 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting and Figure 7: Arizona...groupings and distortions found in the specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill...mill burned in West Paris in the early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery...at Mount Mica quarry, Paris; and the find of what might be the world's largest morganite at the Bennett...Bennett quarry, Buckfield, in the late 1980s convinced the regional collectors that good minerals come out |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular...aquamarine, and to a lesser extent heliodor, morganite, bixbite (red beryl), and goshenite, are particularly...Show, morganite, the pink variety of beryl, so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has...column, the first being emerald (Cook 1993). Morganite is, of course, typically described as pink in...often taken with respect to what is considered morganite so that even orange-colored (apricot or salmon) |  | | 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) | | 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...tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has...further description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman...length have been found here, as well as a little morganite beryl. Small, blue crystals of fluorapatite have |  | | Report (edition) | | BULLETIN 41 Third Edition A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities by Woodrow B. 7KaSVRQ Donald...Vandall T. King Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources Information...OF CONSERVATION 1998 Copyright © 1998 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining |  | | 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 |  | Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Webber, Karen L., Dallaire, Donald A., Nizamoff, James W., Sprague, Raymond A. (2019) The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 94 (6) 498-519 doi:10.1080/00357529.2019.1641021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatite in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its...WEBBER MP2 Research Group Maine Mineral & Gem Museum 99 Main Street Bethel, Maine 04217 alexander.falster@gmail...Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com RAYMOND A. SPRAGUE* 33 Roger Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 *...Deceased 16 April 2019. HE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF MAINE PEGMATITES have been a principal focus of our research...in 2014 from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | yellow of Ceylonite, shadings Dunton Mine in Maine ROCKS AND MINERALS of bi-colors, red with green...Columbus, probably had some knowledge Newry Mountain, Maine Tourma/ine area. 155 of tourmaline in spite of...large quantities of colored crystals, from Maine's Oxford and Androscoggin Counties, mostly on a NW strike...black. Most finds were mere traces compared with Maine, California, and Connecticut deposits, though Quebec...Quebec had O:1e pegma- Black Mountain, Maine. 156 tite with significant amounts of watermelon, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | your collections. My state, New Hampshire, and Maine are both noted for beryl. The gem quality beryl...collected many years ago from Newry, Maine. In the pegmatites of Maine, New Hampshire and other New England...cut stones of this beryl variety they had cut. Morganite, the pink variety, is a popu lar gem quality...at Pala District of Calif. One of my T/N's of morganite is a piece of rough gem material from Brazil....College Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire. In Maine, Tamminen Mine at Green wood is one of the state's many |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Extracts from the logs of mineral col leering in Maine and New Hampshire. (Several trips are omitted for...tremolite crystals. May 23-24 Went to Augusta (Maine) to prepare tiie family lots for Memorial Day. I...morning. We went to the Tamrninen Quarry where we met Nestor 4 Tamminen. Later, Charlie Marble showed up...very coarse. We crossed the dip to the old Tamminen Quarry. Found a nice vesuvianite crystal in the woods...woods apparently blown out of one or the other quarry. Drove back that night. May 30 Ernie and I drove |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South...affording a challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia...to visit in the summer. winter comfortable in Maine or Montana. In hot is more comfortable morning |  | | 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...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...all challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...knapsack you can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic |  | | Book (edition) | | crystals, with morganite crystals and quanz, from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California...Illustrations Frontispiece. Drawing of tourmaline and morganite group 1. Crater of Diamonds, Arkansas 2. Star...forms 14. San Pedro mine, Pala, California 15. Morganite crystal from Pala, California 16. Hazel W. pegmatite...Pocket in pegmatite, Newry, Maine 34. Loading pocket contents, Newry, Maine 35. Large tourmaline crystal...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and |  | | 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...gem tourmaline was made at Mount Mica in Paris, Maine, though only small quantities were uncovered there...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher...tourmaline was found in the pegmatites of San Diego County, California. The Advent of Chemical Analysis |  | | Book | | 285 Syngenetic Liquid Inclusions, Epigenetic (Morganite) Inclusions Notes, Protogenetic 220 Heliodor...Kang Baptiste V. J.-B. Ball 1676. 2nd ed. don: Oxford Hill, Caley, E. R., ence, on Press. 238 ...Clarendon 1961. Greek and Roman R. 16:537-49. 11. Oxford; Higgins, 5:1-38. public ed. and E., Lapidibus... Wyckoff, 6. Blake, erals. 1967. Albertus Oxford: Clarendon R. 1922. J. Evans, and De P., ...Vis, don: of 442 20. Renaissance. 335 of Oxford: 21. pp. the Middle Clarendon Ages W. 1866 |  | | 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 | | | Book | | 100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...easier for you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...be discovered by locating the porous layers In a quarry or other exposure and following them along the...been washed into the stream ,tselt. Southwestern Maine around the town of Pans. and the rugged area north |  | | Journal (issue) | | for Sept:e m ber - October, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...... .. .. ............. ......................'-' ,._ - .., - - - - - - '-' CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY --- - ....... ..,...,.,.._ .... ....... .......Boulder Bec!ch on Lake Mead. Nevad~ The Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc. (Paul 0 . Drury, Publicity...northern outskirts of Asheboro, the county seat of Randolph County, N . C. It may be reached by goi ng...headed north for a week's collecting mostly in Oxford Co., Maine. Included in the group were Mr. and Mrs. Philip |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California...................................... Large diamond crystal, 28 carats, from Liagsu County, Shangdong Province, China. (All specimens pictured...rare mineral found only at Hsianghualin, Linwu County, Hunan Province, China. There followed a very large...dolomite matrix, from the Yanwuping mine, Wanshan County, Guizhou Prov-ince, China. (Ed. Note: This specimen...Pentagonite fiveling prism from near Owyhee Dam, Malheur County, Oregon, seen on end in polarized light to show |  | | Journal (issue) | | Measurements: %V2 xlVi x 5%" Page JEWEL BOX OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA by Mary Frances HOW TO GO ROCKHOUNDING...J. Edward Warwict NEWS .._ THE GEM MINERALS OF MAINE by F. E. Schiller HIGH IN THE OCHOCOS by Quinten..."Jewel Box" in the northeast corner of Imperial County, Calif. The Wiley Well area (the name by which...Jade WA, 4-2130 CHICAGO 9, ILUNOIS COUNTY MPERIAL COUNTY Rl V " I E RS IDE l/£M£/VT6' "^^^ \^/j;t-4...towards Bellingham. Logs are also found Whatcom county but the material seems to be a slate-like formation |
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