 | | 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...5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers |  | | 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...Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Webber, Karen L., Dallaire, Donald A., Nizamoff, James W., Sprague, Raymond A. (2019) The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 94 (6) 498-519 doi:10.1080/00357529.2019.1641021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its many...WEBBER MP2 Research Group Maine Mineral & Gem Museum 99 Main Street Bethel, Maine 04217 alexander.falster@gmail...Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com RAYMOND A. SPRAGUE* 33 Roger Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 *...Deceased 16 April 2019. HE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF MAINE PEGMATITES have been a principal focus of our research...in 2014 from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of |  | | 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 (issue) | | hiddenite specimens in his collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal...Directors of the Foundation of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. It was my pleasure, and...interpenetrating twin cubes of thorianite from Hud dersfield County, Quebec. Their addresses: Vickery — 4 Brendon Road...certain pegmatite regions. Several pegma tites in Maine were made famous in mineralogical litera ture for...Portland (Strickland quarry) in Connecticut; Buckfield, Poland and Newry in Maine; the Custer Mountain |  | | Book (edition) | | HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION...a week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...field trial of the hambook during our ''Week with Maine Minerals" furnished additional information end resulted...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside...minerals. The geology of pegmatites, in general, and Maine pegmatites, in particular, is summarized briefly |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. N. Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ................................./# 6 C alifornia Issue B enitoite, G old, L .A . County M useum , H im alaya m ine $7 Circulation Manager...specimens were collected in the northern margin j f the quarry, inside the entrance to the main adit, on the left...Boyle $7 Jacupiranga m ine (B ra zil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa m ine, Paulkerrite $7 v ,1 5...ills type locali ties, U rucum (B razil), Kalkar quarry (CA), K rem sm iinster $8 v. 1 7 /# 6 v. 1 8 |  | Simmons, William, Falster, Alexander, Webber, Karen, Roda-Robles, Encarnación, Boudreaux, Andrew P., Grassi, Leah Rae, Freeman, Gary (2016) Bulk Composition of Mt. Mica Pegmatite, Maine, USA: Implications For the Origin of An Lct Type Pegmatite By Anatexis. The Canadian Mineralogist, 54 (4) 1053-1070 doi:10.3749/canmin.1600017 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1600017 BULK COMPOSITION OF MT. MICA PEGMATITE, MAINE, USA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF AN LCT TYPE PEGMATITE...FALSTER, AND KAREN WEBBER Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, 99 Main St, Bethel, Maine 04217, U.S.A. ENCARNACIÓN...Coromoto Minerals, LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine 04281, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Mt. Mica pegmatite is...composition, anatexis, Sebago Migmatite Domain, Maine. § Corresponding author e-mail address: wsimmons@uno...Most of the exposed bedrock of Maine is Paleozoic in age. Western Maine has been affected by several orogenic |  | | 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:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................................ 255 by N. L. Bennett The Buca della Vena mine, Tuscany, I ta ly ......R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Carl A. Francis Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 be done...of the National Belle mine, Red Mountain, Ouray County, San Juan Mountains, Colorado. GEOLOGY The National...Longfellow mine just across the pass in San Juan County show a zonation from the center of the deposit |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...bermanite, eosphorite, variscite, phosphosiderite, hureaulite, montebrasite, fluorapatite, amblygonite, and...Mitchell (1959) describes one crystal exposed in a quarry wall that measured an astounding 2.44 meters in...of the Natural History Mu seum of Los Angeles County (gift of Ed Harrison in 1983, from the Sol Shalevitz...described eosphorite, variscite, phosphosiderite, hureaulite, montebrasite, fluorapatite, amblygonite, triplite |  | | Report (issue) | | from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient...crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms...4m: The largest beryl crystal at the Bumpus quarry in Maine was 8.4 meters long, 1.9 meters in diameter...number of Brazilian states (page 84); San Diego County, California (page 32) in the United States; Canada...adjacent to the famous Bennett quarry in Oxford County near Buckfield, Maine. In 1998, they opened a |  | Dyar, M. D., Jawin, E. R., Breves, E., Marchand, G., Nelms, M., Lane, M. D., Mertzman, S. A., Bish, D. L., Bishop, J. L. (2014) Mössbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data. American Mineralogist, 99 (5) 914-942 doi:10.2138/am.2014.4701 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1.1.1 triphylite DD193-B triphylite, quartz, hureaulite, whiteite, and minor tavorite and lipscombite...70% poor crystallinity varulite, and 15% each hureaulite and chlorapatite 38.2.3.5 ferroalluaudite ML-P14...albite and 20% purpurite 39.2.1.1 hureaulite ML-P31-A 60% hureaulite and 40% pentamanganese 40.2.2.1 fairfieldite...dufrénite ML-P34-D dufrénite, pharmacosiderite, and hureaulite 42.9.2.2 gormanite MDD13 pure gormanite 42.9...(1991). Locality Stewart mine, near pala, San Diego County, California Boqueirãozinho pegmatite, Parelhas |  | | 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 (edition) | | abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...to Hot Springco., Arkansas, in the Point of Rock quarry, pearly. Clea,·age {001} perfect. {100} and {010} |  | | Report (issue) | | Phosphuranylite Torbemite Fluorapalite Autunite Hureaulite Sodium Autunite Fairfieldite Chlorapatite Reddingite...prospects in the lower Ludlow lignites. Harding County: 1. Abemathyite has been identified as a component...Soluble In hydrochloric acid, yielding Custer County: 1. Allanite has been reported to occur as small...the Needles area. Runner (7) p 453. Pennington County: 1. Allanite occurs as microscopic inclusions in...H2O0.05 Insol. 1.12 Total 100.34± Occur. Custer County: 1. A greenish-black nodule of alluaudite 1 foot |  | | Journal (issue) | | popularity in the world, while it is the leader in the USA. Recently, well known jewelry stones have been joined...Robert W. Jones (USA) and Michael Leybov (Russia) BOX 51 SHORT HILLS NEW JERSEY O 7 O 7 8 USA FAX: 2 0 1 -...(SW corner), Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA:1! apatite — Pulsifer Quarry— purple xls (2000 xis were mined...mined in 1901); herderite; I! tourmaline — Pulsifer Quarry (1500 xlswere mined in 1883, it was first found...23. GREENLAND Bahnat, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA: ! calcite:1! magDisco island: I! iron — Blafleld |  | | Journal (issue) | | . Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ...................................be used to establish a precise location within a quarry or general field collecting area. The collector...the points chosen are too often ephemeral (the quarry wall which changes tomorrow or next week), or subject...the county zoning offices. The accurate property boundaries provide good starting points. Quarry or property...but it’s probably unwise in this instance. Small quarry owners and mine operators are, for the most part |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The...contacted the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to ask whether the Museum and its Gem and Mineral...informally known as “The L.A. Show,” “The L.A. County Museum Show,” or something else. Calling it “The |  | | Journal (issue) | | o,,/.,,/4 '°'1, /"'", l9J/.3 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Y., whose very interesting article, "The Pekin Quarry at Lockport, N. Y." appeared in last month's issue...highway 36, between SusanvilJe and W estwood, Lassen County, Calif. Above highway at this point several different...of the Feather River bridge, at Oroville, Butte County, Calif. West of Highway 39, between Oroville and...Bear River, near Colfax, on highway 49, Ne~ada County, Calif. One piece of petrified wood was all that |  | | 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...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described |  | | Journal (issue) | | 247 WULFENITE—from level 4 of the 79 mine, Gila County, Arizona. The specimen was collected in 1971 by...Melano phlogite from Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County, California. Am er Mineral., 57, 1494-1504. GRASSELLINI...south east of Lancaster in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The mine was opened in 1732 and...confirmed in the ores of the Gap nickel mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A. F. Buddington (1924) first called...special mineralogical interest. The Lengenbach quarry, Binnetal, Switzerland, has produced a variety |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...miniature size) from the Eagle’s Nest mine in Placer County, California (half of them with quartz matrix) were...Richard Rice, a lifetime resident of Washington County, Oregon, was a retired logging contractor. With...Q uebec. Inset: Location o f the DemixVarennes quarry in the Saint-Amable sill. LOCATION The Saint-Amable...towns of Varennes and Saint-Amable in Vercheres County, Quebec, approximately 20 km east-northeast of |  | | Book (edition) | | Mexico (#2, column 1) and TENNANTITE, Dresser quarry, Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada (13, column 2). ...the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson,...Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine, Dolores County; and at the Double Header lode...lode , Su1nmit County . rt is also found in Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Acanthite is |
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