| | 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...Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in | | | 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...5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...Marble of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...locations includ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield | | Gatta, G. D., Jacobsen, S. D., Vignola, P., McIntyre, G. J., Guastella, G., Abate, L. F. (2014) Single-crystal neutron diffraction and Raman spectroscopic study of hydroxylherderite, CaBePO4(OH,F) Mineralogical Magazine, 78 (3) 723-737 doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.3.18 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA CNR-Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi Ambientali...hydroxylherderite from the Bennett pegmatite, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA were investigated by single-crystal...differentiation processes (e.g. Rickers, et al., 2006). Herderite (ideally CaBePO4F) and hydroxylherderite [ideally...solid-solution series. Crystals belonging to the herderite– hydroxylherderite series form pseudo-orthorhombic...Mohs) and large crystal sizes have also led to herderite– hydroxylherderite being considered as a gemmological | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from... is a rather rare mineral in the pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as...as crystals on quartz crystals at the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals...pegma tite with the wall rock at the Tamminen Quarry in Greenwood. C A S S I T E R I T E , tin oxide...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is | | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By D A V I D M. S E A M A N 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 0 4 2 6 8 INTRODUCTION...of minerals have been found in the pegmatites of Maine since the discovery of Mt. Mica near Paris H i l...tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has...no further description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman...specimens. Perhaps the best are small hydroxyl-herderite crystals perched on the faces of quartz crystals | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | would frequently collect; these included Weldon's quarry, as well as the Summit, Bound Brook, and Millington...he had special free access to the Prospect Park quarry near Paterson where he attended nearly every blast...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 ) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in pegmatites. It has been found at the Andrews quarry, Portland, Connecticut; with monazite crystals...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...Burnsville and the Ramsey mine near Toledo in Yancy County, North Carolina. Large masses of Monazite occurred | | | Report (issue) | 66 Total 99.37 [100.0] 100.00 (1) Oxford Co., Maine, USA. (2) Alto Bernardino, Brazil; by electron...tuffs; in carbonatites; detrital. Association: Herderite, apatite, quartz (Alto Bernardino, Brazil); monazite...In the USA, from the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; in Maine, in Oxford...Co., in the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, the Harvard quarry, Greenwood, the Mt. Mica quarry, Paris, at Lord...Canada. In Germany, large crystals from the Fuchsbau quarry, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria; at Ehrenfriedersdorf | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Minot, Maine, is a real "downeast" native for he was born in the town of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine...three-quarters of a mile north of the famous Paul Bennett feldspar mine which has yielded many fine and rare...from the farm of his maternal grandfather in Buckfield to Livermore and located near the residence of...Boston and Maine Railroad. After four years of work with this railroad, he returned to Maine and purchased...With some of the specimens from his mine and other Maine mineral localities Frank was able to exchange specimens | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | under high activities of both P•O5 and F•O_I, herderite,CaBePO4F,becomesstable in very latestagepegmatitesand...occurrencesit appearsto be altered by later hydroxyl-herderite. It will be shown that hurlbutite would not be...incompatiblewith fluorite. Herderite,CaBePOa(F,OH), and especially,hydroxyl-herderite, CaBePOa(OH,F), are,...parisonwith hurlbutite,relativelycommon(Table 3). Herderite and hydroxylherderitetypically occur in late-stage...phasessuch as bertrandite, BeaSi•OT- to be later than herderite, and usually has a distinct (OH)2, aminoffite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Compositional andrefractiveindexvariationsof the herderite-hvdroxvl-herderite series PnrnnB. LrevnNs Departmentof...Abstract has The compositionalrangeof the herderite-hydroxyl-herderite series,CaBePOo(F,OH), not beenwell-established...gavecompositionsbetween98 and 53 mole percenthydroxyl-herderite. The only specimenof true herderiteknown to us...percentherderite.Nineteenth-century from Stoneham,Maine, reportanalysesof specimens ing highfluorinecontentsand...perceptibleshiftswith composition. Introduction Herderite, CaBePOnF,and hydroxyl-herderite, CaBePO.(OH), are end-members | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Guide to Species Nomenclature for the Herderite/Hydroxyl-herderite Series by PeteJ. Dunn C. Wroe Wolfe...have produced remarkable crystals of hydroxyl-herderite. These crystals display an interesting variety...features. Although they have commonly been labeled "herderite,' they are, like most other specimens so labeled...series: hydroxyl-herderite. INTRODUCTION Herderite, CaBe(P04)F, and hydroxyl-herderite, CaBe(P04) (OH)...are the end-members of an isomorphous series. Herderite was first discovered at Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Phosphate-rich Pegmatite Formation in Maine The phosphate minerals of Maine are found principally within granitic...granitic pegmatites in Oxford, Androscoggin, and Sagadahoc counties located in the south central portion...known primary source. The primary phosphates in Maine are few: fluorapatite, triphylite, lithiophilite...Monazite-(Ce) is also a primary pegmatitic phosphate in Maine, but unlike the others, it has not been altered...to several meters). Most pegmatite phosphates in Maine are found in granitic pegmatites composed of the | | | Journal (issue) | J. N. Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ................................./# 6 C alifornia Issue B enitoite, G old, L .A . County M useum , H im alaya m ine $7 Circulation Manager...specimens were collected in the northern margin j f the quarry, inside the entrance to the main adit, on the left...Boyle $7 Jacupiranga m ine (B ra zil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa m ine, Paulkerrite $7 v ,1 5...ills type locali ties, U rucum (B razil), Kalkar quarry (CA), K rem sm iinster $8 v. 1 7 /# 6 v. 1 8 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Mineralization at the Crooker Gem Pegmatite, Newry, Maine. V. King1, L. Jonaitis2, and R. Brown2. 1PO Box...04237. The Crooker gem pegmatite, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, has been mined sporadically since 1930... Mineralogy of Maine. Vol. 1. Maine Geological Survey. ———. 2000. Mineralogy of Maine—Addenda to volume...volume 1. In Mineralogy of Maine. Vol. 2, 427–32. Maine Geological Survey. Rare-Earth-Element (REE) and...occurrence in the United States at Mineville (Essex County). The mineral was identified in a sample collected | | | 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 | | | 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................... Turner feldspar | | | Journal (issue) | 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...interpenetrating twin cubes of thorianite from Hud dersfield County, Quebec. Their addresses: Vickery — 4 Brendon Road...smoky quartz, multi-colored tourmaline, beryl and herderite usually occur, overlain by a fine yellow dust...certain pegmatite regions. Several pegma tites in Maine were made famous in mineralogical litera ture for | | Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Webber, Karen L., Dallaire, Donald A., Nizamoff, James W., Sprague, Raymond A. (2019) The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 94 (6) 498-519 doi:10.1080/00357529.2019.1641021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its many...WEBBER MP2 Research Group Maine Mineral & Gem Museum 99 Main Street Bethel, Maine 04217 alexander.falster@gmail...Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com RAYMOND A. SPRAGUE* 33 Roger Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 *...Deceased 16 April 2019. HE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF MAINE PEGMATITES have been a principal focus of our research...in 2014 from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of | | | 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...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77...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) | Hydroxyl-herderite from Brazil and a guide to species nomenclature for the herderite/hydroxyl-herderite series...surcharge, to the following people: COVER: HYDROXYL-HERDERITE crystal, finest specimen known, with albite and... and a Guide to Species Nomenclature for the Herderite/Hydvoxyl-herdmte Series by Pete J. Dunn Department...have produced remarkable crystals of hydroxyl-herderite. These crystals display an interesting variety...series: hydroxyl-herderite. I INTRODUCTION Herderite, CaBe(P04)F, and hydroxyl-herderite, CaBe(P04) (OH) | | | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of Florida] at 07:16 08 August 2017 Rockingham County Mineral Club President, Charles Setliff 1301 Courtland...President: James L . MGlamery 16 Swan St. Calais, Maine 04619 ® EFMLS CHIPS and BITS EFMLS°CLUBS OFFICERS:...Center R d . , R F D # 2 L i t c h f i e l d , Maine 0 4 3 5 0 Editor— Mrs. David (Alison) W a r k i...a n d Silver Spring, Md. 20901 Minerals Beaver County Rock and Mineral Society President, William Schroeder...to sample. The field trip was to the Showalter quarry. - - - - The Tuscarora Lapidary Society, Media |
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