 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Little Falls dolostone at exposures in Herkimer County, New Y o r k , and elsewhere. Despite their popularity...complexly zoned, Li-rich pegmatite in Florence County, Wisconsin, has revealed an unusual phosphate assemblage...Basin. Geology 15:11301133. FOUR OCCURRENCES OF DRAVITE IN W E S T E R N N E W E N G L A N D . C. A. Francis...and magnesium-rich and are thus dravite. 1. Fine, terminated dravite prisms to 10 cm in length oc cur...Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont ( H M M #128449). 2. Stubby black crystals of dravite occur in the quartz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | was collected in May 1970 by Dietmar Stitz from rock excavated for a bank-building foundation on South...a very aesthetic specimen (fig. 19). On Staten Island an excavation at the foot of the Verrazano-Narrows...on Staten Island, dark red almandine crystals to 20 mm across were found in the 1960s in rock excavated...that was collected at College Point, Queens, in rock that was dumped there from the excavation of the...radiating brown crystals to 10 mm long. On Staten Island large masses of “fibrous serpentine” throughout |  | | Journal (issue) | | Nuristan, Afghanistan; Neptunite from San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald...Becker, Thcson, 1976. Dave W ilber and Larry Conklin, Tbcson, 1979. 10 ♦ K. ENGLAND David P. Wilber...specimens that his rockhound father had found while “rock hunting” in the Bishop area of California. That...world. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County was particularly interesting among the museums...working for gem dealer Ron Romanella in New York; and Rock Currier (owner now of Jewel Tunnel Imports), with |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite; |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry—Esmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | New York Famous Mineral Localities —The Pulsifer Quarry....................... 72 by Wende|| E Wi|son ...Creek Pegmatite: A Rare Earth Pegmatite in Burnet County, Texas.............................................100 by Pete J. Dunn and Daniel Appleman The Dravite Crystal Bonanza of Yinnietharra, Western A u s...by Anthony Robert Kampf The Harding Mine, Taos County, New Mexico......................... 115 by Richard...apatite H (actually fluorapatite), from the Pulsifer quarry near Auburn, Maine; H 3 x 3.8 x 4.3 cm, on display |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...Garvin & G. Tribbey The minerals of the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Sporadically, lomonosovite, manaksite and natrolite become rock-forming Some Petrological Terms (from JACKSON,...this condition. Alkaline rock: As defined by Shand in 1922, any igneous rock in which the molecular ratio |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77...Norbert) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 100-108.] The dravite crystal bonanza of Yinnietharra, Western Australia...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515...vol. 13, no. 1, p. 19-28.] The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California (by F. DeVito and A. Ordway) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | generallyclassifiedas intermediatemembersof the dravite-schorl series. Numerousdescriptions existof the...the occurrenceof Fe-rich(commonly dravite-schorl) andLi-rich (commonly schorl-elbaite)tourmalinesin granites...1967; SlackandTaylor, 1980). Tourmaline of the dravite-schorl series than that found in metaoccursin severalother...RELATIONSHIPS 1705 maline (comprisingup to ca. 5% of the rock) have alsobeen recognizedby Nesbitt (written commun...minerals (see Table 4). These include the schorl-dravite and elbaite-schorl series(Epprecht,1953; Deer |  | | Report (volume) | | Rocks in the Grenville Complex of St. Lawrence County, New York U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1626-C...Rocks in the Grenville Complex of St. Lawrence County, New York By C. ERVIN BROWN and ROBERT A. AYUSO...cited C31 FIGURES 1. Index map of St. Lawrence County, N.Y. C2 2. Generalized geologic map showing sample...granoblastic tourmalinite and tourmaline-bearing rock C7 5. Distribution of selected elements in rocks...Chemical analyses of selected tourmaline-bearing rock types in the North Gouverneur area, New York C17 |  | | Journal (issue) | | .....149 by E. E. Foord, A. V. Heyl and N. M. Conklin Famous mineral localities: Pribram, Czechoslovakia...Burnett Petrified W ood Inc. (Lebanon, OR) California Rock and Mineral Supply (Duarte, CA) Canadian Minerals...(Ouray, CO) William Condon (Syracuse, NY) Lawrence Conklin (New York, NY) Jean Coutts African Gemstones (Johannesburg...Minerals (Helates, TX) Nature's Gallery (Mercer Island, WA) Gary Novak Herbert Obodda (Short Hills, NJ)...epidotes in the early 1900’s, from Prince o f Wales Island, Alaska. He had a picture in his store of a very |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...mines in the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Adapted from Pearre and Heyl , 19.60...barrens of the Soldiers Delight region, Baltimore County, Maryland. Figure 11. Water-filled adit of the |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite from the type locality near Warwick, Orange County, New York. The large crystal is 5.5 cm long. Oren...correspond to the hypothetical species named “fluor-dravite,” “fluor-feruvite,” and “hydroxyluvite” by Hawthorne...across, from the type locality near Amity, Orange County, New York. New York State Museum specimen 2290...type locality in the Town of Dekalb, St. Lawrence County, New York. Field of view 1.8 mm across. Adam Geer...from the Sterling mine near Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York. This specimen has a long history. It |  | | Book (volume) | | publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...Gerais, Brazil, better than those from the Harvard quarry in Greenwood? Are the morganites of Cerro de Urucum |  | | Journal (issue) | | 307 by ]. P. Cassedanne Mineralogy of the Kalkar quarry, Santa Cruz, California..........................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...across the U.S. and visit dozens upon dozens of “rock shops.” There seem to be fewer now. And what about...such as Lapidary Journal Gems and Minerals, and Rock and Gem. For the last decade their readership has...peak circulation 38,300 in 1977; 20,600 in 1985. Rock & Gem peak circula tion 96,200 in 1976; 54,400 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | localities relate most clearly to differences in host rock chemistry. Tourmalines from the carbonate-talc altered...quantity of Swat emeralds depend on the: (1) host rock composition and (2) nature of the hydrothermal fluids...depends on the nature and composition of its host rock and associated fluids. For example, tourmaline developed...TOURMALINE FROM SWAT, PAKISTAN ate schorl-dravite to dravite, whereas tourmaline developed in granitic...typically are accompanied by decreasing schorl and dravite components with a corresponding increase of elbaite |  | | Book (volume) | | Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...gratefully dedicated. Gene Foard (right) at Swamp #1 quarry, Topsham. Gene Foard speaking with Frank Perham...Gene Foard with Yan King, 1994 (left) at Nevel quarry, Newry. In Memoriam Gene Foord Gene [Eugene Edward]...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, G eorgia....................................Simmons & F. J. Wicks Calcioferrite from the Moculta quarry, near Angaston, South Australia ................. from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection of Maudine and Bob Sullivan;...York Mineralogical Club field trip to Penitentiary quarry, Snake Hill, New Jersey, on September 4, 1893 (photo |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Thomas P. Moore Niantic, CT Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...with an REE europium depletion similar to that of island-arc andesites, and thus are of shallower magmatic...vertically. The complex and colorfully banded skarn rock has been used for ornamental stone lining the interiors...ancient hydrothermal cavities found in the host rock. These range from a few centimeters across to house-size |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. M . Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ............................................................... 379 by L. H. Conklin What's N ew in Minerals? Annual World Summary of...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado County, California, and a little of its history ........................................ 325 by L. H. Conklin T1 mM!NERA!. =!CAL RECORD The Newmont Azurite:................................... 333 by L. H. Conklin Postscript: Hessonite with apatite, Mount Avie..................... 248 Obituary: Lawrence H. Conklin (by W E. Wilson) What's New in Minerals Tucson...the Editors Died, Lawrence H. Conklin, 82 Lawrence Henry "Larry" Conklin, Jr., well-known New York mineral |
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