 | Francis, Carl A., Felch, Myles, Falster, Alexander U., Bailey, Douglas A. (2016) Aquamarine from Stoneham and Vicinity, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 91 (1) 28-35 doi:10.1080/00357529.2016.1099131 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Stoneham and Vicinity Oxford County, Maine Downloaded by [Penn State University] at 01:41 12 December...fALSTeR DoUGLAS A. BAILeY Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Po Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis@mainemineralmuseum...gemstones came from Stoneham, Maine—a century apart. Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem...P T I ONAL AQUAMARINE CRYSTAL was found in a Stoneham pasture by Gilman McKeen while driving cattle...crystal found by another farmer elsewhere in the Stoneham area. He wrote, “In color and material, this is |  | | 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...crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...iron-rich minerals, such as black tourmaline, biotite, pyrite, magnetite, triplite, and triphyllite. The best...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...8 cm long), Blue Lady mine, Aquanga, San Diego County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil |  | | 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 |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatite Mineral Localities in Oxford County, Maine Oxford County The four pegmatites described in...peg matites in the Maine pegmatite belt. The famous pegmatite quarries of western Maine—Mt. Mica, Mt. Apatite...Apatite, Har vard quarry, and Bennett quarry, to name a few—have been heavily picked over for desirable...In 1963 the property was owned by Aldrich Realty of Norway, Maine, and was under lease to T . C . Mining...Mining Company of West Paris, Maine. There has been no known mining of these pegmatite dikes since the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hydrothermal systems (Ravizza et al., 1996), in pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite (Os, up to 0.77 ppb;...Gerais, Brazil, and the muscovite is from Stoneham, Maine. The latter was determined to be close to the...Os (purity 99.9%, minimum grain size 1.8 mm, Aldrich Chemical Company) metal powder and the oxygen fugacity...44 mm, minimum grain size 1.8 mm), are from Aldrich Chemical Company. The Ni (99.9%, grain size smaller...pure sulfur (99.998%, Aldrich Chemical Company) and osmium powder (99.9%, Aldrich Chemical Company). Sulfur |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches...with pyrite xls in dark green chlorite have been found at the Little Bob Mine—an 487 old pyrite mine...specimens in the world are found in the limestone quarry in Legrand, Marshall Co., Iowa. The most noted...well worth a visit to see and look at and marvel." MAINE — A letter, dated July 27, 1952, was sent by Wallace |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state...state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59, 5 mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE...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: |  | | Book (volume) | | seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet thick in...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | seams the collector may often find Marcasite and Pyrite. The measures are 1,200 to 1,400 feet thick in...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | problem by the isotopic study of He3 and Hea by Aldrich and Nier (1948) who obtained IJeBfHearatios of...not surprising in view of another observation by Aldrich and Nier (1948), who found an excessof argon as...found that beryls from the Keystone area (in which Aldrich and Nier found no argon after making a large correction...Eriijiirvi, Finland Eriij?irvi, Finland Stoneham, Maine Stoneham, Maine Keystone, S D. Keystone, S D. 129...Columbia University collection (CU-D- ); from Stoneham, Mainel aquamarlne' peg6 cm. in length;see Cameron |  | | 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 football-sized |  | | Report (issue) | | 189Q lRA\2.A- PREFATORY NOTE A report on the quarry districts of extent, geological relations, statistics...information Answers were received from many of the quarry owners and superintend- ents, affording valuable...to acknowledge my great indebtedness to the many quarry owners and superintendents who gave freely of their...CONTENTS 196 Page ' III. Descriptive notes of quarry districts and quarries. I. . 228-255 Crystalline...stone of the state, and in the description of the quarry districts and localities the subdivisions under |  | | Book | | the University of Mississippi, Smith). Studio | Oxford, and worked as assistant to Dr. Eugene W. Hilgard...the state. Jolting his way through every Alabama county in a mule-drawn wagon he came to know the state...of what he saw during his years of travel. From Oxford, Smith took with him his dog Flirt, but left behind...finally culminated in marriage on July 10, 1872, in Oxford. Relocating to Tuscaloosa was a homecoming for...visited the Cahaba River below Pratt’s Ferry, Bibb County, in 1877. He made this photograph on August 12 |  | | Report (volume) | | Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vice President – Society – Doug Allen Haley and Aldrich dallen@HaleyAldrich.com Secretary – Shane Csiki...jlambert@nobiseng.com Membership - Doug Allen Haley and Aldrich dallen@HaleyAldrich.com Website: http://www.gsnh...mineral called pyrite or fool’s gold, which is based on iron and sulphur. Fools gold “The pyrite is extraordinary...Some modern microbes live off sulphur and produce pyrite as a waste product. The Dresser Formation microbes...microbes may have done the same, says Baumgartner. Pyrite may even have played a role in the origin of life |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | painting, natural sands only. Albert Pantlen, 1047 Aldrich Drive, Morrisville, Pennsylvan ia 19067 Wanted:...cents, N.J. green-white prehnite, French Creek pyrite, magnetite, N.J. barbed calcite. Want: good quality...Livingston, N.J. 07039 Have pegmatite minerals from Maine and others to trade for minerals or fossils from...micros) David M. Seaman, 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268. Will swap good quality Mexican minerals (Wulfenite...Hanksite crystals from Searles Lake, San Bernadino County, California for good crystals. Write first. Mirendia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | painting, natural sands only. Albert Pantlen, 1047 Aldrich Drive, Morrisville, Pennsylvan ia 19067 Will...cents, N.J. green-white prehnite, French Creek pyrite, magnetite, N.J. barbed calcite. Want: good quality...Livingston, N.J. 07039 Have pegmatite minerals from Maine and others to trade for minerals or fossils from...micros) David M. Seaman, 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268. Will swap good quality Mexican minerals (Wulfenite...Hanksite crystals from Searles Lake, San Bemadino County, California for good crystals. Write first. Mirendia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | painting, natural sands only. Albert Pantlen, 1047 Aldrich Drive, Morrisville, Pennsylvan ia 19067 Wanted:...cents, N.J. green-white prehnite, French Creek pyrite, magnetite, N.J. barbed calcite. Want: good quality...Italy A P R I L 1977 Have pegmatite minerals from Maine and others to trade for minerals or fossils from...micros) David M. Seaman, 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268. Will swap good quality Mexican minerals (Wulfenite...Hanksite crystals from Searles Lake, San Bernadino County, California for good crystals. Write first. Mirendia |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sapphires Benito County, California; the group of sapGems Found in the U.S. State of Maine phires is from...Daniel Bronfen, Brazil Evan Caplan, USA Rocco Gay, Italy Sushil Goyal, USA Shahina Hatta, Hong Kong Dwarka...Thailand Immediate Past President Benjamin Hackman, USA Chief Executive Officer Gary Roskin ICA General Manager...31 W. 47th Street, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10036 USA ica@gemstone.org T: 1.212.620.0900 F: 1.212.352.9054...century with the discovery of the Mica Mine in Maine. While gold was its primary focus, miners found |  | | Report (issue) | | ...........................................122 Maine ..................................................42, 43 8. Geologic sketch map of parts of the Aldrich and Blue Mountains in Oregon, showing the locations...reported include corundum, tourmaline, chromite, and pyrite. Fe-Ti oxides, though generally confined to the...Carolina, Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine. 19 California California contains a number of...Mountains-Northern Panamint Range District Inyo County The Inyo Mountains and Panamint Range in the Basin |  | | Report (issue) | | PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN, INDIA, AND PAKISTAN BY THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON, BOl\lIBAY, AND KARACHI.... . Bikita Quarry Lepidolite ...... . Chestnut Flat Mine Muscovite .... . Petrick Quarry Biotites .....Heart Granite ........ . · .. 129 Granite of Larsen Quarry .. . · .... 130 Fort Ridgley Granite ............involved the production of A 40, and 8 METHODS 9 Aldrich and Nier (1948a) found old potassium minerals to...contain appreciable quantities of radiogenic argon. Aldrich and Wetherill (1958) have reviewed the radioactivity-dating |  | | Book (edition) | | District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Maryland...only in America. Others, like the tourmalines of Maine and California, rival specimens found in better-known...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddénjte: 12 + The...treasure chest to be gems like the tourmalines of Maine and California and the sapphires of Montana, gems...Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys saw a |  | | Report (volume) | | .............................................. Maine................................................................................................. Maine............................................................................................. 302 Maine...................................................Phillips, 4376. Cancellaria from Alabama Eocene, Aldrich, 75. Clay resources, Smith, 5017. Clays of Alabama...industry, Hies, 4619. Clayton Tertiary section, Aldrich, 70. Coal field, Coosa, Brewer, 557. Coal industry |
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