 | | Report (issue) | | Manhattan Island. o__Quartz var. Citrine (yellow), Bedford, N. Y. 3—Tourmaline (brown), Broadwav’and 218th... BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS ENVIRONS...ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY ... James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author has...his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in weight have...Alstead, Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire; Bedford, New York; the Scott and other quarries near...also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and Mesa Grande...amethyst crystal localities are near Milan and Berlin, New Hampshire; Deer Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North...Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities near West Chester |  | | Report (edition) | | succeeding revisions and maintained an active file of new localities, minerals, and corrections which greatly...collecting than ever before, yes; but new minerals for the state and new localities are springing up almost...list on page 20; how many do you recognize as being new? This is an exciting time for mineral collectors...particular site, remember it is possible to visit the county courthouse in which the site is located, and trace...Mineralogy, Region III, we are indebted or most of the new localities listed in this edition (Martin L. Anne |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals Pb Cu O (ClBrJ Rare anes: Scrutinyite, Also new: Dufrenoysite, Ferroactinolite From England: ...slightly crystalline masses in matrix (M~:!a~hderg,County D~~ega.l,Irel~nd) lil fl lx2 f2 023 ~!~YDBITEC2lciumSulphate...rich2r ~s~ses in ~~trix lxl f] 006 .i\LDITSF~ld~p?.r Group. rich ora:i<}e:r:eJr::~scs with darker ;1ornble1...cl~,1·-.:2~l1: r2ss. (lZeysto":c,South r::';Gtil, USA) l~l 701 lx2 f1.20 L2 f2. -:~· ~::3 f.~. 50 OJ.9...El.00 311 fl.60 411 f).80 017 ANALClTE. Zeolite Group White crystals well covering Basalt. {Talisker Bay |  | | Book (edition) | | MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n !* ‘Vi ,...Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON PARADE Recommended for Children...W*T H COlO* * • TfXT COMF11 MINERALS ON PARADE A New Series of Teaching Filmstrips in Full Color. A Valuable...Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State...........................................from the Principal Localities in the Middlesex County Region in Connecticut Unclassified Material Page |  | | Journal (issue) | | TeHurium Sulphur Dinmond Gra1,hitc GOLD Albemarle County.-"Streaks" occur in quartz veins in slate belt...east of South western Mt. (ll. 8). Buckingham County.-A placer gold specimen about 7 x 10 x 17 mm. which...collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Culpeper County.-Two specimens with flakes of gold up to 1 cm....collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Dinwiddie County.-Two specimens from the Whitehall Mine with gold...error and should refer to Spotsylvania County.) Fairfax County.-A specimen of gold with galena in quartz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items on new finds wanted. Please send them in. Abbreviations:..." W e would be delighted to receive donations of new or interesting finds. W e never heard of "fire" quartz...quartz in Arizona, so this for one thing would be new to us. ARKANSAS — We are indebted to Byron C. Marshall...Diamond Mines, at (or near) Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas. At the mines, I was kindly given permission...enstatite (green). Enstatite, a member of the pyroxene group, is a major constituent of peridotite, while |  | | Catalog/List | | s c r y s t a l g r o u p s . I have received a new s t o c k of the colourful Goethite, In N a t i...e i s some m i c r o N a t i v e G o l d f r o m USA , p a g e 5 . N o 147 page 5 S e l e n i u m...i t e p a g e 1 3 , E s s e n e i t e p a g e 4 New m i c r o m i n e r a l s , s e e E l y i t e p a...o r d a n i t e p a g e 7 . Other u n u s u a l new ones a r e N a m a n s i l i t e , p a g e 8 , We...Number 5 9 001'ACTINOLITE Amphibole Group. 002AEGIRINE Pyroxene Group 034AEGIRINE rich black fine Dark |  | | Report (issue) | | C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...updated “check list” just alluded to, (2) a county-by-county listing of the minerals, and (3) resumes of...Qf-Christobalitc Phcnakirc Olivine Fayalite Tcphroitc Garnet Group Almandinc Spcssartinc Grossular (Hyacinth) Andradite...Uranophane Vttrialitc Astrophyllite Hemimorphitc Epidote Group Pistacitc Clinozoisite (Withamite) Zoisite (Ferian...Cordieritc Tourmaline Group Elbaite Checklist Dravite Schorl Chrysocolla Pyroxene Group Monoclinic pyroxenes |  | | Catalog/List | | OF ROCKS MID MINERALS 10 68 issue 2 available. NEW STOCK s Rare minerals Kellyite page 11. Wolfeite...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO...(Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 497 TELLURITE Te 0/2 good...brown metallic (Herbb £2 Mine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lcm £6 314 PYRARGYRITE Ag/3 SbS/3 pure crystalline...masses, well coating matrix. (Dooneen Mine Allihies, County Cork, S.Ireland) . lxl £3.50. 1x2 £6.50 2xl.5ins |  | | Report (issue) | | Road-cuts at km 4.5, Westport Road 12 Kingston (Bedford) mica mine 12 13 14 14 1D 1 16 16 17 Richardson...Sah i Waterloo = 47 4 ow - REPT aha 4f 3)ESR USA vt ) (CC x i \ : } Kt = ee 4 25° Figure lL...ote Woon val D) “HOO. gi7as =) = x 7 ey 8 New Slate gone: NP ema Paton: pene Filet BN Jes...(G): 31 C/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). McFarland...abundant. The limestone belongs to the Black River Group H.S. McFarland Construction Company Limited. 20mm | | | Report (issue) | | occurrences Road-cuts at km 4.5, Westport Road Kingston (Bedford) mica mine Richardson feldspar mine Glendower iron... 31 c/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). McFarland...abundant. The limestone belongs to the Black River Group and is quarried by H.S. McFarland Construction Company... 31 C/7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geol. Surv.). 7 Road-cuts... 31 CI7 Sydenham. 25E south part of Frontenac County, eastern Ontario (Ont. Geo!. Surv.). Plate II |  | | Journal (issue) | | in a Silurian lagoon about 400 m.y. ago; Welland County. (Courtesy Shell Canada Ltd.). right: left: —...12 12 14 14 15 Feldspar Group Orthoclase 15 Plagioclase 16 Mica Group 17 17 Muscovite Phlogopite...19 Biotite Amphibole Group Hornblende Actinolite Tremolite Pyroxene Group Augite Hypersthene Diopside...Diopside Olivine Nepheline Garnet Group Garnet Staurolite Zircon Sphene Titanite Secondary Minerals...Alteration Clay Group Kaolin Serpentine Group , Serpentine Chlorite Group Chlorite Epidote Group Epidote Scapolite |  | | Journal (issue) | | alphabetical order. MINERALS ALLANITE (EPIDOTE GROUP) / @ Amherst County - Black pitchy allanite is found in...used because of their radioactivity. Campbell County - Andalusitecrystals,somevery large,have been reported...attractive cabochons can be cut. BERYL Amelia County - Clear gem quality beryl fragments measuring 0...The quarry is operated by Tarmac Inc. Powhutcan County - Clear beryl crystals (goshenite) occur at the...embedded in massive quartz (Dietrich, 1990). Henry County - Small well-formed white to golden beryl crystals |  | | Book | | Geology of New York City and Environs || uuu Christopher J. Schuberth From the air, two of New York’s most...features owe their appearance to the geology of the New York City area. The effect of glaciers in shaping the...The entire area looks the way it does today, from New Jerseys imposing Palisades to the location of the...underlying geologic make-up. Not much is known about New York City before Pre-Cambrian times, but we have increasingly...Sch75gR¢huberth, Christopner y 1g The geology of New York City and environs ,by, Chris- topher J. Schuberth |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mica-group minerals, pyroxene-group minerals and/or amphibole-group minerals, scapolite-group minerals...white, pink, or orange calcite and/or fluorite and pyroxene forms the core. The contact between the country...adjacent to nepheline syenite gneiss. Large mica-group crystals such as phlogopite and Volume 81, January/February...Bear Lake diggings, Monmouth Township, Haliburton County. Raymond McDougall specimen and photo. Figure...Bear Lake diggings, Monmouth Township, Haliburton County. Raymond McDougall specimen and photo. biotite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2O2 Armstrong, E. J. Schroeckinger62 ite from Bedford,N. Y.. . . Arsenides and antimonides of Ni and...(Lemmon). Aurosmirid.(Zviagincev).... 740 Austinite, a new arsenate from o:11'lliili%,,,, -l "'11' +4 195...Bismoclite.(Mountain). 474,813 Bismuth minerals, new, from S. Africa. (Mountain) . . 474 Bismuth oxyhalides...reaLgar. 36 196,212 Buerger,N. W.. 199 Burkeite, a new mineral from Searles Lake, Calif. (tr'oshag) 50 Burwash...(Tay209 lor, Williams) Carbon dioxide determination, new apparatusfor. (Hey). . 314 Celestite and fluorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | S tate s.................................. . 467 New E ngland...................................................................................... 468 New H am pshire and V erm ont...................................... . ............................ 469 New Y ork......................................................................................... 470 New Je rse y ...................................................... 471 Analyses of allanite from th e New England and Middle A tlantic States 473 South A tlantic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York Articles Amethyst from the Thunder Bay region...the following people: COVER: AMETHYSTINE QUARTZ group 4 x 5 cm, collected in 1978 by Donald Elliott at...Raven Hills Court, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919 USA; tel: (303) 598-1233 66 The Mineralogical Record...granitic rocks, with the Osier group overlying the Sibley. The Osier group consists of amygdaloidal basalt...breccia zones along the contact between the Sibley group rocks and the granitic rocks. The amethyst deposits |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | the chloride ion. Chlorides are part of a larger group of minerals called halides. These are minerals that...one element. Another common mineral group is the carbonate group, which has an anion composed of one...Many minerals belong to a very large and important group called the silicates. These are minerals that contain...silicates in Pennsylvania are the feldspars, a complex group of hard, rock-forming silicates containing aluminum...calcium, sodium, and potassium (K). Another important group of silicates is the micas, which are Mica made up |  | | Book (edition) | | upon the use of the ultraviolet light, a relatively new piece of equipment for the study of mineralogy and...its present secondary status. Some suggestions of new tests will be found in the testing section of the...Oxides The Halides The Carbonates Calcite Group Aragonite Group The Nitrates The Borates The Sulphates The...and enlarged by Palache, Berman, and Frondel (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1944- ), to be completed...consider specializing in some field: one mineral, one group, one locality, a crystal system, or the like. You |  | | Journal (issue) | | by “boosting” the magazine with special articles, new subscriptions and advertisements. I trust, therefore...therefore, to collect types, representative of each group. There is still another remarkable and interesting...yellow, Germany Pyroxene, Augite, Italy 20c 25c Tourmaline, black, Japan, 25, -JO, 50c Pyroxene, Augite, Austria...Austria . Pyroxene, Diopside, N. Y., gem my 50c Tourmaline, black, N. Y. . . 15, 25, 50c Pyroxene, Diopside...Beryl,.green, pale, Bedford, N. Y., lxl, 10c; 2x2, 15c; 2x3, 25c. Beryl, green, New Milford, Conn., 1x1，10c; |  | | Book (edition) | | Fireside Book Published by Simon & Schuster Inc. New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo r Copyright © 1977...Rockefeller Center 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Inc. FIRESIDE and colophon are registered...and extent is directly related to the affinity the new cations have with magnesium and iron. Solid solubility...is not fluorescent, but willemite from Franklin, New Jersey, which contains manganese, is markedly so...swell and emit bubbles (zeolite group, epidote group, scapolite group), some shed flakes (vermiculite |
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