 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln in northeastern...northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone quarry, the...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S H...U M B E R L A N D at the northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland...there is enough interest ing in this town and in Lincoln—the adjacent town to the south—to warrant a field |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Rhode Island campus where the geological display is located. University of Rhode Island KINGSTON...KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND HOLMES WILSON 42 Nancy Drive Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864 T H E U N I V E R S I...Represented are most well-known mineral sites in Rhode Island, including Diamond H i l l , a large quartz...state's northeast corner; the Conklin and Dexter limestone quarries in Lincoln; and sev eral important...collecting sites in Johnston, a few miles west of Providence. The collection totals over 300 specimens, virtually |  | | Book | | 1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � - PRICE $2...Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION...Windsor Co., Vermont Reading Talc Mine Saxtons River, Vermont Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont... Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford, Massachusetts...Goldmine Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts Granby Dinosaur Museum |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in trap rock at notable localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it...Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch quarry at nearby Amherst...datolite occurred as fine large crystals in trap rock ex- Downloaded by [Queensland University of Technology]...al. 1980) and quarries at Prospect Park, Passaic County, are noted for datolite; datolite clusters and...in the Braen quarry, Haledon; the Francisco quarry at Great Notch; and the Riverside quarry, Totowa, also |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to amber, on white limestone, occurs in Miller's Lime Pit at Samson, Geneva Co., Ala., so we have been...in the copper mines at Sulzur, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. ARIZONA—"Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz.,...admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I...been found in the Appalachian Minerals Company quarry near Monticello (Jasper Co.), Ga. IDAHO—"I am enclosing |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |  | | Report (volume) | | Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...-___--_Older gneissic rocks of northwestern Rhode Island.____________ Nipsachuck Gneiss------------- |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book | | Vili Fossil-Stegosaurus * Alabama Mineral-Hematite Rock-Marble Fossil-Basilosaurus cetoides Gemstone-Star...Blue Quartz Soil-Bama Series Mineral-Rhodochrosite Rock-Yule Marble 22 22 Zo 24 * Connecticut OG G& BY...Mineral-Quartz Crystal Soil-Myakka Fine Sand Series Rock-Bauxite Soil-Stuttgart Series * Georgia * California...Fossil-Shark Tooth Gem-Quartz 35 36 36 38 38 38 Rock-Serpentine * Hawaii Fossil-Sabre-Toothed Cat Gemstone-Benitoite...Stone-Salem Limestone River-Wabash River 49 50 * Iowa Rock-Geode DZ * Kansas Soil-Harney Silt Loam Series |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Gosses and Metcalfs found agates in Harrison County, Mis sissippi. PENNSYLVANIA Dr. John Price, President...a w i t . Member Byron Brookm y e r o f the York Rock and Mineral Club reports t h e f i n d i n g a n...t i o n o f two n e w minerals i n Blue B a l l Quarry, celestite a n d c a k i o s t r o n t i a n i...o f the t a l k b y D r . E m i l Alan Beaver County w h o showed slides o f archaeological " d i g...n w i t h t h e m e m bers o f t h e Che-Hanna Rock and Mineral Club, S a y r e . T h e C l u b is t |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | reservation communities and for people who live in Island Territories under U.S. administration. U.S. GOVERNMENT...the 50 States, Puerto Rico, Northern Marianas, Island Possessions, and Trust Territory. This volume also...State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...Resources, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Rhode Island: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management... Contents Page Puerto Rico, Northern Marianas, Island Possessions, and Trust Territory, by Steve W. Sikich |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............. 554 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................505 511 514 532 533 551 551 553 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY GEOLOGIC HAZARDS COMMITTEES NAMED Clarence Allen...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...Annual Rock Swap at Jo Scholl's Place, North Gorham, Maine. July 26-31, 1965 — Charlotte Rock and Min...sponsor the 25th Annual Convention and Silver Jubilee Rock and Gem Festival of the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | town of Cumberland in the northeast corner of Rhode Island. The town of Cumberland is said to have been...Chalcopyrite, Azurite, Malachite, Epidote, Brown Garnet, Talc, Astrophyllite, Antigorite, Amphibole, Pyroxene...250 feet. Mr. Gilbert George, President of the Rhode Island Hunters, is the man in the picture. 810 ROCKS...Mills, the Cumberlandite loca- tion, the Conklin Limestone Quarry. All areas may be covered in one trip |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...apatite, dolomite, erythrite, ilmenite, magnetite, talc Briar Fork—near Schuyler (excavation on Rt. 6) goethite |  | | 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...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite...dolomite, erythrite, galena, ilmenite, magnetite, talc Briar Fork-near Schuyler (excavation on Rt. 6) goethite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | BONANZA Rock collecting, sightseeing and a look at history in Colorado by Steve Voyn ick CONKLIN QUARRY...QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page 122 A PICTURE...Vanguard blade. aluminum oxide wheel for sharpening rock picks, chisels, etc. Use fine grit • Handy, adjustable...CENTER CADILLAC OF ROCK GRIPPERS _ __._..__._....., SHIM The new 4 POINT SOVA ROCK VISE Designed and...This toot puts four equal pressure points on your rock. holding odd shaped pieces solidly for accurate |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...Garvin & G. Tribbey The minerals of the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Sporadically, lomonosovite, manaksite and natrolite become rock-forming Some Petrological Terms (from JACKSON,...this condition. Alkaline rock: As defined by Shand in 1922, any igneous rock in which the molecular ratio |  | | Report (issue) | | found at a locality given as Veshnoveh, Kashan County, Esfahan Province, Iran, very sharp, highly lustrous...Andradite (“melanite”), 5.4 cm, from Veshnoveh, Kashan County, Esfahan Province, Iran. Quebul Fine Minerals specimen...in the late 1980s and late 1990s, displays bright lime-green, typically barrel-shaped crystals with hexagonal...brought together. But the pyromorphite remains bright lime-green anyway. Pyromorphite, 3.1 cm, from the San...transparent blue-purple fluorite from Xiayang, Yongchun County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. In my print |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................. MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................FIND IN COWEE VALLEY, N.C.—Paul E. Lockwood THE ROCK BRIGADE—Rudolph J. Bland, Jr......................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 641 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A RUSH TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA On Tuesday, August...headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...30th St., Bellevue, Wash. 98004. Oct. 2, 1965—1st Rock Swap of the West chester Mineral & Gem Society |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California......................................................................369 by L. H. Conklin Letters to the editor ........................... 8th Friday, Oct. 9th BEY'S ROCK SHOP GRAYSON LAWRENCE H. CONKLIN PICKENS GRENVILLE MINERALS ...learned to transform intractable masses of hard rock into works of great beauty. The People’s Republic...gem fields. Sapphire deposits on windswept Hainan Island are under in vestigation. In 1976 the first major |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...a precise explanation of how to recognize the rock formations in which gems occur. in The tabular...1 2 How fun to hunt for gems to identify 3 Rock formations How which gems occur 1 21 stone...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh...comparative table A.) The steps on Table A. 1. Talc known Mohs' scale. (See Table from equal; the |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | Rico, Panatna Canal Zone, Virgin Islands, Pacific Island Possessions, and Trust Territory of the Pacific...Ampian, and Charles D. Hoyt ___ ____ _____ _ 639 Rhode Island, by Frank B. Fulkerson _____ ______ ___________...summarizes mineral production in the United States, its island possessions, the Canal Zone, and Lhc Cotnmonwealth...______ ______ ____ .____ ______ housand short do tons Lime __ ___ ____ _____ ___t ______ _______ ______ MagnesiUDl...______________________________________ short tuns __ Phosphate rock _____ ____ _____________ thousand short tuns __ |
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