 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large variety of minerals and gemstones in North Carolina annually attracts thousands of collectors to...the world. Some Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina T H E C O L L E C T I N G L O C A L I T I E...McKenzie's publication Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina: Information Circular 24 (1978). For a more...locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can be ordered from the North Carolina Department...27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 09:35 10 October 2014 Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado O wing to its diverse paragenesis and...zircon crystals from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz specimen from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, John Smolski photo...syenite in the Litchfield-Gardiner area, Kennebec County (King and Foord 1994). Zircon crystals to 2.5 cm...Mineville, Essex County, and crystallized specimens have been collected at Deer Hill, Orange County, and at Fine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES David M. Seaman American Museum of Natural History, New York...whereas the almandite-spessartites found in granite pegmatite are predominently trapezohedral crystals or else...Dakota. Twenty pound crystals have been found in North Carolina. A large nine inch diameter crystal was found...crystals occur most frequently in common pegmatite with microcline and orthoclase as the chief feldspars...material in the United States was at the Rutherford mine near Amelia Courthouse, Virginia, where large amounts |  | | Report (issue) | | .'.' .., Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie RUTILE GUMMITE...Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North CarOlina Department of Natural Resources and Community...for the general welfare of the citizens of North Carolina. The Section conducts a number of basic and...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist FRONT | | | Report (issue) | | Information Circular 24 Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina By W. F. Wilson and B. J. McKenzie Raleigh...copies of this publication may be obtained from: North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community...Geological Survey Section, P. O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611. Eldon P. Allen, Chief Geologist i ...FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution (slide...viable mineral collecting sites through out North Carolina. Some sites are commercially operated during |  | Simmons, William B., Falster, Alexander U., Nizamoff, James W., Freeman, Gary (2019) Giant spodumene and montebrasite crystals from the Plumbago North pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57 (5) 795-797 doi:10.3749/canmin.ab00024 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MONTEBRASITE CRYSTALS FROM THE PLUMBAGO NORTH PEGMATITE, OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE WILLIAM B. SIMMONS§ AND ALEXANDER...Bethel, Maine, USA JAMES W. NIZAMOFF 64 Mineral Drive, Hebron, Maine, USA GARY FREEMAN Freeman Resources...South Paris, Maine, USA Keywords: giant crystals, spodumene, montebrasite, Plumbago North, Maine. INTRODUCTION...spodumene-bearing pegmatite was recently exposed on the north side of Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.... The pegmatite is spodumenerich and is potentially a significant new Li resource. The site is in a remote |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | plumes of debris at the mouths of over one hundred mine openings. Imbedded solidly in mica schist, the treasure...and, similarly, in the gem gravels of the Mogok district of Burma. Emeralds, especially, were known to...withstood the ravages of time. It is probable that mining for emerald commenced as early as twenty-five hundred...Left, Patricia Emerald (629 carats) from the Chivor mine, Colombia. Main crystal is a perfectly formed 12-sided...probably knew of pegmatite outcrops but paid no attention to them, and where pegmatite exploration was |  | | Journal (issue) | | 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems WILENS...Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM Consulting Editors Joel...Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology...a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk) |  | | Report (issue) | | 42 Cliff Mine Gatineau Parkway occurrences Pinks Lake mine Wallingford Mine Laurentide Mine Fortin and...Gravelle Mine Chaput-Payne Mine McCloskey Field feldspar occurrence Canada Cement quarry Forsyth Mine Baldwin...Baldwin Mine Headley Mine Cantley - St-Pierre-de-Wakefield occurrences Foley Mine Nellie and Blanche Mine...Mine Blackburn Mine McLelland Mine Cote quarry Dacey Mine Horseshoe Mine Kitty Lynch, Kodak mines Seybold...Seybold (Moore) Mine Lafleche Caverns Lake Girard Mine Wakefield quarry Breckin Mine Templeton quarry Seybold |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | other pegmatite district in North America with significant gem production is in San Diego County of southern...element" pegmatites and grouped them into two pegmatite "fields". The Brunswick field is located along...interesting. It was the pioneering feldspar mining district in Maine. The Oxford field is much larger and...and comprises nine series. Cerny's model of pegmatite petrogenesis envisions a parent pluton of fertile...in rare elements. At least superficially the pegmatite series of the Oxford field corresponds to this |  | | Journal (issue) | | Treasures Issue! $15 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (949)...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...COVER: COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to be the world’s...fine minerals on DVD wilensky Fluorite, Huanzala mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru. Wilensky Fine Minerals...and Judy Farnham Fine Gems International Richard Freeman Brice and Christophe Gobin Cal and Kerith Graeber |  | 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) | | OF MT. MICA PEGMATITE, MAINE, USA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF AN LCT TYPE PEGMATITE BY ANATEXIS WILLIAM...Corporation, Covington, Louisiana 70435, U.S.A GARY FREEMAN Coromoto Minerals, LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South...Paris, Maine 04281, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Mt. Mica pegmatite is famous for producing gem tourmaline for nearly...devoid of K-feldspar. The outer portion of the pegmatite consists of quartz, muscovite, albite (An 1.8)...the pegmatite. Potassium feldspar only appears in the core zone adjacent to pockets. The pegmatite is |  | | Report (issue) | | c C.2 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT GEORGE R. ROSS, DIRECTOR DIVISION OF...BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA BY SAM D. BROADHURST AND LEWIS J. HASH PREPARED...TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY RALEIGH 1953 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT...BULLETIN NUMBER 66 THE SCRAP MICA RESOURCES of NORTH CAROLINA By SAM D. BROADHURST and LEWIS J. HASH PREPARED...Raleigh, North Carolina March 25, 1953 To His Excellency, HONORABLE WM. B. UMSTEAD Governor of North Carolina |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 USA * Corresponding author. ABSTRACT of Crystallization...cavities themselves in otherwise fresh and unaltered pegmatite of igneous origin . This study utilizes feldspar...across the massive portions of thin miarolitic pegmatite dikes. The average calculated temperature of closure...partially fills the miarolitic cavities . The pegmatite achieves thermal equilibrium with the host rocks...primary minerals as in the surrounding massive pegmatite, which are quartz and feldspars with accessory |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM 87801 ginger@gis.nmt...of the beryl production from the Harding pegmatite, Taos County. Current drilling in the Apache Warm Springs...were discovered in the Victorio Mountains, Luna County in the early 1900s. Gulf Minerals Resources, Inc...porphyry Mo and W-Mo-Be skarn deposits northwest of Mine Hill and south of Middle Hills. At a cut-off grade...Mountain, Otero County and in the molybdenum porphyry deposit at Questa, Taos County, although not in |  | | Journal (issue) | | VOLUME 26 NUMBER 1 • $10 Wayne & Dona Leicht, 875 North Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (714)...Menzies Pink topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, U ta h .........................................to 4 cm, on matrix, from Ghundao Hill, Mardan district, Pakistan. F. John Barlow collection; photo by...their dry, written lists (“Wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona, 1-inch, 500; 2-inch, $2; 2 inch, $3.50”...Prospecting Moussa M inerals - England Natural Connection North Star Minerals Oceanic Linkways Olson, Donald K and |  | | Report (issue) | | ........ ............. Mixed quartz diorite, pegmatite, quartz monzonite, and mica schist and gneiss...of Cambrian rocks in west-central Colorado in a north-south section through Aspen.......................Creeks .. 20. Maroon Formation on northeast ridge of North Maroon Peak.......................................Photograph showing setting of the Pitkin Iron Corp. mine ..................................................silver-bearing copper sulfides from the Snowmass Creek mine................................ 14. Analyses of |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Introduction Composition and Properties Orthoclase and Microcline Perthite Graphic Granite and Corduroy Spar Albite...Origin and Mode of Occurrence Pegmatites Zoning Pegmatite "Provinces" Feldspar Deposits in Ontario History...Feldspar Deposits Location Character of Deposit Mining Marketing Feldspar Production Consumption of Feldspar...Richardson mine, Bedford township. 2. Loading feldspar directly into truck at Cameron and Aleck mine, Murchison...from Pre cambrian pegmatite dikes in Ontario since 1900, when the Richardson mine began production in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Golden Topaz, 3.5 inches, from Katlang, Mardan District, Pakistan; Freilich Collection. OPENING SPREAD:...Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite...Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee; Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway;...in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from the Brumado mine, Brazil; Elbaite from Nuristan...San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald from the Coscuez mine, Colombia. |  | | Report (issue) | | arawak and North Borneo _________________ _ Sarawak _____________________________ _ North BorneO----...________ _ North Island_____ ------------- ________ _ Antarctica ________________________________ _ North Am...124 126 127 130 Monazite localities-Continued North America-Continued United States of America-Continued...Perce Counties __________ _ Idaho CountY-----------------Valley CountY-----------------Adams, Payette,...and Gem Counties ________________________ _ Boise County ___ --------------Ada, Owyhee, Elmore, and Custer |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality...across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side |  | | Report (issue) | | COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing...Geophysical studies Hydrology Economic geology Mining directory Environmental studies Engineering studies.......... · . · . · · · · · · · · ....... -160 Microcline ....................................... · · ·............................................. 170 County Index ........................................ |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | lead and structural water on color intensity of microcline, var. amazonite by P. E. Rein.Wm.B. Simmons,...and B.J. Flyer. 2:00 T h e Red Lake mine—the richest gold mine in the world, right here in Ontario by...Lupulescu. 3:45 N e w discoveries from the Morefield pegmatite, Amelia, Virginia by L. E. Kearns and B. S. Martin...hiddenite and emerald vein assemblage, Hiddenite, North Carolina by M A Wise, A J. Anderson, and R.L. Isaac...barite occurring in the Cartersville Mining District, Bartow County, Georgia by1..C. Gray. 4:30 A new |
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