 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cambridge Ave., Menlo Park, Calif., also sends in an interesting item as follows: "On page 569, Nov-Dec... ROCKS AND MINERALS terial on the beach. No. 3 is an attractive yellow jasper which comes from the ledge...through the Southern States, including Florida, I have an item which seems to be appropriate for the 'World...to the Georgia Geological Survey (Atlanta, Ga.), an intere->;ng specimen of amazonstone from Rabun County...be found thus far in Georgia. It was obtained from an old mica mine about 7 miles from Clayton, and may |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Fossil Areas In Germany By DR. WERNER LIEBER Dante Str. 50, Heidelberg, Germany In the January-February...to find out if there are any mineral clubs in Germany. Since this number of R&M was sent to the readers...these questions and to give an idea of the present situation here in Germany. The last question of Mr....answer. In Germany exists one club like the R&M Association. Its name is "Vereinigung der Freunde der Mineralogie...the association is Dante-str. 50, Heidelberg, Germany. The club publishes a monthly magazine for collectors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | found in North America were collected from a few granite pegmatites in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near...near Philadelphia (Figure 1). The quarries were opened shortly after the War of Independence of the United...productive period of mineral collecting for them. Four granite pegmatites are particularly wellknown for having...produced outstanding specimens: Leiper's Upper and Lower Avondale quarries, Avondale; Leiper's quarry, Springfield...erected several mills for the manufac ture of snuff. Upper Avondale quarry (Figure 5), one mile south of Swarthmore |  | | Report (issue) | | rock is an ilmenite-bearing uraninite, gummite, pegmatite amphibolite which is cut by granite phosphuranylite...368 torbernite, autunite m.y. Branchville East Village Torbernite Pegmatite Autunite, gummite, uraninite...farmhouse. Pegmatite Autunite, columbite, cyrtolite, gummite, torbernite, uraninite Autunite, torbernite, Pegmatite...Pegmatite uraninite Upper Merryall Woodbury - Pegmatite occurs in Bolton schist Hartford County...Torbernite Pegmatite Husband quarries Source of information Autunite, columbite, cyrtolite, gummite |  | | Journal (issue) | | JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2019 Articles The Almadén mining district, Ciudad Real, Spain ............................other young collectors, and visited some local quarries in search of specimens, though he initially found...established an antiquarian book dealership on the side in Bayville, New York, as well as an auction subsidiary... Maharashtra, India 6 cm The Almade;n Mining District, Ciudad Real, Spain Borja Sainz de Baranda Graf...Alcala de Henares (Spain) The Almadén Mining District exploited the largest mercury deposit in the world |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states, with an area of just 9,304 square...mineral localities for the collector. Prospecting, granite quarrying, and mining probably peaked before the...identification or location. Other supplemental information on an occurrence is given in parentheses after a locality...best occurrence at a locality it is so designated. An asterisk (*) after a mineral means that the occurrence...Conway, miarolitic cavities in decayed Conway Granite. Pit opened in 1955, 1970s brought productive collecting |  | | Book (volume) | | GRAYSVILLE, SE 1½ mi., in Knox dolomite exposed in an abandoned quarry Barite, Calcite, Fluorite (purple...Stone Mt.), areaQuartz crystals. LITHONIA: area quarriesCalcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Thulite, Tourmaline...MOUNTAIN: two area granite quarriesBeryl, Feldspar, Hyalite opal; area granite outcrops, in jointsUranophane...Elberton and Hartwell in Hart Co. The known mica district includes some 250 sq. mi., with most mining revolving...prospectsMica, Feldspar crystals, white Quartz. BARNSVILLE: an old mica mineblue Beryl crystals, mica; SE 5 mi |  | | Book (volume) | | Illinois geology. These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous system of repeated alterations of...City Geode Location WARSAW, area rd. cuts, pits quarries, gravels, banks along regional creeks and streams...area⎯tripoli. VERMILION COUNTY DANVILLE, area quarries in dark shale⎯Marcasite replacement of marine...marine fossils. WILL COUNTY LEMONT, area quarries⎯glistening Quartz replacement fossils. WILMINGTON, regional... This and adjoining Brown Co. have also produced an astonishing 30 Diamonds over the last century. These |  | | Book (volume) | | Illinois geology. These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous system of repeated alterations of...City Geode Location WARSAW, area rd. cuts, pits quarries, gravels, banks along regional creeks and streams...area⎯tripoli. VERMILION COUNTY DANVILLE, area quarries in dark shale⎯Marcasite replacement of marine...marine fossils. WILL COUNTY LEMONT, area quarries⎯glistening Quartz replacement fossils. WILMINGTON, regional... This and adjoining Brown Co. have also produced an astonishing 30 Diamonds over the last century. These |  | | Report (edition) | | MINERALS Geologic settings of Maine minerals . .. . Granite pegmatites . . . . . . . . . Minerals found in...rare minerals that are found in veins of coarse granite called "pegmatites." Other interesting types of...homework before starting out to the field, and develop an alternative itinerary in case the preferred locality...a fascinating subject. Perham (1987) has written an outstanding book tracing the development of the mineral-rich...bring you into the map area at the point shown by an arrow. Look for landmarks described in the itiner- |  | | Journal (issue) | | crusts. A couple of photographs of the mine provided an interesting backdrop. Simon Harrison produced a stunning...edsomeof the world'sfinestspecimensof fluoritein an unmatched rangeof colours. Above. Pale ice blue fluorite...than tw?thousand mineral specimens, together with an extensive collection of local fossils and archaeological...It forms part of the Lake District Natural History Gallery, which gives an excellent introduction to...Mines & M1ncr.1lsNo. 26 -4- MINERALS IN THE GRANITE PEGMATITES AT CHYWOON QUARRY, CORNWALL David |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 4 feet wide that run for approximately % mile in an east and west direction. A cold chisel or crowbar...Colorado—An occurrence for triboluminescent sphalerite is a lead-silver mine in the Silverton district, San...Eugene VanderWender, Harrington, Kent County, Del. District of Columbia—French Morgan, of Washington, D. C...another very unusual find of petrified wood, in the District this time, and within a half mile of where I live...Winnebago Faribault County, Minn. The locality is an old Indian battlefield along the bank of the Blue |  | | Book (volume) | | collecting grounds in the Midwest for gemstone materials. An extensive collecting region of agatized and opalized...all tributary canyons, creeks, and washes, reveal an abundance of gem quality 283 Nebraska petrified...Eastern Nebraska has few gemstone localities, but quarries, gravel pits and other excavations throughout...Blue Springs): all regional gravel pits and quarriesCalcite, Quartz crystals; SE 3 mi., quarry on...petrified wood. STEELE CITY, area gravel pits, quarries, and stream gravelsagate, chalcedony, jasper |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | various techniques. But, being what one could term an 'Inter Continentalist' I was influenced more than...the pioneers in micromounts in Maine. He too had an antique microscope which seemed to incorporate the...chalcopyrite, sphalerite, columbite, manganapatite, autunite, the quartz varieties: colorless, 565 Downloaded...recovered in recent years. The Palm and Koleh Granite Quarry in Amherst, New Hamphire is located about...piles and good specimens can be had by breaking up granite boulders showing pegmatite. The locality was abandoned |  | | Book | | library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books...recently communicated to the Royal Dublin Society, an excellent paper on the mineral localities in Donegal...been inserted as far as it is possible to do so, and an attempt has been made to diminish the number of super...Mineralogy, by ROBERT JAMESON , F.G.S. Edinburgh, 1821 . An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy...WILLIAM PHILLIPS, F.G.S. Third Edition. London , 1823. An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy, by the late |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dolomite—very nice. No pyrite present. ALASKA—From Granite Creek, near Chickaloon, Alaska, we have a specimen...am sending you a few small ones. This seems to me an unusual spot with much interest to the mineral collector...satisfactory. Have tried clear lacquer but it leaves an unnatural shine. Perhaps some readers can give me...there but only once in a great while and then only as an occasional piece or scrap. In over 30 years of prospecting...found this pocket in the fall of 1957. It was quite an odd and interesting pocket. It was originally formed |  | | Book | | r?°'%S Miu- Man-fa-nese. 6% tintagel/x 5 b - An(imoiU| LAuNccsroH papsrpiu ...GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS Felspar. Mica. Schorl. Chlorite...Beaches Cliffs and Caves. River Beds etc. Mine Dumps Quarries St. Just - Botallack - Pendeen Camborne - Redruth...and, above all, variety is unique in the world for an area of equal size. Today the picture is not quite...or precious stones. To discover some crystals of an unfamiliar mineral is as exciting as finding a chest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Street, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02161, has an agreement with the publishers of two books, the Dana-Hurlbut...means that each of these clubs have contributed, an amount equal to as many, or more, dollars than they...wonders why formal meetings are held in the summer, and an advocate of Field Trips and fun events, we were pleased...and films on diamonds and diamond mining provided an enjoyable program for the members of the Norfolk...CAROLINA The Piedmont Mineral Club, Greensboro, spent an interesting evening discussing Field Trips, and, |  | | Book (volume) | | director. As a scholar of mineralogy, he has been an indefatigable researcher and collector of mining...difficulty of obtaining the source material, which an inquiring reader would want to read, but also with...the facts presented here were not the figment of an active imagination. The great number of historical...authors' visiting the locations described. Mineralogy is an enjoyable branch of natural history which has taken...mind. The hours in the laboratory, at home or at an institution, challenged the intellect. The solitude |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on a trip to Florida to visit my relatives. Being an amateur, and having the adventurous spirit of a 12year-old...Mineralight." for the first time in the limestone quarries at Crestmore, near Riverside, Riverside Co., Calif...other recognized psilomelane in the Batesville district, In- species as laumontite, thomsonite, datolite...present hydrosent in an item relative to the rare mi- thermal activity are of an extreme differneral,...California from what they call the Fort Bidwell district ( N / E Modoc Co.). The territory is covered with |  | | Book (edition) | | groups: The number of new mineral species may grow as an avalanche, flooding the mineral population with tens...lepidolite, wolfrarnite). In many cases, minerals have an intermediate composition between theoretical end-members...to crystallographic tenns (e .g. prismatine), to an organization (e.g .. mgriite). to a journal (minrecordite)...form. Many minerals display characteristic twinning, an intergrowth of two or more individual crystals of...Miller indices are used. For instance, the symbol for an orthorhombic dipyramid form is { 111}, for a hexagonal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UNoBnpnovropxcr CouNryl Almandite Apatite Asbestus Autunite Chabazite Chlorite Epidote Fluorite Labradorite...porphyritic pink orthoclase granite cut by numerous qlartz string_ ers and pegmatitic granite. The low cliffs of...Northbridge and Putnam gneisses,qtrartz stringers, granite pegmatites, granites and various schists. TowN...near a spring. It is found in a disintegrating granite. Some excellent blue crystals, four to six inches...town there are some excellent exposuresof the granite porphyry of the East Greenwich group.6 The best |  | | Book | | ASSOCIATION. A MANUAL OF MINERALOGY, TRURO, 1828? AN ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF MINERALOGY...outline of these various branches can be given. Such an outline may, however, prove sufficient for many miners...the use of the blowpipe the author would recommend "An Introduction to the Use of the Mouth-Blowpipe," by...marked thus, (*), are essential ; for the others an ingenious student will usually be able to devise...cheap). oil-lamp with flat wick, or a thick candle. An A spirit lamp. 4. Several pieces of charcoal |  | | Book (volume) | | Perry . ......................... 129 The New1y Quarries ................................................particularly impressed by Loren Merrill's activities as an isolated lapidarist who did much to foster many of...lapidarists. Their pioneering effort did much to preserve an historical treasure which cannot be recovered today...will continue to be used in subsequent studies and an independent work, co-authored with them, is planned...transformed by his first visit to the tourmaline-bearing granite pegmatite at Mount Mica in 1952 and Gene eventually |  | | Book | | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...COLUMBIA Ice River complex. The Ice River complex is an intrusive body of alkaline igneous rocks where sodalite...ilmenite specimens have come from an unusual calcite vein-dike occurrence with an exposure very near, indeed...2008, when extensive blasting for construction of an extension to High,, ay 5 revealed veins of massive...Alberene and Old Dominion quarries, Albemarle County. In these two soapstone quarries, tabular ilmenite crystals |
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Granite quarries, Flossenbürg, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany