Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Caesium Beryl from
Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Beryl var: Caesium Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Caesium Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:928174
Long-form Identifier:1:3:928174:5
GUID (UUID V4):f46f22d7-f988-45f0-8425-c1ba989b9eff
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals of albite, lepidolite, colored tourmaline, beryl, apatite, topaz, fluorite, phenakite, bertrandite...to be: first, caesium beryl, either morganite or gashenite, or both (weak phase of caesium mineralization);...enclosed in it (a strong and very late phase of caesium mineralization); then the deposition of much very...accessory mineral. At the Lord's Hill, Stoneham, Maine locality; autunite occurs as excellent haloes surrounding...ROCKS AND MINERALS autunite, uranophane, common beryl, cleavelandite, black tourmaline, and quartz; and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
replacement lense after the deposition of the caesium beryl, montebrasite, rubellite, other colored tourmalines...Mountain, Rumford, Maine; in cleavelandite with watermelon colored tourmaline at Newry, Maine; and with deeply...Rumford, Maine where it occurs chiefly in association with very late cleavelandite. At Newry, Maine; and...replacement body at the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine in association with lepidolite and quartz. Lepidolite...the replacement bodies at Mt. Apatite, Auburn, Maine; at the Brown Derby Mine at Ohio City, Colorado;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1 serious collectors. Dana says that the name "beryl" is of ancient origin, derived from the Greek word...Just Haiiy (1743-1822) noting the similarity of beryl and emerald. Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1839)...publicly announced, in Paris, in 1798.) He analyzed beryl and emeralds and found them identical, each containing...conductivity. Beryl Chief Source of Beryllium The chief source of beryllium today is the mineral beryl (2BeO...(2BeO. A1 2 0 3 . 6 S i 0 2 ) . There are no beryl mines, but it is generally found in pegmatic veins, as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PROSPECTING IN 1954 By John R. Dillingham Naples, Maine During the prospecting season of 1954 we went on...Greenwood, Maine, and visited their popular mine. From there we obtained: pink caesium beryl, amblygonite...trip we went to Pitt's garnet location in Minot, Maine, and found worthwhile cinnamon garnets. Waded through...through the snow to look at Mt. Mica in Paris, Maine. Phil Morrill led us to Hoopers Ledge which yields...Visited mines in Albany, Maine, during the month but except for a few minor beryl xls, nothing worthwhile
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PARAGENESIS OF THE GRANITE PEGMATITES OF CENTRAL MAINE Knr.txprn K. Laxons.* Haraard Uni.aersif'y SUMMARY...the paragenesis of certain pegmatites in central Maine has caused the writer to advance the following ideas... qnartz, muscovite, biotite, black tourmaline, beryl, garnet, arsenopyrite,and manganapatite. II. This...columbite, cassiterite, spodumene, and etched or pocket beryl. III. At Buckfield, and to a very minor degree at...and francolite were formed. B. The pockets of the Maine pegrnatites are largely secondary, produced by dissolving
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)
PROSPECTING IN MAINE THIRTY YEARS AGO By P H I L I P M O R R I L L High St., Route 1 , West Paris, Maine 04239...slopes, tried to force the season. Went to Paris (Maine); up a muddy road and a very steep long hill and...many years into a large open pit. Most spar from Maine is white or cream in color. This mine pro­ duces...moved to the Wenham. Here quite a lot of common beryl is found by digging. This interested the girls as...and especially from trying to break tempting nice beryl crystals from the roof. At night we curled up in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alkali-beryl. S . L . Penfield, 1884. Amer. Journ. Sei., set 3, vol. 28, p. 25 ('alkalies in beryl '). A... K~O 2-25 %, Cs20 4.56 %, Rb20 1-34 %. See Caesium-beryl. [M.A. 1-76, 446 ; 3-448 ; 4-138, 315.] Alkali-hastingsite...[1863-1930], of Miinster, Westphalia. [M.A. 4-149.] Caesium-berfl. S.L. Penfield, 1888. Amer. Journ. Sci.,...36, p. 317 (' the cmsium beryl of Norway, Maine'). A variety of alkali-beryl (qv.) containing Cs20 up...O, as an alteration product of reddingitc, from Maine, U.S.A. Named after Prof. Kenneth K. Landes, oi
Book (edition)
HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION...a week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...field trial of the hambook during our ''Week with Maine Minerals" furnished additional information end resulted...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside...minerals. The geology of pegmatites, in general, and Maine pegmatites, in particular, is summarized briefly
Book (edition)
OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM HUNTERS GUIDE by Russell...from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person... TYPICAL CRYSTAL FORMS OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD...which make a almost price- merely an ore of beryl, is beryllium worth a few cents a pound. Pattern... amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California
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 (issue)
................................ 760 HERKIM ER COUNTY ''DIAMONDS'' ·································...the southwest face of the Cedar Mountains, Tooele County, Utah. Its geo- graphic position, as indicated...Lower Manhattan Island old stamping grounds-Oxford County, (New York City ) After many Saturday afternoon...members of the tions of the many new buildings being Maine Mineralogical Club, with whom erected on the island...climbed Mt. Newry. Also acquired Collectin1 in Maine In Maine we were at the Bumpus, Slab good crystals of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Native silver, 2,770 grams, 16 cm long, Kongsberg, Norway. The specimen was presented to Emperor Peter I...collection, 1913, No. 30656. Figure 23 (left). Beryl (variety heliodor), 10 cm high, Murzinka, Middle...November/December 2016   535 Figure 27 (left). Caesium beryl (rosterite), tourmaline, muscovite, and albite...Vysokaya, Urals, Russia, No. 50327. Figure 33 (left). Beryl (variety aquamarine), 8 × 3 cm, Adun-Cholon, Eastern...stones such as emerald, euclase, tourmaline, topaz, beryl, and many others as well as unique masterpieces
Journal (issue)
at Stand G28 adjacent to the Seminar Theatre Caesium-rich morganite from Afghanistan and Madagascar...gemlab@ssef.ch ABSTRACT: Quite saturated pink beryl of Madagascar and Afghanistan are described. They...literature. Chemical analyses reveal very high caesium concentrations (up to 15.18 wt.% Cs 2 O). The incorporation...incorporation of Cs in the structural channels of beryl is mainly coupled with a substitution on the te...in cell parameters (mainly c0) compared to pure beryl, thus underlining the unusual character of the studied
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........................................just as well have been included in the eventual Beryl Issue. Although discussion of the aquamarines may...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
Journal (issue)
Fairly good specimens may be found in Delaware County, Pa. The radiating variety can be found in John...delicately fibrous than that of Sicily, Corsica or Norway. " There is no sufficient reason for the doubts...Cliffs opal field is situated in the Parish of Kirk, County of Yungunlgra, New South Wales, about sixty miles...Cayuga lake, and Canandaigua lake through Livingston County ; also Genesee, Wyoming and Erie Counties. The...reported that while looking over ouvarovite sand from Oxford, Canada, he noticed small black crystals which
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...(near) Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite...JACKSONVILLE, Calhoun Co. Bauxite ROCKFORD, Coosa Co. Beryl ROUND MOUNTAIN, Cherokee Co. Hematite SPRINGVILLE
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
Journal (issue)
Island. Kaolin : See limestone. consist of apatite, beryl, biotite, garnet, 1ed Labrttdorite: Small (about...Leggett was out of town. Maine Also Visited Friday, bus to Perham's Maine Mineral Store at West Paris... h 1e I 1e ID al ,y ~d me to settle in Maine-it would be nice but that will have to wait at least...lift as far as South Paris. As I was headed for Norway to spend the night, I fou nd that there were no...getting settled I visited Mr. C. B. Hamilton in Norway, who at present is doing some cutting. After a
Journal (issue)
some-· thing to crow about. The locality is Kern County, Calif. Apatite: This calcium phosphate is always...loose purple crystal from Mt. Apatite, Auburn, Maine; another was a flattened colorless crystal which...San Benito County, Calif., is one of the many minerals that has made California famous. Beryl: There were...crystals in matrix from Crab Tree Mt., Mitchell County, N. C., were also on display. Aquamarine crystals...Madagascar, attracted considerable interest. A golden beryl crystal from the Slocum Quarry near East Hampton
Journal (issue)
Measurements: %V2 xlVi x 5%" Page JEWEL BOX OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA by Mary Frances HOW TO GO ROCKHOUNDING...J. Edward Warwict NEWS .._ THE GEM MINERALS OF MAINE by F. E. Schiller HIGH IN THE OCHOCOS by Quinten..."Jewel Box" in the northeast corner of Imperial County, Calif. The Wiley Well area (the name by which...Jade WA, 4-2130 CHICAGO 9, ILUNOIS COUNTY MPERIAL COUNTY Rl V " I E RS IDE l/£M£/VT6' "^^^ \^/j;t-4...towards Bellingham. Logs are also found Whatcom county but the material seems to be a slate-like formation
Book
32TL, 36TR, 36BL, 407j 40B, 42T, 51TL & 51BR, Oxford Scientific; 13TL, Science Photo Library; 8-9, 34TR...Library; 77 & 107, Natural History Museum; 111 & 125, Oxford Scientific; 93, Anthony G Taranto Jr, Palisades...Library; 141, 171, 177, 181, 199, 233, 237 & 247, Oxford Scientific; 187, Ted Rieger; 151, Science Photo... The Basin and Range Province of the south-west USA (right) formed in this way. and also when what are...throw up the Caledonian mountains of Scotland and Norway. Both ranges are now worn down to a fraction of
Book
the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Silica-rich minerals are deposited by the hot water... 198, 23T, 20BL, 38TR, 38BL, 24T, 33TL & 33BR, Oxford Scientific; 13TL, Science Photo Library; 19TL,...Picture Library; 49, 79, 85, 89, 107, 141, 145 & 155, Oxford Scientific; 95, Ted Rieger; 60, Science Photo library;...cornbine to form giant crystals of tourmaline, topaz, beryl, and other rarer 1ninerals. When the fluids are...topaz is formed. When fluids are berylliuiu-rich, beryl forms. Minerals from water Water can only hold
Catalog/List
PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped crystal... 3. 5 0 5.00 HORNBLENDE (Amphibole) Kragero, Norway Greenish-black monoclinic xl prism terminated at...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...QUARTZ AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls and...and coatings on monzonite .. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue crystals and masses
Catalog/List
specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES ...... . 79 Sharp...• I -·. • •• HORNBLENDE (Amphibole) Kragero. Norway Greenish-black monoclinic xl pl"ism terminated...calcium hydroxy-silicate. California Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinitegehlenite... AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky- blue micro xls and...and coatings on monzonite . Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. S.ky-bJue crystals and masses
 
Mineral and/or Locality  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: April 25, 2024 14:06:35
Go to top of page