 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from... is a rather rare mineral in the pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as...as crystals on quartz crystals at the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals...pegmaยญ tite with the wall rock at the Tamminen Quarry in Greenwood. C A S S I T E R I T E , tin oxide...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is |  | | Journal (issue) | | Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...by an energetic and articulate group, The Tucson Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. Tucยญ son is an attractive...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thorยญ oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...recent is the McDole TrophyโโBest Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Showโ1974โ. I am travelling around the |  | | 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...for gem tourmalines and some new pockets have been found there which have produced not only gem tourmalines...collector many excellent specimens of minerals: gem and colorful tourmalines in various colors including...The fabulous, recent gem tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green |  | | 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 ยฉ1994 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, ยฉ1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | Simmons, William B., Falster, Alexander U., Nizamoff, James W., Freeman, Gary (2019) Giant spodumene and montebrasite crystals from the Plumbago North pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57 (5) 795-797 doi:10.3749/canmin.ab00024 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CRYSTALS FROM THE PLUMBAGO NORTH PEGMATITE, OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE WILLIAM B. SIMMONSยง AND ALEXANDER U. FALSTER...FALSTER 2 MP Research Group, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, Bethel, Maine, USA JAMES W. NIZAMOFF 64 Mineral...Hebron, Maine, USA GARY FREEMAN Freeman Resources, LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine, USA Keywords:...crystals, spodumene, montebrasite, Plumbago North, Maine. INTRODUCTION A new spodumene-bearing pegmatite...on the north side of Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. The pegmatite is spodumenerich and is potentially |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MAINE TOURMALINE STRIKE By BRUCE W . B U C K L E Y 6 3 5 Essex Street, Beverly, Massachusetts 0 1 9 1...second trip of the summer to Plumbago Mounยญ tain, Newry, Maine. W e left Jordan's camp on Brandy Pond early...through the woods to the outยญ crop known as the Dunton G e m Mine or the Nevel Pit. Jamison from a Long...against the eastยญ ern wall of the pit. Horace C . Dunton first opened this area i n 1903. H e mined out...FIG. I Twin tunnels of the Feldspar Mine, (Lower Newry). 3 0 8 ROCKS A N D MINERALS was a hexagonal |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gardena Blvd., Gardena Coltf. 90247 The Leading GEM and MINERAL HOBBY Magazine P.O. Box 687, Mentone...ยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 14 OUR COVER, A Gem Of A Horse ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 30 Al>c,ut Gem Cutter's Handbook ยทยทยท-ยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 30 Gem Cutter's Handbook - The Core ond Feeding of Grinding Wheels...NORTHWEST FEDERATION The fomous Pegmatites of Newry, Moine by Gordiner Gregory ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยท |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral has been found at two locations on Newry Hill, Newry, Maine, U.S.A. Its composition closely approximates...miner and geologist, Frank C. Perham of West Paris, Maine, U.S.A. The most similar species is viseite. A re-examination...mineral has been discovered at the Bell Pit, Newry Hill, Newry, Maine. The mineral occurs as rare, isolated...with siderite, colourless wardite, amblygonite, eosphorite, and sphalerite in a vuggy amblygonite-rich pegmatite...provided by Mr. Vandall King of Darling Center, Maine. This second occurrence is a very soft delicate |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j fยท~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. โข .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 ยฉ2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | white micaceous mineral was found at the Dresser quarry in Walton. Associated material includes tennantite...cation. The piece, from the Canada Crushed Stone quarry in Dundas, conยญ sists of a dark brown dolomitic...syenite in an outcrop not far from the Goulding-Keene quarry in Bancroft. T h e crystals are usually tabular...tabular (up to 1 cm) and are occasionally elogated. Maine-Roger Clapp of Orono sent in two unusual-habit albite...micromounts. Both specimens were from the Dunton Gem quarry. One was a newly collected specimen while |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Five Tourrmline-1 the first special issue in the Gem Minerals Series Introduction Notes from the Editor... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline.........................................................365 by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan...issue (double-size!) in our projected series on the gem minerals. In this issue the focus is on tourmaline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hydroxyl-herderite was first described from Paris; Maine, as hydroherderite by Penfield (1894). Members of...Mountain, North Carolina, and from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine, were also studied and are probably...The only valid herderite known to us is a green gem in the Smithsonian collection, previously reported...by Genth (1884), both on material from Stoneham, Maine. In light of the above observation that, of 36 specimens...Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, Califomia (2). Poland, Maine (3) Stoneham, Maine (6) Fletcher mine, Groton |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ 7 by Arthur Montgomery Gem Tourmaline Rediscovered at N e w ry .....................14 by Dean A. McCrillis Elbaite From Newry, M a in e ............................................makes quarry managers nervous. Colยญ lectors abuse privileges, insurance companies worry, quarry managers...frequent? How much longer before there are no more quarry doors to be closed? What can we do NOW to reverse...recent is the McDole Trophyโ โBest Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Showโ1974โ. I am travelling around the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | photornac- This is e eosphorite crystaI group from The Dunton Gem Mine in Newry, Maine photographed by photomicrography...crystals Ir011l the Callahan Mine 01 Cape Rosier, Maine maAe a pleasing picture when photographed at 30...step in cutting a garnet is to orient it. If the gem is to be faceted it should be oriented so it will...that the star will be in the center of the finished gem. Star garnet should be oriented as shown ll1 the...between a beautiful gem or more waste to be thrown away. - "Chipper's Chatter", Chesapeake Gem & Mineral Society |  | | 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...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...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | amblygonite,eosphorite,and sphaleritein a vuggy am_ blygonite-richpegmatitezoneat the Bell Pit, Newry Hill,... Newry, Maine. Microprobe analyses lead to the formula 3CaO.3.5Al,O3.35ior.2P,O6. l8HrO. Perhamiteis...Color black,lusterdull, streakbrownish Dunton Gem mine, atop Newry Hill, perhamiteis in a very soft blackto...Tixtural relations matite miner of West Paris, Maine, in honor of his dedicated indicate that it was...calc-silicateassemblage at the Christmasmine,Gila County, Arizona, with kinoite, apophyllite, smectite,andjunitoite |  | | Catalog/List | | Very nice! โขโขโข $75.00 81B02 URANINITE, Kinkel Quarry, Bedford, N.Y. (a) Excellent micro (to 3 mm) octahedral...x 6 cm) 81B03 MACDONALDITE, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California. (a) Micro acicular white macdonaldite...masses(3 x 4 cm),.$5.00 81B04 RUTILE, Lengenbach Quarry, Binn, Switzerland.m/m single, black, bipyramid...many m/m's (a) .โขโข $22.50 81B08 ELBAITE, Dunton Gem Q, Newry, Maine. Classic "watermelon" crystal section...(Western Russell Brothers Quarry), near Standpipe Hill, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine. These are from the |  | | Book | | scholars to mean turquois, has been identified with the gem minerals of Badakshan (Laufer 19l3). Turquois was... They are enhanced by being set in gold, and no gem sets off gold so well. The finer specimens lose their...turquois has continued to be highly sought-after as a gem and ornamental Stone in every age and culture for...(1980) A manual of mineral names. University Press, Oxford Kunz GF (1971) The curious lore of precious stones...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | recent is the McDole Trophyโ"Best Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Show โ 1974". (Private shows by appointment...goal of lo c a lity preservaยญ a state. The Dunton quarry is an example of a lo ca lity tion. Thus, if...fo r co lle ctin g priviledges at an operating quarry. The PRESERVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FIELD COLLECTING...Park, Murfreesboro, Arkansas 101 (4) Dunton Quarry, Newry, M aine covered occasionally, but by the...Chester, Massachusetts (8) Sunstone Locality, Lake County, Oregon he leased the mineral rights to the United |  | | Journal (issue) | | from now all copies of Gems and Minerals, Rock and Gem, Lapidary Journal, Roc/chound, and so on, will be...recent is the McDole Trophyโ "Best Minerals ot Tucson Gem & Mineral Showโ 1 9 7 8 / Some specimens from this...hydroxyl-herderite was first described from Paris, Maine, as hydroherderite by Penfield (1894). Members of...Mountain, North Carolina, and from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine, were also studied and are probably...The only valid herderite known to us is a green gem in the Smithยญ sonian collection, previously reported |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil photo...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide |  | | Book (edition) | | Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Names, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University Press, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...portion of an ore that is not economically valuable. gem A mineral that possesses intrinsic value because...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite; | | | Book (edition) | | Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...nes, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University P ress, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...portion of an ore that is not economically valuable. gem A mineral that possesses intrinsic value because...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M |  | | Book | | "Mineralogy of Hyperagpaitic Alkaline Rocks" (1995), Oxford Uni,ยทersity Press. Original Russian titles of the...MS4+0 2 )0 Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Occurrence:...Monoclinic Pb 11 Ag(As,Sb ) 18 S36 Locality: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Canton Wallis, Switzerland. Ocwrreuce:...with Highway 30, 0.2 km north of Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, U.S.A. (Lat. 46ยฐ1'13.1" N, Long. 122ยฐ52'39...a new high-silica zeolite from Goble, Columbia County, Oregon. A111erica11 Mineralogist 75, 1200-1204 |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described |
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Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA