| | Book | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...terminated floater found in a talc vug in 1997, is 1.7 cm long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County...the Yale Farm, about two miles northeast of the town of Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a...excellent loose ilmenite crystal clusters from a calcite vein-dike digging site which they called the Bentley | | | Report (edition) | County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster County, and the Medusa Cement Company quarry in York County, are...Zircon Crystal 50 Diagramatic Sketch of Brinton Quarry Pegmatite 53 Geologic Cross-Section of West ...after Dolomite, Ceclar Hill Quarry 89 _ Limonite Pseudomorphs from Chestnut Hill Limonite Pseudomorph...Pyrite Limonite Pseudomorph after Pyritohedron Calcite Crystal Forms . . 91 92 94 99 101 “Picrolite”...Rhombohedron Geologic Calcite 80 of the Cornwall Pit at . at Easton Valley Area 112 120 127 133 | | | Journal (issue) | available, and the Society insurance will be val id so long as the event is notified to the General Secretary...Lymington and W eymouth . Before long, however, he had moved to Australia where he served for a while as...followed through . For two of the GCR sites (Machen Quarry, Mwyndy Mine), the current project was asked to...iron-manganese; cavity infill in li mestones; Mississippi Valley Type (MVT) lead-zinc-barium-fluorine; wavellite...minerals include quartz ("Merthyr diamonds"), calcite, baryte, dickite, carbonate-fluorapatite, hydrocarbons | | | Report (edition) | Crystal . . . . . . .. Diagra1natic Sketch of Brinton Quarry Pegmatite Graphic Granite Geologic Cross-Section...Deweylite after Aragonite. Cedar Hill Quarry . . . . . . . Calcite Crystal Forms "Picrolite" . . . ....Formation at Easton Geologic Map of the Muncy Valley area Calcite Rhombohedron . . ... • IV . Vl 6 9 10...permission from the owners of the land, or from the quarry and mine operators, before entering to collect...exploration into a scientific field which has a long romantic history and an alluring future. TOPOCRAPHIC | | | Book | find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON, STIG G...10:215-217 ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54...localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes (by L. Moyd) 21:235-248 ALICE...18:185187 ALLACTITE AJlactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by P. J. Dunn) 14:251-252 ALLCHAR Famous | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | cussed The Influence of Weathering on The Chemung Valley Gem a misunderstanding. They have sent no Minerals...the Catawba Mineral and Artifacts Society, Rock Hill, on Diamonds. A field trip was made to Melrose for...Mineralogical and Lapidary Society of the Raritan Valley, Sommerville, has drawn pictures of minerals in...vol canoes. The field trip was to the Limecrest Quarry. The Newark Mineral ogical Society learned of...Lord. This Club joined many others at Limecrest Quarry the one day it was open to collecting. WASHINGTON | | | Book | them. I wish the same joy I have found in the life-long pursuit of minerals and fossils to all those who...and hopes sometime in his life to prospect in Australia, thinks the state should do just that. He said...(159(10cality uncerta1n)186)--at or near water level in the valley the Mon~ent River (now Cape Cod Canal). 01" Pit...and in a pit just southeast of the highway (Fox Hill Road) leading to N1ckersons Neck, and near the head...North Chatham a .ma11 pit north ot the road (stony Hill Road? 'i_howe; teet ot brownish clays, with occasional | | | Book (edition) | introduction of convenient ultraviolet lamps in both the long and short wave length ranges, the applications of...and facet cut styles. The common opal of Virgin Valley, Nevada, lends itself well to ca bochon cutting...artificial light. In short, they respond strongly to the long wavelengths of ultraviolet, present in day light...only a few seconds, like in Franklin, New Jersey, calcite, or it may last for hours like in some of the phosphorescent...the lamp may burst. Lamps of this type are in the long wave range. They also give off a considerable amount | | | Book (edition) | Maps of the Interior of the Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Connecticut . . . Maps and Directions...Connecticut . . . Old Tungsten Mine and Topaz Prospect Long Hill, Trumbull, Connecticut The Type Danburite Locality...exposed upon the surface of the earth only after long periods of erosion, lasting for millions of years...BREITHAUPTITE-Nickel antimonide BRUCITE-Magnesium hydroxide - C CALCITE-Calcium carbonate CASSITERITE-Tin oxide GELESTITE-Strontium...found in the aegirite-granite at the Flatrock (Quarry in Waterford. Its color is dull black to brownish | | | Journal (issue) | 1937 .. CONTENTS FOR JANUARY, 1937 Chips from the Quarry 2 The Editor Goes Afield. By Peter Zodac ......Auodatlon • 2 ROCKS and MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY (Formerly the Bulletin Board) WHO SECONDS THIS...another voice. "Then we can go up to the feldspar quarry where the feldspar, rose quartz and mica glisten...again homeward bound. Up the beautiful Hudson River Valley we rolled, on Route 9; through Poughkeepsie, the...River, still on Route 5, ui:, the beautiful Mohawk Valley. Just before we reached Fonda, we saw a peculiar | | | Report (Issue volume) | + 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia and™ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...1962 1967 A.E. Jenkins and G.M. Willis 3. Broken Hill Mines — 1968 1968 and Papua New Ed. C.L. Knight...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 4. Industrial | | | Journal (issue) | e~te,,/,d /o,t MfM!, l9J/.I CHIPS FROM TIIE QUARRY ............................................................................... 161 THE ANDREWS QUARRY NEAR PORTLAND, CONN. By Peter Zodac ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONNECTICUT VALLEY MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....presented that it deserves wide publicity. We have long stressed the value of good specimens in collections...the small valley lying between the main ridge and Kings Bluff. At the western edge of the valley is Park | | | Report (issue) | Geology of the Country around Banbury and Edge Hill (Explanation of Sheet 201, New Series) By E. A...Edge Hill (Men1. Geol. Surv.) PLATE I (Frontispiece) (A9338) LONG HILL, NEAR SHUTFORD. THE HILL [S COMPOSED...Marlstone Rock Bed 76 F10. 11. The geology of Brailes Hill, 10 miles west of Banbury. . .. 84 12. Sketch-map...FIG. FIG. .. PLATES PLATE 1 I. Long Hill, near Shutford. The hill is composed of Upper Lias clay capped... Current-bedding in Marlstone Rock Bed at Edge Hill .. .. .. .. .. .. .. (A 9330) B. PLATE IV. 33 | | | Book (volume) | .......................175 Illinois – Hamilton Quarry Location Map ....................................especially my wife Barb for allowing me to put in all the long nights needed to bring this together. xi A Location...known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : in a deep ravine, as a bed deposityellow...minerals, petrified wood; area limestone quarriesCalcite, Celestite, marble; SIXMILE (hamlet on Sixmile...siliceous gemstones; N 5 mi. on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarryBarite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites; | | | Book | Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount...Alabaster GRAND CANYON, (N. side), Mohave Co. •Calcite AMERICAN MINERAL GUIDE TO NOTABLE COLLECTING...Turquoise KEYSTONE MINES, Gila Co. Chrysoprase KIRKLAND VALLEY, Pima Co. Onyx Marble LIVE OAK, Gila Co. Chrysoprase...SILVER WORLD, Polk Co. Azurite TRI-STATE DISTRICT Calcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Sphalerite, Galena, Calcopyrite...Ilemenite ATALIA Scheelite, massive AVENAL CREEK Calcite, cleavages AZUSA ♦Fluorite, green BAKERSFIELD, | | | Book | minerals including sphalerite, scheelite, Terlingua calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors...fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its production of...of Balmat, New York; and Howard Brown of Lucerne Valley, California. Emanuel Fritch of the Gemological... AutoCAD program. Helen Brumbaugh of the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Library managed to obtain a seemingly...Observation He: you seen the red fluorescence of calcite from Franklin, New Jersey? If you have not, find | | | Book | paid a few visits to these quarries, and it was not long before he uncovered the 1-inch-tall greenand-yellow...Wallingford town lines. I especially like this piece, as most of the fluorites from the quarry are green...place his father loved. The mountain is in the small town of Russell, Massachusetts, and I feel that I have...read about the important find of garnets in that town in 1885. George Kunz reported in his “Gems and Precious...snowshoes! He was collecting at the famous Deer Hill near Stowe, Maine. This specimen is regarded as | | | Journal (issue) | OF HADDAM, CONN. Br jamss W. DAVIS. PART I. THE town of Haddam, famous the world over as producing a...name from the Indian word meaning long river, and is the only town in the state bisected by that body...Middlesex County, of which it is the half shire town, and the county is central in the state. ‘ It is...conveniently reached by numerous trains over the Valley Di vision of the New York, New Haven and Hartford...the town that lies on the east side of the river is called Haddam Neck. The surface of the town, on both | | | Book (volume) | my wife Becky for allowing me to put in all the long nights needed to bring this together. v A Location...known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet on Sixmile...⎯siliceous gemstones; d N 5 mi. on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarry⎯Barite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites;...Fluorite, Sulfur (in cavities), Limonite, and some Calcite crystals. WOODSTOCK, area⎯Vivianite. BLOUNT COUNTY | | | Book (volume) | my wife Becky for allowing me to put in all the long nights needed to bring this together. v A Location...known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet on Sixmile...⎯siliceous gemstones; d N 5 mi. on Rte. 5: (a) chert quarry⎯Barite crystals, chalcedony, chert, siliceous oolites;...Fluorite, Sulfur (in cavities), Limonite, and some Calcite crystals. WOODSTOCK, area⎯Vivianite. BLOUNT COUNTY | | | Book | minerals including sphalerite, scheelite, Terlingua calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors...easier ee crace ee eee me eee one ee anes 63 Calcite-of lerlinotiatvers cores arta tae aee eee ie) Apatite...fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its production of...Balmat, New York; and Howard Brown of Lucerne Valley, California. Emanuel Fritch of the Gemological...the AutoCAD program. Helen Brumbaugh of the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Library managed to obtain a seemingly | | | Book (volume) | Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand Reinhold...Company of El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits was given by G. Keith Hodson of Scottsdale...furnished information and a photograph on the calcite onyx deposits of Baja California. Owen H. Perry...account of the agates found in the Mississippi Valley was provided by Irving W. Hurlbut of Muscatine...Rhyolite, Red Corundum in Amphibolite, Pyrite, Calcite, Howlite, Ulexite, Gypsum, Catlinite, Argillite | | | Journal (issue) | Frankl in, N. J . Brilliant mod,fied 3,a" xi . in Calcite. 2x2 .. ..... . I.SO ZI RCON, Ontario. Huge reddish-brown...good' ¾" pink xi. w. Calcite, Heulandile, etc. 3x2 . . . 2 .00 STICHTITE, Tasmania. Lilac masseS- in green...FRANKLIN ITE, Franklin. ¾ " xi . w . sma!ler xis. in Calcite. 2x l ½ ....... . 1.50 SMALTITE, Cobalt. Sol :d...Contents for January-February, 1949 CHIPS FROM TH.E QUARRY ................................................... 3 POSSIBLE DRAINAGE CHANGES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AS SUGGESTED BY AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ORIGIN | | | Journal (issue) | France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J, Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London...ev a d a .............469 by J. C. Rota P int's quarry, Black H a w k C ou n ty, Iow a .................owned by Dr. Henri Dillen. CALCITE COLLECTORS The International Calcite Collectors Association is currently...locality, and the sulfur mine in Baja. He was a long-time wholesale dealer in the Tucsor Gem and Mineral...known as the Bridal Chamber, discovered at Lake Valley, New Mexico, during the early 1880’s, is so well | | | Book | limbo. The second contributor to this book is my long-suffering wife Wilma, Dutch artist and novelist...included amber (most precious of the ancient gems), calcite, fluorspar, jadeite, pyrite, quartz family minerals...the most ancient of all Egyptian burials, in the Valley of the Royal Tombs at Abydos west of the ancient...at Kish. The history of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C...themselves. A "field trip" used to mean spreading out in long irregular lines to literally sweep over a collecting |
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