 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...crystals that are rooted in the microcline-plagioclase-quartz wall zone Downloaded by [] at 04:12 15 May 2015...project into the white quartz core. The portion of beryl enclosed by the quartz core is often sharply...suFounded by graphic granite.) Typically, smoky quartz, albite, muscovite, and microcline line the cavity...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil |  | | Book | | ( C. 4 ( MINERAL & GEM TRAILS of NEW ENGLAND .� ';� M � [- ' 1f,.,,1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l-...MINERAL & GEM TRAILS OF NEW ENGLAND by Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode...Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE Center Strafford, New Hampshire Parker...Conway, New Hampshire Hurricane Mt. Grafton, New Hampshire Ruggles Mine Newport, New Hampshire Chandler...Conway, New Hampshire Lovejoy Gravel Pit North Groton, New Hampshire Fletcher Mine Palermo Mine Rice Mine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | desirable as brazilianite. Unlike many relatively new minerals, brazilianite made its debut in unusually...globular, radially fibrous masses. Inclusions of quartz, tourmaline, apatite, and muscovite crystals have...wylleite, eosphorite, siderite, albite, muscovite, quartz, and microcline. It also occurs as a sparse component...nearby Dunton quarry,Maine. Other unconfirmed Maine occurrences include the Harvard quarry at Greenwood...the Nevel quarry, the rose quartz crystal locality of Mount Plumbago, and the Mount Mica quarry at Paris |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and will stop in for a chat. Should you be up in New England hunt me up.' I live on Long Island in Lake...you at the July meeting of the Micromounters of New England to be held at my home. Many of us Thumbnail...places to hunt are the Ruggles Mine and Palermo. New Hampshire has many fine areas to hunt which produce some...producers and all are in Groton, Grafton Co. along with the Palermo and Rice and all near together. I...was worked for quartz three years ago and there are plenty of fine specimens in the new dump and in areas |  | | Book (edition) | | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals of North Groton, New Hampshire The historical background of the famous North Groton mines is as fascinating...Candia Road Chester, New Hampshire 03036 R O B E R T W. WHITMORE Weare, New Hampshire 03281 N O R T H G...from local residents and collectors. History North Groton is unknown to many people outside the mineral fraternity... a large percentage of the popula tion of New Hampshire would not recognize the name, let alone be able...Forest. 350 ROCKS & MINERALS In the early 1800s, Groton was a thriving farming com munity with a population |  | | 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 ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WILL FIT WITHIN A ONE INCH CUBE COLLECTING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE As we are nearing the period of fall and the...the northeast, many like to plan a trip to New Hampshire. There are a num ber of key mineral localities...Palermo Mine in North Groton. Several other good mines are in the same area—Rice, Fletcher and Valencia—all...whitmoreite, and geodkenite 438 Ruggles Mine in Grafton, New Hamp shire is a very popular area for collectors...feldspar. Some very fine pieces of smoky and rose quartz that can be cut into cabs or faceted can also |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington |  | | Journal (issue) | | July 1943 PUBLISHED MONTH LY CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................favorably received by our readers as a number of new subscriptions - from unexpected quarters - have been...a large collecti?n of iris agate and asteriated quartz. Pictures of the two exhibits mentioned above are...interest to avoid the danger of being replaced by new members from the waiting list. Exhibition at the...White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright ©...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable |  | | Report (volume) | | General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________ |  | | Book (edition) | | FOREWORD Le.ta in the fall of 1953, members ot the New Jersey Mineralogical Society expressed an interest...week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...Stewart C. Fulton Westfield, New Jersey June ll, 1955 Director & Past-President New Jersey Mineralogical Society...for the many courtesies extended to members of the New Jeraey Mineral.ogical Sooiety (Inc.) during their...members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside, New Jersey June 1, 1955 |  | | Book (volume) | | debris spreading out from the Rocky Mountains as they rose during the Larimide revolution of 100 million years...chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...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 |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...MINERALS AND GEMS Russell P. MacFall THOMAS Y. New CROWELL COMPANY York ! Established 1834 Copyright...Boscardin. published in Italy in 1973 by Fratelli New Fabbri Editori. material has been added for this |  | | 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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the logs of mineral col leering in Maine and New Hampshire. (Several trips are omitted for political reason...to dig with pick and crow bar. No amethyst or quartz crystals were found. Everything indicates that...1953 Ernie and 1 went to North Groton and then climbed to the Rice Mine. Crowds of the old timers have...old miner living near the four corners at North Groton. He was familiar with most of the local mines and...Dillingham Sunday morning. We went to the Tamrninen Quarry where we met Nestor 4 Tamminen. Later, Charlie |  | | Book (edition) | | found. This newly revised fourth edition contains new rockhounding opportunities, updated contact information...Nevada Southeast States Alabama Hawaii Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah VOLUME 4: Northeast...Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire Tennessee New Jersey Virginia West Virginia New York Ohio Pennsylvania...precious white metal but in his pursuit unearthed a new green gemstone, which was named “hiddenite” in his...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddénjte: 12 + The | | | Book | | 100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...AND Russell P. MacFall THOMASY. CROWELLCOMPANY New York Established 1834 Copyright © 1975 by Thomas...published 1n Italy In 1973 by Fratell1 Fabbri Ed1ton New material has been added for this American ed1t1on...translated and adapted with American examples to a new audience In his preface to the Italian edition Vincenzo...easier for you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary |  | | Report (volume) | | ...... New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.............. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; |  | | 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 (volume) | | found. This newly revised fourth edition contains new rockhounding opportunities, updated contact infor-...Florida Georgia Kentucky Southwest States Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma ‘Texas Utah VOLUME 4 Northeast...Mississippi Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island...precious white metal but in his pursuit unearthed a new green gemstone, which was named “hiddenite’” in his...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface |  | | Book (volume) | | Descriptive Mineralogy Vandall T. King Rochester, New York 14609 , Eugene E. Foord U S. Geological Survey...publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Philip Hauck Richard P. Hauck was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on June 30, 1935. He has been actively involved...for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining history...States Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia; the New York City Public Library; the Library of Congress; |
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