerque...Ranch, unterscheidet. A b s t r a c t: The dinosaur quarry at Ghost Ranch is not the type locality of any...the new localities more nearly matches BALDWIN'Soriginal material than does the Ghost Ranch quarry material...material. We conclude that these new localities encompass BALDWIN'Slocalities, so the newly collected ceratosaur...(hence older than) the famous Ghost Ranch (Whitaker) quarry. These newly discovered fossils are from the Petrified |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...and other nearby orebodies were discovered by the New Jersey Zinc Company when it was exploring for zinc...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard |
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