 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Autunite Downloaded by [Columbia University] at 23:49 05 October 2014 Daybreak Mine, Spokane...Spokane County, Washington T he naming of minerals that contain water easily lost through simple dehydration...hydration/dehydration-linked pair of minerals, autunite and meta-autunite, are commonly available in good to excellent...discussion as a Connoisseur’s Choice. Consequently, autunite, commonly perceived as the dominant and most widespread...classic occurrence at the Daybreak mine near Elk, Washington. Autunite is characterized by color that varies |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | observation. This has already been done by Foyes in New England. Pn'cuatrtos Tun Pne-C.q.MBRrAN Pegmatites...radioactive minerals in the metamorphic rocks of southern New England: Am. Jour. Sci. (5) vol. 28,pp.I27138, 1934...North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...activity. One of the best regions illustrating this is New England and the Paleozoic Appalachians to the southwest...7The famous Bedford pegmatite in WestchesterCounty, New York, intrudes the Ordovician Hudson schist.s The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1t/&Ud AteuA¿ OH Mlttelal Õccutienceá. Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...are interesting specimens. Centreville is in Bibb County, in the central part of Alabama. Near Odenville...carries a large picture of the famous lead-zinc mine at Tiger, Ariz. This caption reads: "This is Tiger—mining...community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County which probably will become a ghost town when the...and Development Company shuts down its lead-zinc mine (on hill at left). Company officials say development |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gave a short talk on a Germanium specimen, Mr. French Morgan talked about the Selenite locality at Fort...Trip on Sunday, July 8th, 1951, to French Creek Mines, in Chester County, Penn. When sixty-one rockhounds...the remaining members of the group adjourned to French Creek Park and told "rock tales" in the cool shade...trip to the clay pits of Sayreville and Parlin, New Jersey, to collect Pyrite and Marcasite nodules....Newark Museum for a collecting trip to the Siderite mine at Roxbury and the Kyanite diggings at Judd's bridge |  | | 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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | 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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | st' ON m - - ^ ^^^r Mineral Occurrences ' ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE DESIRED \~. PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Downloaded...really appears to be the start of a quickly abandoned mine and is located near Huntsville (Madison Co.), Alabama...mining operation is a barite mine operated by the National Lead Co. The mine is easily seen from Highway...not world-beaters but are interesting and add a new (at least to me) mineral to the long list of those...dump of the old open pit Sodium Sulphate mine in Imperial County near BertROCKS AND MINERALS ram siding |  | | Report (issue) | | Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect |  | | Field Trip Notes | | //' . GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD IN ''fy,.'t:J TRIPS NEW ENGLAND NOVEMBER 10-12, 1952 Organized by the...Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks...Highlands of East-Central New York, Southern Vermont, and Southern New Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding...Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford Granite" 103 Field Trip...OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK, SOUTHER Leaders: VERJ-IONT, AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE Marland P, Billings |  | | Book (edition) | | Cok Tree Press PUBLISHING CO., Inc. Co., Ltd NEW YORK London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY OTHER...Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak Tree..., Nassau, Baham as Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co., Ltd., P.O. Box 34...S. nicely shaped crystals at New Cornelia, Arizona and Santa Rita, New Mexico. Also found as cavity...Somerville, New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in New South Wales |  | | Book | | THE PEGMATITE MINES KNOWN AS NORTH GROTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE eral I ederi Acknowledi:ments Dedicated...experience. As a kid growing up in Manchester, New Hampshire, I was always fascinated by minerals and tried...premier sandbox, but I could also make sure the mine would remain open to mineral enthusiasts for years...maintained the notoriety acquired by the Palermo No. I mine. Its impact on the nation, and in some respects...different species - several of them unique to the mine - Palermo has earned a reputation that makes it |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles Eye Tunnel |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items On New Finds Are Desired. Alabama—J. R. Lee of Bridgeport...pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and micromounter by preference, discovered eight new mineral species, one of which, ruizite, Ca2Mn23+...society dinners with his wife, Billie; mentored new micromounters; used his chemical background to write...Society of Southern California at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands, California, on 27–28 January...normal meeting place to a new location in the Learning Depot area. The new venue had no integral audio...Walstrom spoke on New Mineral Discoveries from the Victoria Mountains Skarn, Luna County, New Mexico. By the |  | | Book | | possible to add about 20 new minerals a year; discoveries of spectacular new minerals with large crystals...subject quite a long way, and was followed by the French priest R. J. Hauy (1743-1822), who showed that...point, mineralogy became a precise science. The new chemistry which had just come into being made it...114 Schoepite............................ 114 Autunite............................... 116 Torbernite...Artinite - Hydromagnesite 56 Azurite 96 Axinite 44 Autunite 116 Barite 52 Becquerelite 112 Beryl 22 Billietite |  | | | | Lieber ^ C0b627 S STERLING PUBLISHING CO., Inc. new york ~7^ee v 4-6^ London & Sydney ST. PAUL PUBLIC...Sterling Publishing Co, Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, New York 10016 British edition published by Oak Tree...Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co. Ltd P.O. Box 34, Brickfield...S. nicely shaped crystals at New Cornelia, Arizona and Santa Rita, New Mexico. Also found as cavity fillings...Somerville, New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in New South Wales |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Coos Bay, Oregon, concerning a fine specimen of AUTUNITE in his possession prompted me to go back and do...Washington. Prior to the Mr. Spokane discovery AUTUNITE was best seen as pale to good yellow greenish...greenish micaceous xls, usually on pegmatite rock. AUTUNITE is a common, though sparse, mineral of the pegmatites...lamp since AUTUNITE is a brilliant green in either light. The pegmatites of New Hampshire, particularly...particularly the Ruggles mine, have also yielded large quantities of AUTUNITE, but there again it is sparsely |  | | Book | | volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...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...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE |  | | Report (issue) | | Pattern: Ruggles pegmatite, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA. 7.88 (100), 3.94 (90), 2.99 (80), 2.91 (80)...Total 99.45 100.00 Chemistry: (1) Lusk, Wyoming, USA. (2) Ca(UO2 )2 (SiO 3OH)2 ² 5H2 O: Polymorphism &...Association: Uranophane-beta, kasolite, meta-autunite, phosphuranylite, uranium oxides. Distribution:...France. In the USA, at the Monument No. 2 mine, Apache Co., Arizona; from the Happy Jack mine, White Canyon...in the Hanosh mine, Grants district, McKinley Co., New Mexico. In the Silver Cli® mine, Lusk, Niobrara |  | | Book | | W. H. Smith Publishers Inc. 112 Madison Avenue New York City 10016 This edition first published in... H. Smith Publishers, Inc., 112 Madison Avenue, New York 10016 © 1990 Dragon’s World Ltd © 1990 Text...Smith Publishers, Inc., 112 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016. (212) 532-6600. Editor: Michael...museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar |  | | Report (issue) | | 82. Porphyritic quartz monzonite of the Midnite mine, which I interpret to be a two-mica granitic rock...Cretaceous porphyritic quartz monzonite of the Midnite mine; (2) Cretaceous muscovite quartz monzonite east...veins, as at the Daybreak mine; contact zone deposits, as at the Midnite mine; and basal-type sandstone...sandstone deposits, as at the Sherwood mine. The fifth type is Rdssing-type deposits for which the high-grade...metamorphic terrane of the Kettle River Range, Ferry County, seems favorable, if sufficient volume of low-tenor |  | | Report (issue) | | ====================================== What’s New in the Mineral World? Report #37 April 2, 2014 by...of what’s new on the web, including some resonances from the Tucson Show, some interesting new visitations...visitations of older material, and, yes, a couple of new discoveries too. On The Web Rob Lavinsky’s The Arkenstone...com) has undergone a complete redesign, and its new incarnation, like the old one, has very “deep” galleries...information. Among Rob’s post-Tucson updates on the new site is a section which offers specimens from the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | World News on Mineral Occurrences Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...mostly in small amounts. A bed near Pyriton, Clay County, Ala., was worked for copper. One was mined near...of Cleburne County at what was called Wood's copper mine and also at Smith's copper mine about a mile...one little mine I obtained a few specimens of pyrite xls. The small xl enclosed is from a mine about 4 miles...following item, dated Aug. 28, 1954. "In the Brooklyn Mine, San Juan Co., Colo., I found a strikingly beautiful |
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