 | | Book (edition) | | Science and Mechanics publishing 4^0 company East Ohio Street Chicago 11, Illinois Copyright 1951...from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting...a scratch just gypsum or about will scratch apatite, as and a a hard as file material. testing |  | | Report (volume) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals..."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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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...tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by |  | | Report (volume) | | GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 445 GEOLOGY OF THE PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING...INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON S. BASTIN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics........ 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................. Auburn............ |  | | 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 (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 (issue) | | Front cover: Fluorite on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family;...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Palermo quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire and to an inch in diameter at the Smith Mine, Newport...the Victory mine near Custer, South Dakota with quartz, albite, muscovite, black tourmaline and triphylite...Branchville and Portland, Connecticut; and at Poland, Maine in lithium pegmatite. F1LLOWITE, with the same composition...dickinsonite occurs sparingly at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut. FAIRFIELDITE, a hydrous phosphate...Fairfield county, Connecticut from which it was named; and also from Poland and Buckfield, Maine; and from |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | lie some of the oldest crystalline rocks in the East, both igneous and metamorphic, strongly mineralized...gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...crystals that are rooted in the microcline-plagioclase-quartz wall zone Downloaded by [] at 04:12 15 May 2015...gemstones found on Mount Antero in central Colorado. and project into the white quartz core. The portion...portion of beryl enclosed by the quartz core is often sharply faced and contains gem material. Simple pegmatites...cavity suFounded by graphic granite.) Typically, smoky quartz, albite, muscovite, and microcline line the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | symbol to promote outstanding aspects of their county or state. Approval is usually not difficult because...ALABAMA: Star Blue Quartz Alabama State Senator Don Hale proposed that star blue quartz be named the state...29 March 1990 through Act No. 90-203. Star blue quartz is found only in a 32 × 80-kilometer rectangular...least 1966. Fist-sized nuggets of anhedral blue quartz with an opalescent or waxy luster have been found...roadside ditches, and farmer’s plowed fields (Cook and Smith 1982). The opportunity to collect such material |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee |  | | 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) |  | | Book | | has been privileged to travel extensively from Maine to Southern California, and from Washington’s Pacific...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...MILLERVILLE, Cloy Co., (near) Magnetite MOUNT OLIVE, Coosa Co., (near) Feldspar OAK BOWERY, Chambers |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...with respect to one another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with...another at 60 degrees and intersected by a fourth Quartz and vertical axis at right angles to the other |  | | 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 (issue) | | 199~ Weird The Mineral and Wonderful from Quartz Alberta's Collector's Newsletter in Septarian...(though a little skeptical) to learn of a nearby quartz collecting locality. It is a three-hour drive northeast...locomotive cxursions. My first collecting specialty was quartz, for which I've retained a soft spot, and I was...produced a wide variety of interesting and unusual quartz crystals. These are found in abundant ironstone...nodules that weather out of Fig. 1 Partial, hollow quartz crystal 11/4 inches (3 cm) across, with multiple |  | | Report (volume) | | INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTI8 SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 585 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE...it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...respective States: Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas..........Dr. A. H. Purdue |  | | Report (volume) | | INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 420 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE......"............................... Methods of mining ................................................. 23 Maine............................................................... Androscoggin County................................................ Auburn.............;................................................................................. Lincoln County .............................................. |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...on the gem resources of our land. "Do you, Mr. Maine," he continued, "know that some of the finest tourmalines...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are found in Canada and...strike gem tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big |  | | Book (volume) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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 |
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Smith Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA