 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES HA,MPDEN 'COUNTY (PART FOUR) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...will be amended in a later issue. NOTE: (ESSEX COUNTY, was erroneously listed as part three in caption...Catalogue of Massachusetts Gemstones." Readers please note the correct County to be BERKSHIRE COUNTY.) AGATE...outcrops of basalt. Hampden County The chief occurrence of agate in Massachusetts is a number of ancient...Nodules and rounded masses eroded from basalt. in Hampden and Hampshire Counties Westfield, Lane Company |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Boston, Johanson and Savage from Leominster, Massachusetts, Verrow and the late Percy Leggett from Gorham...recovered in recent years. The Palm and Koleh Granite Quarry in Amherst, New Hamphire is located about one mile...Granite quarry areas where many other minerals may be found are the Cape Ann and Quincy, Massachusetts and...there may be others. Yet in almost any granite quarry there might be rare micro crystals, the problem...the many granite quarries in the Westford, Massachusetts area. I noticed a small vug having a green and |  | | Report (issue) | | Ca2 (Fe2+ ; Mn)Fe3+ Si5 O14 (OH) Babingtonite c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal...(1) Arendal, Norway. (2) Holyoke, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA; original total given as 99.82%. (3)...From Baveno, Piedmont, Italy. In the Khandivali quarry, near Bombay, Maharashtra, India. At Mitani, Kochi...Russia. In the USA, in Massachusetts, exceptional crystals from Lane's quarry, West¯eld, Hampden Co.; in the...Hill, Morris Co., New Jersey; from the Goose Creek quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia; and at Lenoir |  | | Book | | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...1987 Route 128 and Route 3, where traffic from the west and south of Boston meets and passes at the rate...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...from Roxbury south to Brockton and from Braintree west to Needham and Wellesley. BRAINTREE - By most accounts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 80 in Passaic County, New Jersey. It also occurs in the Roncari quarry, Hartford County, and at Cheshire... New Haven County, Connecticut, and in the Hampden quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts. It has been...respectively, and at the Cornwall iron mine, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It has been found in individual...in the Rockville Crushed Stone Company quarry, Montgomery County, Maryland. Small prehnite crystals to...reported from the Gouverneur Talc Company No. 4 quarry, Lewis County, New York. Prehnite is reported from many |  | | Report (volume) | | onshore and offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg...Maritime Maryland Massachusetts, Deerfield basin Massachusetts, Hartford basin Massachusetts, other Morocco |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | matrix for one or more of these species. In Massachusetts, datolite fills veins and open cavities in trap...localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite...Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch quarry at nearby...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) | | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES FRANKLIN COUNTY (PART SIX) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...as 1 mile east of Deerfield Academy?) Franklin County 516 Desc:ription and Occurrence Waterworn masses...both sides of the Connecticut River in an east and west direction averaging 20 miles wide and extending...boundary of the state (Franklin County) southward through Hampshire and Hampden Counties and beyond. Numerous...Greenfield In basalt. Greenfield, Cheapside traprock quarry, south of village Many types and colors exposed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | prehnite As I glance over my micro and T/N at this quarry. specimens I come upon some o f the Many of us...Fred Lincks. We have cor neighboring state of Massachusetts. Many responded and had the pleasure of a of...who are willing to get-togethers are held in Massachusetts pass on information of localities they as well...state of Lead Mine. Here, many fine specimens, Massachusetts. The tendency is to pass both common and rare...beautiful specimens of wulfenite. some of the fine Massachusetts specimens in This last species can be found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pages 157-162, 1980 sTFeMtissbauerstudy of babingtonite GEoRG Avtununn' I nstitut fiir M iner alogie...Mg)Fe3*SirO,oOH. According to Araki and Zoltai (1972), babingtonite is triclinic with the spacegroup PT. RecentlyKosoi...those of the pure Ca-Fe silicate can enter the babingtonite structure.The most important of these ions seemsto...This paper reports a Mcissbauerinvestigationof babingtonite at temperaturesbetween30 and 600 K in order...total iron was AMTHAUER: MOSSBAUER STUDY OF BABINGTONITE t58 determined with the microprobe as FeO; |  | | Report (volume) | | cavities Original minerals Anhydrite Calcite Babingtonite vu 1 1 5 6 7 7 8 9 11 17 17 22 24 24 24 24...glauberite pseudomorphs Miscellaneous cavities Babingtonite as the original mineral of the cavities Index...after calcite, natrolite, and pectolite 32. Babingtonite FIGURE 1. Map of New Jersey showing position...crystal of babingtonite__ 33. Cross sections:of babingtonite crystal& 69 70 71 73 78 84 85 INSERT Mineral...comprehensive study of these cavities and suggested that babingtonite was the original mineral. Soon after this anhydrite |  | | Report (edition) | | 5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers...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 |  | | Book | | River Stone * Massachusetts Gem-Rhodonite Fossil-Dinosaur Track Mineral-Babingtonite Rock-Roxbury Puddingstone...Dinosaur-Paluxysaurus jonesi test 131 132 133 133 * West Virginia Gem-Silicified Mississippian Fossil Coral...made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional...white Sylacauga marble from Sylacauga, Talladega County, is considered among the finest white marble in |  | | Report (volume) | | LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON WASHINGTON...inineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass. This lexicon was prepared to accompany...MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, MASS. By B. K. EMERSON. INTRODUCTION...within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is...the eastern border of the area find in AVorcester County. TRIASSIC. The Suf/ar Loaf arko*e, or feldspathitf |  | | Journal (issue) | | fluorapophyllite crystal, 4.6 cm, from Pashan Hills quarry no. 2 near Poona, Maharashtra state, India. Steve...collection formed by Henry Heuland for Charles Hampden 10 Turner: platy white apophyllite with mesolite...Indian Mineralogist, and was not noticed in the West. George Rossman at Cal. Tech. published a note in...localities such as, most recently, the Bombay-Dahisar quarry, with its diverse calcite specimens. Members of...drilling in the face of a quarry near Poona. Figure 8. An old miner in a quarry near Jalgaon. 12 The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 99-69. L. J. S. [Babingtonite, Biotite, Almandine, and Gedrite from Massachusetts.] By BENJAMIN K. EMERSON...found i n Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Massachusetts, is collected together in lexicon form...and other observations, being also included. Babingtonite occurs a s a black layer, sometimes showing |  | | Book | | California, and from Washington’s Pacific Shores to Key West, Florida, and has collected in all but a very few...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite |  | | Report (volume) | | OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | skapolitt, kvarls og kalsitt. Pr0ven stammet fra Hampden-Turners samling (Levy 1824a, 1837). Noen kjemisk...prl2Jve fra Arendal i den engelske samleren C. Hampden-Turner sin samling, og beskrevet i 18245 om et...en pr0ve av gonnarditt i Smithsonian Institution, USA, sin samling, merket Arendal, uten ncermere stedsangivelse...Crystal chemistry and Mi:issbauer spectra of babingtonite. American Mineralogist. 76, 892-899. BUGGE,...formee par M. Henri Heuland et appartenant M. Ch. Hampden Turner. Tome 2. A Richter & Co, Londres 1837, 480 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | research for over 150 years with one, exposed in a quarry at Westbury-sub-Mendip, containing a fauna dated... a conserva tion warning (District Council and County Council sys tems failure). These are all aspects...visits were made to Coxbridge sandpit, Seale chalk quarry, Lyme Regis, Isle of Wight, Ringstead Bay, Portland...Devon and Cornwall and to foreign parts including USA, France, Italy, Ireland, Austria, Hungary, Portugal...a trip to Yellowstone and Canyon Lands, Western USA; the 30th in 1999, to see the Total Solar Eclipse |  | | 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...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...Gerais, Brazil, better than those from the Harvard quarry in Greenwood? Are the morganites of Cerro de Urucum |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................. MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................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...Ave., North, Minneapolis, Minn. Oct. 3-9, 1965—West Oxford Agricultural Society, Inc., 2nd Annual Lapidary...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at rhe |  | | Book (volume) | | Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................of Geology at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He began teaching there in 1931 and he retired...permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...gratefully dedicated. Gene Foard (right) at Swamp #1 quarry, Topsham. Gene Foard speaking with Frank Perham...Gene Foard with Yan King, 1994 (left) at Nevel quarry, Newry. In Memoriam Gene Foord Gene [Eugene Edward] |
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Hampden quarry, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA