 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERAL HUNTING IN THE PARRSBORO, NOVA SCOTIA AREA By GARDINER GREGORY Gregory Museum, 207 Cottage Blvd...Blvd., Hicksville, N. Y. Parrsboro in Cumberland County is located on the north shore of the Minas Basin...Indians. The tides of the Bay of Fundy along Parrsboro are among the highest in the world. At Partridge...became Prime Minister of Canada in 1896. Mineral collectors visiting Parrsboro should read about its fascinating...fascinating history. One of the big events in Parrsboro each summer is Old Home Week, which is held in |  | | Report (issue) | | Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; South Shore, Nova Scotia...career in mineralogy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral...for the Collector”, which covers 14 regions of Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Yukon-Alaska...(Na4TiZr2O4(CO3)4), which was named in her honour. She was also co-founder of the Canadian Gemmological Association...treasurer for the Mineralogical Association of Canada. After her retirement in the late 1990s, Ann continued |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | HUNTING AT THE MAGNET COVE BARITE MINE IN WALTON, NOVA SCOTIA By GARDINER E. GREGORY Director Gregory M u s...r k After hunting a week for minerals in the Parrsboro area, we decided to make a trip to the other side...out for Walton. It is a trip of 126 miles from Parrsboro to Walton. We arrived in Walton around 4 o'clock...Mine, is kneeling with his favorite specimen of calcite. Topsy, our silver cocker, is having his back scratched...at Whale Cove. We didn't find much except a few calcite and iron pyrite specimens. As the fog started to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | some lustrous black magnetite. Birmingham (Jefferson Co.) is the largest city in Alabama. Quartz sand from...and brown sandstone. "From Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., Ariz."—on label. The sand was sent in by Geo. Barclay...Nelson's Bar in the Feather River, near Paradise, Butte Co., Calif.., and was sent us by Arthur W . Browne,...beach on the Gulf of Mexico, at Panama City, Bay Co., Fla., we have a sand sample that was sent in by...Kennebec Co., Maine." —on label. Beach sand from Greenbush, Mich. Greenbush, in S.E. Alcona Co., Mich. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rhornbohedral crystals, and can be distinguished from calcite by its poorer cleavage and lack of effervescence...fleshred crystals come from locations in Nova Scotia, Canada, such as Wasson's Bluff, 186 Five Islands... and Ritter Hot Springs, Lane Co., and Vernonia and Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon. ROCKS AND MINERALS ...(Acadia/ile) occurs at Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia. Here the basalt cliffs are criss-crossed...of Partridge Island and other localities in Nova Scotia. Small glassy crystals of CHABAZITE come from |  | | Book | | AGeological History of the Maritime Provinces of Canada ATLANTIC GEOSCIENCE SOCIETY Digitized by the...Geological History of the Maritime Provinces of Canada Atlantic Geoscience Society At id NIMBUS PUBLISHING...Patricia G. Gensel, Eldon George, Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Peter Hacquebard, Stephen Horne, Eric...G. Pronk, Allen A. Seaman, John W. Shimeld. Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Gordon N. Oakey, Gerry...Gerry R. Oram, Alison Lodge and Parks Canada, Redpath Museum of McGill University, Donald Reid, Alan |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the market late this spring. Mineral Equipment Co., Somers, Connecticut has really come up with an...for you. Go to a dealer who has a Mineral Equipment Co. Extended Wave Light in stock and try it on your...action you'll agree with me that Mineral Equipment Co. really has something! My friend Scott Williams is...zeolites collected by a Canadian Gov't group in Nova Scotia in the late 1800's. Among perhaps 20 spec, of...was given as Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. I would appreciate any correspondence |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting trip through Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Canada and Maine without babbling with excitement...a traveling companion, arrived in Madoc, Ont., Canada, on the first leg of our trip hoping to hunt down...are unique in that they occur in a matrix of fl. calcite which in itself responds under broad spectrum in...the fluorite fl. several shades of blue and the calcite fl. in the various shades of red and orange. The...pound. The day we planned to leave Bancroft for Nova Scotia we got the bright idea to return to the old fluorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | An Introduction to Minerals in N o va Scotia Downloaded by [University of Connecticut] at 13:05 19...Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4A9 dommelen@dal.ca TERRY COLLETT 26 Gourok Avenue Dartmouth, Nova Scotia...Scotia Canada B2X 2B3 terry.collett@ns.sympatico.ca Except as noted, all photos by Ronnie Van Dommelen; specimens...the authors’ collections. T he province of Nova Scotia has long been renowned for its geologic resources...and barite. The first gold rush in Canada took place in Nova Scotia in the 1860s, thirty years before |  | | Journal (issue) | | per year, or $46.00 for two years; addresses in Canada and Mexico are US$48.00 per year, or US$90.00 for...cuprite crystals. Russell Rizzo (Cal Neva Mineral Co.) showed off a 7cm translucent emerald crystal from...survive. Too bad for all of us! Minera(o9icaf Research Co. MINERALS, METEORITES, BOOKS, BOXES, MICROSCOPES... ----8 Chabazite from Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia 1964 -2005 By Duane Leavitt The word classic...other zeolites found at Wasson's Bluff,. ova Scotia, Canada. Chabazite (acadialite in some older literature) |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral collector of Sackville, New Brunsw ick, Canada, and I collected minerals at various sites with...articles, and some were discovered by Donald. In Nova Scotia, we visited the celestite locality at Beckwith...several places around Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, so famous for its zeolites, calcite, agates, and other minerals...priority for a first visit to the Parrsboro area. At the shores around Parrsboro, material falls from the cliffs...many on the way to Parrsboro, is easy to find, as it is just off the trans-Canada highway. This is the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Coosa River just west of Cedar Bluff, Cherokee Co., Ala., where excavations and construction for new...Park, Fla. It reads: "I was in Tombstone (Cochise Co.), Ariz., a few months ago. It is one of my favorite...to were the quartz pits near Hot Springs (Garland Co.), Ark. Here I found about 40 nice quartz xls ranging...was found about 1.6 miles west of Avant (Garland Co.), Ark. I found about 35 lbs. of the beautiful greenish...CALIFORNIA — From the Mojave Desert (San Bernardino Co.), Calif., we have two beautiful slabs that were |  | | Journal (issue) | | corundums manufactured in America by Air Products Co. Co. have already been briefly Linde Air briefly described...film, and I give you the film produced with the full co-operation as technicians of De Beers Consolidated...region of Nova Scotia in 1873, the author of this series the Bay Bay of Fundy Fundy region Nova Scotia of this...observations. T T BLOMIDON HE Bay of Fundy region of Nova Scotia yields some of the finest gem crystals of amethyst...to be found in Canada. This is particularly true of Blomidon, not far from Parrsboro, N.S. Blomidon |  | | Journal (issue) | | • Nature's Magic Ratio • Build a Showcase • Nova Scotia Sites • A New Brunswick Rockhound ... BRUSSELS...Copies of back Iucs available lbscnpuon rates, Canada S24 00 Annually n ear subscription, $44 00 1111ed...SUPPORTERS - Over $1000 The Geological Survey of Canada DONORS - Over $100 Thompson Valley Rock Club The...Elizabeth St. N. #406, .v1ississauga, ON LSG 2Y8, Canada. tJO'J'E- Volume 2, N umber 4, Sep./Oct. B9 is...Gemmologist EXPERIENCE BANCROFT The Mi11cral Capital of Canada in North Hastings Lee Hcalh. Bancroft Chamber |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Triassic–Jurassic boundary, Blomidon Formation, Fundy basin, Canada Lawrence H. Tanner a,*, Frank T. Kyte b a b Department...the Blomidon Formation at Partridge Island, Nova Scotia. High Ir concentrations have been found in at...concentrations of other siderophile elements, such as Co, Ni and Cr that would be associated with the impact...side of Partridge Island, near the town of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, the transition occurs between 30 and 40...were collected from Partridge Island, near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia (adapted from [12]). MSB = Minas sub-basin; |  | | Report (issue) | | Alberta, thousands of kilometers eastwards to Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, where they are doing quite nicely, thanks...contributed some pretty specimens of pyrite-coated calcite 1 ============================================================...Gormanite, 3 cm, from Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada. Tyson’s Fine Minerals specimen and photo. Elpidite...Elpidite, 1.4 cm, from St.-Hilaire, Québec, Canada. Tyson’s Fine Minerals specimen and photo. 2 ====...Quebul’s to show you. The stilbite/chabazite from Nova Scotia is a splendid zeolite thumbnail if I ever saw |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MEMORIES OF NOVA SCOTIA! Dear Winnie: Had a splendid few days last summer in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada... Penn., where they identified them as quartz, calcite, pink dolomite, purple fluorite, chalcopyrite,...spent pouring over his wonderful collection of Nova Scotia minerals. Also the evenings around the fireplace |  | | Report (chapter) | | University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada (e-mail: john.waldron@ualberta.ca) 2 Department...Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada 3 Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3C3, Canada Abstract: The...bend. In the Northern Appalachians of Atlantic Canada, the Meguma and Avalon terranes represent periGondwanan...fault zone that strikes east– west through Nova Scotia, Canada (Fig. 1). The zone, also known as the Cobequid–...(a) Regional map of the Appalachians of Atlantic Canada, showing the major tectonic units and boundaries |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ASSOCIATED ZEOLITES FROM THE MORDEN AREA, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA GEORGIA PE-PIPER§ Department of Geology,... Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada ABSTRACT Selected zoned and homogeneous...earliest Jurassic North Mountain Basalt, in Nova Scotia, have been examined in thin section and by SEM...North Mountain basalt, hydrothermal circulation, Nova Scotia. SOMMAIRE Une sélection d’amygdules à zéolites...23/11/00, 13:13 1216 THE CANADIAN MINERALOGIST Parrsboro CA BL NAD AC A C K R RE MO OC EK RD K EN R NO |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | containing conglomerate lenses and cross-bedding. Calcite has been introduced into the sandstone, forming...localities are described by H. Fletcher, Geol. Surv. Canada, Ann. Rept., V (1892), I42-43 P. THE ACADIAN...the Triassic on an island of Permian strata, Parrsboro formation, just north of the Basin. SD, Cobequid...Cobequid group. The closely folded syncline of the Parrsboro formation is in part overlain by Triassic sediments... Bailey, "Geology of Southwestern Nova Scotia," Geol. Surv. Canada, Ann. Rept., IX (1898), 128 M. THE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | I had met during the Summer of 1970 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, and the plans gradually came to fruition...Stilbite, heulandite, an.ilcitc, epistilbite. calcite, quartz, prehmte. and laumontite were col lected...The interior mines of Nova Scotia pro duce some tine pyrolusite, barite, calcite, and quartz crystals...from Survey Office, 6 0 1 Booth Street. Ottawa Canada.) (2) Make sure you are in shape. (Be prepared...discomfort- you're not in your own living room. Try Nova Scotia! place to collect. It's a wonderful Buy and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Turite ( = turgite) and sbme other iron-ores from Nova Scotia. By L. J. SP~NC*'a, M.A., F.G.S. A s s i s t...v e r n m e n t Inspector of 3~inas in N o v a Scotia, and his collection is rich in N o v a Section...represented : T MAeN~rrnl, massive : WI.3~.~.g~ In~'.es.~ Co. -massive, with amethyst : Bay o f ~ y . crystals...Is/ands, 0~mber/and Co. HAEZ~.~I~, red, massive : B~anohard, East River, Picto~ Co. -red, earthy and micaceous...East River, Pictou Co. -stalactitic, partly altered to turite : B ~ / / ~ , P/cto~ CO. -red, massive : |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new Broad Spectrum lamp of the Raytech Equipment Co. and are very well pleased, except for one thing...from Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Mr. Peter von Bitter, of the Nova Scotia Dep't of Mines, was...and SW. W e were far more fortunate in finding calcite xls. They occur in fine quantity mostly as scalenohedrons...strongblue white L W and SW, best SW. Most of the calcite xls were on a brown coating (fluorite) on the limestone...a pale orange-pink fl. material (SW). This is calcite. All in all, the Newcomb material is quite interesting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 45 miles. On both the New Brunswick and the Nova Scotia shore, the Triassic appears: in New Brunswick...Creek), Quaco, Martin Head, and Waterside; in Nova Scotia on the island of Isle Haute, and in a quite continuous...Geological Survey of Canada, and to Professor D. S. McIntosh of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Professor Alfred C...between a broad belt of pre-Cambrian rocks in Nova Scotia, fronted by the Triassic; and a less broad belt...and Triassic strata (Fig. 2). The peninsula of Nova Scotia is composed largely of pre-Cambrian strata intruded |  | Rygel, Michael C., Lally, Corinne, Gibling, Martin R., Ielpi, Alessandro, Calder, John H., Bashforth, Arden R. (2015) Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the type section of the Pennsylvanian Boss Point Formation, Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Nova Scotia, Canada. Atlantic Geology, 51 (1) 1 doi:10.4138/atlgeol.2015.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 88 . 89 Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Nova Scotia, Canada Volume 51 Type Section of the Boss...and distributed with the permission of Service Nova Scotia & Municipal Relations A member or abandoned... Volume 51 Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Nova Scotia, Canada Type Section of the Boss Point Formation...with the permission of, and provided by Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations (airphoto numbers A18580-121...The incorporation of data sourced from Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations within this product shall |
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Partridge Island, Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada