 | | 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...Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including southern Kent and Bristol...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) | | Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford, CA 94025, USA Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence...Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.05.008...ð1Þ which they note is similar to the biogenic aragonite temperature equation developed by Grossman and...analysis over the lifetime of the coral, the aragonite δ18O equilibrium value for a individual coral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BASIC M I N E R A L S ? phorescent #1 calcite, aragonite, barite, Rocks? Send one dollar for lists. Our... San J o s e , C A 9 5 1 27-1 7 3 7 USA P.O. BOX 3 2 2 2 , KENT, WA 9 8 0 3 2 Monde & Mineraux FRENCH...302 MOUNTAIN PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY Warwick, Rhode Island ROCKS AND MINERALS P . O . B O X 2399 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cut for the begin ning students. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Club, Spring Valley, went to the...Members Annette and George Hade of the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, spent a part of their...vacation in the Fiji Islands and Australia. The Island Rockhounds, Rockville Center, took advantage of...Mineral Society (N.Y.j and four from Massapequa, Long Island (N.Y.) arrived in West Chester for a week end...Club Rock and Mineral Club, Sayre. of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, MARYLAND went to the Teeter Quarry |  | | Report (issue) | | heulandite serpentine sulfur harmotome analcite aragonite datolite natrolite strontianite prehnite ...such as, for example, the dumortierite of New York island have resulted from excavations for foundations...Mineralogy of the Island of Min. Jour. 1814. 1:191. York. the Minerals of New York Island. New N. Y....2. 1851. 12:6. Lanthanite and Allanite in Essex County, N. Y. Am. Jour. Sci. of Several f2 14 Blum...Jahresber. H. of p, 163; 1863. N. Y. of Erie County. 49th An. Rep't. 1843. nachtrag. Economic Geology |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A FIELD TRIP IN NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland...Cumberland and Lincoln in northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including...U M B E R L A N D at the northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland...both the state mineral and the state rock of Rhode Island. Much of this area coincides with the Pawtucket...obtainable here is bowenite, the state mineral of Rhode Island. Bowenite is a gemmy translucent variety of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral. However, unlike several other states, Rhode Island does not have a state gem, a state stone, or...a variety of serpentine that resembles jade are Rhode Island's official state rock and mineral. Cumberlandite...Cumberlandite became the official state rock of Rhode Island by legisla tive decree in 1966 (Resolution...268 of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations). The rock constitutes...gravity—3.9 to 4.0) is predominantly dark gray to Rhode Island's State Rock and Mineral: CUMBERLANDITE & |  | | Report (issue) | | 4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating...42 9.86 4.77 13.60 100.69 2.277 LOCALITY: Berks County: Birdsboro. MESOLITE m Na Al Si3Oio.2H O 2 2 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 55 FEBRUARY 2000 Chairman Roy Starkey IS Warwick Avenue, fringe Green, Bromsgrove, Worcs., B60 2AH...the breakdown is as follows: Austria South Africa USA I France 6 Switzerland s 3 Germany I Netherlands...Wet Swine: Gill Lonendale brook Leigh Park Sully Island Ponishc:ad Luganure mines Luganure mines Luganure...SIDERITE BIRNESSITE AGARDITECE AGARDITE CF..IND ARAGONITE CARMINITE Gondrum mine Shap granite quarry Red-a-Ven...Authority consists of members appointed by the County and District Councils and by the Sccrcatary of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Robert Myers has an M.S. degree in geology fron1 Kent State University. He is a 1nember of the Geochen1ical...silver on stamps compiled by G. G. Young of Rhode Island. His conibined interest in stan-ips and minerals...bl ocks 25 fr marble quarry May 7, 1976 25 fr aragonite 50 fr petrified wood 150 fr celestite MALDIVE...vanadinite 70 fr erythrite February 14, 1975 50 fr aragonite I d agate MOZAMBIQUE January 15, 1971 15 c fossil...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy |  | | Journal (issue) | | Robert Myers has an M.S. degree in geology fron1 Kent State University. He is a 1nember of the Geochen1ical...silver on stamps compiled by G. G. Young of Rhode Island. His conibined interest in stan-ips and minerals...bl ocks 25 fr marble quarry May 7, 1976 25 fr aragonite 50 fr petrified wood 150 fr celestite MALDIVE...vanadinite 70 fr erythrite February 14, 1975 50 fr aragonite I d agate MOZAMBIQUE January 15, 1971 15 c fossil...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | October 2014 Mineral Index by Counties Alfalfa County Carmen, 2 mi. NE of Carmen, 1 .1 mi. W of Highway...Permian-age Crisfield Sandstone: malachite. Adair County Bunch, near Bunch, secs.l.5, 16, T.14N, R.24E:...fluorescent and phosphorescent) (Gilmore 1963). Beckham County Malachite localities, SW1/4 SE1/4 sec.36 and SE1/4...at Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Joe Lobell photo. Blaine County Southard, quarries of the U.S...Gypsum, variety selenite, Great Salt Plains, Alfalfa County. Left, 12 cm high; center, 17.6 cm high; right |  | | Report (issue) | | (yellow), Broadway and 158th Street, Manhattan Island. o__Quartz var. Citrine (yellow), Bedford, N. Y...3—Tourmaline (brown), Broadwav’and 218th Street, Manhattan Island. 4—Quartz, var. Amethyst (purple), West Paterson...Manhattan Island. C—Beryl, var. Aquamarine (pale green), Broad wav and 157th Street, Manhattan Island. 7—Datolitc...Smoky (brown), Broadway and 162nd Street, Manhattan Island. 9—Willemltc (yellowish brown), Franklin, N. .T...Historical Geology; Economic Minerals; Manhattan Island; Limestone; Serpentine; Iron Mining; Copper Mining; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | vVANTED:Fluorite f r o m M a r i o n , K e n t u c k y ; Aragonite f r o m K i n g m a n , A r i z o n a , and also... Robert F. Bickford, Norway, Maine. 8 Herkimer County "Diamonds," $ 1 . 0 0 . 6 Golden A p a t i t e...different $ 8 . Glen Kiser, Douglass, Kansas. EXCHANGE: Island sand f r o m Gulf of M e x i co. Jean Lafitte (pirate)...(pirate) lived and buried treasure on the island. W i l l exchange for minerals, etc. Sands, Raceland...Canada. M A I N E MINERALS — From famous Oxford County. Fibrous vein calcite, tourmaline, spodumene, lepidolite |  | | Report (edition) | | Adams County 15 Allegheny County Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Cumberland County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County...County Monroe County Northampton County Sullivan County York County 18 20 21 23 . 25 28 37 38 39 ...pseudomorphs after pyrite found near Columbia in Lancaster County, described in this report. If the only description...works of man, such as houses, roads, railroads, county boundary lines, and dams. On the mineral collecting |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ MINERAL...art Two! COME BACK TO RHODE ISLAND October 28, 29 and 30, 1988. Rhode Island Mineral H unters is proud...at Community College of Rhode Island (CCRIO Knight Campus, Warwick, Rhode Island, (exit 12B off 1-95) ...Natural History are expected to participate. From Rhode Island-am ethyst scepters; from Connecticut-dinosaur...invite you to COME BACK TO RHODE ISLAND IN '88. Sponsored by: Rhode Island M ineral H unters At: C om |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH CREEK MINES CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA By F. HAROLD EVANS Doylestown, Pa...Rutter, a smith, on the Manatawny Creek in Berks County. Iron mines, furnaces and forges depend on one...Revolutionary Army. The Warwick Mines were first worked in 1717 at St. Marys (now called Warwick) in the French...French Creek Valley, Chester County. All the mines in the early days were operated as open pits. In 1718 the...Iron Works was built on French Creek in Chester County by an English Quaker named, Samuel Nutt. By 1732 |  | | Book | | searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...pegmatite-Westchester County .......... . The Mclear pegmatite-St. Lawrence County .......... . Minerals...Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County .................................... . Hematite...Counties .. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County ......... . Clinton hematite ................. |  | | Report (edition) | | of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...localities, the Grace mine in Berks County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster County, and the Medusa Cement Company...Company quarry in York County, are now This fourth printing is essentially closed to collectors. D...Adams County 23 Allegheny County 31 . Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Clinton County Cumberland County Dauphin County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County |  | | Book | | Graphite (C) Pyrite and Marcasite (FeS,) Calcite and Aragonite (CaCO,) Andalusite, Sillimanite and Kyanite (Al...Survey) Chester County, Pa.: Alabama; Texas; Montana: Humbolt County, Nevada; Beaver County, Utah; Loudon...~unty, Virginia; Wake County, North Carolina; Albany County, Wyommg; and Kern County, California. Natural...The name comes from the Latin word "cuprum" the island of Cyprus, where copper was found. which referred...realgar and usually with it. It is found in Iron County and Mercur, Utah; also in Yellowstone Park in hot |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mibladen, Morocco West Phoenix, Cornwall, England ARAGONITE ADAMITE ADAMITE ATACAMITE ATACAMITE AZURITE AZURITE...Africa Anumada, Mexico Germany crystals in matrix - Warwick, Massachusetts superb crystalled group - Green...Green Monster Mine, near Sulzer, Prince of Wales Island, A l a s k a Tritriva, Antsirabe. Madagascar with...Harz botryoidal - Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro, County, New Mexico with dolomite crystals - Thasos, Turkey...crystal, Zinnwald, Saxony Sierra County, New Mexico Dona A n a County, New Mexico c y s t a ' s with chalcopyrite | | | Book | | searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...ciifce—Westchester County.................. Tne McLear pegmatite—5t. Lawrence County.....................Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County..................................................Counties.. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County................. Clinton hematite............. |  | | Book (edition) | | that of a rhombic prism, and it is then termed aragonite. Again, sulphuret of iron presents us both with...specific gravity and luster, in fact, in nearly all Aragonite has the specific gravity 2*93, physical qualities...qualities. and calc spar only 2*7 the hardness of aragonite is 3f and that of calc spar but 3. the ; May...differ in stability Aragonite when heated gently falls to powder, arising from Aragonite has a change in...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities |  | | Catalog/List | | to 3 mmon rock. (WestforkMineReynodsCo. liissouri USA)a) with 2 or 3 crystals E 3 7 POLY Y.ITE i I" S...Carbide Hine, WilsonSprings G rland Co nty, rk nsas USA) lx E4 lx2 E7.50 497 TELLURITE /2 god yellow crust...brownmetallic (Herbb E2 Hine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lem E6 • , * 0 • 1 • 068 BOTALLACKITE...minerals on matrix. (30'level Gold Hill Mine Utah USA) lem E4 309 PLANCHEITE Cu/8 Si/8 0/22 pure dark blue...masses somesllghtly banded.(RayHine, Pinal County Arizona USA) lx2 E2.50 2x2 ES 2x3 E7. 50 513 BROCHANTITE |  | | Journal (issue) | | around the world include Elmwood, Tennessee in the USA and the North Pennines in England, both known for...Barite, sphalerite & fluorite from Elmwood,Tennessee, USA. ©Jesse Fisher 5. Galena on ankerite from Nenthead...worldwide including fine almandine from Wrangell Island, Alaska and the vivid orange spessartine from Loliondo...CAPE VERDE ISLANDS Boa Vista is the eastern most island of the Cape Verde archipelago and lies a few hundred...hospital is two hours away in Grand Canaria. The island is a dry and dusty quarryscape with only a few |
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