 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln in northeastern...northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone quarry, the...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S H...U M B E R L A N D at the northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland...there is enough interest ing in this town and in Lincoln—the adjacent town to the south—to warrant a field |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Rhode Island campus where the geological display is located. University of Rhode Island KINGSTON...KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND HOLMES WILSON 42 Nancy Drive Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864 T H E U N I V E R S I...Represented are most well-known mineral sites in Rhode Island, including Diamond H i l l , a large quartz...state's northeast corner; the Conklin and Dexter limestone quarries in Lincoln; and sev eral important...collecting sites in Johnston, a few miles west of Providence. The collection totals over 300 specimens, virtually |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of Amado, on the...inches in length. They come from Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado (altitude of pocket where found over...inches in size, comes from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Microcline {feldspar). Nice loose xls, averaging...received. These come from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Garnet (spessartite). Small but gemmy, deep...Locality is Ruby Mountain near Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colo. Topaz: Small, colorless gemmy xls in cavities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | vanadinite (lustrous, drusy, brownish xls on gray quartz rock). ARKANSAS—The following item was sent in by Byron...of Western Grove,in the N.E. section of Newton County. All these are in N . W . Arkansas. "It happened...a very large and interesting one from Lawrence County, Arkansas." CALIFORNIA—Emmett Klopfenstein, Box...plenty of zoisite. One of the dumps near the old lime Kiln is still full of massive topaz, but it's not...strongly radioactive microlite occurs at the Slocum quarry in E. Hampton. A few of the octahedral crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROCKS & MINERALS posits associated with dolomite, calcite, and the hydrocar bon anthraxolite (Dunn and Fisher...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...a quartz vein on Stone Hill in Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont ( H M M #128449). 2. Stubby black crystals...cordierite crystals, at the soapstone quarry in Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire ( H M M #123104). |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ph—phosphorescence ALASKA — "Here are two pieces of rock that I picked up on the beach near Kenia, Alaska...coal. It it? The green piece is a chip from a large rock." — item from Mrs. Knute Carlson, Box 702, Wasilla...Conn., in a lot blasted up for a foundation. The rock was a mixture of chlorite-feldspar with some quartz...graphite, brownish spessartite garnet and white calcite xls." — item dated Jan. 23, 1962, from Richard...results. When first found the operator of a local rock shop said they were zircons. Then another shop weighed |  | | Book | | 1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � - PRICE $2...Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION...Talc Mine Saxtons River, Vermont Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE... Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford, Massachusetts...Goldmine Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts Granby Dinosaur Museum |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | alpine fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet,...stilbite, heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often...in trap rock at notable localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it...Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch quarry at nearby Amherst...datolite occurred as fine large crystals in trap rock ex- Downloaded by [Queensland University of Technology] |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | senopyrite in Darien (Fairfield Co.), Levesque, Cross County, Arkansas. The Conn., for over a year. A few weeks...China Lake, Calif. galena. A dull black cellular rock is the spec"So far we have gotten about 15 imen...A H O — "This specimen was found in Twin Falls County about 10 miles south of Hagerman, Idaho. These...glassy analcite xls with tiny white cakite xls. The calcite xls fl. pale green under L.W. ILLINOIS — "Last...and I visited a fairly new limestone quarry in eastern DeKalb County, 111. There were a few small fossils |  | | Journal (issue) | | Idaho; Wulfenite from the Red Cloud mine, Arizona; Calcite and Fluorite from the Elmwood mine, Tennessee;...Devilline from the Czech Republic; Duftite in Calcite from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia; Novacekite from...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CHIPS AND BITS FROM SOCIETY BULLETINS RHODE ISLAND The Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, Central Falls, had...Field Trip to the Danalite locality and to the Conklin Quarry. ALABAMA Mr. Webster Hipp spoke to the Alabama...Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society, Birmingham, on "Rock Hunting Out West". GEORGIA Graves Mountain was the...To be found here are the beautiful quartz and calcite crystals, and large lepidodendrons and sigularia...its Field Trip at the Sparvetta Quarry on Route 1 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, near the Maryland |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Federation pro gram on Calcite. Members displayed their collections of calcite at that meeting. The club...consternation of a rock col lector who wandered into a meeting whose sign read: ROCK FESTIVAL. The Society...enjoyed by the members present. OTTAWA, CANADA RHODE ISLAND The Canadian Micro Mineral Associa tion announced...announced a series of field trips. The Lachaine Quarry, the McGlashan Mine, the Evans Lou Mine, Bear Lake...fossils of the Alps. Member Bill LaFond of the Rhode Island Mineral Hunt ers, Pawtuckett, spoke to 390 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | slab of a rock I picked up immediately outside Anchorage, Alaska. An unusual feature of the rock, and there...quality. We found also a few small specimens of calcite in vugs of basalt which fl. a cream to green and...Maricopa County on Route 80, 5 miles S / W of Gila Bend and the mine is off the road to Painted Rock Dam....country for dumortierite is near Dehesa, San Diego County, California, where beautiful specimens, violet...old maps or directions for reaching BranchviUe Quarry that will take you to U.S. Route 7 between Danbury |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals. Most...Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke, Washington County. It has also...at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; as good micromount material at the...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as...blue rosettes of pearly plates in calcite veins cutting trap rock at Moore, the long-abandoned iron mine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Xled calcite varying in color from colorless to amber, on white limestone, occurs in Miller's Lime Pit...in the copper mines at Sulzur, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. ARIZONA—"Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz.,...xls of calcite coated with limonite which fl. strong red (SW) equal to Franklin, N . J., calcite."—item...914, Climax, Colo. The crystals are platy, white calcite. "The mine is located about 3 miles from where...admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ready to leave for the Midwest-AFMS Convention at Lincoln, Nebraska about June 1st. Allowing a day or two...relatives and a bit more to "silver pick" at some rock shops we will barely make it. Club Shows have become...Show. Vernon Wertz Welcome to the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society which meets the second...Limetle Mound. Note: Clubs desiring to field crest quarry on its 1-day annual opening trip here should ascertain...named its bulletin the minerals for display - The Rock and Tarheel Rockhound. The club built 11 Gem Society |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to work the whole three days. There is wonderful rock and mineral collecting areas near by, even in the...The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, was host to G i l Withers who told about his rock hunting...The Gem City Rock and Mineral So ciety, Erie, heard new member, Roy Peters, tell of rock hunting in the...Central Pennsylvania Rock and Min eral Club, Harrisburg, went to the Cedar H i l l Quarry. It was so successful...the Club this coming year T h e Mittel Appalachia Rock Club, Middleton Depot, went to Rockhill to "locate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geology, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, 1A 52314, USA bDepartment of Natural Resources-Geological Survey...123 North Capitol Street, Iowa City, 1.4 52242, USA (Received January 16, 1992; revised and accepted...on, and fracture fillings in, foundered carbonate rock clasts. Mineralogy and paragenetic sequence vary...Oxygen isotopic compositions of fracture-filling calcite spars ( ~ ~s O = - 8.41 to + 3.60%0 ) are similar...their carbonate rock hosts. Calcite spars are somewhat depleted in ~t3C relative to host rock [tJt3C (spars) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...of white melanterite coating a cellular brownish rock, COLORADO—'"On the dumps of the old Smuggler and...crystals and massive veinlets of a fluorescent calcite. This material is bright red under short wave U...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr..."Selenite xls on limonite matrix from limestone quarry near Tracy, Marion Co., Iowa."—on label. KENTUCKY—"The |  | | Journal (issue) | | nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes ................................Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...assemblage, which typically includes albite, adularia, calcite, chlorite minerals and anatase (Campbell, 1927)...minerals are leached from the surrounding country rock during metamorphism. Ramsay and Huber (1983) suggest...such as pegmatite veins or cavities in sedimentary rock. The localities for faden quartz are numerous, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | old label indicated the locality only as Sonoma County, California. However in view of it's association...effervesces in HCl, in carbonatites and zeolite-carbonate rock in Khibina and Vuorijarvi alkaline massifs, Kola...know that George Gerhold and Anthony Kampf (LA County Museum) are preparing a CD-ROM of mineral data...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...page 1 came rather from the Sulfur Bank in Lake County, California where copiapite and the potassium aluminum |  | | Book | | like this piece, as most of the fluorites from the quarry are green, and this one is truly atypical. After...COVER: gold on quartz, 4.5 inches tall, Placer County, California Dedication This book is dedicated...Doris L. Behnke, Walter A. Behnke, Lawrence H. Conklin, C. Melanie Duque, Joseph A. Freilich, Michael...Group, Inc., 650 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA, www.maplegatemedia.com Library of Congress Control... Treasured Minerals Amethysts from Rhode Island Rhode Island is not generally known for its minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BITS May the year bring you all many fine days for rock collecting.' In the October issue of ROCKS AND MINERALS...Eastchester, found excellent rhodonite in the Berts Quarry, Plainfield, Mass. Robert Middleton, Earth Science...on silversmithing Member Bob Culver of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, found a "fair sized"...on the AFMS Uniform Rules. At the Cedar H i l l quarry (Penn.) mem bers found pyrite-octahedral-crystals...Superintendent of all mu seums in Nassau County, spoke with the Long Island Mineral and Geology So ciety, Massapequa |  | | Journal (issue) | | SPHALERITE CRYSTALS, GALENA CRYSTALS, BARITE CRYSTALS, CALCITE CRYSTALS, QUARTZ CRYSTALS ETC. EACH PIECE TRIMMED................ 554 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................505 511 514 532 533 551 551 553 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY GEOLOGIC HAZARDS COMMITTEES NAMED Clarence Allen...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...Annual Rock Swap at Jo Scholl's Place, North Gorham, Maine. July 26-31, 1965 — Charlotte Rock and Min |
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Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA