 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from...pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as crystals on quartz crystals at the...the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals have been noted at the contact...pegma tite with the wall rock at the Tamminen Quarry in Greenwood. C A S S I T E R I T E , tin oxide...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is |  | | Journal (issue) | | NORTHWEST FEDERATION The fomous Pegmatites of Newry, Moine by Gordiner Gregory ···················-···...mpe.ria! jade. 21 Tl1e Newry mines, located in the town of Newry. Oxford County, �Jaine, are favorite...world. In the Newry group T include the following: The Du.nton Gem Mine, the Nevel Quarry., the Bell Mine...Mine, the Scotty Mine, and the prospect pits on top of PlUU1bago Mow1tain. At present, these mines are...100 Lo 150 feet long and 25 to 125 feet wide. The quarry was reopened ui 1926 and 1927 under the diJ"ection |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | COLLECTING ROSE QUARTZ AND OTHER MINERALS ON PLUMBAGO MOUNTAIN By G A R D I N E R G R E G O R Y Director...420' Plumbago Mountain in Newry, Maine, is the only location for rose quartz crytals in N o r t h America...America. T h e best rose quartz crystals come from Brazil. T h e rose color in the quartz is probably due to...n the quartz. Very few of the people who collect mineral specimens at the Dunton, Nevel, Scotty and B...B e l l Mines in Newry, Maine, make the climb to the top of Plumbago Mountain located to the east of these |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W I T H I N A ONE I N C H My neighbor state of Maine is one of the mineral collector's paradise in the...planning a trip to Maine should start by securing several good pamphlets and a good book on Maine. I have mentioned... 2. Maine Mines and Minerals—Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine $1.95...famous localities is the Ne ville or Newry mines at Newry, Maine. Visiting these mines should be plannedso...couple will find the Poland Mining Camps at Poland, Maine, run by Dot and Dudy Groves, just the place you |  | | Journal (issue) | | Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...both the county (pro vince) and its capital; there are thirty-one separate mines in the county. The mines...another new borate mineral at Borax Lake, Lake County, California, and in 1939 was co-author with W. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE B y D A V I D M. SEAMAN 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268 (Continued from...frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed by the weathering or hydrothermal alteration...reddingite as octahedral-like crystals at the Berry Quarry in Poland; also as one of the rare secondary phosphates...phosphates found at the Dun ton Gem Mine at Newry. LA UEITE, another hydrous, manga nese, and iron phosphate...Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, the Dun ton Gem Mine at Newry, and at Black Mt. at Rumford in Maine. Its crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | line on the west to the coastal plain in Lawrence County on the east. The most valuable deposits are concentrated...District, in the south eastern part of Marion County, extends for several miles along Rush Creek. The...in 1857, erected a smeltery at Calamine, Sharp County, for the reduction of zinc carbonate ores. This...of zinc minerals. The Rush Creek mines of Marion County and throughout Law rence and Sharp Counties are...wide, that runs from Lawrence County on the east to Washington County on the west. Although mineralization |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ridge and Pluntbago-Puzzle Mountain Newry, Oxford Count , Maine Van King PO Box 90888 Rochester, NY 14609...14609 newryqs@ rochester .rr .corn Halls Ridge, Newry, Maine was named for Henry C. Hall who first found...named until 1910). The number of minerals at the Newry quarries is about 116 and an additional 7 species...to be present in specimens actually dug from a quarry or prospect. Of course, the list includes whatever...species have actually been observed from the specific quarry and, therefore, the various minerals came from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary phosphate with beryllonite at Newry; also...mine at Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE, one of the trimorphs of Quarry at Buckfield...RHODOCHROSITE, manganese car ago at the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham...phosphate, has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has together with...Norway. Maine 04268 366 ROCKS AND MINERALS occurred at a number of pegmatite local ities in Maine. It |  | | 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 (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...bas been replaced in the locality seotion by the Scotty Mine, an active operation of considerable interest...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside |  | | 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...tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department of Geolo Blackbird Mine, Cobalt, Lemhi County, Idaho Downloaded by [University of New Mexico]...small green-to-gray aggregates, from a number of Maine occur- Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive editor...include the Emmons quarry at Greenwood, the Bell pit and Dunton and Scotty quarries at Newry Mount, Mica at...and Red Hill quarries at Rumford, and the Cole quarry at Stoneham. Ludlamite is an accessory mineral...Here, it occurred in the Bull Moose mine, Custer County, as beautiful apple-green to pale green crystals |  | | Field Trip Notes | | West-Central Maine DISCLAIMER Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate...GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE FIELD TRIPS IN WEST- CENTRAL MAINE Andrew Griscom Daniel J. Milton, s U. So Geological...Survey U. S. Geological Survey Editors Rumford, Maine October 8-9, I960 I ! CONTENTS Page Introduction...Quadrangle, Maine Leader: Trip B. Stratigraphy and General Geology to Phillips, Maine. Leader: Trip...Milton Mineralogy of Pegmatites of the Newry Hill Area, Newry, Maine Leader: 19 Calwell Geology of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ohio 44118 janet_clifford@att.net Rose (Pink) Quartz Lavra da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia Minas...here can be multiple reasons for including rose quartz crystals in your collection. One that immediately...remarkable number of specimens “wear” their rose quartz crystals as halos, crowns, overgrowths, sashes...crystals or masses of smoky, milky, or colorless quartz, some exceeding 30 cm in size. This results in...intriguing and decidedly unique. Although the rose quartz crystals themselves scarcely reach 3 cm in size |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | H A T Many of you folks are always hearing of Maine—the great vacation land of New England. It is famous...the avid mineral col lector. My first trip to Maine was some 30 plus years ago and I still love to go...Neville or Newry mines there is always the desire to return. It is a steep climb up to the Newry Mine but...area such as fairfieldite and eosphorite. Rose quartz crystals, small but beautiful, are also to be watched...watched for. This is called the Lower Newry Mine-Twin Tunnels. Many good specimens can be found in the |  | | Report (issue) | | dissolution of rock fragment, quartzose sandstone of the Scotty Wash Quartzite. 13 9. Secondary porosity, Diamond.................................. 15 13 Euhedral quartz overgrowth and secondary pore space, closeup view...and euhedral surfaces of quartz overgrowths, Diamond Peak Formation and Scotty Wash Quartzite............calcareous intergranular cementation and (or) pervasive quartz cementation associated with hydrothermally elevated...Tonka Formation, the sandstone of Melandco, and the Scotty Wash Quartzite. Environments of siliciclastic deposition |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Extracts from the logs of mineral col leering in Maine and New Hampshire. (Several trips are omitted for...to dig with pick and crow bar. No amethyst or quartz crystals were found. Everything indicates that...tremolite crystals. May 23-24 Went to Augusta (Maine) to prepare tiie family lots for Memorial Day. I...Dillingham Sunday morning. We went to the Tamrninen Quarry where we met Nestor 4 Tamminen. Later, Charlie...and Week's new bride. Found a few of the rhombic quartz crys tals and a piece of petalite. Everything |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | River, Wyoming, mineralogy; crystallization of quartz; the origin of lead silicates at Franklin, N ....and a potpourri of varied data from collecting in Maine, trillings in bertrandite, to projecting inclusions...gave us this one. We spent a September weekend in Maine, visiting with Mildred Snyder at Randolph, and showing...the Trebelcocks, and saw the best rose quartz xls ever, from Newry. Some superb tiny ones now grace our...Betty McCarty 5824 E. 12th St. Kansas City 26, Mo. Scotty Lough (10 yrs.) 4515 W . W e l d o n Ave. Phoenix |  | | Journal (issue) | | LIKE A HAWK FLYING" Earl Spendlove DEATH VALLEY SCOTTY CAN CALIFORNIA'S DESERTS SURVIVE? THE MAN WHO WALKED...Death Valley's most famous characters: Death Valley Scotty and Shorty Harris. What a pair these two were!...restriction and the Department finally went to the County Commissioners for an ordinance to prohibit off-road...wildlife biologists, law-enforcement agencies and county governments. Truly, a step in the right direction...huge depression in the middle of California's Inyo County which has much to offer the desert enthusiast and |  | | Book (volume) | | gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur...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: |  | | Journal (issue) | | 22 NEW BOOK: Refreshing Photos of Death Valley Scotty TOM G. MURRAY 26 HISTORY: James Townsend—Mining...Salt Lake City SOUWWST CALENDAR Sept. 1 -4: Elko County Fair, Elko, Nev. Sept.' 2-4: Homecoming & Rodeo...Magazine / September, 1961 Sept. 9-10: Navajo County Fair, Holbrook, Ariz. Sept. 9-10: National Water...Mead, Nev. Sept. 15-18: Washoe County Fair, Reno. Sept. 16-17: Apache County Fair, St. Johns, Ariz. Sept...Sept. 25-27: Coconino County Fair, Flagstaff. Sept. 29-Oct. 1: Greenlee County Fair, Duncan, Ariz. Sept |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Maine ............... 16 Table 5 Uranium occurrences in...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Maine................^..............i.29 Figure 6. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Maine.................................30 Figure 7. Uranium...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a |  | | Journal (issue) | | collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal groups with cavernous...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...altered primary phosphates stain the enclosing quartz, perthite and albite brown to black with ferric...begin with a granitic composition (feld spar, quartz, mica) and consider the accessory composi tions |
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