 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...heliodor, morganite, bixbite (red beryl), and goshenite, are particularly prized, as are specimens from...so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is in the Bob and...from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm specimen is in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77 |  | | Report (issue) | | Page 11 Pezzottaite Federico Pezzatta Page 26 Mount Antero: The Peak of Colorado Beryl Collecting Mark...from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient...include aquamarine, red beryl, morganite, emerald, goshenite, and heliodor. Known for millennia, the beryl...(Sinkankas, 1981 ). Euhedral beryl, including goshenite, aquamarine and morganite, can be found adjacent...crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | appearanceof pollucite to quartz, and especially to goshenite, probably accounts to some extent for the relatively...fringed with a pink color; cassiterite;columbite; goshenite;and severalclay minerals. In this pegmatite, lepidolite...filled principally with spodumenetogether with some mica and clay minerals. The spodumene grains are positioned...Note the irregular veins of spodumene with some mica which stand out sharply in relief. In sectionscut...pollucite from both Hebron and the Tamminen pit in Maine. Hard,nessof pollucite-The apparent low hardness |  | Hanson, Sarah L., Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B “Skip”, Sprague, Raymond, Vignola, Pietro, Rotiroti, Nicola, Andó, Sergio, Hatert, Frédéric (2018) Tantalowodginite, (Mn0.5□0.5)TaTa2O8, a New Mineral Species from the Emmons Pegmatite, Uncle Tom Mountain, Maine, U.S.A. The Canadian Mineralogist, 56 (4) 543-553 doi:10.3749/canmin.1800009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FROM THE EMMONS PEGMATITE, UNCLE TOM MOUNTAIN, MAINE, U.S.A. SARAH L. HANSON§ Geology Department, Adrian...Research Group, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St., Bethel, 04217 Maine, U.S.A. RAYMOND...SPRAGUE 10 Yates Street, Mechanic Falls, 04256 Maine, U.S.A. PIETRO VIGNOLA CNR-Istituto per la dinamica...in the Emmons granite pegmatite dike in Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. It occurs as anhedral masses (0...mineralogical collection of the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, 99 Main Street, Bethel, Maine, U.S.A. Keywords: tantalowodginite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave Bunk specimen, Jesse La Plante...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, 250–59; Gemstone Deposits in Turkey...Geological Museum of China, 434–39 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5–11, 101–3, 197–203, 293–97, 389–93...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, M. Lupulescu, S. C. Chamberlain, M....Wavellite Mine, East Dug Hill Area, Near Avant, Garland County, Arkansas, A. E. Smith, 346–50 F Fabre collection |  | | Journal (issue) | | Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Southwood Melbourne, Australia Woodrow B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME John S. White, Stewartstown |  | | Journal (issue) | | edges. Faces are bright. These were found nested in mica so all are fully developed. E V ER Y C R Y S T A...three superb matrix aq uamarines from Deshong’s quarry, Leiperville, with part-transparent prisms up to...Most frequently, the manage ment of a mine or quarry is not at all interested in mineral specimens....depend entirely on the attitude of the mine or quarry owners. At a time when pollution is a vital issue...the irreparable loss of such material in normal quarry or Summer, 1970 H ill MURAL LOCALITIES (from the |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...Overview .............70 William B. Simmons • From Paris in America to Amerika in Saxony A Survey of the...important find of gem tourmaline was made at Mount Mica in Paris, Maine, though only small quantities were uncovered...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher |  | | Journal (issue) | | finds from China, helvite from Tongbei (Yunxiao County, Fujiao, China) and gibbsite from "Hunan". The...article in Rocks and Minerals on the Great Notch Quarry where he states that his specimens were collected...Brad mentioned earlier. matrix, the underside of Quarry,Paterson,NewJersey.Brad Plotkin Plotkin drawing...label reads "Apophyllite after Pectolite, Burgers Quarry, West Paterson New Jersey" ( Burgers one would...likely cracked tectonically prior to Quarry= Upper New Street Quarry). This specimen is made up of replacement |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...the different collecting locations in San Benito County. After graduating from high school, Steve went...field collecting and a specific love for San Benito County and the minerals of the Clear Creek Management...mined commercially for pegmatite minerals in the Oxford Hills area while also working as a drilling and |  | | Journal (issue) | | ith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 HANDIOOK OF MICA by R. R. Chowdh ury . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00 THE HISTORY OF MOUNT MICA by Hamlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1945 Contents for February, 1945 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................FOUND IN SWilZERLAND ............ REPORT ON TWO MAINE MINES. By Charles F. Ma,.ble and Philip J)'lorrilt............................ TRILOBITES FROM GElZ QUARRY, PENN . .................................... A |  | | Book | | Beryls, for 10. 217 Beryl, Historical and Goshenite, 217 Aquamarines, 221 and 280 Inclusions,...G. Denver, CO; Prof. B. Carroll Embrey, Dr. Paris, Museum (Natural Chatham, British France; San...green of other recorded gem recognized the mica as a even a ore is distinct to mineral...first was to decorative which scarcely fail mica in women of use. If reason- attention, beryl...way from the Indian mainland, the crystals goshenite. Emerald beyond suggested by as use clear |  | | Book (volume) | | cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy |  | Fisher, Jesse, Foord, Eugene E., Bricker, Garth A. (1998) The Geology, Mineralogy, and History of the Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Rocks & Minerals, 73 (3) 156-180 doi:10.1080/00357529809603033 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ealifiornia 7 Los Angeles County II ,J - r J--4 ‘*- \ Orange County f San Bernardino Coun -----...MINERALS -/,- XMesaGrande X Ramona Or\ San Diego County I lmpris ! Count) I .San Diego -- J I I...Lithia Dike Claim, Cahuilla Mountain, Riverside County, California” and appeared in the May/June 1997...stibiotantalite, hambergite, apatite, morganite and goshenite beryl, and stilbite. More than twenty mineralogical...batholith and is located in north-central San Diego County, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of the famous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cycle John M. Saul ORYX, 16 rue du Pré-aux-Clercs, Paris, France ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY Certain hard...quality) olivine formed in 16 rue du Pré-aux-Clercs, Paris 75007, France 2 J. M. SAUL Figure 1. Left: Non-gem...of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, n°3574. Photo: ©L.-D. Bayle. Right: Gem andalusite...pallasite meteorites, gem benitoite from San Benito County California, and Colombian emeralds (for whose genesis...In similar manner, ‘aquamarine’, ‘morganite’, ‘goshenite’ and ‘heliodor’ are colour varieties of the mineral |  | | | | example the building of a mountain chain that produces mica schist from previous sedimentary rocks. The formation...epidote, vesuvianite, rhodonite, beryl, tourmaline, mica, feldspar, nepheline, zeolite, sodalite, bonded...several planes. For example there is one plane in mica, chlorite, topaz; there are two planes in amphibole...(blue), p. 170 pyroxene (green to black), p. 192 mica (white, brown, black), p. 204 quartz (colourless...nugget recorded is from Carson Hill, California, USA, weighing 72.78 kg. Transylvania, Romania; Roraima | | | Book (volume) | | cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy...Minerals, Ltd., Calgary, ALTA; Jane Perhan1, West Paris, ME; Robert & Mary Paoli, Fort Bragg, CA; Robert |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...on the gem resources of our land. "Do you, Mr. Maine," he continued, "know that some of the finest tourmalines...hundred yards from your doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are found in Canada and...strike gem tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big |  | | Book | | the bui lding of a n1ountain chain that produces mica schist fro1n previous sedi1nentary rocks. The fcnn1ation...several planes. For exan1ple there is one plane in mica, chlorite, topaz; there are two planes in arnphibole...(colourless, blue, green), p. 106 kyanite (blue), p. 170 mica {white, brown, black), p. 204 rhodochrosite (red...nugget recorded is fro1n Carson Hill, California, USA, weighing 72.78 kg. Transylvania, Ron1ania; Rorai... Labrador, Newfoundland; Cap d'Or, Curnberland County, Nova Scotia. Other Localities: Keweenaw Peninsula |  | | Journal (issue) | | $384/three years, (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...couple of famous localities: Spruce Ridge in King County, Washington (for quartz and pyrite) and the Rock...changing his lifestyle: In the winter of 1980, Mount St. Helens started to burp, creating a great deal...cm Eagle’s Nest Mine Sage Hill, Placer County California, USA Ex M. Pospisil Collection Photo Credit:...of Mogok’s original settlement and of a former quarry and deep tunnel dug long ago by the British, flooded |  | | Book (volume) | | fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Orbicular Gabbro-Diorite, Lepidolite and Muscovite Mica, Obsidian, Banded Rhyolite, Pectolite, Datolite...tourmaline crystal from Mt. Mica Largest crystal from Mt. Mica Eh Towne Quarry 180 Tourmaline Queen Mountain |  | | Journal (issue) | | White Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber.... Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ...................................be used to establish a precise location within a quarry or general field collecting area. The collector...the points chosen are too often ephemeral (the quarry wall which changes tomorrow or next week), or subject |
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