 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of pounds of amethyst were collected from the I993 discovery at the historic Deer Hill locality in southwestern...southwestern Maine. Downloaded by [NUS National University of Singapore] at 15:39 10 August 2015 Amethyst Discovery...Discovery on Stow, Oxford County, Maine WOODROW B. THOMPSON Maine Geological Survey State House Station...Station 22 Augusta, Maine 04333 In the summer of 1993, a trio of Maine mineral collectors worked a small prospect-called...prospect-called the Intergalactic pit-in an area of Deer Hill that has lured prospectors for many years. They |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on Deer Hill, Maine, in 1956 By B. M. SHAUB 159 Elm Street, Northampton, Massachusetts Deer Hill is...the F-ryeburg, Maine quadrangle. It is in the town of Stow, a section of Oxford County. The pegmatite...pegmatite on Deer Hill is often referred to as the Eastman ledge and has been known as a source of an occasional...occasional fine colored amethyst; for such crystals and/ or fragments have been picked up or dug from the kaolinized...are most highly prized for gems. The crystals of amethyst found at this location, while not numerous, have |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen, Harold...R. V. Gaines, 310-13 Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, W. B. Thompson, 44-51...Walker Vein, Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite, Arkansas...Barite, Wasta, Pennington County, South Dakota, 188-90; Benitoite, San Benito County, California, 392-95;...Gold, Jamestown, Toulumne County, California, 40-42; PowelIite, Pandulena Hill, Nasik, Maharashtra State |  | | Journal (issue) | | calcite, 11/2 inches across, Knippa Quarry, Uvalde County, Texas, photo by the author. Tucson 1999 - mouthwash...Posey Mine (San Juan Co., Utah, USA) and Planet Mine (La Paz Co., Arizona, USA). That from Posey Mine is composed...on page 4 i\lincrnl News 2 10th Anniversary Maine Mineral Symposium May 7, 8, 9. 1999 Mineral and...the I0th Maine Mineral Symposium at the Senator Inn and Conference Center in Augusta, Maine. This annual...and collecting sites. There arc always talks on Maine, and the 1999 program features four well-known authorities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE KIMBALL AMETHYST POCKET By PHILIP MORRILL Deer Hill is located in Stow, Maine, about one and a half...is sometimes called, "Big Deer Hill" to distinguish it from Little Deer Hill. Formerly an area of bare...level. Little Deer Hill forms another peak of the ridge, west of Deer Hill. Hamdon Hill is adjacent on...Harndon Hill is Lord Hill -long famous for its many minerals. Amethyst has been taken from Deer Hill for...Tiffany's wrote in the 1880's that he could trace amethyst for a quarter mile of vein length. These older |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Some Notable MAINE GEMSTONES J A N E C. P E R H A M Route 1, Box 1890 West Paris, Maine 04289 Mining...southwestern Maine. The pegmatite deposits in Oxford County and northern Androscoggin County have yielded...area are Deer Hill in Stowe and Pleasant Mountain in Denmark, both of which have provided amethyst. Rose...Mount Mica at Paris Hill, and Mount Rubellite in Hebron. These are all Oxford County locales. Producers...Androscoggin County are the Pulsifer quarry, the Keith quarry, the Wade quarry, and the Maine Feldspar quarry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W I T H I N A ONE I N C H My neighbor state of Maine is one of the mineral collector's paradise in the...planning a trip to Maine should start by securing several good pamphlets and a good book on Maine. I have mentioned... 2. Maine Mines and Minerals—Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine $1.95...localities is the Ne ville or Newry mines at Newry, Maine. Visiting these mines should be plannedso as to...couple will find the Poland Mining Camps at Poland, Maine, run by Dot and Dudy Groves, just the place you |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fine mineral specimens. Museum-size specimens of amethyst, geodes, fossil fish, quartz crystal. Come visit...the article entitled "Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine" (Janu- 25 -1/-94 Pruner...the "gemmy amethyst"; figure 10 has the "microcline matrix"; and figure 8 has the "amethyst crystals on |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralogy of Mexico. Figure 3. Aerial view of Bethel, Maine, looking east during early fall. The museum is located...in e r a ls s h o u ld k n o w a b o u t : the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum (MMGM). Situated on the eastern...4). The drive from Portland winds through scenic Maine woods with roadside signs beckoning one to try their...realty company (fig. 2). Large stone steles of local Maine pegmatites and granite stud the front and back of...showing location of Bethel, Maine, and the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum within the Maine Pegmatite Belt. Prepared |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | CARNELIAN TOURMALINE OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM...from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized in...such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut...between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens and gemstones from the Little Gem mine Amethyst Mine RUSS HAGE 701 Lolo Street Missoula, Montana...Alberta Canada T3B 4T7 mmenzies@shaw.ca Jefferson County, Montana P erched high on the south-facing side...continental divide in Montana is the Little Gem amethyst mine. It is an imposing pegmatite outcrop about...prospectors who could not have missed seeing abundant amethyst float. Figure 1. Overview of mine from the south...William Besse. Figure 3. “Enterprise”: Amethyst scepter with amethyst jacaré on all sides of the stem, 25 |  | Francis, Carl A., Felch, Myles, Falster, Alexander U., Bailey, Douglas A. (2016) Aquamarine from Stoneham and Vicinity, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 91 (1) 28-35 doi:10.1080/00357529.2016.1099131 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Stoneham and Vicinity Oxford County, Maine Downloaded by [Penn State University] at 01:41 12 December...fALSTeR DoUGLAS A. BAILeY Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Po Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis@mainemineralmuseum...came from Stoneham, Maine—a century apart. Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem Museum...MINERALS Dr. Carl A. Francis is curator at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum and an executive editor of...at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. Alexander U. Falster is research technologist at the Maine Mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PROSPECTING IN 1954 By John R. Dillingham Naples, Maine During the prospecting season of 1954 we went on...April we called on the Tamminens in Greenwood, Maine, and visited their popular mine. From there we obtained:...trip we went to Pitt's garnet location in Minot, Maine, and found worthwhile cinnamon garnets. Waded through...through the snow to look at Mt. Mica in Paris, Maine. Phil Morrill led us to Hoopers Ledge which yields...about Hoopers Ledge later. Visited mines in Albany, Maine, during the month but except for a few minor beryl |  | | Journal (issue) | | Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. from the Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana Mike Hedtke...small wulfcnite crystals found at the Broadwater County, Montana (Sec. 28, T 5 N, R 1 W), some interesting...the Allegheny Plateau (from Georgia to central Maine). The NYMC membership is primarily amateur, and...Prize: Quartz Epimorphs after Barile from Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Rhode I land. by Lawrence Bull. Publications...F. Kunz Competition Papers, four articles on NE USA mineral occurrences. 73 pages, 55 illu tra1ions, |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | 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) | | 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...pegmatites. A few pegmatites (e.g., the Lord Hill pegmatite and amethyst-bearing pegmatites) show NYF tendencies...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | be estimated from the pale rectangular step cut amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm...cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's Guide Gem Hunter...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...that opals were unlucky long unfashionable, and amethyst lost some of its made them when high status...another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with / 1 for example, |  | | Book | | has been privileged to travel extensively from Maine to Southern California, and from Washington’s Pacific...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, Greenlee Co Chalcedony DEER CREEK, Gila Co., near Jasper GEALE MOUNTAINS, Maricopa |
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Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, USA