 | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND BENJAMIN K. EMERSON JOSEPH H. PERRY WASHINGTON.............. 18 Nonoccurrence of il vaite in Rhode Island.................. 19 Inclusion of limestone............................... 24 Beds west of Providence and Pawtucket ................... 25 Cranston......'.................... Vein quartz at Diamond Hill.............................. "Warnsutta group"...crystalline rocks in the vicinity of Providence and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island............................ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND. I. PROVIDENCE COUNTY Lr,ovo W. Frsunn.q,Nt Enwrx K. GnlNav...recent survey of the minerals of the state of Rhode Island which are included in the museum collections...Brown University and of Roger Williams Park of Providence, together with a careful study in the field by...the chief rnineral localities and occurrencesin Providence Countvr is here recorded. r A paper is being...Ankerite Anthophyllite Apatite Aragonite Arfvedsonite Augite Azurite Barite Beryl ' Biotite Boltonite Bowenite |  | | Book | | of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Iron, at Rumford Falls, (J. P.) PARKER'S ISLAND. (In the Kennebeck.) Schorl, sometimes translucent...situated 2 m. N. from the village, on a precipitous hill, whose base is washed, by the Connecticut river...(Hall.) WINNEPISSIOGEE LAKE. Hornblende, on Red hill, near the lake. (C. C. Baldwin.) 17 VERMONT...crystals are very abundant in granite on a small island a few feet above the bridge, imperfect. Prehnite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fossil remains; also n e a r the Schuykill p. 178 CUMBERLAND, R. I. WILMINGTON, DEL. Prase, at the yenite...in the vicinity of "Cumberland hill", which is about 12 m. northerly of Providence, a n d crystallized...crystallized, on Diamond hill; yellow, amorphous, a n d crystallized, about 1 m. S. of the m. h. a n d in several...Hornstone, well characterized. Agate; on Diamond hill, some fine specimens have b e e n found p. 82 Laumonite...laminated masses, in a hornblende rock p. 302 (Cumberland to b e continued). CHATHAM, CONN, Rose Red Quartz; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A GEOLOGY OF THE DIAMOND IIILL-CUMBERLAND DISTRICT IN RHODE ISLAND-M ASSACHUSETTS 1 BY CHARLES H. WARREN........................................... 441 Cumberland quartzite......................................................................... 461 Diamond Hill felsite...........................................(435) 436 WARREN AND POWERS----DIAMOND H ILL—CUMBERLAND DISTRICT Page Riebeckite-iegirite granite....... Riebeckite-bearing granite porphyry Diamond Hill quartz deposits.......... Sheldonville quartz vein |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | color in excess in granite p. 35 Cumberland, R. I. Epidote, on Tower hill, both massive a n d crystallized...in stone walls about "Cumberland hill;" also about lh a m. N.N.W. from Cumberland m. h. on the left of...of a hill, N. of the road; color brown, in quartz. Good specimens are now scarce p. 80 (Cumberland continued...where limestone a b o u n d s . p. 160 314 Barren Hill, Pa. Garnet, 12 m. from Philadelphia, in dodecahedrons...places not far from Baltimore, in Carbonate of lime. Augite, 8 m. on the Falls turnpike, white, in dolomite |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the mafic and intermediate rocks are typically augite AC CE P (Anderson, 1992; Table 1; Appendix 1)...moderately enriched mantle, similar to an ocean island basalt (OIB)-type source (Faure and Mensing, 2005)...Maritimes Basin in Nova Scotia (western Cape Breton Island, Antigonish Highlands SC and Cobequid Highlands)...Carboniferous trachytes (~335 Ma old) from the Cumberland Hill Formation (Gander Terrane) TE of southern...Visean units over thick TE salt in the western Cumberland Basin of Atlantic Canada. Basin Research 2015 |  | | Journal (issue) | | headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...Rd., Ardsley, N.Y. Chairman—Gene Jacob, 10 Beacon Hill Rd., Ardsley, N. Y. Oct. 2. 3. 1965—Topeka Gem &...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at rhe...Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las...MATERIAL— (No Selling) Chairman —Gene Jacob, 10 Beacon Hill Road, Ardsley, N. Y. 648 ROCKS AND MINERALS Notice |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...cuts, cut banks, breaks, draws and washes, gullies, hill slopes, etc.chalcedony roses, Celestite crystals |  | | Book (edition) | | dark aluminous, ferruginous ones, which are called augite, and nection. among the most important The igneous... The soda amphibole, variety corresponding to augite. arfvedso- nite is rare. The pyro.xenes and...minerals, for instance, hornblende instead of augite, or vice versa. A study of analyses soon makes...at Meissen, near Dresden, in Saxony, and on the island of Arran,. vania. off the west coast of Scotland...developed orthoclases. Others are known in Custer county. Col. (see Analysis i), and in Montana (Analyses |  | | Report (issue) | | 062 .07~ . 085 .080 . 079 Blowing Rock, Watauga County, N.C. Fichtelgebirge, Bavarht .............. Crystal......... Montgomery County, N.C ............ Granitite ............. Eldorado County, C11l .................... ~....... Rhyolite .............. Plumas County, Cal .................. (73. 0) Pitchstone ...... Monte 1\Ienone ....................... Plumas County, Cal .................. ll!adison Plateau, Yellowstone................. : Rhyolite.............. Tehama County, Cal................. Granite ............... Riesengebirge |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...twin, YvT V / v> / -f repeated twin o( rutile Cumberland, England, \ m m " '.^y^ penetration penetr;...OF ROCK COLLECTING Suppose you are climbing a hill top of which at the only to avoid making ers |  | | Book (edition) | | triad the however bases, analysis This was not in augite and hornblende. quite invariably found to understand...with the two irons If, we I !/ molecule in augite. also have clear the > /o\ < . and Mg-0-Si=0...06 CaMgSi,0, I CaFeSLO. MgAl,SiO. MgFe,SiO, M Augite Hornblende Acmite Arfvedsonite FeAl,SiO. J...dark aluminous, ferruginous ones, which are called augite, and these are among the most important of all...most important variety variety corresponding to augite. schistose rocks is The by itself, but hornblende |  | | Book (edition) | | here expresses thanks to the publishers, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Incorporated, for kind permission...Feldspathoids, nepheline, leuci te. Pyroxene group, augite, hypersthene . Amphibole group, actinolite, hornblende...Wh ite to gray Vitreous to pearly luster W ith augite and olivine in dark rocks These distincti ons...distinctions are commonly easy except that hornblende· and augite are much alike. Most olivine is in yellow green...dark aluminous, ferruginous ones, which are called augite, and these are among the most important of all |  | | Report (volume) | | introduced for use in North America, the Pacific Island possessions of the United States, and the Trust...America, Greenland, the West Indies, the Pacific Island possessions of the United States, and the Trust...Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian | | | Book | | topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...wi th tin beak. 5 Fluorite penetration twin, Cumberland, England. 5 The famous pegmat1te rock mass...OF ROCK COLLECTING Suppose you are climb ing a hill at the top of wh ich is a mineral deposit. If you'...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74 |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Germany); Chihuahua and Zacatecas (Mexico). In the USA, there are large quantities of acanthite at Leadville...in Siberia (Russia) and in Alaska and California, USA. The Alaskan deposits are found close to significant...byssolite is found mainly in Pennsylvania and Virginia, USA. FACT FILE ACTINOLITE Group: Silicates Crystal...in the yellow Bernadino County, mineral limonite, and in the California, USA; in Cap sulphide-rich upper...(Scotland); Magnet Cove, Arkansas, and Libby, Montana (USA). cc LU z □ LU cc a... C/.) LU □ Many orthopyroxenes |  | | Report (volume) | | 5 in., inch or inches. Circ., Circular. Co., County or Company. Indus., Industrial. Inst., Institute...Pre-Cambrian : Central southern Virginia (Mecklenburg County). F. B. Laney, 1917 (Va. Geol. Surv. Bull. 14,...formation. Middle Cambrian : Western Utah (Gold Hill district). T. B. Nolan, 1930 (Wash. Acad. Sci. Jour...Abercrombie Peak, on ridge S. of Dry Canyon, in Gold Hill dist., is underlain by this fm., hence the name...Pleistocene : Southern South Carolina (Charleston County). E. Sloan, 190 (S. C. Geol. Surv. geognostic map |  | | Book | | North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas...listed by county and community, range and distance. Whenever the collector crosses a county line, he will...of the county he is entering posted alongside the highway. By looking up the state and county, the user...guide can determine the collecting sites in that county by range and distance from the major cities and...information to reach a specific spot within a particular county. Many old localities listed here have, literally |  | | Book (edition) | | anthracite region 10. Structure section in Tazewell County, east of Richlands, southwest 8. 9. 12. 13. ...grahamite fissure to anticlinal fold, in Ritchie County, W. Va Plan of Trinidad pitch lake Section of gilsonite...formations of Arkansas Volcanic ash from Madison County, Mont Section showing occurrence of corundum around...areas of barite Bennett barite mine, Pittsylvania County, Va. Map of barite veins near Lexington, 109...Plan of pyrite lenses at Sulphur Mines, Louisa County, Va., showing 401 pyrite (a) and crystalline schists |  | | Book | | meteorite, Owens Valley, California Polished slice of Cumberland Falls, Kentucky, meteoric stone Etched surface...and after heating; (3) polished surface of Cumberland Falls meteoric stone. H. C. Sorby, and C. U....Felix, Alabama, meteoric stone The Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota, meteoric stone The Gopalpur, India...Africa Trenches in diamond-bearing peridotite, Pike County, Arkansas Uncut diamonds, Arkansas Glacial map...Palmadulla, Ceylon Sapphire mining, Judith Basin County, Montana Beryl and emerald crystals Beads of citrine |  | | Book | | Freiberg, E. Germany; Pribram, Czechoslovakia; Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and...states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone at Corocoro...Corocoro, Bolivia, and at Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper is found in abundance in the Keweenaw area of north...Czechoslo¬ vakia and Romania; in the Alps of South Island, NewZealand;fromCharters Towers, Queensland, from |
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