 | | Journal (issue) | | and advertising. ARSENTSUMEBITE FROM DOLYHIR QUARRY Neil Hubbard • David Green • Tom Cotterell 9 ...Cox • Ron Cleevely 31 PARALSTONITE FROM DOLYI-IIR QUARRY Tom Cotterell CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean...FROM CARROCK MINE Mike Rumsey 53 NEW CLIFFE HILL QUARRY Trevor Bridges 55 ROCKBOTTOM PUBLICATIONS LTD...became. The type locality is, of course, High Down Quarry in Devon, and wasn't it named after a local collector...comprehensive. But what about British witherite, strontianite, harmotome, hemirnorphite, quartz or for micromounters |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals, 31/2 inches wide, Thomas vein, Nally-Gibson Quarry, Kentucky. Although some of the iron mines of...sphalerite are exposed in the NallyGibson Limestone Quarry. The veins trend N 40° E, range from I inch...traced for I 00 feet along strike in the Grier Limestone. No attempt has been made to mine these veins...was in puddles less than eight inches deep on the quarry floor. The rain had washed areas collected by Bill...within a 75 foot width visible on the cast and west quarry wall which arc separated by perhaps 300 feet. Most |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | It rarely forms in igneous sedimentary rocks. Limestone of mar ine rocks. CELESTITE belongs to the orthorhomorig...soluble in concentrated acid. Alteration-to Strontianite. SrC03. Associated Minerals - sulfur, calcite...araganite, dolomite, barite, gypsum, anhydrate, strontianite and halite. CELESTITE occurs in many areas of...of the United States, especially in limestone and dolomite quarries. For example, various localities...terminated and are associated with tiny spheres of Strontianite. These crystals fluoresce white and are also |  | | Report (issue) | | .........................................50 Strontianite ..............................................millerite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, smythite, sphalerite, strontianite, sulfur, and wad. These minerals occur in veins...Most of the active and many abandoned crushed limestone quarries, a few coal strip mines, and road and...from Big Walnut Creek, Putnam County; and many quarry operators for granting us permission to examine...From the lenses of flint protruding from the limestone walls they hacked flint flakes, with granite hammers |  | | Journal (issue) | | minerals containing strontium, celestite and strontianite, have been found in relative abundance in the...base and poor parallel to the prim. The mineral strontianite is strontium carbonate (SrCK) ) and contajns...contajns 70 percent strontium o x i L . ~ l the l strontianite in W i s e County is probably calciostrontianite...l w i l l be referred to a s strontianite i n this report. Strontianite is named f o r the l d i t y...y a t Strontian, Argyll, Scotland. Strontianite crystallizes i n the orthorhcanbic crystal system, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica...Articles Famous mineral localities: The Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada . . . . . . . . . . ...WELOGANITE crystal, 4 cm, on matrix, from the Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada. (See the article in...years in the 1980’s he was a regular visitor to Switzerland, but after he was mugged and robbed in Zürich...WEW 3 Famous mineral localities: The Francon Quarry, `ÉÇàÜ°tÄ? dâ°uxv Peter Tarassoff 91 Lakeshore |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | County, Pennsylvania. Location The Susquehanna quarry of the Koppers Company is located 1.2 miles north-northwest...of East Salem, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. The quarry can be reached by tak ing the Thompsontown exit...turn right onto Quarry Road to the main entrance of the operation. Since the quarry is situated on a...East Salem, Pennsylvania The rocks exposed in the quarry belong to the lower 50 feet of the Silurian-Devonian...locally nodular, fossiliferous limestone and is exposed in the walls of the quarry. The Tonoloway Formation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | College Tiffin, Ohio 44883 THE FAYLOR-MIDDLECREEK QUARRY is located in the small town of Winfield, Pennsylvania...During its more than fifty years of operation, the quarry has gained a reputation as a mineral locality that...that is perhaps best known for its strontianite crystals. Quarry owners and management set aside one...to visit. The quarry is otherwise closed to collecting. In the spring of 1985, the quarry ended work in...the best from the old pit. The mineralogy of the quarry is described in Chamberlain and Dossert (1979) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NEW LOCALITY FOR STRONTIANITE IN CANADA By Sean A. Lochnan Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at... 7 9 2 Byron Ave., Ottawa 13, Ont., Canada Strontianite is not an uncommon mineral when considered in...crystallized occurrence of strontianite in Canada has been found at the Frazer Quarry in the west end of Ottawa...marcasite crystals and massive celestite. The strontianite is believed to be a secondary deposit produced...necessary components for the formation' of strontianite. The quarry is on two levels, the upper section of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The New Enterprise Quarry of Roaring Spring by EDWARD G. CARPER, JR. 400 Maple St. Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania...Location:The New Enterprise Stone and Lime Company quarry is located 3/4 mile north of the Borough of Roaring...Pennsylvania. The quarry floor is at an elevation of 1125 feet. Geology: New Enterprise quarry is opened in...Roaring Spring anticline. Average strike in the quarry is North 30° East and the dip ranges from vertical...beds for over 1500 feet. Formations within the quarry in clude: 85 feet of the base of the Reedville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The quarry as it appeared in 1914. Minerals of the Walker Vein Caldwell Stone Company Quarry BOYLE...showing location of the Caldwell Stone Company quarry. DANIEL H. MATULIONIS 2513 Crescent Road Navarre...as calcite, barite, fluorite, sphalerite, and strontianite. Similar deposits in central and western Kentucky...Anderson 1982, 1994). The Caldwell Stone Company limestone quarry is located near Danville along Route 150 in...and Wigley 1974). In operation since 1912, the quarry has worked approximately 25 acres and is currently |  | | Journal (issue) | | RUSSELL SOCIETY CONTENTS VOLUME 2, PART 1, 1988 Strontianite from near Yate (Avon) J. Faithfull Millerite...Pedrosa de Jesus and P.A. Williams Rosasite from Bute Quarry, Mid Glamorgan. The First Reported Occurrence in...electron microscope secondary electron images of strontianite crystals on celestine. Note curved crystals...suggests the possi bility of ano ther mechanism of strontianite formation. Chamberlain et al. (1986) describe...hypothesis as a mechanism for the origin of the Yate strontianite must await the provisi o n of appropriate isotopic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | III)I)I I( Hllk QUARRY INTRODUCTION Winfield, Pennsylvania The Faylor-Middlecreek quarry is located 0...minerals have been found at this quarry, only a few—calcite, strontianite, celestine, pyrite, galena, and...the top layers of the Tonoloway limestone contain calcite, strontianite, and celestine in crystals. These...These layers are exposed along the northern quarry walls to the right along the access road. In addition...addition, hydrothermal veins cut across the bedded limestone. These often have massive pyrite lining either |  | | Report (issue) | | - - - - - - - - - - - 53 4. Styloli te in limestone - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55 5. Geode...limestones, dolomites, shales, cleavage. and geodes. STRONTIANITE - SrCO3 (Strontium carbonate) Hardness 3 .5...specific gravity separates it from aragonite . Strontianite is very rare in Indiana; it is found mostly...- Cleavage elongated; color black - 16 or Strontianite 17 22 Dolomite Siderite 21 Apatite 17 ...BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY: 1. Meshberger Stone Company quarry, 2 miles northe ast of Elizabethtown, NEl/ 4 sec |  | | Journal (volume) | | mineralogy Peter Briscoe and David I. Green 5 18 Strontianite from Castleton, Derbyshire in the Joseph Dawson...David I. Green 19 32 Richelsdorfite from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys: the first British occurrence...33 38 Tetrahedrite-group minerals from Dolyhir Quarry, Old Radnor, Powys David I. Green, Neil Hubbard...topographic mineralogy. The first Derbyshire strontianite is noted on specimens from the two-hundred-year-old...remaining mineral galleries in northern England. Strontianite was discovered by chance while volunteers were |  | | Report (edition) | | (phantom) fluorite crystals on limestone from Shelly Materia ls, Inc., Auglaize quarry (formerly Stoneco, Inc...resulting from a sha le fire on Stoneco, Inc.) Auglaize quarry near Junction, Paulding the Huron River, resulting...ls on lim estone ............. 54. Photo of strontianite crystal clusters .................... 55. Stratigraphic...been covered with fill, and several of the old quarry sites that were productive in the past are now... The rnost abundant rocks in Ohio are shale, limestone, dolostone, and sandstone; the less comn,on rock |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of other minerals, including superb calcite, strontianite, barite, dolomite, and sphalerite. E R N E S...warning, and collectors are advised to contact quarry operators well in advance of a trip. The Re port...An attempt has been made to trace the history of quarry activities because several important mineral discoveries...Brett Medici in cavernous celestite pocket, Portage quarry, Portage, Wood County. John Medici photo. beds...limestones—the Dun dee Limestone in the western part of the district and the Co lumbus Limestone and Delaware |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lead and zinc ore, glass-sand, and dolostone and limestone that produce lime and rock aggregate. To complicate...suite of minerals. Quarries and a few outcrops in limestone may have vugs or cavities with crystals of calcite...or other minerals. An added bonus are vugs in limestone that contain sprays of millerite associated with...Lower Silurian-age Girardeau Limestone) (McClure 1946). )VVUL*V\U[` Irene quarry, Rockford Sand and Gravel...at 19:53 09 October 2014 Mount Carroll quarry = Wendling quarry, 3 mi SW of Mount Carroll: calcite (colorless |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Twinned calcite, 8 cm, Caldwell Stone Company quarry, Danville, Boyle County. Terry Huizing specimen...feet. The lowest point is the floor of the Reed quarry near Grand Rivers (Livingston County) in western...(and of lesser interest in joint fractures) in limestone quarries throughout Kentucky. State law forbids...minerals in caves, although caves encountered during quarry and road construction operations may be exempt...and Devonian rocks. They are associated with limestone and siltstone deposits and rarely occur in shale |  | | Journal (issue) | | .. .. .. ... .. 871 by T. Gressman COVER: STRONTIANITE, 9 cm, from Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria,...mines, one of which has produced the finest strontianite specimens in the world. The lens-shaped magnesite...the world's finest specimens of crystallized strontianite. Dolomite, magnesite, pyrite and quartz specimens... Unfortunately, none of these, not even the strontianite, has ever been very well known among collectors...been extremely sparse. The best specimens of strontianite were recovered during the 1960s, 1970s and early |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hunting with my father, and some friends, at Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Conn. While going over the old dump...Florida, above). The Georgia side of the river is limestone bluffs and the Florida side is a rolling area...massive white barite coated by pale grayish strontianite—small lead-gray cleavable masses of galena are...are imbedded in the barite. The strontianite fl. orange under long wave. Bayerite is an artificial form...purification of bauxite. As neither barite nor strontianite contain aluminum, it is doubtful that they alone |  | | Report (edition) | | AND and B. Sr,,nrH, l\:I.A. ; CELESTINE AND STRONTIANITE R. L. By SH'£...the value of gypsum-properties. Celestine and strontianite, the sulphate and carbonate of strontium, are...curiosity. Strontianite is a vein-product of infrequent occurrence. The home-resources of strontianite are negligible...again furnished the report on celesti.ne and strontianite. Our cordial thanks are due to the proprietors...shown in Fig. 4 6.--Sectio11 across Thistle Plaster Quarry and �fine (McGhie's) Kirkby Tho.re, shown in Fig |  | | Journal (issue) | | ~ ....................................... 13 .Limestone Fights Air Pollution ...........................Union County, Pennsylvania there is a quarry in Keyser limestone that has become we ll known as a mineral-collecting...Pennsylvan ia"). Many fine mineral specimens from th is quarry have found their way into co llections thr ou ghout...aragonite, celestite, and "strontianite". It is this latter mineral, strontianite, that is now in question...was obtained w ith standard x-ray patterns for strontianite. However, t his may not yet be t he f inal t |  | | Report (edition) | | “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy; right fibrous : tremolite, C. K. Williams quarry, Easton: bottom: calcite...oriented coatings of goethite, “old” Lime Bluff quarry, Muncy, (courtesy of Delbert L. Oswald) ADDITIONAL...edition of Mineral Collecting Cedar Hill in quarry where Dave had done IV much of his work PREFACE...permission from the owners of the land, from the quarry or mine operators before entering to collect. (Land...compilation. Finally, we acknowledge the many quarry and property owners who have aided the authors |  | | Journal (issue) | | England F.G.A.A. Pennsylvania Minerals: II. Strontianite....................... 69 by J. Alexander Speer...(East. Fed.) St. Louis (Midwest Fed.) Altdorf, Switzerland February 13 - l 5 April 29 - M ay 2 June 1 7...skull of a cave bear found in lake deposits in a limestone cave in the Tufra, Hermaneez, Hungary, contained...lenticular concretionary beds of very fine grained limestone while calcareous m udstone concretions are irregularly...well as horizons of lenticular concretionary limestone. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION OF GLENDONITES |
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