 | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Vesuvianite Ca19 (Al; Mg)13 B0¡5Si 18O68 (OH; O; F)10 ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1...O 1:16 ] §=10: 26 : (2) Tulare Co., California, USA; by electron microprobe, FeO by wet chemical analysis...the Akhtaragdy and Vilyui Rivers, Yakutia. In the USA, at Amity, Orange Co., and Olmsteadville, Essex Co..., Vermont; Sanford, York Co., and Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine; Georgetown, El Dorado Co., and Crestmore...Burnham (1992) A comprehensive structure-model for vesuvianite: symmetry variations and crystal growth. Can |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | quartz, clinozoisite, wollastonite, scapolite, vesuvianite, diopside, and tremolite (Anthony et al. 1995)...been collected at Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario. The crystals in the collection are associated...is also found in a skarn at Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, as brown-red dodecahedra to approximately...quarries), 428 ROCKS & MINERALS Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont. So well-known is this locality for fine...asbestos mine in the United States. Grossular and vesuvianite specimens were first encountered in the 1950s |  | | 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...Notes. Rocks and Minerals 17:24, 29. Mt. Apatite, Auburn: report of find of several spe cies including |  | | Book (edition) | | from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS Crystal forms 5...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...summer; neither is it wise to prospect in Montana or Maine in the as the winter. An scope, and automobile |  | | 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...has also been noted at Auburn, Hebron, Poland, Stoneham, and other places in Maine. C H A L C O P Y R I...Rumford. ROCKS AND MINERALS in the pegmatites of Maine ranging from common pegmatite to those pegmatites |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGY OF THE PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics........ 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................. Auburn................................ Auburn Falls............................................. Auburn reservoir........ |  | | 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) | | arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded by...tall, Middle Moat Mountain, North Conway, Carroll County. Canadian Museum of Nature specimen, Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are remarkably similar and compare well with the Maine A.S.T.M. card data on ferberites. The average chemical...these two species is provocative. State Check List Maine is justly famous for having produced a large number...Several authors have provided previous check lists of Maine minerals-Robinson (1825), Dana (1892), Perkins (1922-24)...formal state of Maine mineralogy book. Researchers who have X-ray and/or chemical data on Maine minerals, especially...maps showing proposed isograds. CHECK LIST OF MAINE MINERALS acanthite—Acton, Franklin, Gouldsboro, |  | | Book | | Geology of Maine. Conte11ts Preface vii Geology of Maine 7 Coastal Maine 25 Interstate 95 (Maine-furnpike)...tli S / Down East Maine: Bangor ;:incl Elli;worll1 to ( ,.i l:tic.; 1/S Maine 3, Maine 102, ancl rh(.;... Bangor (,a ln,s JOI Central Maine 707 M aine 5: Saco-Bethel / 14 Maine 26: Pegmatite Alley, Portland...ton / 49 Maine 7: Belfast-Dover-Foxcrofl I 57 Maine 15: Bangor-Abhot Village.: / 6 / Maine 11: Milo-Millinocket...ountains of Maine 17 3 U.S. 2: Skowhegan-Bcthc: I 179 M aine 4 : Farmington-Rangcley / 91 Maine 27: Farmington-C~oburn |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pulsifer quarry at Auburn, Maine. Six inch crystals have been found at West Bethel, Maine, and at the Ruggles...Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai...Mountain in the Crested Butte region of Gunnison County, Colorado, in good gem crystals. ANDRADITE, calcium-iron...Andradite has been found at Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and at other localities in Delaware...Chatham, New Hampshire; Greenwood and Stoneham, Maine; Amelia Courthouse, Virginia. Most of the occurrences |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 SCHEELITE CAMP BIRD MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO...head of the Department of Geol ogy at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. 52 ROCKS & MINERALS variation...have been pro duced. The Boriana mine in Mohave County, Arizona, has fur nished orange euhedral crystals...of the famous Camp Bird mine near Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A complete description of this spectacular...E. Bentley (1948-1995). Cohen mine in Cochise County. Good specimens containing generally smaller, less |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Eight excellent lepidolites from Mt. Apatite, Auburn, Maine were acquired from Dr. George F. Kunz in 1884...transparent crystals from several localities in Alexander County, North Carolina. Some excellent large monazite...represented by only one specimen from Lewis and Clark County, Montana. The well known dealer, Lazard Cahn, supplied...an essential constituent, is noted from Hebron, Maine (G. L. English, 1 8 9 1 ) ; and from San Pierno...is in the collection from Peru, Maine (Perry, 1887); Rumford, Maine ( 1 8 8 7 ) ; excellent crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | m & Mineral Society Annual Show at Tippe canoe County Fairgrounds, T e a l R d . , Lafay ette, Ind....Tri-State G e m & Mineral Show sponsored by Franklin County Mineral Club of Massachusetts ( H o s t ) Bellows...Mineral Societies, 5th A n n u a l Show. Adams County Fairgrounds, west o n 124th off U . S . 85. Chairmen:...Mineral Show at Futuristic H a l l , O l m s t e d County Fairgrounds, Roches ter, M i n n . Show Chairman:...It is also sometimes associated with epidote, vesuvianite, and garnet. Downloaded by [Stockholm University |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | discussion of wiluite, the boron-dominant analogue of vesuvianite, a mineral known since the late 1700s and pictured...pictured in many mineralogy books labeled simply as vesuvianite from the Vilui River. Also featured is the unfortunately...possessing Pekov’s initial work. Robert B. Cook Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Roadside Geology of Louisiana...Cook Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Coming Soon The Mockingbird Gold Mine, Mariposa County, California...Wolftone Mine, Leadville Mining District, Lake County, Colorado Tom Rosemeyer Collecting Microminerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Postmasburg mines. Robert B. Cook Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Richardson’s Guide to the Fossil...the book. (One disappoint- COLLECT MINERALS IN MAINE Poland MINING We have exclusive access to private...Mining Camps Dudye Mav Groves PO. Box 26 Poland, Maine 04274 vacation opportunity CAWS MOUNT MICA, MOUNT...idocrase and vesuvianite are mentioned as if they are separate species; they are not. Vesuvianite is the currently |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department of Geology and Geography 'iAH4W&ß> Auburn University Auburn. Alabama 36849-53115 Epidote Downloaded...that include, among others, quartz, calcite, vesuvianite, scapolite, talc, wollastonite, and a variety...Department of Geology and Geography at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. He welcomes suggestions for...Hampshire; and Willimantic, Windham County, and Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Gem-quality epidote...to 35 cm have been found at Eden Mills, Lamoille County, Vermont (a traditionally cited locality more accurately |  | | Report (volume) | | .............................................. Maine...................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogy of Maine. Vol. 2: Mining History, Gems and Geology, edited by Vandall T. Klng. Maine Geological...second and final matching volume of Mineralogy of Maine completes one of the finest state mineralogies ever...scientific bent and a fine summary of the gemstones of Maine, hitherto lacking in the literature. After a dedication...were important contributors to our knowledge of Maine minerals, a condensed overview of Maine’s geology...provided by R. G. Marvinney and W. B. Thompson of the Maine Geological Survey; it is followed by a short article |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | schorl, shandite, sphalerite, thompsonite, vesuvianite, wollastonite, and zoisite." MEXICO Mr. Francisco...for its composition. It v/as found at the Trinity County magadiite deposit in 1969. It is white or stained..."Silhydrite, 3 S i 0 . H 0 , a new Mineral from Trinity County, California," American Mineralogist, 1972, Vol...uraninite. Cookeite, Harvard quarry, Greenwood, Maine. Maine Mt. Mica Albite Mr. Duane Leavitt of Buckfield...lar, striated crystals that are very typical of Maine pegmite replacement units in pegmatites. Parallel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pick—Philip Corley, Editor Junior Division of Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society Newlapso—Dr. Philip E. Eisman...Rockland Nuggets—Marvin Klibonoff, Editor Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Unaka Rock & Mineral...the Convention (Federation Meeting). The Coastal Maine Mineral Club is still talking of the Palermo trip...Members of the Sandy River Mineral Club, Farmington, Maine, put on a nice show. Everyone had lovely displays...there. The Gem and Lapidary Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton, Maryland, is making it easy for members |  | | 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 |
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