 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Watertown and north through Thomaston, revealing calcite, quartz, pyrite, and zeolites. Fairfield C o u..., Beaver B r o o k district, Danbury: barite, calcite, graphite, microcline. Marcelle Weber, a mineral...Simbaug T u r n p i k e , south of railroad station: calcite, clinozoisite, grossular (var. hessonite), quartz...r e s s w a y ) r o a d cut, Newtown: anatase, calcite, chabazite, chlorite group, heulandite, ilmenite...across from Sikorsky Aircraft: adularia, anatase, calcite, chlorite group, quartz, synchysite. T r u m b |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE O'F MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONESBRISTOL, MIDD'LESEX, SUFFOLKC,OUNTIES (PART EIGHT) By RALPH GOSSE...amended in a later issue. AND MINERALS. BRISTOL COUNTY AGATE Locality Fairhaven Description and Occurrence...Occurrence Brecciated variety. MIDDLESEX COUNTY Townsend, granite quarry Westford Westford AMAZONITE...Newton, on county line separating New- Associated with piedmontite, exposed ton, Middlesex County and Brookline...during a construction project for a pipe Norfolk County line in 1943. Massive, compact material is capable |  | | Book (edition) | | "scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |  | | Journal (issue) | | Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds........................................... 6 Massachusetts ..............................................Himalaya pegmatite, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California. Within a narrow pegmatite small anhe-...Claim (Pala View claim), Pala District, San Diego County, California. Jahns and Wright (1951, p.42) only...pegmatite occurrence, Volcan Mountains, San Diego County, California. pegmatite massive pollucite. Only |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Coming Events Section. Chips and Chunks of Middlesex County Mineral Club of Moodus: John Williams gave...topic. Members were asked to bring South Flor ida calcite to the meeting. Reported by Miami Mineralogical...and illustrated with slides and specimens. MASSACHUSETTS KENTUCKY The Blue Grass Rock and Gem Club of...that are available. The Stone Age of the Lincoln County Gem and Mineral Society featured high lights from...collecting) and "The World of Fossils." Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club: Mrs. Herb Duke was scheduled |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals on "Hercynite Crystals from the Kimzey Calcite Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, and Their Distinction...sites is Thomaston D a m , Thomaston, Litchfield County. Specimens could be taken from a 1960s railroad... Figure 4 (right). Striated, 2.5mm crystal of calcite viewed down the c-axis, Thomaston Dam. Figure...much rarer tetrahexahedron. A complex Thomas ton calcite from a higher-temperature association (associated...black, tapering crystal from Watertown, Litchfield County, shown i n figure 5. T h e horizontal striations |  | | Report (volume) | | minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Book (edition) | | Minerals from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material...Directions to the Mineral Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut .... Additional Locality...fine booklet devoted to the mineralogy of the Middlesex County region. Invaluable assistance in preparing...BREITHAUPTITE-Nickel antimonide BRUCITE-Magnesium hydroxide - C CALCITE-Calcium carbonate CASSITERITE-Tin oxide GELESTITE-Strontium... Connecticut. At the Strickland Quarry in Middlesex County, ambly gonite occurs as white cleavages and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cambria Heights 11, N . Y. LA 5-1380 . . Fulton County Mineral Club March 25th Meeting Our under 16 year...Reporter 368 Bleecker St. Gloversville, N . Y. Middlesex County Mineral Club On the evening of February 12th...12th, 1957, the first regular meeting of the Middlesex County Mineral Club was held at the Moodus Library...called the Middlesex County Mineral Club. Though not restricted to inhabitants of that county, most of...cription of the place. members have not lived in Middlesex County The cut, near the Fenn Company in Newfor very |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Massachusetts ....... 34 Table 7 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Massachusetts.........................36 Figure 9. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Massachusetts.........................37 Figure 10. Uranium...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogical Society members and guests. - - - - The Middlesex County Mineral Club, Inc. Moodus, had a special program...Delaware Mineralogical Society, Newark, visited the calcite locality of the Lincoln Stone and Lime Company...the area in relays. Found: calcite, fluorite, dolomite and other calcite associated minerals. DISTRICT...subject of a recent meeting. GEORGIA The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta with 23 members...Gem Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, a recent program consisted of movies |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diopside (pyroxene). Nashville, in eastern Howard County, is in S/W Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—Don Erpelding,...person's collection. "These xls are found in San Diego County on private property in an area few people have...beautiful— they also fl. a very pale green. San Diego County is in southern California. 176 xli rystalllne...radiating tremolite. Pearl, in northern Jackson County, is in northern Colorado, close to the southern...Sta., New Haven, Conn. Portland, in northern Middlesex County, is in central Connecticut. FLORIDA—.From |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | analysis shows that perhaps 8 0 % of the boxwork is calcite, the remaining 20% is quartz. The boxwork, as seen...layers are brown, rather coarsely crystalline calcite. Often only one of the outer layers is well developed... What an interesting specimen is this boxwork calcite! It is dark brown in color, each 2 x 2 inches in...quarry on the east side of Highway 101 in Mendocino County, 5.4 miles south of Laytonville or 4.8 miles north...to its attractiveness. Haddam, in central Middlesex County, is in southern Connecticut. ILLINOIS—"Enclosed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | alpine fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet,...stilbite, heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often...matrix for one or more of these species. In Massachusetts, datolite fills veins and open cavities in trap...as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals from...the Lane quarries at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. MarcWApril: Amethyst and calcite, Artigas...quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural Science...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. NovemberDecember: Galena, calcite, and chalcopyrite...chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Adularia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...the littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 × 4 cm and was collected...high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of the specimens...Santo Niño mine, Patagonia district, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Barbara Muntyan specimen, Jeff Scovil...localities are the pegmatites around Newry in Oxford County. Newry muscovite crystals in the collection exhibit |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason...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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |  | | Report (volume) | | Structural Dislocations in Eastern Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1410 Structural Dislocations...Dislocations in Eastern Massachusetts By ROBERT O. CASTLE, H. ROBERTA DIXON, EDWARD S. GREW, ANDREW GRISCOM...faults and mylonite zones that form the eastern Massachusetts dislocation belt UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...under title: Structural dislocations in eastern Massachusetts. (Geological Survey Bulletin 1410) Bibliography:...119.3:1410 1. Faults (Geology) Massachusetts. 2. Mylonite Massachusetts. I. Castle, Robert O. II. Series: |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | wide and 1 inch thick. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. CONNECTICUT—A tiny but...Portland, Conn."-—on label. Haddam, in central Middlesex County, is in southern Connecticut. DELAWARE — "Enclosed...of Rt. 95 and Naaman's Rd., Claymont, New Castle County, Del."—item from Ed Carvalho, 1307 Penna. Ave....in N/E New Castle County, is in northern Delaware. ILLINOIS—"Enclosed are two calcite-aragonite-quartz...inches in area, that are lined with colorless calcite xis, some coated by white aragonite (massive smoky |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | They are sometimes found in town libraries or county buildings. Occasionally club members in a community...MillROCKS AND MINERALS eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fallsington, when they travelled there for corundum...corundum, sphene, chrondrodite, dolomite, graphite, calcite, spinel, serpentine, and tourmaline. . . . Your...Quarry. Specimens found were smoky quartz crystals, calcite, pyrite and chalcopyrite. . . . Ed McHale spoke...at one of their meetings. NEW YORK The ROckland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern, enjoyed an informative |  | | Report (issue) | | Milford Granite from the Milford Quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded a 620 + 15 my, Precambrian, zircon...accessory pyrite, feldspar, epidote, zircon, and calcite. Some outcrops can be classified as slate, others... chlorite with locally significant amounts of calcite (Peck, 1975). It weathers light brown* The unit...is inferred; it is again exposed in Auburn, Massachusetts. nu, num Nashoba Formation, undivided, consists...Westford and Billerica quadrangles, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: U.S. Geol. Survey open-file report |  | | 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...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lapidary, map reading and others. . . . The Fulton County Mineral Club announced its 8th Swapping Bee and...people. . . . The Junior Division of the Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Suffern, enjoyed the Eastern...location in New Brunswick for the red fluorescing calcite and blue fluorescing barite. The minerals occur...PENNSYLVANIA The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Levittown, asks, "Now that we know what the minerals...discussed the X-Ray Analysis of Minerals with the Middlesex County Mineral Club. . . . The Litchfield Mineral |  | | Book | | 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...nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes (by L. Moyd) 21:235-248 ALICE...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 |
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Interstate 290/Interstate 495 interchange road cuts, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA