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Kunzite from
Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Spodumene var: Kunzite
Formula:LiAlSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kunzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:166569
Long-form Identifier:1:3:166569:7
GUID (UUID V4):b359260f-16a4-4e5c-a076-96d4c6c8bc13
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology Auburn Universit Spodumene var. Kunzite Downloaded by [Selcuk Universitesi] at 09:07 21...collectors, it is equally well known for its purple (kunzite) and green (hiddenite) varieties, both of which...quite restricted in occurrence. One of these, kunzite, is relatively plentiful in the collector’s marketplace...elongation (c-axis). This is particularly striking in kunzite, which can appear almost colorless until viewed...through the ends of the crystal. Some deeply colored kunzite is distinctly dichroic so that the rich purple
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...24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently...Photo by John B. Poisson. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
Book (edition)
from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are...between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee...crystal and a cut specimen of kunzite. Found in California, kunzite lilac or Diamond in matrix. Rough...summer; neither is it wise to prospect in Montana or Maine in the as the winter. An scope, and automobile
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY OF THE PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County................................................................................................ Maine Feldspar Company quarry and mill...............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
W l / 2 N W & Section 7, T.I., R 19W of Garland County, Ark., some fine quartz xls containing chlorite...which I am advertising in the next issue variety kunzite was found. Fluorke: a of R & M. ROCKS AND MINERALS...occurrence. This material comes from Chattahoochee County near Columbus, Ga. To better preserve the specimen...mine 2 miles south of Knoxville, Iowa, in Marion County."—on label. KANSAS—Travertine, a compact variety...is found around Great Spirit Spring in Mitchell County, Kansas. Here the minerals in the spring water
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Corporation and the Mt. Mica Land Corporation in Maine. The major tourmaline deposits here may be de­ veloped...Although Charles Key is now located in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, he has lived, and has had businesses in, New Jersey...Dunton Gem mine (Nevell mine), Newry Hill, Newry, Maine. 7 Figure 1: Frank C. Perham. 442 ROCKS A M )...Perham, geologist and pegmatite miner of West Paris, Maine, in honour of his dedicated labours in the recovery...was born March 5, 1934, in West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, to Stanley Irving and Gwendolen Louise (Wood)
Report (volume)
Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
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...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515...no. 1, p. 19-28.] The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California (by F. DeVito and A. Ordway) [1984
Report (volume)
.............................................. Maine...................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (issue)
Reddingite Crystals Found at Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine Van King PO Box 90888, Rochester, NY 14609 (newryqs@rochester...(newryqs@rochester.rr.com) Jim Mann 57 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217 (m tm ann@megamlink.net) Reddingitc is a late-stage...Leaseman, an optometrist formerly of Portland, Maine. In the collection was a specimen which at first...Newry, ME] was a lifelong resident of Andover, Maine and was nurtured in mineralogy by locally well-known...2008 Mineral News 3 Reddingite Crystals from Maine (Continued from page I) Although Nevel is primarily
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...tourmaline, and the pearly cleavage unmistakable. Kunzite has two perfect cleavages cutting difficult, its...in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South...affording a challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia
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...photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical Museum...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gem Faire '89. Eugene Convention Center, Lane County Fair­ grounds, 796 W. 13th St. Information: Gem...York. 19th An­ nual Show sponsored by the Rockland County Gem & Mineral Society. South Orangetown Middle...Bear Gulch Rock & sponsored by the Imperial Polk County Gem Mineral Club. Masonic Hall, 1025 North Vine...sponsored by the Orcutt Mineral Society. South County November 5—Waterford, Connecticut. Annual Show...Convention sponsored by the Cobb County Gem & Mineral Society. Cobb County Civic Center, 548 Clay St. Information:
Report (issue)
a short article on California diamonds. Amador County: A few small stones have been picked up near the...the towns of Volcano, Oleta and Fiddletown. Butte County: In 1853 it was observed that diamonds occurred..."Wliite Rock canyon and at Smith's Flat. Fresno County Small diamonds are reported to have been found...found a few miles north of Coalinga. Nevada County A 1-^ carat stone was found at French Corral. Siskiyou...El Dorado County Forest Hill. About : sixty have been : : : Bar. Trinit}^ County : INIicroscopic
Report (issue)
Roentgen ray (SELF-PRINT) for five minutes, OF KUNZITE and then CRYSTAL. laying it upon the photographic...-------------- DIOPSIDE 80 --------------- ENSTATITE KUNZITE—SPODUMENE VESUVIANITE ------------ (CALIFORNITE)...ILLUSTRATIONS. Roentgen for ray Folder of Kunzite Autoprint (self-print) 2. --- California Crystal...Hydraulic Mine,” in 41 County Amador at Volcano, Flat, Cherokee County 41 Butte 9. showing ...Mountain. Pala surface, showing Weathered Diego County. San Diorite, Dehesa, Orbicular (natural size)
Book (volume)
0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert...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
Catalog/List
Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA The dimensionality and complexity of this stunning...Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This simplistic and elliptical-shaped Gold nugget...Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This Gold nugget is really aesthetic and complex...Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA Somewhat flat, but by no means without dimensionality...Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA There is quite a zoomorphic shape to this Alaskan
Book
Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
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...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite
Journal (issue)
and I ever experienced. We visited 22 quarries in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut and New Jersey, 41 aifferent...the quarry on the Roy Wardwell farm in Albany, Maine-blasted every few days and produced plenty of nice...pockets. Loni's Hill, Maine Lord's Hill, near Kezar Lake, in Oxford County, Maine, made famous years ago...are now back working other sites near Rumford, Maine. Many collectors were up on Lord's Hill this summer...bed for a week with a strained back. Mt. Newry, Maine W e climbed Newry for our annual Labor Day visit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Spectacular spon­ sored by the Henderson County Gem and Min­ September 8-10—Toledo, Ohio. 19th... Fossil & Crafts Show sponsored by the Licking County Rock and Mineral Society. YWCA, ah & Church Sts... C A — " G e m Pegmatite Minerals of San Diego County, California." 2:30 P.M.—Daria Neilson, Millers...Show sponsored by the Duneland Rock Club. Lake County Fair Grounds. Information: Art Clark, 808 Cardinal...29th St. In­ formation: Rosanne Gingrich, 2203 E . County Farm Rd., Pueblo, CO 81006. Downloaded by [University
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Publishing P.O. Box 37072 Tucson, Arizona 85740 USA Tel: (520) 798-1513/(520) 297-4862 FAX: (520) 79...from Langesundfjord (southern Norway) and Colorado (USA). parts of the USSR to mine or buy material to sell...3 cm in matrix; and a Pelican mine, Clear Creek County acanthite such as would make Guanajuato or Freiberg...found at a so-far unspecified place in Fall River County, South Dakota. The lime­ stone matrix for these
Journal (issue)
Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by...Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed...for the other pegmatite gem mines in San Diego County, the collapse o f the Chinese tourmaline market...crystals of all of the pegmatite dikes in San Diego County. Sharp, well-formed crystals as large as 8 cm or...the Little Three mine, Ramona district, San Diego County, California. Mineral or mineral group Albite (inc
Book (volume)
...........................................207 Maine .................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Willamette Valley Rockhounds. Clackamas 602/791-2210. County Fairgrounds, Hwy. 99E. Information: September 12-15—Denver...the Greater Denver Area Gem & Mineral nual Gaston County Gem and Mineral Show. Council. Exposition Hall...Show. Allen Gem and Mineral Society. North County Recre­ County Memorial Coliseum, U.S. 30 Bypass ation...September 8, 9—Roseburg, Oregon. Annual Club. Lake County Fairgrounds. Information: Show sponsored by the...Hobart, IN 46342; qua Gem & Mineral Clubs. Douglas County 219/942-8092. Fairgrounds. Information: Warren
 
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