 | | Report (issue) | | DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...colorless crystals), Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC |  | | Journal (issue) | | ocwrre11ce was Brinton's Quany, located three miles south of the village of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Brinto11's...Brinto11's Quarry, also identified in early In this issue: A Remarkable Mineral Region: A Visit to Brinton's...James D. Dana, 1858;: Josialt P. Cooke, I 867). Brinton's Q11any clinoc/Iiores were "T/1e ivurk111e11 save...mineral collections around the world. In 1899 Brinton's Quarl)' was in the twilight of its productive...s11111mer of 1899. Willard Brinton, a,1 active West Chester mineralogist d,uring tlte turn of the centu1y prepared |  | | Report (issue) | | Serpentine Rocks Of the Piedmont Upland Maryland, Pennsylvania And Delaware By NANCY C. PEARRE and ALLEN V...districts ______ -._-_____-_____-___._. Montgomery County, Md_-_-_---_---_-_-----------_-__--_-_-_Soldiers...----.._-_-_-------_-----_-----------_----West Chester district...-_._.. --__- .. .._.__ Philadelphia...___________ 715 716 716 718 719 720 721 721 722 723 Quarry descriptions.-___._-_-_-_-_-_-_---_-___--______-_...___--___-________--____.__.__ Cardiff "green marble" quarry...._._._-__________ Jarrettsville-Dublin district |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | length. (2) Deshong's qusrry, Leiperville, Delaware County. Ia,rge microcline crystals were obtained and one...mile northwest of Capella Hill, Alsace township, Berks County. Nickeliferous pyrrhotite and augite are...Creek, 1 mile west of Spies Cburch, Alsace township, Berks county. Only inferior specimens are now obtainable...3)l miles southwest of Pricetown, Alsace Township, Berks County. Fine limonite, stalactitic and mammillary...I milg gsu66 of Pricetown, Ruscombmanor Township, Berks County; this is surrounded by extensive, but practically |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | river this rock was largely quarried. The first quarry opened was irnmediately on the river bank. When...When the inclined plane was abandoned the Pennsylvania Railroad made a curved cut through these rocks extending...from about 30th Street to 34th Street, and a large quarry, or a series of quarries afterwards merged into...that found on Ridley and Crum Creeks in Delaware County, contained segregated masses of coarse orthocl...the Park north of Girard Avenue, and also in a quarry on Girard Avenue about 38th Street, menaccanite |  | | Report (edition) | | PENNSYLVANIA STATE LIBRARY OF 0144 00141189 1 v < 2 £ m- c oi; c» tt*s“S S Si! at tss^s isl^j...1 ' s WJ= ~S 5! s „3 &«eq Sjg® . . PENNSYLVANIA 1 .8 ^2»SS 3 d 5-s &s z l|lt« 7* < OF ...GEOLOGY REPORT 1976 33 MINERAL COLLECTING IN PENNSYLVANIA by Alan R. Geyer Robert C. Smith, John H....Graphics by Albert E. VanOlden COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES TOPOGRAPHIC...II Copyrighted 1976 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Quotations from this book may be published if |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | which are biaxial with a srnall axial angle, like aragonite, and ProfessorRunner regarded them as representingthe...to the partial alteration of the caicite into aragonite. Further study of this possibility is to be desired...A. C. Hawhins. Am, Min., | (l), 3, 1916; in Pennsylvania. S. G. Gordon. IAtd., | (4), 55, 1916. NOTES...Mineralogy and Geology in the University of Pennsylvania. An eccount of his life and work will be published...Hill at I A.M. Thankseiving Day, November 29. Brinton's IvIeet ii 69th St. Terminal at 8.15 Quairy, Osborn's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | which are biaxial with a srnall axial angle, like aragonite, and ProfessorRunner regarded them as representingthe...to the partial alteration of the caicite into aragonite. Further study of this possibility is to be desired...A. C. Hawhins. Am, Min., | (l), 3, 1916; in Pennsylvania. S. G. Gordon. IAtd., | (4), 55, 1916. NOTES...Mineralogy and Geology in the University of Pennsylvania. An eccount of his life and work will be published...Hill at I A.M. Thankseiving Day, November 29. Brinton's IvIeet ii 69th St. Terminal at 8.15 Quairy, Osborn's |  | | Journal (issue) | | following : A. Bands of chert and amorphous 1. | CHESTER BEDS. St. Louis LIMESTONE . geodes, in shale and...The Sub -Carboniferous is divided as follows : Chester Group .. St. Louis Group . Keokuk Group Burlington...Keokuk limestone is to be seen ; geologically, Lee County appears thus : Alluvium. Drift or Boulder .. Coal...and botryoidal forms of chalcedony. In Des Moines County geological aspect is somewhat changed, ap pearing...COLLECTOR . 105 Three miles south of West Chester, Pa. , are “ Brinton's Serpen tine Quarries,” celebrated |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1945 CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, 1945 CH1PS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................o o a O O O O *-LL!' O 00 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY e e e e o o o e o e o o e e o o o +as e o e o o... w tides on mineral localities of Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, and other states...al a1 tl "Cl Garnets Seven Miles From West Chester, Pa. Has any reader of Rocks and Mi11eral1 visited...visited the ridge one mile south of Brinton's quarry where garnets up to onehalf inch diameter have been |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Pennsylvania...............................................value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list not because they occur...and Ehrenfeld, Frederick, Minerals of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Top. and Geol. Survey Comm. Kept. No...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...hazards as well. Rocks can fall from a shattered quarry wall, a cliff, or an overhang. Someone on a rocky...associated with the gem material. Oregon thunder a quarry, eggs, for example, are in volcanic beds; tourmaline...pink hue (right) from the Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado. MOTTLED AGATE from Chihuahua, Mexico...usually veined with black. This is from Siskiyou County, California. z'^m-: LABRADORITE, the feldspar |  | | Journal (issue) | | shales at various places from Adams, in Jefferson County, to Utica ; finally finding some layers of slate...one thousand specimens have been taken from that quarry showing, more or less perfect, antennae and locomotive...of Endor to help us out, we will let Dana and Chester have their own way. Rutgers College Museum 1845—...reported chromite in octahedral crystals from Brinton's Quarry. Mr: Dailey reported crystals of monazite...a fox-glove in her hand. She was born in Posey county, Indiana. Her name is Pose. She is the flower of |  | | Journal (issue) | | well-known collector of the minerals of Orange County, and made a few remarks on his collecting. Among...quarries along the Crum and Ridley Creeks, between Chester and Swarthmore, Del. Co., Pa. The minerals obtained...Jefferisite, clinochlore, drusy quartz and aragonite from Brinton's Quarry. Mr. Dailey reported as follows : Good...Unionville corundum locality. From the Poor House Quarry : Chesterlite in exceptionally fine crystals ;...deposit of malachite has been discovered in Riverside county, California, on property owned by Monroe Stewart |  | | Report (volume) | | Boletin de Minas, no. 1. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, nos...St. Louis, Mo. Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania: Proceedings, vol. 31, no. 10; vol. 32, nos...Chicago, 111. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Lewis and Gilmore; Raleigh, Summers, and.... 3. The Weedon or McDonald copper mine [Wolf County, Province of Quebec, Canada] : Canadian Min. Inst...General map of the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania and adjoining counties showing the position |  | | Book (edition) | | of the two systems ently hexagonal prisms of aragonite. is spoken of elsewhere (p. 46). The planes of...however, ; a zone, as the prismatic twins of aragonite, or they may be inclined to each other, as in...approximately 120. The principal examples are aragonite, A / 1. Prism vertical. 116 117 13' ; witherite...291 295 il ii 294 A 2. Prism Aragonite. Aragonite. Aragonite. horizontal ; that 14 A 14 a...Chrysoberyl. In f 303, three rhombic prisms, /, of aragonite, are combined about their acute angles, the dotted |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...a Jersey's Limecrest quarry, for instance, is open to a year; the Foote quarry in North Carolina one...or goggles, and safety-toe shoes in an operating quarry or mine. They are prudent precautions against disaster...trespassers or even fenced in some states. Mine and quarry owners are often reluctant to give permission for...physical hazards. Rocks can fall from a shattered quarry wall, a frost-weakened cliff, or an overhanging |  | | Book (edition) | | MINERALS, CHESTER. Alphabetically arranged, with their Chemical Composition By Prof. A. H. Chester, Hamilton...however, ; a zone, as the prismatic twins of aragonite, or they nuiy be inclined each other, as in f...approximately 120°. The principal examples are aragonite, I /\ I =z 116° 1. Prism vertical 117" 13'; witherite...291 293 295 7 iZ3J 2. Prism Aragonite. Arasronite. Aragonite. hoj'izontal 2!)G \ that is...Chrysoberyl. In f 303, three rhombic prisms, 7, of aragonite, are combined about their acute angles, tlie dotted |  | | Book (edition) | | of the two systems ently hexagonal prisms of aragonite. is spoken of elsewhere (p. 46). The planes of...however, lie in a zone, as the prismatic twins of .aragonite, or they may be inclined In all such cases where...prism whose angle The principal examples are aragonite, / A / == 116 1. Prism vertical. = 117 13'; witherite... I 295 291 i/ if 2. Prism Aragonite. Aragonite. Aragonite. horizontal ; that 14 A 14 is...Chrysoberyl. In f 303, three rhombic prisms, 7, of aragonite, are combined about their acute angles, the dotted |  | | Book (edition) | | . . . . . . . 4.1.4 Calcite, Island Spar and Aragonite CaCO3 . . . . . . . . . . 4.1.5 Dolomite (Ca,Mg)(CO3)2...Mg)Al2(BO3OH)(SiO3)4, benitoite BaTiSi3O9, thorite (Th, U)SiO4 Aragonite CaCO3, calcite CaCO3, cerussite PbCO3, magnesite...also supposed. 4.1.4 Calcite, Island Spar and Aragonite CaCO3 Calcite is a calcium carbonate, CaCO3,...luminescence with radiation induced centers. Aragonite is a polymorph of calcite, which means that it...triangle and the three oxygens at each corner. Aragonite has an orthorhombic symmetry (2/m2/m2/m) instead |  | | Book (edition) | | and Rabun County, Georgia. Between 1900 and 1905 the corundum deposits of Gallatin County, Montana, were...to a small extent. The Corundum Hill mine, Macon County, North Carolina, is about 8 miles northeast of...occur in peridotite. The most important Jackson County deposits are in the extreme northeastern part,...counties, but the Lucas mine at Laurel Creek, Rabun County, is one of the best known corundum mines in the...vicinity of Elk Creek in the central part of Gallatin County, Montant., where the ore c>ccur11 in ayenite!J |  | Van Alstine, R. E., Worl, R.G., Heyl, A.V., Trace, R.D., Parker, R.L., Griffitts, W.R., Sainsbury, C.L., Cathcart, J.B. (1976) Geology and resources of fluorine in the United States. Professional Paper 933. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp933 | Report (issue) | | ................................... . Cheshire County-Westmoreland, New Hampshire .... . North Chatham...Map of Cave in Rock fluorspar district, Hardin County, Ill.............................................veins such as fluoritequartz veins in the Cheshire County-Westmoreland district, New Hampshire, and complex...along the Appalachian belt from Alabama into Pennsylvania in Cambrian-Ordoviciancarbonaterocks. The largest... Disseminated deposits are found in central Pennsylvania, northeastern New York, northeastern Iowa, northwestern |  | | Journal (volume) | | context. Substitution of que of the passage makes Brinton's transcription appear more casual and ambiguous...area to 5120 square feet, nearly equivalent to Brinton's kaan of 5184 square feet, or square of 24 yards...California. ORNITHOLOGY. —Svuan Lake, Nicollet County, Minnesota, as a breedHarry C. Oberholser. Fins...thorough biological survey of Swan Lake, Nicollet County, Minnesota, was made in 19 17 to ascertain its...system R. B. Sosman. manganese deposits in Madison County, Montana. U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 690-F. Pp. 131-143 |  | | Report (volume) | | alifornia anada: anadian ' enlmlblatt incinnati county collection colle e lorado congress onue ticut co...P P ....... professional paper Pa . .. ..... Pennsylvania Phila ..... Philadelphia pis ... .... . plates...Med Soc Pa, Tr Medical ocl ty of the tate of Pennsylvania, Tran a ctions. Philadelphia. 14 GEOLOGI...Annual Report. Harri burg. P a G S (2d ), An Rp Pennsylvania, Geologi a l urvey, Second, Annual Report. Harrisburg... Report. Harri burg. P a. Univ, L ab, Contr Pennsylvania, Diversity of, Lab ratory, Contribu lions from |  | | Book | | Museum of Wales, Nature Conservancy Council, Salop County Council, Queen's University of Belfast, University...been used on corals, calcitic mollusc shells and aragonite mollusc shells, only corals have shown any degree...of the southern repository, which extends from County Meath and the Lake District to Pembrokeshire and...the Southern Uplands, County Down and County Longford and as far west as County Galway. Only in Tourmakeady...limestones of Alaba1na, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania; L, Kin blade, Cool Creek and West Spring Creek |
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