 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Buchanan, Michigan GROSSULAR REVISITED Paul Pohwat’s Connoisseur’s Choice column on grossular (September/ October...illustrates on page 430 a grossular from the Hunting Hill quarry, Montgomery County, Maryland. The caption reads...Really? A small cadre of local collectors scoured Hunting Hill from about 1986 until it closed its gates to...Throughout its history, Hunting Hill produced large numbers of seams and pockets of grossular, with the best specimens...As shown in my article on Hunting Hill (Parker 2005), collectible grossular specimens and even faceted |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...G. Tribbey The minerals of the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Henderson County, Illinois, and near the towns of Dallas City, Hamilton and Plymouth in Hancock County, Illinois...examples include the Dallas City High School (Hancock County), The Mineralogical Record, volume 36, September–October...(Fig. 3), and the Mormon Temple at Nauvoo (Hancock County), construction of which was begun in 1841 and completed |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...of the Baltimore Gabbro Complex at Ilchester, Maryland. Figure 6. Triassic diabase dike forming a ridge...Arundel, Prince George's/and Baltimore Counties, Maryland (Sterrett, 1911). Figure 9. Distribution of |  | | Journal (issue) | | April at 7:45 pm May Field Trip on the 4th, Hunting Hill GMMC May 15th in Manassas May Meeting date is...Field Trip - The Hunting Hill Quarry SUNDAY May 4th: May's field trip is to the Rockville Crushed Stone...Stone Inc Quarry for grossular garnets, quartz, calcite, serpentine, zoisite, and much more (these are what...The address is 13900 Piney Meetinghouse Road, Rockville, MD 20850. IMPORTANT NOTES: This is a SUNDAY field...email Robert or call Robert at 703-431-8547. The quarry manager has set a limit of 20 participants. There |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Institution Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu GROSSULAR Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources Municipalité...University] at 03:53 04 October 2014 Figure 1. Grossular, 7 × 8 cm, from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Les...Québec, Canada. The stepped-growth modification of grossular dodecahedra is commonly observed on Jeffrey mine...devoted to grossular, a personal favorite. The chemical formula of grossular is Ca3Al2Si3O12. Grossular is an...crystal faces may be striated. Other habits of grossular include massive, compact, or granular. Visitors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | conducted an interesting program for the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, on the giant animals...quartzite and marcasite in the Brown Sand & Gravel Quarry near Colum bus. Welcome to an old friend! The...on the minerals of the Buchanan Valley of Adams County (Pa.). Dr. John H. Way, Jr. spoke on the Geology...The Wayne Austin, Texas. Frances Kontzen conduc County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, ted a program on...certainly add to the bulletin. NEW YORK MAINE Cellate Quarry (active and permission required) Franklin, N.J |  | | Journal (issue) | | Trip: • Join us! The Prez Field Trip - Manassas Quarry Saturday, March 8th 2008's first field trip is...is to the Vulcan Materials Company - Manassas Quarry, Saturday, March 8th, for prehnite, calcite, apophyllite...a hard rock Saturday, March 08 at Manassas Quarry quarry and you will need heavy boots (preferably steel...notify you of a cancellation due to weather or quarry operations. John’s cell phone number is 703-304-3489...Jan Meeting Minutes 3 February Meeting 4 Hunting Hill History 5 Tidbits 6 Trotter Diggg 6 Newsletter |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Vanadinite from the J. C. Holmes claim, Santa Cruz County, A rizona........................................other unnamed species from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey ......................126 by P. J....Dunn McGuinnessite from a serpentinite body in Maryland ......................127 by F. Magnusson Native...currence. Sometimes a village or township and a county, or a village and a state have the same name and |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book | | preparation by Capitol Communications, Crofton, Maryland. Printed in the United States by Bookcrafters...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 |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North Carolina 7. Eldorado Bar, Montana 8. W. D...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and..."ariscite rough, A ma trice mine, Utah 51. Jade hunting, Fraser River, British Columbia 52. Map of nephrite...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California |  | | Report (issue) | | Connecticut, USA © 2008 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 263 • East Hampton, CT 06424 • USA Phone 1.860...Credits Cover: Grossular on diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada...Bibliotheque National de France, Paris Left: Grossular from the Republic of Mali (page 50); photo JeffScovil... 44 Classic Garnets: Grossular BY JOACHIM ZANG AND THOMAS FEHR 50 Grossular from Mali BY BILL DAMERON...these fifteen species, six almandine, andradite, grossular, pyrope, spessartine, and uvarovite-are sufficiently |  | | Journal (issue) | | National Tin and Mining Company of the U.S., in Paris Hill, Maine, covers an interesting history o f an effort...collection are fossils from the famous Solenhofen quarry in Bavaria (including an Archaeop teryx), from...Dakota: Elk Creek in Meade County, and the area around Hoover in Butte County. One specimen from each of...Exposure of Pierre shale along Elk Creek in Meade County showing some concre tion-bearing horizons. Figure...mine, which exploited a Pb-Zn occurrence in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The exact location is given |  | | Journal (issue) | | is near Franklin and Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. The district is famous for its wide range...length, are known only from Buckwheat mine, on Mine Hill close to Franklin. Only a few natural gem-quality...Compounds, 371(1-2), 150-2 Nause, J.E., Agarwae, G., and Hill, D.N., 1999. A new approach to growth of bulk ZnO...1935. The minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey. U.S. Geological Survey Professional...discovered in the environs of a disused quarry at Frenchvale, Cape Breton county. The village of Frenchvale is |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sabelli & G. Brizzi Osarizawaite from the Silver Hill mine, Arizona ........................ 311 by C... Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ MINERAL...(1st in USA) of this rare sodium phosphomolybdate! Rich yellow in schorl/moly matrix. Gold Hill, Utah....Wilton, CT 06897 (203) 762-0796 • Dept. MR Gold Hill, Utah. Over 750 Mineral Listings — Send three stamps...hardware 196 Beechwood Ave. Bogota, N .J. 07603 USA (201) 487-3254 The Mineralogical Record , volume |  | | Book (volume) | | Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy...sne-aseseeateeCounty, Can tess ccraccacaerscsascn enaeantsrse Figure |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical Notes Light green zincite from Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, New Jersey ..........................address The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 783 Bowie, Maryland 20715 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical... Special Second Class postage paid at Bowie, Maryland notesfrom they H TBJR THE (LONG, LONG) FUTURE...Wilson The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 783 Bowie, Maryland 20715 n recent years two Brazilian localities...Bavaria, Germany (1) Blue Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, 57-59% California (2) 67-80% Poland, Maine (3) |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...all who enjoy the hobbies associated with gem hunting owe a great debt. In particular, it is proper to... California; Herbert V. Corbett of Baltimore, Maryland; Professor Richard Pearl of Colorado Springs,...United States 1 1. Directory and maps of gem hunting Glossary 296 to identify to gem in 1 minerals...Guide 1. it's fun to hunt for gems Gem — hunting offers many rewards healthful and for the whole |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...COLLECTORS AND GUIDE T( HUNTING LOCATION 0-690-00687-X $17.50 263 color photographs 20 tables and charts...charts 100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: sites in North America A directory to coUpcfing O E Pi...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...on back flap) vb 00 m o o n AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS Minerals and Gems \o collect'^- his |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...silicate minerals from Trumbull Peak, Mariposa County, California......................................Territory, Canada (Montgomery, 1960); the Big Creek-Rush Creek area, Fresno County, California (Alfors...(Alfors et al., 1965); Chickencoop Canyon, Tulare County, California (Franke, 1930; Hinthome, 1974), and the...discovered by Anthony Marsh of Incline, Mariposa County, sometime before 1930 (the exact date is not given) |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described | | | Book | | ,s 20 tables and charts 100 detail maps 1500+ hunting locations: A directory to co!le.cling sites in...GEMS A COLOR TREASURY FORCOLLECTORS AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS Russell P. Macfall MINERALS AND GEMS...100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...GEMS: A Co/or Treasury for Collectors and Guide to Hunting Locations •• Digitized by the Internet Archive... A COLOR TREASURY FOR COLLECTORS AND GUIDE TO HUNTING LOCATIONS AND Russell P. MacFall THOMASY. CROWELLCOMPANY |  | | Book (edition) | | abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rare-with scorodite in U-bearing lignite in the Caves Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from |
|
Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA