 | | 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...pegma 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 |  | 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. SIMMONS§ 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) | | percentherderite.Nineteenth-century from Stoneham,Maine, reportanalysesof specimens ing highfluorinecontentsand...was first described from a pegmatite at Paris, Maine, ashydro-herderitebyPenfield(1894). The actual composition...than the theoretical amount of water in pure hydroxylherderite, and only a "doubtful reaction" for fluo0...division of the seriesinto herderite and hydroxylherderite was made by Palacheet al. (1951, p. 820)....LEAVENS ET AL,,' HERDERITE.SERIES Occurrence Maine, Penfield(1894)noted that a prism of the The he |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hydroxyl-herderite was first described from Paris; Maine, as hydroherderite by Penfield (1894). Members of...from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine, were also studied and are probably also hydroxylherderite. However...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) | | 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. Tuc son is an attractive...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor 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 Trophy—“Best Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Show—1974”. I am travelling around the |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | from now all copies of Gems and Minerals, Rock and Gem, Lapidary Journal, Roc/chound, and so on, will be...recent is the McDole Trophy— "Best Minerals ot Tucson Gem & Mineral Show— 1 9 7 8 / Some specimens from this...hydroxyl-herderite was first described from Paris, Maine, as hydroherderite by Penfield (1894). Members of...from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine, were also studied and are probably also hydroxylherderite. However...The only valid herderite known to us is a green gem in the Smith sonian collection, previously reported |  | | Book | | calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors will find the information on gemstone...fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its production of...benefit by a review of the fluorescence of natural gem materials, brought together in one place as it is...lamp—the fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from... or the intense green of autunite from Spokane County, Washington. The color and beauty of minerals under | | | Book | | calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors will find the information on gemstone...fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its production of...benefit by a review of the fluorescence of natural gem materials, brought together in one place as it is...lamp—the fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from...or the intense green of autunite from Spokane County, Washington. The color and beauty of minerals under |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | examined; 5) sampling points for horizon B. The quarry at center represents the worked-out central part...minerals or large amounts of the shape of the quarry, the phosphorite body is a horizontal lens elongated...Kornetova, V. A. and Ginzburg, A. I., 1961, Hydroxylherderite from pegmatites of East Transbaykalia: Tr...Gaines, R. V., 1978, Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: a second occurrence: Mineral. Rec....beta-Be(OH) 2 from the Rode Ranch pegmatite, Blano County: Amer. Miner., Vol. 55, No. 1/2, pp. 1-10. 202 |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | M. Hughes: Dept. of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. W. Barclay Kamb: Division of Geol. and Planetary... W. (1961), Chemical Crystallography, 2nd ed., Oxford Clarendon Press. (GL) Glusker, J. P., & M. Lewis...Trueblood (1985); Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer, Oxford University Press. (ITXC) International Tables for..., Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 1991; Hartshorn, N...Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi |
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