 | | Journal (issue) | | Tomasz Praszkier (Poland) Scott Werschky (USA) INTRODUCTION Strzegom (Lower Silesia, Poland) is a classic... and crystal size can vary correspondingly. Smoky quartz crystals can reach 1 m in length, and high quality...epidotes, stilbites, and quartz specimens. Unfortunately, this part of the quarry was abandoned soon after...in the eastern portion of the Weardale district, County Durham, Northern England. Weardale (“dale” is the...The Rogerley Mine is situated within an abandoned quarry of the same name, just east of the town of Stanhope |  | | Journal (issue) | | Society, supported gem and mineral shows around the county as a museum exhibitor and speaker, and served on...lustrous, prismatic crystals of epidote, excellent quartz, idiomorphic albite, tourmaline, morganite and...were later found to the northeast of town, in the lower Fanadinho Creek area. These, too, are still in full...quality, but much richer in epidote, was found in the lower Fanadinho Creek area, where mining operations began...eluvium has a matrix of fine to medium-grained quartz and ferruginous soil. Above, there is a colluvium |  | | Book (volume) | | publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...Carolina is a source of true emeralds and outstanding quartz crystals. New Hampshire has also yielded a few...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs from...are thirty or more named quarries and numerous unnamed prospects in Topsham. The quarries, all inactive...synonomy has arisen due to changes of leasee or owner. Quarry locations are described and plotted on top ographic...of John W . Fisher between 1852 and 1860. This quarry was worked for a single season during the 1860s...molybdenite, quartz, and tourmaline. A significant pocket of beryl at the G . D. Willes, or Trenton, quarry was |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | exposed in a small portion of the north face of the quarry. Miaroles up to several inches iicross abound in...this area and are filled with primary feldspar. quartz. ;I dark green chlorite (probably chaniosite. based...Besesitra dike, the Ifasina dike, and several unnamed dikes. The less-evolved dikes include the Andasy...the Fiakarandava dike, as well as several other unnamed dikes. Rhodizite either occurs in the wall zone...KUNZITEBEARING PEGMATITE IN THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DlEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. Fisher, 380 Pennsylvania Ave., |  | | Report (edition) | | 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...Supplemental labels were added where necessary to show quarry sites, road names, and other useful landmarks....those which are still open. The words "mine" and "quarry" are often used interchangeably in discussing mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | microscopic rutile is also a commonly associated mineral. Quartz and calcite veins cutting the slate are the only...minerals found in Ver mont slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney; photo by Roger Bacon. The granite industry...minerals in granite prepared by Dale (1923). Rutilated quartz, apatite, and many other minerals are found in...decorator tiles. The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi cant locality...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | two generations of smoky quartz, one crystallized above the b–a-transition of quartz (&573°C), and one...nearby pegmatites from Strzegom (Striegau) in West Poland. In this paper, we will examine the crystallization...found in graphic quartz at the beginning of the pegmatite stage and in early smoky quartz, providing constraints...co-trapped with vapor-rich fluid inclusions in smoky quartz. Intermediate between the melt-dominated and...low-salinity, rarely CO2-rich fluid inclusions in late smoky quartz, transparent albite crystals and in generally |  | | Journal (issue) | | Front cover: Fluorite on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family;...Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 351 by R. M . 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...the county zoning offices. The accurate property boundaries provide good starting points. Quarry or property...but it’s probably unwise in this instance. Small quarry owners and mine operators are, for the most part |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Society went to Liberty Hill, N.C. to look for smoky quartz of faceting grade. PENNSYLVANIA The Mineral...next month. Mr. D.M. Stoltzfus of the Cedar Hill Quarry was host to the Mineral ogical Society of Pennsylvania...used 10 years earlier on a similar visit to this quarry. The Club's sommittee on radio activity plans...on pyrites to the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. Members Weldon and Edith...the Bethlehem Steel Quarry, Hanover is scheduled for November. (Ed. Note: The Quarry is for limestone and |  | | Book (volume) | | gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur...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: |  | | Journal (issue) | | I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...Lucking collection, p. 78 5 36 86 Chips from the Quarry Connoisseur's Choice: Topaz from Granite Pegmatites...Brazil: At the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Carl A. Francis and Aaron Celestian 89 Who's...column beginning on page 36. Chips from the Quarry T UCSON: In trying to come up with a new way...cm high, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California; E: Tourmaline, 13.8 cm, Madagascar; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | comprehensive listing, including detailed spot locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can...The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can be obtained from the North Carolina...Carolina 27611 B. J . M C K E N Z I E Alamance County Pyrophyllite, cacoxenite, diaspore, sericite, pyrite...hill, 0.2 mile from the road. Alexander County Alexander County is a renowned mineral collecting area in...rutile, and quartz crystals. The following are mineral collecting sites in Alexander County: 1) Emerald |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the past 2 years, there are still very good fire quartz specimens to be found—apparently an iridescent...the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...brought us a most interesting specimen of amethystine quartz with wulfenite crystals from the old amethyst locality...associated with limonite, on the surfaces of the quartz crystals. So far as I know, this is the first occurrence...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples |  | | 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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...with tourmaline, garnet, microcline and some rose quartz, on the dumps of the Ramstetter Ranch pegmatite...gully. About 2 / 3 way up Guy Hill is pegmatite quarry. Boulders of this material are laced with black...of Ralph's specimens. He found this cluster of quartz crystals in Stafford Springs (Tolland Co.), Conn...géodes with quartz crystals ranging in size from 1/16" to 1/4". Crystals were clear, milky, smoky, citrine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hydrothermal Quartz from McCurtain County Oklahoma DAVID LONDON School of Geology and Geophysics...Rock, Figure 1. General location map for named quartz prospects in Oklahoma, showing the towns of Broken...University of Oklahoma. Figure 2. At Opah, a typical quartz dig in Oklahoma: mud, water, tree roots, snakes...and droplets of blood. Note the large masses of quartz that constituted the margins of the vein. With...30 cm wide. 30 ROCKS & MINERALS from Cleveland County (London 2008), and hourglass gypsum, the State |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Description and conditions of formation of new unnamed Ag – Cu and Ag – Cu–Au sulfotellurides in epithermal...Description and conditions of formation of new unnamed Ag – Cu and Ag – Cu–Au sulfotellurides in epithermal...(179): 295 – 310; Stuttgart. Abstract: Two new unnamed Ag – Cu [(Ag,Cu) 12Te3S2] and Ag–Au – Cu [(Ag,Au...buckhornite (AuPb2BiTe2S3), cervelleite (Ag4TeS), an unnamed Ag – sulfotelluride (Ag3TeS; Piestrzy ński et...Ag – Cu sulfotelluride reported to date is an unnamed mineral with the formula Ag5CuTeS2, which was reported |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Neumeier. 302 3 South Baldface 93 302 Redstone Quarry Bartlett Lincoln Huntington Mountain Moat Mountain...the deformed, mainly metasedimentary rocks of the lower Paleozoic section of the Appalachian orogeny and...outlined by composite ring dikes of porphyritic quartz syenite. The centers are typically composed of...Granite), alkali granite (Mount Osceola Granite), and quartz syenite porphyry (Eby, Kruger, and Creasy 1992)...plutons (183–155 Ma) and the Albany Porphyritic Quartz Syenite ring-dikes in the eastern portion of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pyroxene, brownish also milky-white quartz and greenish and white quartz porphyry. A 2nd letter, dated March...is found in the Harquahala Range in N / E Yuma County of S/W Arizona. Also enclosed are some desert roses...roses (beds of these are found all over Yuma County). I pick up only the well shaped specimens such as...response on the copper minerals with quartz xls and drusy quartz overlying them. The sad part is that...come from the Calico fossil beds of San Bernardino County, Calif." — asks Charley Jones, 14232 Slover Ave |  | Thompson, Woodrow B., Bearss, Gene T., Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Nizamoff, Jams W. (2000) The Estes Quarry, Cumberland County, Maine: A New Pegmatite Mineral Locality. Rocks & Minerals, 75 (6) 408-418 doi:10.1080/00357520009605667 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A New Pegmatite M ineral Locality T he Estes quarry in southwestern Maine exposes a granite pegmatite...mineralized pegmatites in Maine and New Hampshire. The quarry has yielded fine specimens of eosphorite, fairfieldite...Hlstory The Estes quarry is located on Route 5 in West Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine (fig. 1). It...It is on the western flank of an unnamed hill just east of the Saco River on the U.S.Geological Survey’s...Contractors of West Baldwin. This is a working quarry with high rock walls and unstable boulder piles |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alberta Canada T3B 4T7 mmenzies@shaw.ca Jefferson County, Montana P erched high on the south-facing side...workings, June 2016. Note mine portal at end of lower terrace (lower left corner), compressor on upper terrace...mineable concentrations of metal-bearing ore and quartz outcrops. Samples were always assayed, and if results... give the miner the metal values, and keep the quartz for use as flux in the smelting process. As shown...Little Gem hosts many pegmatites that have produced quartz crystal specimens. Some, including the Little Gem |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals! Today the Sand and Grit of the Imperial Folk County Gem and Mineral Society, Winter Haven, tells of...of a successful trip to the Brooksville Quarry for fossils, chert and calcite! The Gem and Mineral Club...Beach, is exchanging specimens, by mail, with an unnamed club in Tay lor, Michigan. Fossils and specimens...Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, in a field trip to St. Johnsville for Herkimer Quartz Profs...the proc esses. Field Trip Destination: Cinque Quarry, Judd's Bridge, Washington, Conn, for blue blade |
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