 | | Report (issue) | | rimming natromontebrasite in a complex granite pegmatite (Rusororo, Rwanda). Association: Morinite, viitaniemiite...(Rusororo pegmatite, Rwanda); apatite, augelite, brazilianite, natromontebrasite (Strickland quarry, Connecticut...Connecticut, USA). Distribution: Large crystals [from the Koppar quarry,] on the Greifensteine, near Ehrenfriedersdorf...At the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and in the Mount Rubellite quarry, Hebron...Hebron, Oxford Co., Maine, USA. Name: Honors Francฬงois Antoine Alfred Lacroix (1863โ1948), French mineralogist |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 23:09 04 August 2017...pegmatites. It has been found at the Andrews quarry, Portland, Connecticut; with monazite crystals at 185th Street...New York City, N.Y. ; at the Dake mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; with tysonite in Cheyenne Canyon...Springs, Colorado; and with rutile in Alexander County, North Carolina. MONAZITE, is essentially a phosphate...half inches in size at the Dake mine in Mitchell County. It occurs also in crystals at the Ray mine near |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | K E QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . V. H. Collins and J. S. Collins, R . D . 1, Old Trail Road...Schaller, W. T . 1932. Serendibite from Warยญ ren County, New York and its paragenesis. Amer. Min. 17:457-465...R I T E IN T H E LOCKPORT FORMATION I N MADISON COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . W. P. Dossert and S. C. Chamberlain...composite alkalic intrusive exยญ posed in Marathon County, Wisconsin. The complex conยญ sists of four intrusive...throughout the Wausau complex. I n the massive pegmatite, it commonly forms brown prismatic crystals surrounded |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | fairly nice specimens in an old road bed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, Ala....during the period when the locality was active." CONNECTICUT โ The following item, dated Jan. 14, 1957, comes...another mineral has come to light at Collins Hill (near Portland, Middlesex Co.), Conn, (see my article in...near the old HaleWalker Quarry โperhaps a third of a mile from the Strickland Quarry. Chalcopyrite is disseminated...through such epidote at several other places in Portland and Glastonbury, and malachite is usually present |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A Checklist Minerals of Connecticut Although perhaps best known for its garnet, chalcocite, and tourmaline...tourmaline, Connecticut also boasts many other mineral species. BRUCEJARNOT R O . B o x 627 M a r t i n...e , N e w J e r s e y 08836 T he study of Connecticut minerals has enjoyed a long periยญ od of attention...reviews of this mineral list. Dr. Bruce Jarnot, a Connecticut native, has avidly collected both minerals and...collections of Connecticut gems and minerals in existence. 386 R O C K S & MINERALS Two Connecticut localities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Carolina" for the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. The Club lists lecยญ tures and...at Say re, held a "No Program" meeting the York County Vocational-Technical where members were asked to...meeting. The Glenn Bolick and Fred Sigmon won Beaver County Rock and Mineral Club, first place in Club competition...first prize at the Hickory. The Gem and Mineral county level in Greensburg and the State Society of Franklin...received a year ago!" The Monongastatistics! The Wayne County Gem hela Rockhounds, Homestead, editor Paul and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Richard A. Bideaux M ineralogist feature articles Pegmatite Phosphates: Descriptive Mineralogy and Crystal...hiddenite specimens in his collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal...Directors of the Foundation of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. It was my pleasure, and... New York; the exhibition of the New Haven, Connecticut, Mineral Society; or the Annual meeting of the...interpenetrating twin cubes of thorianite from Hudยญ dersfield County, Quebec. Their addresses: Vickery โ 4 Brendon Road |  | | Book (edition) | | topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are famous for...grained that its as well as in Brazil their pegmatite gems. same material as granite, but so fine...material either gravel pits, feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float"...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900 |  | Baldwin, J. R., Hill, P. G., von Knorring, O., Oliver, G. J. H. (2000) Exotic aluminium phosphates, natromontebrasite, brazilianite, goyazite, gorceixite and crandallite from rare-element pegmatites in Namibia. Mineralogical Magazine, 64 (6) 1147-1164 doi:10.1180/002646100549940 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Exotic aluminium phosphates, natromontebrasite, brazilianite, goyazite, gorceixite and crandallite from rare-element...F) is reported from the Daheim pegmatite. In the Okatjimukuju pegmatite, montebrasite has been replaced...including crandallite CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5 H2O and brazilianite NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4. In one example, montebrasite...montebrasite has been almost completely replaced by brazilianite which has also been found to contain not only...natromontebrasite NaAl(PO4)(OH,F) at the Daheim pegmatite and by brazilianite NaAl 3(PO 4 )2(OH)4 , goyazite S rAl |  | | Journal (issue) | | t::e r mpcund x i '" Ouart= .:: " :> โข 3. 50 BRAZILIANITE . Er.1 : d Xld. mass. I '. x 3 1 ~1.โขn, , 1...I; X Contents for August, 1947 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................714 NORTH JERSEY MINERAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP TO CONNECTICUT. By K atherine B . Kanth ......................ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท731 REMINISCING ON COLLINS HILL, CONN. By David H . Seaman ................... A. 702 R OCKS AND MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY NORTHWEST FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOCIETIES CONVENTION |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mass.: F. - Tree roots act as strainer in side hill erosion, catching loose xls. G. - To keep out of...contract to do this work, was taken to the Strickland Quarry, 17 miles away, where beautiful white feldspar...doorstep. (You've heard me rave about this famous quarry very frequently.) All was arranged. W e positively...dagger in the back. Our man found the Hale (Andrews) quarry, 4 miles closer to the jobsite, and the rock was...situation? I guess we'll still have to dig deep at Strickland. Dick Thomssen now speaking. He faithfully reports |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline โฆ History โฆ Mineralogy โข Tourmaline...spelling of the old word turamalin to tourmalin. Hill coined the term tourmaline garnet in 1771 in reference...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher...tourmaline was found in the pegmatites of San Diego County, California. The Advent of Chemical Analysis |  | | Journal (issue) | | SWEDEN 5 Cover 1. Hambeigite. Ranglad 'skoye pegmatite field, E. Pamirs. 8x 4 cm. Specimen:A.M. Skrigitil'...popularity in the world, while it is the leader in the USA. Recently, well known jewelry stones have been joined...Robert W. Jones (USA) and Michael Leybov (Russia) BOX 51 SHORT HILLS NEW JERSEY O 7 O 7 8 USA FAX: 2 0 1 -...and most interesting pegmatites of the Rangkul' pegmatite field are distributed over the area of the Muzkol-Rangkul'...with gemstones are distinguished in the Rangkul' pegmatite field. The first type comprises miarolitic pegmatites |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: the G illette quarry, Haddam Neck, Connecticut .................................... San Mateo, CA 94403 (415-345-6228). HARDING PEGMATITE CATALOG The University of New Mexico Geology Museum...and archival material related to the Harding pegmatite in north-central New Mexico. This well-known collecting...suites of samples from specific zones within the pegmatite; a variety of analytical data have been obtained...Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36) Tuolumne County; 2.54 cm, 1.9 cm (39) Seaton mine, Amador County; 12.07 cm | | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: the Gillette quarry, Had dam Neck, Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....San Mateo, CA 94403 (415-345-6228). HARDING PEGMATITE CATALOG The University of New Mexico Geo1ogy Museum...and archival material related to the Harding pegmatite in north-central New Mexico. This well-known collecting...suites of samples from specific zones within the pegmatite; a variety of analytical data have been obtained...Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36) Tuolumne County; 2.54 cm, 1.9 cm (39) Seaton mine, Amador County; 12.07 cm |  | | Field Trip Notes | | decreases, falling to the chlorite zone along the Connecticut River. Further east it increases, and the rocks...formation on the west and the highly deformed Snake Hill shale or slate on the east (all Middle Ordovician);...is lost in a wide expanse of Canajoharie or Snake Hill shale covered by late-glacial lake and marine clay...under stratigraphically higher shale (the Snake Hill shale), also highly deformed, which forms most of...Taconic mass of slate comes to an end at Government Hill in Sudbury town, 5 miles west of Brandon, Vermont |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu 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...localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...18:185187 ALLACTITE AJlactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by P. J. Dunn) 14:251-252 ALLCHAR Famous |  | | Book (volume) | | Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Stibiotantalite, Beryllonite, Apatite, Amblygonite, Brazilianite, Lazulite, Cassiterite, Diaspore, Enstatite...crystal . Seven corundum crystals . Map of Corundum HillโEllijay area . Map of Cowee Creek area . Cowee Creek...orthoclase crystal Map of Amelia, Va. An amazonite pegmatite Dr. George F. Kunz California kunzite crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | ~ COVER STORY: BIGGS JASPER from Jack Beer's Quarry in Biggs Junction, Oregon. This picture jasper...Heterosite-Purpurite Locality in Litchfield, Connecticut William Brunet FEATURES 64 Collections and...Prairie Creek j ust 10uth of Murfreeโข boro, Pike County, Arkansas. The near-oval shaped area is an enclosed...diatreme (volcanic pipe) near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas (The Crater of Diamonds State Park)....bodies. These are difficult and expensive to mine or quarry due to the large amount of hard tough rock that |  | | Book | | phosphorus handbook. Wiley. New York Moore PB (1982) Pegmatite minerals ofP(V) and B(III). Mineral Assoc Can...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals...large masses in pegmatite at several mines in the Custer-Pringle area, Custer County, and at the Etta...Etta mine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in pegmatite at Chanteloube, France; Buranga, Ruanda;...Sukula and Lemnas, Finland; and in several other pegmatite deposits Amblygonite Optical Constants: IX |  | | Book (volume) | | publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...gem-producing areas in the United States, admittedly. Connecticut has produced a few tourmalines, aquamarines,...However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite district in North |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...Forsterite, 2 cm, from St. Johnโs Island, Egypt. Ray Hill collection; Michael Bainbridge photo. Topaz, 4 cm...row, from left) Mesolite, 5.1 cm, from the F-Line quarry, Washington; John Cornish collection. Elbaite,...Sean Finneson (WA) Greg & Nancy Hendricks (OR) Ray Hill (WA) Alex Homenuke (BC) Bob Jackson (WA) Dave Leppert...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal |  | | Journal (issue) | | , San M ateo, CA 94403 H. Earl Pem berton, 1638 Hill St., Santa M onica, CA 90405 Abel Selburn, 24700...the fiord is the famous cryolite mine, a unique pegmatite deposit composed of cryolite, cryolithionite,...about. On the 62 south side of the island is a pegmatite, best exposed at low tide. Work was immediately...followed, the operations were transยญ ferred to the pegmatite veins in the shore cliffs northwest o f the Lille...Nunarsuatsiak, a small hill at the foot o f Ilimausak. On top o f the hill is a very coarse pegmatite with large |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for November-December, 1948 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท905 VESUVIANITE CRYSTALS FROM ESSEX COUNTY, N. Y. By E. B. Rou iey 906 MONAZITE OCCURRENCE.........................................912 ONYX QUARRY AT TOLENAS SPRINGS, CALIF. By R. F. Henley ...... 882 R OCKS AND ~ l lNl'.HAI.~ CHlPS FROM THE QUARRY Grieger'โข Encyclopedia and Super- Catalog of his...reach the locality Robinson Mountain is a lo'>'' hill of n1etamorphosed limestone intruded by a pegmatitic |  | | Journal (issue) | | Recent Work on the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey.......................................growing. It will serve as a model for future non-USA chapters of FM. A membership list has been prepared...name long associaยญ ted with tourmaline and other pegmatite minerals. The mine is posted against trespassing...among bulldozed rubble at the Bound Brook basalt quarry of the Houdaille Company, at Bound Brook, New Jersey...coming from a breccia zone whose contact with the quarry floor was in the form of an ellipsoid approximately |
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