 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mines & Minerals of North Groton, New Hampshire The historical background of the famous North Groton...Candia Road Chester, New Hampshire 03036 R O B E R T W. WHITMORE Weare, New Hampshire 03281 N O R T H G... a large percentage of the popula tion of New Hampshire would not recognize the name, let alone be able...Groton, New Hampshire. WENTWORTH X McGinnis Mine X Wheat Mine X Belden Mine Atwood Mine, F. Davis...Davis .XMine DORCHESTER X RUMNEY (118 Penna Coal x Mine Diamond Minex V U n i Holden x Mini] o n |  | | Report (issue) | | Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites...characteristics of mica _________________ _ Properties of muscovite _____________________ _ Structural imperfections...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________ |  | | Report (volume) | | General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________ |  | | Catalog/List | | with admixed Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Wales. Chocolate brown massive, with minor rock... ✓10. LEPIDOLITE AND MUSCOVITE an interesting piece showing golden muscovite and mauve Lepidolite, with...rich greenish yellow with white Barytes Whitesmith Mine Strontian Scotland lx2 £10 17. SCAPOLITE translucent...red-brown coating on 2x2 matrix Christmas Mine, Gila County Arizona USA £12 26. SPHALERITE lustrous black crystals...too. Good small display piece Crown King Yavapai County Arizona, £15 32. CHALCEDONY off white botryoidal |  | | Catalog/List | | yellowish-green coarsely fibrous in matrix, Whitesmith Mine, Strontian Scotland large I x2 size £ 14 6. CHALCOPYRITE...inch (a most unusual form of this mineral) Agnew Mine, Leinster Western Australia £ 15 itvf: u-uth·d...Norway £ l 0 13. LEPIDOLITE AND MUSCOVITE A piece showing golden muscovite and mauve Lepidolite, with a...to about half inch size over 2x2 area. Ciampino Mine Alban Hills Italy £ 15 17. SAL AMMONIAC glassy crystals...area on lxl.5 inch matrix Republic SOLD Scholller Mine, Kladno, Czech 18. APATITE -FLUORAPATITE- double |  | | Catalog/List | | means a recent addition .Two squares are new entry for this list New Customers, You can pay with a limiting...massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston...£3 2x2 £4.50 2x3 £6.50 Feldspar 963 ALBITE Maine USA 811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway variety CLEA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items On New Finds Are Desired. Alabama—J. R. Lee of Bridgeport...pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained |  | | Book (edition) | | Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...The current progress in mineralog), with countless new data in books and scientific as well as amateur journals...submitted to, and accepted by, the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) of the International...pure freibergite is very rare. The decision that a new mineral species is established when one of the cations...eudialyte, and several other groups: The number of new mineral species may grow as an avalanche, flooding |  | | Report (volume) | | situated mostly in Rensselaer County but parti}7 in Columbia County, N. Y.; it includes a portion of...the writer's paper on the Rensselaer Plateau in New York (1893), marked the execution of the more important...the Taconic Range, in Washington County, N. Y., and Rutland County, Vt., has thrown much light on the...on the discovery of a new locality of Primordial fossils in Rensselaer County, N. Y.: Am. Jour. Sci....in the vicinity of Schodack Landing, Rensselaer County, N. Y.: Am. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., vol. 28, pp. 206-208 |  | | Book | | decade, however, the need has been growing for a new, comprehensive index. Because the 14-year index suffered... Consequently, it was our decision to prepare a new index which is cumulative back to volume 1, fully...the 14-year index, and which is organized on a new plan. Nevertheless, all readers and users of the...the last ten years, and which has inspired this new effort. The current 25-year index is divided into...appears n Brief descriptive note, as in "What's New in Minerals?" p Photograph or other illustration |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE DESIRED £ _ . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations: x l —..."Here is an item for World News! "From the Rawley mine at Theba, Ariz., we have found mimetite (acicular...here we went to what we believed was the Old Dick Mine in the same area and found pyrite, chalcopyrite..."Theba is in Maricopa County on Route 80, 5 miles S / W of Gila Bend and the mine is off the road to Painted...believe the Rawley mine was worked for barite. The Bagdad mine was a low grade copper mine. "I have micros |  | | Catalog/List | | publishing n new one every 2-3 months nnd hope to be nble to include n comprehensive rnnge of new world nnd...stock at nll times, and there is nlwnys something new nrriving. If you nre coming to Devon nt nny lime...JACKS1Tu\WCERRUSITE (10cm x 3cm x 2cm) Pcntir,· Gla:c Mine. Pol:catl,, Corm1·0/I Ex I Brrtcl! Collect/011 ...6. IIEMIMORPmn: (Scm x Scm x 1cm) Roughttn GIii Mine. Cumbria, U.K E."Cccplionlll celestite crystal...details). 8. SMOKY QUARTZ (8cm x 8cm x 2cm) Macaco Mine, Sao Geraldo Do Baixio, Minas Gerai·s, Brazil A |  | | Report (issue) | | Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler Managing Editor...Lithographie, Ltd. PO Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 • Fax: 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie...States of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover Apatite on muscovite, 6.4 cm tall Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan...Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony S. Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, U.S.A.; 6. Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; 7. Canada;...The first substantial description of apatite as a new mineral is credited to German geologist Abraham Gottlob |  | | Catalog/List | | Welcome to a new expanded Collector's Corner. Our old time customers will note the new look and revised...revised format of this issue. To those new to Collector's Corner, we hope you'll enjoy receiving this publication...known to occur there, and seven species entirely new to science were described from there in 1981 alone...crystal locality near Coso Hot Springs, California, USA and the forsterite crystal locality on St. Johns...information is generic; occasionally a town or county name is also known. Some samples have mercury droplets |  | | Catalog/List | | GOLDEN BARYTE (9cm l 8cm l 7an) Meil:Je Mine, EU:o Co1U1ty, Nn-ada, USA Highly lusirou, brighl golden )'Cllow...CHENEVIXITE (4cm l 3cm l Jan) Majuba Hill, Pershing County, Nnwia, U.S.A Apple green cubic Cl")'l,tals or... RHODONITE A QUARTZ (12cm 18cm x 4an) Clw,n,cM Mine, Dos� Mayo Province, Huanon Departement, Peru AA...rare indeed and this recall fiDd a1 lbe Cbl11111cu mine produced some very fine material. This ,pecimen...£95 13. PYROMORPHITE (8cm x 5cm x 3cm) Pc/1c/ojad Mine. Kurdja/1, Bulgaria A lovely display spccunon with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Houlevard Los Angeles, California...goke@earthlink.net Feure 1. Overview of the Cryo-Genie mine looking southsouthwest. A. R. Kampf photo. Dr....at the Natirral History Mitseuni of Los Angeles County. He was the sirbject of the Who’s Who in Mineral...little-known pegmatite in north-central San Diego County, California, had their dreams come true. The remarkable...remarkable 1.8 x 1.5 x 0.9-meter pocket at the Cryo-Genie mine yielded bright pink tourmaline crystals to 25 cm |  | | Catalog/List | | INCHES NEW for the list For thefull list of minerals, please refer to the last long list No IOI. New Customers...Saxony Gennany CLINOPTILOLITE Succor Creek, Malheur County, Oregon 1115 ■ KOENENITE 1109 pure mass ofloose...·-- - --------MANSFIELDITE HobartButte,Lane County, Oregon,USA CRANDALLITE 901 Blaton Belgium 1070 Very...Kai-Kar Quarry, Santa Cruz County, California, CREEDITE Hall Mine,Tonopah.Nyc County,Ncvada. U S.A 1142 ■ MENEGHINITE...lxl£4 lx2£8 EN1 . ---------- --- ----·----L -----MUSCOVITE /LEPIDOLITE. Hoydalen,Tordal,Norway 1139 goldenmusco· |  | | Catalog/List | | crystal about 1cm size, twinned crystal ( Telino Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais Brazil) £25 3. GOETI-TITE...Gerais Brazil 1.5 x 1.5 inches £48 - i 7. 8. Jocao Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais Brazil 3.5cm BERTRANDITE...with 2mm colourless crystals Ix 1.5 inch Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais £48 ARAGONITE...crystallised mass 4x2 inches £18 Afghanistan £15 Knipes mine Ayrshire 13. ENARGITE pure dark brown crystalline...lxl.5 inch, from old collection (Taplin) Laurani Mine, la Paz, Bolivia £18 14. WEBERITE rich orange mass |  | | Journal (issue) | | localities like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have...illustrated the first time around, and some that are new acquisitions. Together the two Texas supplements...ofLeadville, Colorado. Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some...an avid rnineral collector before moving back to New York in 1885 and becoming one of the city's first...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens |  | | Book | | particles, which are called "ions." In this way, new rows and layers of ions are completed and the crystals...to another mineral and retain their old form. The new mineral has a different structure, and may even have...crystal form of the old mineral. In such a case, the new mineral is called a "pseudomorph" (soo'do-morf) after...much manganese dioxide, and you should scare wich a new bead, using less of the black powder. The first bead...good deposits in Arkansas. The most famous diamond mine is the Kimberley, but this once richest of all diamond |  | | Catalog/List | | your labels or send back for an exchange. f _ New Minerals in this list; • • •• • Olivine,Cetineite...Greenish, sparse, acicular micros in Penberthy Croft Mine, St 1cm £4 s AGARDITE Y Ca Cu As_O_O_H_____c_a_v_iti_e'-s-'in'-'-...215 69 3 11 Rich white crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Mohave ½x½£3 _P_b_S_iO_13 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _...actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey botryoidal on New East Wheal Russell...Grey veins in and on matrix, some with Fallowfield mine, Ix½ ALSTONITE BaCaCO/3 Alstonite micros. Hexharn |  | | Book | | urus atokensis * Oregon Rock-Thunderegg * New Hampshire Rock-Granite Mineral-Bery] Gem-Smoky Quartz... * New Jersey Dinosaur-Hadrosaurus foulkii * New Mexico Gem-Turquoise Fossil- Coelophysis * New York...blocks or foundation of our country’s odyssey in the New World. Minerals such as bauxite contributed significantly...made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | artificer in brass and iron". He being the first to mine and smelt ores before the deluge. The oldest detailed...Importance To Civilization Only those who have learned to mine years ago. But the Sinai mines were disand use the...the Book of Exodus. Referring to the vision of the New Jerusalem City as found in the 21st chapter of Revelation...Necessity Of Civilization Without the miner and the mine, civilization is unattainable; and should mining...world. Of what value would the Dakota's farmers wheat be to them without means of travel or transportation |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...MINERALS AND GEMS Russell P. MacFall THOMAS Y. New CROWELL COMPANY York ! Established 1834 Copyright...Boscardin. published in Italy in 1973 by Fratelli New Fabbri Editori. material has been added for this |
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