 | | Book | | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A — From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting...consisting of tiny, lustrous, black xls of goethite with small pale smoky quartz xls — both on drusy gray calcite...which in turn coats dark gray limestone. Some goethite penetrates the gemmy quartz xls —in fact a number...a road cut on a new construction job in Lincoln County, Me., on Rt. 1, bypassing the towns of Newcastle |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...limestone near Frederick, Frederick Co., Md. MASSACHUSETTS — The following letter, dated Jan. 4, I960,...mention two additional localities of sphene in Massachusetts. The first one is the Baer-Mingolla Quarry in...pyrrhotite, pyrite, hematite, ilmenite, pyrolusite, goethite, calcite, malachite, aurichalcite, quartz, hyalite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brown limonite. Wickenburg is in N / W Maricopa County in western Arizona. xline—crystalline tain a... The Dallas Gem Mine is in southern San Benito County in western California. COLORADO — "Would you please...surface shows the interior cently found in San Benito County, here to be an attractive moss agate of pleasing...term "astonishing" is not an exaggeraSan Miguel County is in southwestern tion ! W e were lucky in being...greenish datolite. Meriden is in N / E New Haven County in central Connecticut. FLORIDA — Mary G. Poole |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ontario (Marmoraton mine, Marmora Township, Hastings County), is cited in university geo physics courses as...Concession X I V of Hun tingdon Township, Hastings County, in the late 1800s by the Henderson family while...Figure 4: Calcite, parallel crystal growth on goethite with minor pyrite and dolomite from the George...5: Calcite crystal group with minor coating of goethite from the George W. McLeod mine near Wawa, Ontario...Concession V & V I , Olden Township, Frontenac County, was discovered near the turn of the century and |  | | Report (edition) | | hydroxides is ,videly quoted in textbooks :-Turgite Goethite Hydrogoethi.te Lin1onite Xanthosiderite J,imnite...occurring in nature in two polymorphic forms :-goethite and lepidocrocite ; and in an amorphous condition...little·more hydrous than.goethite, through pure goethite, to pure anhydrous haen1atite. In the description...haematite. Goethite is a very important constituent of the ores. The specific name goethite is applied... is situated between the River Severn, below Gloucester, and the River Wye, belo-..v Ross: the Wye thrice |  | | Report (edition) | | tliat is a little more hydrous than goethite, through pure goethite, to pure anhydrous hrematite. In th:e... INTROffUCTI ON 3 Goethite is a very important constituent of the ores. The specific name goethite is applied...is situated between t he ltiver .Severn, below Gloucester, and the River \.Vye, below !toss: 1.ne ·\Vye...0=8·86: 1. Bpecifi.c gravity 4·2. Orthorhombic. Goethite is the- dominant ,constituent of the ore. In the...They have been determined by Dr. H. H. Thomas as goethite from. their crystallographic and optical properties |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals to 32mm. Specimen from the collection of the County Museum, Truro, to be described in the next issue...identified. These include the Exeter/Crediton area, Gloucester/Forest of Dean Haverfordwest, Prescatyn hills...that the deposit centred on the outskirrs of Gloucester extending to the Forest of Dean contains rocks...year. The collections are being transferred to the Essex Field Club who started the collection. mineralogical...only shown the presence of poorly crystalline goethite and hematite and the lack of well-developed peaks |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | serpentinites; Nigadoo River mine (Pb, Zn, Cu), Gloucester County, New Brunswick-sulfide veins intruding porphyry...[University of Lethbridge] at 01:23 14 June 2016 GOETHITE EPITACTIC ON CALCITE FROM SWITZERLAND. R. 19 Richards...understood. At Aargauer in the Swiss Canton of Bern, goethite occurs as tiny needles on scalenohedral calcite...the prism ( lOiO}, but the epitactic plane of goethite could be any of the three principal crystallographic...likely relationship is calcite [ lOiO)[OO.l] II goethite (001} [ 1001. This hypothesis has recently been |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...inclusions of seven different mineral species (goethite, rutile, tremolite, actinolite. chrysotile, epidote...Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen of small radiating chrysocolla |  | | | | United States: 311 Washington Street, Brighton, Massachusetts www.fitzhenry.ca 02135 godwit@fitzhenry.ca...metal ion, often with a semi-metallic lustre. Goethite, hematite, magnetite, pyrolusite, ilmenite, chromite... 18 pentlandite (light bronze yellow), p. 52 goethite (yellow, red), p. 72 Beginner's Guide to Minerals...black), p. 68 sphalerite (brown, yellow), p. 92 goethite (yellow, red), p. 72 ilmenite (red to brownish...nugget recorded is from Carson Hill, California, USA, weighing 72.78 kg. Transylvania, Romania; Roraima |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Li/Al ratio is found in the lithiophorite from Gloucester (up to 0.57). Apparently there can also exist...contain up to 3.30% Li 2 O. In some samples (Gloucester, Bishop, Stanislavov), the sum of the formula...lithiophorite with major amounts of vernadite and goethite, may serve as an example. In the Lecht deposit...cryptomelane (in a breccia zone in schists), hematite, goethite, and quartz; the lithiophorite contains 0.07%...07% CoO and 1.34% NiO [35]. In the ores of Gloucester, South Africa, lithiophorite occurs in braunite with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Z-phase of Assarsson, 325 INDEX Cape Ann, Massachusetts, granite, riebeckite, 473 Capo Pula, Sardinia...Wales, anal., X-ray, 765 Cookstove Mtn., El Paso County, Colorado, genthelvite, danalite, 627 Coordination...Damghan, Iran, turquoise, 640 Danalite, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hamp- INDEX 923 shire, New Mexico, Rhode... by, I68 ELLIS (B. G.), anals, by, 256 El Paso County, Colorado, genthelvite, 627 ELSDON (R.), Manganoan... D.T.A., 65 Genthelvite, Canada, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Nigeria, Rhode lsland, and Ukraine |  | | Journal (issue) | | were studied from Gloucester Tops, in the headwaters of the Kerripit and Gloucester Rivers. Zircons with...surface pink corundum Gloucester Tops, Tops, corundum grain grain from from Gloucester Barrington volcano...etched Figure 7: from Gloucester Figure 7: Corundums Corundums from Gloucester Tops, Tops, Barrington...opaque),from from Gloucester Tops, Barrington sapphirine (green). (dark Gloucester Tops, Barrington Photomicrograph...appear appear in sapphires from Yogo Gulch (Montana, USA) and in corundums corundums from metamorphic metamorphic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cornwall, woodwardite, 644 St. Austell, kaolinite, goethite, hematite, 89 Tregarden, biotite, 79 Trelavour...COLORADO Cookstove Mtn., El Paso County, genthelvite, danalite, 6z7 El Paso County, genthelvite, 627 St. Peter's...Peter's Dome, El Paso County, danalite, 627 Western Cheyenne Canyon, genthelvite, 6z7 MASSACHUSETI~ Cape...Cape Ann, granite, riebeckite, 473 Gloucester, danalite, 6z7 Loudville, wroewolfeite, langite, I Quincy...MEXICO Dixon, danalite, 627 Grandview mine, Grant County, helvine, 627 Iron Mtn., helvine, 6z7 RHODE ISLAND |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | recovered by Mr A.W. Chubb of Gloucester during prospecting operations at Gloucester Tops in the early 1970s... Eastern Australia Locality Lat.S, Long.E Gloucester TopsBarrington Tops 310500-32005 ', 151~176...which extends from 850 m to 1545 m a.s.1. Around Gloucester Tops, single ruby grains weigh up to 3 carats...interfluve between the Kerripit and Gloucester Rivers near Mt McKenzie on Gloucester Tops (Fig. 1). The Barrington...625 FqG. 1. Geological Map of Barrington Tops-Gloucester Tops region, New South Wales, simplified from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples...Lots 612 580 and 649, 19th District of Paulding County."—Spring 1954 issue, page 48. IDAHO—"I am sending...This new find is near Gilmore, Idaho, in Lemhi County."—letter dated July 28, 1954, from Clarence Martin...soil near Union Bridge, Frederick Co., Md. MASSACHUSETTS — "During the summer of 1947 a roadcut along |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | sapphires have been found in che Inashowen area of County Donegal during a recent mineral exploration programme...indicator minerals in the same area. Tynagh mine in County Galway, famous for its azurite specimens, has recently...Wavellite to rival the old time Irish specimens from County Cork has recently been found at the abandoned Laharran...along the coast of Ireland, Tankardscown mine in County Waterford has produced some particularly fine ...Figure I. An anglesite specimen from Tynagh mine, County Gal way showing blocky white crystal to 6 mm on |  | | Book | | States: 3 11 \Vashjngton Street, Brighton, Massachusetts 02J 35 \vww. fitzhen ry. ea godwit@frtzherny...n1etal ion, often with a se1ni -1netallic lustre. Goethite, hematite, 1nagnetite, pyrolusite, ilmenite, chron1ite...p. 18 pentlandite(light bronze yellow), p. 52 goethite (yellow, red), p. 72 White Beginner's Guide...black), p. 116 sphalerite(brown, yellow), p. 92 goethite (yellow, red), p. 72 hematite (red, black), p...nugget recorded is fro1n Carson Hill, California, USA, weighing 72.78 kg. Transylvania, Ron1ania; Rorai |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amarga Basin sedimentation 113(1-2)27-53 Aiken County South Carolina sedimentary Petrology 108(1-4)...Allegheny Group see Freeport Formation Allendale County South Carolina sedimentary Petrology 108(1-4) 163-180...Famatina System argon-argon see Ar/Ar Armstrong County Penasylvania sedimentary Petrology 109(3-4) 305319...141161; 108(1-4) 181-194; 108(1-4)207-228 Atlantic County New Jersey Miocene 108(1-4) 3-18 Atlantic Ocean...barite deposits Quebec 107(1-2) 121-139 Barnwell County South Carolina sedimentary petrology 108( l-4) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals Of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, u. S. Geological Survey Professional...Harmony, Warren County, Agate, Hoboken, Bound Brook and Liberty Corner in Somerset County, Algerite (altered... Al1opha.ne. Weehawken, Hudson County Mt. Freedom, Morris County. -91A methyst. Weehawken tunnel...tunnel . Little Falls , Passaic County. Abundant in geodes at Lyons Station, Somerset Co. A mphibole, Large...Roseville, Sussex County . Large rough crystals at Bergen Hill and Bulls Ferry, Hudson County . Analcite |  | | Journal (issue) | | with ALBITE and QUARTZ Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, CA Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda© REVELATIONS...Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur County, and also near Goble, Columbia County in 1967. Again, this new mineral...During quarrying operations at Centerville, Fairfax County, a wide seam was opened that held amazing specimens...Costa Mesa, CA NEW BOOTH R-36 & R-37 Hilton Orange County/ Costa Mesa 3050 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, CA 92626...crystals. 30 ROCKNGEM.COM The 6 cm x 8 cm. dark goethite is shown as a life-size photo on the left 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:...CARTERSVILLE: area barite pitsBarite, Geodes, Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Iron minerals; area mines, |
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Railcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA