 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE O'F MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONESBRISTOL, MIDD'LESEX, SUFFOLKC,OUNTIES (PART EIGHT) By RALPH GOSSE...BRISTOL COUNTY AGATE Locality Fairhaven Description and Occurrence Brecciated variety. MIDDLESEX COUNTY...COUNTY Townsend, granite quarry Westford Westford AMAZONITE Light green microdine. ANDALUSITE Early gemological...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Bedrock Geoloqy of the Nashua River Area, Massachusetts - New Hampshire By Gilpin Rile Robinson, Jr...and Bronson Hill Anticlinorium of Vermont and Massachusetts. Deformation D2 produced subhorizontal, northeast-trending...and Bronson Hill Anticlinorium of Vermont and Massachusetts. Deformation D2 produced subhorizontal, northeast-trending...sedimentary rocks in the Worcester and Harvard, Massachusetts, areas. The Late Devonian to Pennsylvanian age...occurrence of pelitic schist containing kyanite in the Townsend quadrangle gives an estimated XIV metamorphism |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of the land area of the Boston 2° sheet, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and 10- New Hampshire... 16 17 18 U. S. Geological Survey Boston, Massachusetts 19 ,U. S. Geological Survey* OPEN FILE REPORT...GEOLOGY OF THE LAND AREA OF THE BOSTON 2° SHEET, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND AND NEW HAMPSHIRE... Principal minerals are quartz, perthite and microcline, The Milford Granite was originally named by...Milford Granite from the Milford quadrangle, Massachusetts, yielded 19 a 620 + 15 my,Precambrian,zircon |  | | Report (issue) | | VARIEGATED MARBLE SOUTHEAST OF CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. About 3£ miles a little... SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS. By T. NELSON DALE. INTRODUCTION. The granites..."granites" here described, as well as the others of Massachusetts described in Bulletin 354, are commercially...TS H A M P S ! RHODE ISLAKD MAP OF MASSACHUSETTS, SHOWING GRANITE-QUARRYING CENTERS. NOTES... NOTES ON COMMEKCIAL, GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 241 The word "granite" in the title is used in its commercial |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology of Massachusetts E. Stratigraphy of the Milford-Dedharn Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Avalonian... Stratigraphy of the Nashoba Zone, Eastern Massachusetts: An Enigmatic Terrane G. Stratigraphy of the...Belt, Central Massachusetts H. Structural and Metamorphic History of Eastern Massachusetts I. Intrusive...Intrusive Rocks of Eastern Massachusetts J. Radiometric Ages of Rocks in Massachusetts L.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1366-E-J The Bedrock Geology of Massachusetts NORMAN L. HATCH, JR., Editor E. Stratigraphy |  | | 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) | | would like to have this problem to solve.' Ida L. Townsend of R&I Gems and Minerals, Box 167, Keystone, S...specimens of plumose mica on matrix of quartz microcline available for purchase. The plumes are composed...732 Union Ave., Middlesex, N. J. 08846. A limited supply of millerite from Lincoln County, Kentucky, is |  | BARTOSOVA, Katerina, GIER, Susanne, HORTON, J. Wright, KOEBERL, Christian, MADER, Dieter, DYPVIK, Henning (2010) Petrography, mineralogy, and geochemistry of deep gravelly sands in the Eyreville B core, Chesapeake Bay impact structure. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45 (6) 1021-1052 doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01077.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA 4 Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo,...drilling project, at Eyreville Farm, in Northampton County, Virginia, in 2005–2006. Eyreville A cored between...and pegmatites (see, e.g., Horton et al. 2009b; Townsend et al. 2009), probably do not represent the in...to massive granite (Horton et al. 2009a, 2009b; Townsend et al. 2009), followed by a thick section consisting...quartz-filled fractures consists of plagioclase, microcline, quartz, and biotite below 1369.9 m highly fractured |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1999 ORIGINAL PAPER J. Garcia-Guinea á P.D. Townsend L. Sanchez-MunÄoz á J.M. Rojo Ultraviolet-blue...E-28006 Spain e-mail: guinea@mncn.csic.es P.D. Townsend School of Engineering, Pevensey Building, University...these emission defects, as for example found in microcline and perthite feldspars. However, some information...thermoluminescence spectrometer of Sussex University (Lu and Townsend 1992) and attempts were made to in¯uence the signals...Switzerland), and volcanic sanidine, EU2 (Idaho, USA) were selected from a set of wellcharacterized alkali |  | Rendell, H. M., Khanlary, M.-R., Townsend, P. D., Calderon, T., Luff, B. J. (1993) Thermoluminescence spectra of minerals. Mineralogical Magazine, 57 (387) 217-222 doi:10.1180/minmag.1993.057.387.03 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | that can be deduced from TL spectra is given by Townsend and Kirsh (1989). There is a variety of techniques...experimental approaches are discussed by Luff and Townsend (1992). The TL spectra discussed in this paper... TL spectra of natural Mn-rich calcite (Joplin, USA) and pure synthetic Iceland spar show pronounced...appear to be related to Mnmigration (Khanlary and Townsend, 1991). Fluorite. Studies of thermoluminescence...depending on valency. In contrast to albite, microcline and orthoclase, the samples of plagioclase studied |  | Brooks, Robert J., Finch, Adrian A., Hole, David E., Townsend, Peter D., Wu, Zheng-Long (2002) The red to near-infrared luminescence in alkali feldspar. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 143 (4) 484-494 doi:10.1007/s00410-002-0359-4 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Brooks Æ Adrian A. Finch Æ David E. Hole Peter D. Townsend Æ Zheng-Long Wu The red to near-infrared luminescence...luminescence from the low albite and maximum microcline components of the microperthite in which the...225 K are interpreted as a phase transition in microcline. RL intensity indicates a multi-stage transformation...performed. As R.J. Brooks Æ D.E. Hole Æ P.D. Townsend Æ Z.-L. Wu School of Engineering and Information...of the two end members, low albite and maximum microcline, in the approximate relative proportions microcline:albite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AND REE MINERALS OF THE KOSS QUARRY, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. N Buchholz,‘ A. U.Falster,?and N...grains of similar size were found in massive microcline, and after heating they match a samarskite-like...fluorite forms pods and graphic intergrowths with microcline. The fluorite is dark purple with some areas...pegmatitic bodies in the Wausau Pluton. Marathon County, Wisconsin. Rocks & Minerals 62: 188-93. Falster...pale-brown, and composed of quartz, plagioclase. and microcline, with accessory magnetite, hematite, and limonite |  | | Report (volume) | | ___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | staurolites (Fairy Crosses) which come from Fannin County, Georgia. There were 25 xls in the packet—all loose...Leisure, 500 epochs, then fell to the ground to turn Townsend Ave., Baltimore 25, Md., sends into stone through..." oxide." KANSAS—Aragonite, as small xls in MASSACHUSETTS — A deep black vugs, is found in the Ross quarry...clipping from his local paper relative to send, Middlesex Co., Mass. "A locality specimen and a good one—...termination. Feldspar xls—both orthoclase and microcline. Tourmaline xls—black of course. Manganapatite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amcnnpijiite: In the Emery Mining district (Powell County) the mineral is found in wellformed crystals in...Crevasse Mountain Mining district near Jardine (Park County). At the Kennebec mine in the Crevasse Mountain...the Crevasse Mountain district near Jardine (Park County) on the Vindicator claim, one-half inch tabular...cummingtonite. In the Hog Heaven Mining district (Flathead County) at the Flathead Mine, pale yellowish to colorless...property, accessible by county road. MINERALS Andakisite: Near Dillon (Beaverhead County) in Axes Canyon, |  | Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Webber, Karen L., Dallaire, Donald A., Nizamoff, James W., Sprague, Raymond A. (2019) The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 94 (6) 498-519 doi:10.1080/00357529.2019.1641021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its many...slope of Uncle Tom Mountain in Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. At times, the Emmons pegmatite has been...Emmons pegmatite with John Dillingham and William Townsend of Naples, Maine. He reported that the trail to...assistance of Massachusetts collector Dana Jewell. Bearss often grumbled that he needed a Massachusetts collector...Ocean from Early Jurassic to present. The Oxford County pegmatites of western Maine are situated in the |  | | Report (issue) | | . - PETROGRAPHY OF THE ATHOL QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS 3y o Anita Louise Mook This report is preliminary...quadrangle, Worcester and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts ................... In pocket IV Appendix... Abstract The Athol quadrangle of north-central Massachusetts is underlain by high-grade metamorphosed amphibolites...miles in the upland region of north-central Massachusetts; the town of Athol is about 60 miles west of...the writer has extended into north-central Massachusetts some of the nomenclature of the New Hampshire |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hydrothermal conditions in pegmatites from San Diego County, California Elizabeth M. Gammel1,* and Peter I...understand why some pegmatites in the San Diego County pegmatite district contain abundant, gem-quality...fluids. Keywords: Pegmatite; Li; B; F; San Diego County, California; pocket minerals Introduction Granitic...Himalaya and La Posta pegmatite suites in San Diego County, California (Fig. 1). Both pegmatite suites contain...Diego 30 miles Julian 6 OCE 11 6º Riverside County 7 1 I PAC ºN nia 24 lf f ifor Gu o Cal Pacific |  | Lupulescu, M. V., Rakovan, J., Dyar, M. D., Robinson, G. W., Hughes, J. M. (2009) Fluoro-potassichastingsite from the Greenwood mine, Orange County, New York: A new end-member calcic amphibole. The Canadian Mineralogist, 47 (4) 909-916 doi:10.3749/canmin.47.3.909 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FLUORO-POTASSICHASTINGSITE FROM THE GREENWOOD MINE, ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK: A NEW END-MEMBER CALCIC AMPHIBOLE Marian...York 12230, USA John RAKOVAN Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA M. Darby...Holyoke College, 405 Clapp, South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075–6419, USA George W. ROBINSON A.E. Seaman Mineral...Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, USA John M. HUGHES Office of the Provost, The University...University of Vermon, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA Abstract Fluoro-potassichastingsite, ideally KCa2(F |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse...listed. L O CA L I T I E S B Y C O U N T Y Albany County Indian Ladder: brookite; F. Old Callanan quarry:...11 August 1859: olivinebronzite chondrite. Bronx County Various excavations: chabazite, harmotome, quartz...(amethyst), stilbite; F. Clinton County Au Sable Forks, iron mines north of: microcline (sunstone), magnetite,...calcite, gypsum, microcline, augite, stilbite, titanite, zircon, others; F, C. Columbia County Ancram lead |  | Holm, D.K., Schneider, D.A., Rose, S., Mancuso, C., McKenzie, M., Foland, K.A., Hodges, K.V. (2007) Proterozoic metamorphism and cooling in the southern Lake Superior region, North America and its bearing on crustal evolution. Precambrian Research, 157 (1) 106-126 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2007.02.012 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OH 44242, USA Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA c Department...Columbus, OH 43210, USA Department of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology...Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA b d Received 14 April 2006; received in revised form 5 November...Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, USA. 0301-9268/$ – see front matter © 2007 Elsevier...elemental zoning patterns within the crystal (Townsend et al., 2000). Upper greenschist to amphibolite |  | Sánchez-Muñoz, Luis, García-Guinea, Javier, Townsend, Peter D., Juwono, Tjipto, Cremades, Ana (2016) Gaussian thermoluminescence in long-range disordered K-feldspar. American Mineralogist, 101 (9) 2118-2122 doi:10.2138/am-2016-5697 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with exponential rise and power law decay in microcline and orthoclase, where a t coefficient in log-log...order-disorder series, from the totally ordered “low microcline” end-member to the fully disordered “high sanidine”...fracture in Zarzalejo (Madrid, Spain), with “low microcline” X‑ray diffraction (XRD) powder pattern. Specimen...Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais (Brazil), with “low microcline” XRD powder pattern. The chemical composition...selected-area electron diffraction patterns. Some microcline unit appears close to albite veins (see Sánchez-Muñoz |  | Kayama, M., Nishido, H., Toyoda, S., Komuro, K., Finch, A. A., Lee, M. R., Ninagawa, K. (2014) Cathodoluminescence of alkali feldspars and radiation effects on the luminescent properties. American Mineralogist, 99 (1) 65-75 doi:10.2138/am.2014.4361 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of cross sections of sanidine, orthoclase, and microcline show a dark line with ~1 μm width on the bright...and He+-ion-implanted sanidine, orthoclase and microcline have emission bands at ~400–410 nm and at ~730...alkali feldspars studied, and are largest for the microcline, followed by the orthoclase and then the sanidine...alkali feldspars (e.g., sanidine, orthoclase, and microcline) have been performed. Most alkali feldspars show...Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, and microperthitic microcline (Mi) (Or89Ab11) as pegmatite minerals from Naegi |  | Sánchez-Muñoz, L., Correcher, V., Turrero, M. J., Cremades, A., García-Guinea, J. (2006) Visualization of elastic strain fields by the spatial distribution of the blue luminescence in a twinned microcline crystal. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 33 (8) 639-650 doi:10.1007/s00269-006-0114-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | distribution of the blue luminescence in a twinned microcline crystal L. Sánchez-Muñoz Æ V. Correcher Æ M...characteristics of twinning and exsolutions of a microcline giant crystal with macroscopic twin-domains and...macrostructure and the Na distribution of the microcline have been studied by optical microscopy, backscattered...spatial distribution of the blue luminescence in microcline can be used for two practical applications: (1)...could involve a twofold effect during subsolidus microcline re-equilibration, i.e. Si/Al re-ordering, mainly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Goethite and quartz, 5.8 cm across, Climax mine, Lake County, Colorado. Left: Rhodochrosite,3 cm across, and...mine, Ouray County, Colorado. Right: Microcline, 4.5 cm high, Crystal Peak,Teller County, Colorado. ...04:07 06 June 2016 OURAY HOSTS MEETING The Ouray County Museum in Ouray, Colorado, will host the tenth-anniversary...Company No. 4 Quarry (Valentine Deposit), Lewis County, New York by Steven Chamberlain, Vandal1 King,...Robert Cook Minerals of a Wausau Pegmatite, Marathon County, Wisconsin by Thomas Buchholz Carbonate Concretions |
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