 | 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) | | August 2013 Cumberland Countv. Mahe A New Pegmatite M ineral Locality T he Estes quarry in southwestern...southwestern Maine exposes a granite pegmatite hosting more than forty mineral species. This locality contains...highly mineralized pegmatites in Maine and New Hampshire. The quarry has yielded fine specimens of eosphorite...Hlstory The Estes quarry is located on Route 5 in West Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine (fig. 1). It...& Son Excavation Contractors of West Baldwin. This is a working quarry with high rock walls and unstable |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............................ p. 10 The Estes Quarry in Maine ..........................................violet-red spessartines come from Colorado and Maine. San Diego County, CA, has been the main spessartine producer...2001. Spessartine garnet from Ramona, San Diego County, CA. Gems and Gemology 37(4). Mindat. 2016. Spessartine...Province, as exposed in the rocks of Corridor H in West Virginia. If you’ve missed Shelley’s field trips...activities. There’s a field trip to the Vulcan quarry in Manassas on the October 15; and we’re invited |  | | Book (edition) | | from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized |  | 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) | | 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its many phosphates...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 |  | | 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) | | 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...of the East, and the Sierras and Cascades of the West, for examples, dense forest covers extend over thousands...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache |  | | Book (edition) | | Colorado National Monument Mesa County Dinosaur National Monument Moffat County Great Sand Dunes National... Montezuma County NATIONAL PARKS IN COLORADO Mesa Verde National Park Montezuma County Rocky Mountain...Utah Border to Steamboat Springs, U. S. 40 Moffat County Dinosaur National Monument Hahns Peak Segment B...Mine Van Buskirk Mine R. H. Magnuson Mine Meyers Quarry Border Feldspar No. 2 Mine Cowan Quarries Skyline...Wyoming Border, U. S. 287 Owl Canyon Segment M — Estes Park to Grand Lake, U. S. 34 Specimen Mountain Segment |  | | Book (edition) | | COLO RAD O GEM T RAILS t.lilky quartz crystals, Ow-ay. Katherine H . Jensen. AND MINERAL GUID E RICHARD...Montrose County Colorado National Monument Mesa County Dinosaur National Monument Moffat County Florissant...Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Teller County Great Sand Dunes National Monument Saguache and...National Monument Montezuma County Yucca House National Monument Montezuma County NATIONAL PARKS IN COLORADO...COLORADO Mesa Verde National Park Montezuma County Rocky Mountain National Park Grand and Larimer Countie~ | | | 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...of the East, and the Sierras and Cascades of the West, for examples, dense forest covers extend over thousands...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................207 Maine ..............................................................................................525 West Virginia ........................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map .......................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Ute Mountain Gem & Mineral Society. Montezuma County Annex Bldg., 103 N. Chestnut. Info.—John Ferrin...7—Oxford, Maine. 30th Annual Western Maine Mineral & Jewelry Festival sponsored by the Oxford County Mineral...(G&LW) Gem Trade Show. Holiday Inn/Hazel Park, 1 West Nine Mile Road, Hazel Park. Info.— G&LW, P.O. Box...28—Waterville, Maine. 21st Annual MidState Gem and Mineral Show sponsored by the Maine Water-Oak Gem and...Pinebridge Inn (wholesale). Info.—Jim Burgess, Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce, Rte. 1, Box 7%, Spruce Pine |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1 1/2x2 $1.25, 2x2 $1.50, 2x3 $2.50 BROOKITE, QUARTZ, Magnet Cove. Ark. We selected these while we were...paramorphs after brookite. These on the corroded smoky quartz masses and crystals typical of the Magnet Cove...crystals of about 2x2 to 2x3 size @ $4.50 each. SMOKY QUARTZ CRYSTALS, Mex. Very fine and brilliant smoky Crystals...crystal prisms in and on trans lucent to transparent quartz. Most speci mens showing many tourmaline xl prisms...BOIL—Gardiner E. Gregory.... 810 SOME NOTES ON ASTERIATED QUARTZ IN VIRGINIA—R. J. Bland, Jr. 838 HISTORY OF ANDOVER-SULPHUR |  | | Report (volume) | | .............................................. Maine.................................................................................................. West Virginia..........................................vanadium minerals in the high plateau region of the West. The present bulletin, like the earlier work, gives...of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Charlottesville. Washington___Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia_.Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin____Prof |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................177 Maine...............................................................................................429 West Virginia .......................................................................458 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...mountainous, constituting the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau and climaxing in 2,407 ft. Cheaha Mt |  | | Book (volume) | | ...........................................177 Maine...............................................................................................431 West Virginia .......................................................................460 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...mountainous, constituting the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau and climaxing in 2,407 ft. Cheaha Mt |  | | Journal (issue) | | etusllUIII. jo,,. !bece,,,/.e,, l9J/..2. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Land Expedition, 1934-1937, which made studies in West Antarctica, under the leadership of John Rymill...1908-1910, were cirried on in the general region of West Antarctica ROCKS AND MINERALS explored in part...1928-1929, did considerable aerial photography in West Antarctica. The Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition...23-December 5, 1935, crossed the entire length of West Antarctica from Dundee Island to Little America |  | | Journal (issue) | | GALENA CRYSTALS, BARITE CRYSTALS, CALCITE CRYSTALS, QUARTZ CRYSTALS ETC. EACH PIECE TRIMMED AND SELECTED FOR...591 593 602 614 618 619 634 562 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS i 561 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A CALIFORNIA FIRST! GOLD: Official state mineral...Dakota comes close, with a "state gem stone”—rose quartz. —Mineral Information Sendee Ferry Building San...Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6. For more |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at least, nothing but a mosaic of interlocking quartz crystals. There was no feldspar to be seen. The...brown in color, are usually encrusted with drusy quartz crystals, and reach lengths of 6 cm or more. Probably...described in the JanuaryFebruary Chips from the Quarry column. I was unable to attend the show and was...ordered by mail. Nancy Dreyer Cincinnati, Ohio Quartz after apatttef!?. from this locality. Apatite from...Imperial Renaissance Easter egg, the other a Russian quartz specimen. Many posters from past years are also |  | | Book | | is different in many respects :ollecting in the West, and also since some o f you m a y - : o t h e h...Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER 8 Tennessee...i n i a : Fauquier, Goochiand, Orange, B u r k e West Vi r g i n i a : Monroe, M o r g a n , Jefferson...found. Vi r g i n i a : Orange, Henrico, Tazewell West V i r g i n i a : M o n r o e Kentucky: A d a i...streams and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones |  | | Journal (issue) | | ROCKS AND MMiRALS Mineraloqy RUTILE IN QUARTZ Minas Geraes, Brazil Anthony J. Di Donato Collection...GALENA CRYSTALS, BARITE CRYSTALS, CALCITE CRYSTALS, QUARTZ CRYSTALS ETC. EACH PIECE TRIMMED AND SELECTED FOR.................... MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................OF CALIFORNIA—Tomasz J. Turley THERE’S GOLD IN MAINE—Mrs. Cecil J. Smith PROF. C. S. HURLBUT, JR. TO...7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 641 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A RUSH TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA On Tuesday, August |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mall, 1-70 and Sheri dan St. Information: Rick Estes, 114 Poppy St., Golden, CO 80401. January 18-20—Orlando...EVERGREEN. COLORADO 80439 DAKOTA FOSSILS Williamson County Gem & Mineral Society. Community Center, San Gabriel...sponsored by the Rock & Arrowhead Club. Klamath County Fairgrounds, 3531 S. 6th. Information: Bob Williams...Eastern Indiana Gem & Geological Society. Wayne County Fair grounds, North Salisbury Rd. Information:...Exhibits Lectures & so much more! Featured mineral quartz 3 H O T E L F L O O R S O F T H E WORLD'S B E |  | | Journal (issue) | | O#tle,,14 /a-" ' 9 ~ , 191/-3 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ......................................................................................... DRUSY QUARTZ NEAR EUREKA SPRINGS, ARK . ......................of the wonderful rock gorge, but some eight miles west of Canon City is a gravel road on left leading to...secured. These fluorspar mines are all in Chaffee County. Fluorspar comes in veins of approximately 20 feet...Feldspar is found in the Turrett District, in Chaffee County. The dikes run from two to fifty feet in width |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bariand Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany Olaf Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann.................. 23 by D. R. Belsher and C. E. Baldwin Departments Notes from the editor ..............Inesite, a new U.S. occurrence near Creede, Mineral County, C o lo ra d o ..................................austinite, and plumbian conichalcite from La Plata County, Colorado .......................................February, 1980 Grain Size. Grains of fine clay-size quartz are more likely to become deeply imbedded in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Better Living Center · Eastern States Exposition West Springfield, Massachusetts Show Hours: Fri. & Sat...SPECIALEXHIBIT: EXIBIT: Presenting 52 cases of the FRAZIER QUARTZ COLLECTION SPECIAL Guest Speakers · Air-Conditioned...can’t resist visiting local rock shops. While in Estes Park, Colorado, we found a shop on the main street...night and they just had to have them to remember Estes Park. Lol! So, we bought two small towers with light... J West Coast’s Premier Jewelry & Bead Faires West Coast’s Premier Jewelry & Bead Faires West C JOIN |  | | Journal (issue) | | on agate. Some with smoky quartz xls on agate. Others with blue white quartz xl interiors. Associate minerals...green xls on limonire. xl 35 C, 1x2 15C, 2x2 $1.50. QUARTZ PSEUDOS AFTER MIMETITE, Mex. White pseudo x1 on...crystals on quartz from Magnet Cove. 2x2 $2.00, 2x3 $2.75, 3x4 $5.50. Larger available. QUARTZ “HERKIMER...742 748 751 762 774 776 794 722 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185) i ROCKS AND MINERALS 72! CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY “I AM A MINERAL COLLECTOR” “HUH?” By ANNA MARIE |
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Estes Quarry, West Baldwin, Baldwin, Cumberland County, Maine, USA