 | | Book (volume) | | Mineralogy by Vandall T. King and Eugene E. Foord Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Walter...Resources Information, Maine Geological Survey Walter A. Anderson, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1994 Copyright ©1994 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Committee: Erin Delventhal, Chris Whitney-Smith, and Linda Smith The Tucson show is just around the corner...Alexander Schauss; alex@aibmr.com SECRETARY: Linda Smith; vanegas3@charter.net TREASURER: Gloria Staebler;...Alexander Schauss; alex@aibmr.com Chris Whitney-Smith; ask.chrisws@yahoo.com Jolyon Ralph; jolyon@mindat...Mark Jacobson; markivanjacobson@gmail.com Linda Smith; vanegas3@charter.net CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES (ALSO...Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds |  | | Report (edition) | | BULLETIN 41 Third Edition A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities by Woodrow B. 7KaSVRQ Donald...Vandall T. King Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources Information...OF CONSERVATION 1998 Copyright © 1998 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently in |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT...Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by ...Resources Information, Maine Geologi,cal Survey Robert G Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 2000 Copyright ©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District Topsham • Topsham, Maine's...Maine's underappreciated pegmatite district, is particularly noted for fine specimens of beryl, topaz...Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs from...from Standpipe Hill, overlooking the Androscoggin River, north-northeast through the town of Topsham...synonomy has arisen due to changes of leasee or owner. Quarry locations are described and plotted on top ographic |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | geology. Its 132 ROCKS & MINERALS Dr. Robert Cook Auburn University A uburn, A labama I wL- Antero Aquamarines...(hardbound). This book describes the history of mining and collecting, the geologic history, petrology...his work well, ably combining all aspects of the Mount Antero deposits into a book that reflects careful...Stony Brook, NY 117942100. Alaskan Gofd: Placer Mining in lnterior Alaska, produced by KUAGTV, University...Alan Probert for the U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Company. It was made to illustrate their golddredging |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Australia] at 15:01 05 January 2015 ARTHUR E. SMITH 9118 Concho Street Houston, Texas 77036 artsmithite@msn...arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...large scale, there has been enough prospecting and mining activity to uncover many important mineral localities...collector. Prospecting, granite quarrying, and mining probably peaked before the turn of the twentieth...pegmatite prospecting and mining were revived during World War II, with some mining continuing into the early |  | | Report (issue) | | pegmatite mining inN ew England _______ _ Mica mining ______________________________ _ Feldspar mining ___...___________________________ _ Mining methods ___________________________ _ Geologic setting of the deposits..._______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...of Connecticut ___ _ Geology of the Middletown district ___________ _ Rock units ____________________________...structural analysis of mica deposits to prospecting and mining _______________________ _ Recognition of the type |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatite is generally much less abundant than the cleavelandite and lepidolite save in the cores themselves...albite, lepidolite, colored tourmaline, beryl, apatite, topaz, fluorite, phenakite, bertrandite, etc...inter-grown with c/eavelandite Irom the Walden Quarry, Poriland, Conn"ecticut. ROCKS AND MINERALS 595...cyrtolite; fan-like, hemispherical growths of cleavelandite and lepidolite, probably of simultaneous deposition;...mineralization); then the deposition of much very late cleavelandite; a very minor phase of topaz mineralization; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...several locations includ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | symbol to promote outstanding aspects of their county or state. Approval is usually not difficult because...roadside ditches, and farmer’s plowed fields (Cook and Smith 1982). The opportunity to collect such material...explored for copper in the Cerbat Mountains, Mohave County. They acquired mineral rights to two sections of...Turquoise) Mountain. Duval Corporation leased turquoise mining rights to the Leonard W. Hardy Company in Miami...KingTurquoise man in charge of Arizona approved mining operations the copper-bearing (Johnston 1964). |  | | Journal (issue) | | Executive Editors Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John...John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM Consulting Editors Joel A. Bartsch...Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sapphires Benito County, California; the group of sapGems Found in the U.S. State of Maine phires is from...Daniel Bronfen, Brazil Evan Caplan, USA Rocco Gay, Italy Sushil Goyal, USA Shahina Hatta, Hong Kong Dwarka...Thailand Immediate Past President Benjamin Hackman, USA Chief Executive Officer Gary Roskin ICA General Manager...31 W. 47th Street, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10036 USA ica@gemstone.org T: 1.212.620.0900 F: 1.212.352.9054...for trading. With the arrival of the Europeans, mining—primarily for gold and silver—discovered a number |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in pegmatites. It has been found at the Andrews quarry, Portland, Connecticut; with monazite crystals...New York City, N.Y. ; at the Dake mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; with tysonite in Cheyenne Canyon...Springs, Colorado; and with rutile in Alexander County, North Carolina. MONAZITE, is essentially a phosphate...half inches in size at the Dake mine in Mitchell County. It occurs also in crystals at the Ray mine near...Burnsville and the Ramsey mine near Toledo in Yancy County, North Carolina. Large masses of Monazite occurred |  | | Report (volume) | | HARDNESS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum..."emerald, " to chrysocolla and all other green stones (Smith, 1949, p. 175). Corundum was referred to as "oriental"...cabochori or rounded ut introduced by the Romans (Smith^l949, p. 141). The cabochon Was used for colored...stone originated in India in the 15th century (Smith, 1949, p. 142). The first faceted gems were diamonds...have been found are: Smith River, Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dale, N. C. 1924. The box-vein of Lyomdale, Lewk County, New York. New York State Museum Bulletin 251:134-48...between the villages of Varennes and Saint-Amable just east of the Saint Lawrence River and north of Mont Bruno...Quebec. The sill is well exposed in the Varennes quarry, which has been operated continuously for crushed...possible. INVESTIGATION OF A PEGMATITE LOCALITY IN EAST MORRIS, CONNECTICUT. R. C. Huff and R. G . Huff...the town of East Morris, Connecticut, just off Route 109, there is an old pegmatite quarry known locally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Schekkerman. November-December: Roebling Apatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine; photo by Victor E . Kranz. Aegirine-augite...Analcime, 155 Anatase, 188, 410 Anhydrite, 189 Apatite, 81, 235, 427 Apophyllite, 155 Aquamarine, 421... S. Leber, 31 Aubertite, 318 Australia, George Smith, 222; Flinders natrolite, 117 Baddeleyite, flourescent...114 Baumann, H . , 330 Bavenite, 189 Behnke, D., Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals: An Annotated... , book review, The Tourma line, 453 Berkeley Quarry, Cross, South Carolina, J . J . Howe, 240 Bertrandite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MT. APATITE, AUBURN, MAINE By M. Jean Ingraham Smith College, Northampton, Mass. INTRODUCTION the Auburn...becomes coarser in texture The country rock at Mt. Apatite may be toward the core zone, where it finally observed...pegmatite have been injected albite (variety cleavelandite) and Iepidoalong bedding planes, thus altering...and lithia-rich zones are ated rocks of western Maine. With regard less likely to do so. Heinrich also...nineteenth century western Maine was one of the world's foremost gem mining localities. At present nearly |  | | Report (issue) | | Introduction _________.-______-.___-_-______. Beryl mining, production, and uses__________ Internal structure...____ Palermo No. 1 mine________________ Keene district.__________________________ Beryl Mountain mine...Page Description of pegmatites Continued Raymond district--_________________ General geology.__________-_-_... Gorham quadrangle._____._-___. Mount Pawtuckaway quadrangle. Mount Washington quadrangle._. Plymouth...Grafton County, N.H. Geologic map and sections of the Beryl Mountain mine, Acworth, Sullivan County, N.H |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural Science...of claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History...malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. NovemberDecember:...calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil photo...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...feet to the right (east) and 15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 A number of sulfide minerals are com monly...Blue Hill, Cambdage Farm, Tunk Pond, and Cooper in Maine; and from the berylmolybdenite mine near Mr. Antero...peg matite in the Temiskaming District in Canada, in the tin district in the Trans vaal, South Africa;...California; and three miles west of Buntingville, Lassen County in the same state. GALENA, lead sulfide, has been...with sphalerite, cleavelandite, muscovite, rmcrocline, and quartz at the Strickland Quarry, Portland, Connec |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The name ludlockite " i s for Frederick Ludlow Smith I I I and Charles Locks Key, who found the mineral...would frequently collect; these included Weldon's quarry, as well as the Summit, Bound Brook, and Millington...he had special free access to the Prospect Park quarry near Paterson where he attended nearly every blast...half, he sold this company and, with Frederick L . Smith I I I as a partner, the Earth Science Im ports...produced ludlockite, originally acquired by F . L . Smith I I I ; keyite was dis covered a bit later. Many |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bernardino County, California and also in pegmatites north of the Reagan mining district, Nevada. FLUORIDES...with cassiterite, tourmaline, topaz, iepidolite, apatite, etc. It is usually present in minor amounts though...earth type of pegmatite as at Barringer Hill, Llano County, Texas where large masses weighing up to four hundred... Red cleavage masses are found at the Gillette quarry at Haddam Neck, Connecticut. The best fluorite...druses in granite and pegmatite at the Redstone quarry, North Conway, New Hampshire, etc. YTTROCERITE |
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