 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES HA,MPDEN 'COUNTY (PART FOUR) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...will be amended in a later issue. NOTE: (ESSEX COUNTY, was erroneously listed as part three in caption...Catalogue of Massachusetts Gemstones." Readers please note the correct County to be BERKSHIRE COUNTY.) AGATE...outcrops of basalt. Hampden County The chief occurrence of agate in Massachusetts is a number of ancient...Nodules and rounded masses eroded from basalt. in Hampden and Hampshire Counties Westfield, Lane Company |  | | Book | | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...1987 Route 128 and Route 3, where traffic from the west and south of Boston meets and passes at the rate...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...from Roxbury south to Brockton and from Braintree west to Needham and Wellesley. BRAINTREE - By most accounts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Boston, Johanson and Savage from Leominster, Massachusetts, Verrow and the late Percy Leggett from Gorham...recovered in recent years. The Palm and Koleh Granite Quarry in Amherst, New Hamphire is located about one mile...Granite quarry areas where many other minerals may be found are the Cape Ann and Quincy, Massachusetts and...there may be others. Yet in almost any granite quarry there might be rare micro crystals, the problem...the many granite quarries in the Westford, Massachusetts area. I noticed a small vug having a green and |  | | Report (volume) | | onshore and offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg...Maritime Maryland Massachusetts, Deerfield basin Massachusetts, Hartford basin Massachusetts, other Morocco |  | | Report (issue) | | SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT TOM QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS by Frederick D. Larsen U.S. Geological Survey...U3 East Berlin Formation ............... 56 Hampden Basalt 65 Holyoke Basalt .....................Pattern of retreat ................ 179 18»f Page West of Holyoke Basalt ridge ............ 184 Stage...Bedrock geology of the Mount Tom quadrangle, Massachusetts ................. In pocket Surficial geology...geology of the Mount Tom quadrangle, Massachusetts ................. In pocket North-south projected profiles |  | | Report (volume) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davie County Basin................................................ 22 4. Hartford basin, Connecticut and Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Present stratigraphic nomenclature of the Davie County and Dan River-Danville basins .............. 3...Carolina 5. Durham basin, North Carolina 6. Davie County basin, North Carolina 7. Dan River-Danville basin...Deet·field basin, Massachusetts 27. Northfield basin, Massachusetts 28. Middleton basin, Massachusetts 29. Fundy |  | | Report (issue) | | (1) Arendal, Norway. (2) Holyoke, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA; original total given as 99.82%. (3)...gneisses; in skarns. Association: zeolites. Prehnite, calcite, epidote, albite, orthoclase, garnet, quartz, \hornblende...From Baveno, Piedmont, Italy. In the Khandivali quarry, near Bombay, Maharashtra, India. At Mitani, Kochi...Russia. In the USA, in Massachusetts, exceptional crystals from Lane's quarry, West¯eld, Hampden Co.; in the...Hill, Morris Co., New Jersey; from the Goose Creek quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia; and at Lenoir |  | | Report (issue) | | Association: Zeolites, datolite, pectolite, calcite, epidote, copper. Distribution: Numerous localities...GraubÄunden, and St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. In the USA, from Paterson, Passaic Co., and Bergen Hill, Hudson...Jersey; in the Fairfax quarry, Centreville, Fairfax Co., Virginia; in the Roncari quarry, East Granby, Hartford...Connecticut; in the Hampden quarry, West Spring¯eld, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. Fine crystals in the... Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. From the Khandivali quarry, Bombay, Maharashtra, India. In Copper Valley, |  | | 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...matrix for one or more of these species. In Massachusetts, datolite fills veins and open cavities in trap...localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite...Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found at the Notch quarry at nearby |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | prehnitecommonly associated with a wide variety of zeolites, calcite, and quartz-have been collected for almost two...80 in Passaic County, New Jersey. It also occurs in the Roncari quarry, Hartford County, and at Cheshire... New Haven County, Connecticut, and in the Hampden quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts. It has been...respectively, and at the Cornwall iron mine, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It has been found in individual...in the Rockville Crushed Stone Company quarry, Montgomery County, Maryland. Small prehnite crystals to |  | | Book (edition) | | "scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests, make sure that...divided geologically into the areas of the east and west, and the plains between The mountain regions in...through Georgia and westward to Tennessee and in the west including the Rockies and coast ranges, are characterized...gem stone collected on the spot. The war in the west, years have added a where many ing ranges and...washed out of the rock formations of the east and west coast mountains, and the diamonds of the ciers that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a green rock found in Fairplay, Colo., in Park County. Would you please identify it for me?—asks Elizabeth...it is a very nice one. Fairplay, in western Park County, is in central Colorado. C O N N E C T I C U T..."The Berry Construction Materials Quarry, (formerly Paul Frank Quarry) in middle Devonian limestone is...The classic go'den, round, complex rhombohedral calcite crystals are coming out again, up to tennis ball...work very hard for them or be lucky scouting the quarry floor and blastdown. Scalenohedral (trigonal) forms |  | | Report (edition) | | 5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Supplemental labels were added where necessary to show quarry sites, road names, and other useful landmarks....those which are still open. The words "mine" and "quarry" are often used interchangeably in discussing mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | Strong IT'S QUARRY TIME IN INDIANA Mineral collecting in the Hoosier State by Mary-Alice West FEATURES...AYBnturlne Selen•te Rhodonite S1Jbicon11t Blue Calcite PraM Otbtcullr Fel11te Hon.y Onyx ' Kemlte Moonstone...Jasper .... $25 .25 MINIMUM ORDER S18 postpaid in USA Subscribe to our CATALOG of cabochons. beads. slabs...(MSSC), reported to be the oldest Mineral Society west of the Mississippi River, will present its 54th...Institution; the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; the San Bernardino County Museum; the University |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CEMENTATION OF TRIASSIC ARKOSES IN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS BY MILTON T. HEALD ABSTRACT The normal Triassic...Triassic arkoses of Connecticut and Massachusetts contain moderate amounts of secondary feldspar and very...very little secondary quartz. Locally calcite or the zeolite laumontite is important. Secondary albite is...detrital microcline, orthoclase, and plagioclase. Calcite and laumontite occur as pore fillings and replacements...Secondary chlorite, epidote, sericite, laumontite, and calcite are common in some contact zones. With increasing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | xline—crystalline CALIFORNIA — From near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif, we have a deep blue dumortierite that was... This fine 3x5 inch specimen comes from Teller County, Colorado. ARIZONA — "Would you please identify...was found July 2, 1959, near Cave Creek, Maricopa County, Arizona." — sent in by Clyde N. Hall, Elbridge...Daisy, Pike Co., Ark. This is a small town 70 miles west of Hot Springs. Could this be red chalcedony?" —... Ball Ground is in the northern part of Cherokee County of Northern Georgia. ILLINOIS — An anonymous reader |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | extruded in the Early Jurassic.The K-Ar dates for the Hampden Flow exhibit considerablescatter and increaseto...decreasingK content. The averagedates for the Hampden Flow sampleswith a K content > 0.3% and > 0.4%...of excessradiogenic 40Arin some samples of the Hampden Flow and its absencefrom the Talcott Flow. The...Triassic-Jurassic boundary are equivalent to that for the Hampden Flow and thus are likely to reflect the presenceof...Formation”, comprised of the Talcott, Holyoke and Hampden Flows, and the Shuttle Meadow and East Berlin Formations |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Corporation of America Mine No. 4, St. Lawrence County, New York T he technological development of mankind...famous Tilly Foster iron mine near Brewster, Putnam County (see Cook 2008 and references therein) was the...Essex County; excellent sharp octahedra to 2 cm have been collected at Port Henry in the same county. The...of America’s No. 4 mine at Balmat, St. Lawrence County, is well known for lustrous magnetite crystals...containing halite, anhydrite, sphalerite, and calcite in the Precambrian massive sulfide orebody. Excellent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metamorphosed strata adjacent to and underlying the Hampden Basalt. Chemical and X-ray powder diffraction data...in a 2.5-m wide zone of strata underlying the Hampden Basalt. Chemical and X-ray powder diffraction data...sediments during and shortly after emplacement of the Hampden lava flow. The purpose of this paper is to: (1)...Hartford Basin of Connecticut and southern Massachusetts. Sampling localities are shown on the index...and 8-35 km wide in Connecticut and central Massachusetts. The rocks in the basin consist of terrestrial |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | The Clarence River Plutonic Suite, exposed just west of the Clarence-Moreton Basin, is spatially associated................................... 100 The Lady Hampden mine (DK22) .....................................125 Hughes & Jacksons reef (PG0041) and Lunatic West mine (PG0122) ....................................sulphides within altered volcaniclastics, Lady Hampden pit (DK22).............................. 90 Plate... 102 Plate 29. The southeast face of the Lady Hampden pit showing shallow bedding dips ............. |  | | Report (issue) | | \hornblende" schists; from some ore veins. Association: Calcite, prehnite, zeolites, danburite, axinite, garnet...Russia. In the USA, large crystals from the Lane quarry, West¯eld, Hampden Co., Massachusetts; in the Roncari...Roncari quarry, East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut; from Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., Great Notch, Essex...Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey; in the Goose Creek quarry, near Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia. Very large |  | | Report (volume) | | minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual... Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 9 cm, from the Chester Emery mines, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Courtesy of the Mineralogical & Geological...Diaspore, MGMH ID# 99389, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts. © copyright 2012, President and Fellows...States are the Chester Emery mines, Hampden County, Massachusetts (Lincks 1978). Here, six different mines...for the village of Akincilar, which lies to the west of Aydin). Diaspore crystals were first reported...diaspore is associated with large crystals of calcite, muscovite, and chloritoid on a goethite-rich matrix |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES FRANKLIN COUNTY (PART SIX) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...as 1 mile east of Deerfield Academy?) Franklin County 516 Desc:ription and Occurrence Waterworn masses...both sides of the Connecticut River in an east and west direction averaging 20 miles wide and extending...boundary of the state (Franklin County) southward through Hampshire and Hampden Counties and beyond. Numerous...Greenfield In basalt. Greenfield, Cheapside traprock quarry, south of village Many types and colors exposed |  | | Report (issue) | | Site Number, Site Name ...................... 6 County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude .........located in the Hartford basin and vicinity, Massachusetts .................... .72 C. Section C: Occurrences...given in the categories of : 1. name and location ( county, state, quadrangle, latitude, and longitude) 2...ascending order, from north to south and east to west. The most prevalent name of a mine or prospect which...stream, or town. County, State, Quadrangle, Latitude, Longitude Information in the county, state, quadrangle |
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Hampden quarry, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA