 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...the specimens found as well as description of chrysoberyl crystals from Ragged Jack Mt., Hartford. . 1941 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 CHRYSOBERYL Downloaded by [Australian National University]...could be one of the more exotic oxides such as chrysoberyl. a mineral known to collectors for its almost...suite of exceptional chrysoberyl specimens as our Connoisseur’sChoice. Chrysoberyl occurs in a variety...columbine or raspberry-red in incandescent light. Chrysoberyl is typically transparent to translucent and may...is white, and it displays a vitreous luster. Chrysoberyl may show three cleavages: ( I 10) distinct. (010) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatite Mineral Localities in Oxford County, Maine Oxford County The four pegmatites described in...peg matites in the Maine pegmatite belt. The famous pegmatite quarries of western Maine—Mt. Mica, Mt. Apatite...Realty of Norway, Maine, and was under lease to T . C . Mining Company of West Paris, Maine. There has been...logging *No amblygonite has been verified from Maine. All members tested to road parallel to State Route...pegmatite. Mor rill (1958) cited arsenopyrite, chrysoberyl, and cassiterite as also being found in the quarry |  | | Report (edition) | | BULLETIN 41 Third Edition A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities by Woodrow B. 7KaSVRQ Donald...Vandall T. King Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources Information...OF CONSERVATION 1998 Copyright © 1998 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently...Photo by John B. Poisson. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | | Book (edition) | | from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...GEM hunter's GUIDE (Cross-seaion at right) CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR...and a value-fixing is star sapphire and the chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and...beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are...between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gems and Minerals of Maine Pegmatites Carl A. Fran cis Granitic pegmatites in Maine have been collected...with significant gem production is in San Diego County of southern California. In a review paper Wise...located along the seacoast northeast of Portland. The Oxford field is inland northwest of Portland. A fault...the pioneering feldspar mining district in Maine. The Oxford field is much larger and comprises nine series...least superficially the pegmatite series of the Oxford field corresponds to this model, whereas the Topsham |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from... is a rather rare mineral in the pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is... Hebron, Poland, Stoneham, and other places in Maine. C H A L C O P Y R I T E , a copper and iron sulfide...Rumford. ROCKS AND MINERALS in the pegmatites of Maine ranging from common pegmatite to those pegmatites |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LOCALITIES:MT. MICA' MT. APATITE AND OTHER LOCA.LITIESIN MAINE JAMES G. MANCHESTER AND WIIJLIAM T. BATHER Neu...minerals to visit the famous mineral localities in Maine. This desire on the part of the writers has been...Geology of the Pegmatites and AssociatedRocks of Maine," by E. S. Bastin, which we found to be very useful...Portland, including a visit to the Maine State Fair, which openedthat day. Maine being well known as a sourceof...days and found goodaccommodations presidentof the Maine is the Howe, the residents,Mr. George on is Academyof |  | | Book (volume) | | Mineralogy by Vandall T. King and Eugene E. Foord Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Walter...Resources Information, Maine Geological Survey Walter A. Anderson, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1994 Copyright ©1994 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November-December: Roebling Apatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine; photo by Victor E . Kranz. Aegirine-augite, 188...114 Baumann, H . , 330 Bavenite, 189 Behnke, D., Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals: An Annotated...Burbank, B . B . , Topaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine, 434 Calaverite, 190 Calcite, 81, 112, 155, 190...Wollastonite and Titanite Near Natural Bridge, Lewis County, New York, 78; 13th Rochester Academy of Science...the Quarry, 5, 77, 149, 221, 301 Chlorite, 190 Chrysoberyl, 54, 236, 411 Classified Advertisements, 67, |  | | Report (issue) | | Detroit City Portal, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Collector’s Edge specimen; Annette Slade...Larkin’s quarry in the Townland of Shannapheasteen, County Galway, Republic of Ireland. This occurrence, whose...from Larkin’s quarry, Townland of Shannapheasteen, County Galway, Republic of Ireland. Via Mineralia specimen...Japan-law-twinned quartz from the PC mine, Basin, Jefferson County, Montana—well, they have been respectful since...twin, 4 cm, from the PC mine, Basin, Jefferson County, Montana. Dave Bunk Minerals specimen and photo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite...Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs from...Mineral Resources Index No. I (Rand, 1957) and Maine Mines and Minerals, a field guide by Phillip Morrill...(1958). Mining History Feldspar mining began in Maine at Topsham in the mid dle of the nineteenth century...William " R o c k y " Brookes finding chrysoberyl in 1935, and a Maine Mineralogical and Geo logical Society |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, U.S.A. Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie...glassy fragments from the type locality of Stoneham, Maine, U.S.A. Coin diameter is ~1 cm. E.S. Grew samples...with permission courtesy of László Horváth. (h) Chrysoberyl, Be2AlO4. Twinned crystals from the Ratnapura...Calcybeborosilite-(Y) Chiavennite Chkalovite Chrysoberyl Clinobarylite Clinobehoite Danalite Ehrleite...Greenland Markl (2001) Krumrei et al. (2006) Chrysoberyl 2665 Mavis Lake pegmatite group, Dryden Field |  | | Journal (issue) | | inclusion in pink spinel|Spurrite from New Mexico, USA|Tsavorite mining at the Scorpion mine, Kenya|Mussel...Heasley Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; composite photo by Jeff Scovil. Feature Articles...Edward Boehm, RareSource, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Alan T. Collins, King’s College London; John L....Emmett, Crystal Chemistry, Brush Prairie, Washington, USA; Emmanuel Fritsch, University of Nantes, France;...E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA; Andrew H. Rankin, Kingston University, Surrey; George |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*, Cathleen D. Brown Department...two-mica granite situated in the Oxford pegmatite field, southwestern Maine. Surrounding the pluton is an...chemistry, petrology, geochemistry, Sebago, southern Maine Received: 1 October 2009; accepted: 30 March 2010;...Introduction The granitic pegmatites of southern Maine represent one of several major pegmatite regions...Unfortunately, very little geochemical data exist for the Maine pegmatites despite their popularity among mineral |  | | Book | | in. ) high from Tourmaline Queen Mine, San Diego County, Pala, California. Back Cover: Azurite and Malachite...including topaz, amethyst, aquamarine, morgan ite, chrysoberyl, peridot, smoky quartz, citrine, calcite, rbodochrosite...(Zn.Mn)O 72-73 Paramelaconite Cu ~Cu ~·0 1 79 Chrysoberyl (see gems also) BeAl2O, 80-82 Spinel (see gems... ~ 29 Native Gold Sheet on Quartz El Dorado County; California 30 5 cm (2 In.) high Native Gold...across Native Copper in Calcite Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan 12 cm (4% in.) across 37 38 Native |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and at the Bumpus mine, near Bethel, in Oxford County, Maine. Large crystals can still be seen there...has been found in rare 18 sided crystals too, in Maine, New Hampshire and Finland. No twin crystals have.... H . ; Royalston, Mass.; Bedford, N . Y.; Oxford County, Me.; Portland and Haddam Neck, Conn. ; Lieperville... Pa. ; Stony Point, N . C. ; Amelia, Va.;Coosa County, Ala.; Black Hills of South Dakota and Chaffee...Irish, who owns Mt. Mica, near Buckfield, in Oxford County, Maine, blasted open a new pocket; the first since |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert...Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by...Resources Information, Maine Geologi,cal Survey Robert G Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 2000 Copyright ©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | village of Gilsum, in Alstead Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Although found in Brazil and other...wonderful cat's-eye effect of a choice cat's-eye chrysoberyl. Clear, facetable aquamarine, heliodor and other...tertiary formation at Williamsburg in Hampshire County. The serpentine was said to be equal to the fine...upon Noyes Mountain in Greenwood Township, Oxford County, Maine, when an estimated 8 tons of the commercial...found in an argillaceous schist at Natick in Kent County, Rhode Island. It was also reported found in an |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS FROM THE HYATT MINE, TALCVILLE, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S. C. Chamberlain, Department of Bioengineering...Talcville in the Town of Edwards, St. Lawrence County, New York. The orebody consists of massive iron-rich...FROM THE BROWN DERBY NO. 1 PEGMATITE, GUNNlSON COUNTY, COLORADO. R. A. Elder; W B. Simmons, and A . U...crystals in the Brown Derby No. 1 pegmatite, Gunnison County, Colorado. The crystals are found up to several...FROM THE HAVEY #2 QUARRY, TOPSHAM, SAGADAHOC COUNTY, MAINE. A. U. Falster’, E. E. Foord2, C. A. Francis3 |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515...no. 1, p. 19-28.] The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California (by F. DeVito and A. Ordway) [1984 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Elbaite ........... p. 2 Program: Tourmalines of Maine ........ p. 14 President’s collected thoughts ....hues of green from Maine—Poland, Androscoggin County (left) and Greenwood, Oxford County (top). Photos: Bob...remember the last Mineral of the Month column on chrysoberyl might recall that “cat’s eye” pertains specifically...the Northeast—in pegmatites from Maine and Connecticut. Mt. Mica in Maine has a long but intermittent history...extracted from the Dunton Gem Quarry near Newry in Maine. Some pink elbaite from Mt. Mica fluoresces light |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | IMPORTANT By V A N D A L L T. K I N G Box 67 Bristol, Maine 04539 The beginning study of minerals is a subject...intermediate zone Black Mt. quarry 1974 Rumford, Oxford County, Maine 523 This detailed information might be...pegmatite minerals. But, are you satisfied with "Chrysoberyl from Espirito Santo, Brazil"? Both of these Brazilian |  | | Book (edition) | | HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION...a week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...field trial of the hambook during our ''Week with Maine Minerals" furnished additional information end resulted...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside...minerals. The geology of pegmatites, in general, and Maine pegmatites, in particular, is summarized briefly |
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Ragged Ass Jack Mountain locality, Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, USA