 | | 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 |  | | 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...tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by |  | | Journal (issue) | | Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds.................................... 3 Hewitt Gem Quarry................................................................................... 3 Walden Gem Quarry ........................................................................................ 4 Maine .......................................................................................... 4 Greenlaw Quarry .............................................. |  | | 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) | | Unusual Quartz John Ebner of Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected...and Figure 7: Arizona quartz; John Ebner photo. Figures 2 & 3 Arizona quartz; John Ebner photos. unusual...unusual micromount-sized quartz crystals. The accompanying photographs illustrate the variety of groupings...groupings and distortions found in the specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill...mill burned in West Paris in the early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE B y D A V I D M. SEAMAN 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268 (Continued from...alteration product at many localities, especially at Buckfield, Greenwood, and Paris. It is found frequently...frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed by the weathering or hydrothermal alteration of...reddingite as octahedral-like crystals at the Berry Quarry in Poland; also as one of the rare secondary phosphates...mineral in lithium pegmatite at the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, the Dun ton Gem Mine at Newry, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatite Mineral Localities in Oxford County, Maine Oxford County The four pegmatites described in...peg matites in the Maine pegmatite belt. The famous pegmatite quarries of western Maine—Mt. Mica, Mt. Apatite...Apatite, Har vard quarry, and Bennett quarry, to name a few—have been heavily picked over for desirable...specimens. The General Electric Pollucite Quarries Buckfield The General Electric pollucite quarries are "very...Realty of Norway, Maine, and was under lease to T . C . Mining Company of West Paris, Maine. There has been |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Silica and Silicates ( 107 ) from the pegmatites at QUARTZ, silica, Si02, is an essential mineral in the granite...pegmatites. Massive, white, or smoky colored crystalline quartz often makes up the greater bulk of the mass of...cores are of pink or the rose quartz variety. Rock crystals, or the colorless quartz crystals, are often found...found as well as are smoky quartz crystals in the cavities of druses which occur in many pegmatites....Amethyst, the purple colored variety of crystalline quartz, usually is found in crystals in cavities or pockets |  | | 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 ) |  | Francis, Carl A., Felch, Myles, Falster, Alexander U., Bailey, Douglas A. (2016) Aquamarine from Stoneham and Vicinity, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 91 (1) 28-35 doi:10.1080/00357529.2016.1099131 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Stoneham and Vicinity Oxford County, Maine Downloaded by [Penn State University] at 01:41 12 December...fALSTeR DoUGLAS A. BAILeY Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Po Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis@mainemineralmuseum...came from Stoneham, Maine—a century apart. Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem Museum...MINERALS Dr. Carl A. Francis is curator at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum and an executive editor of...at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. Alexander U. Falster is research technologist at the Maine Mineral |  | | 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) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...crystals that are rooted in the microcline-plagioclase-quartz wall zone Downloaded by [] at 04:12 15 May 2015...project into the white quartz core. The portion of beryl enclosed by the quartz core is often sharply...suFounded by graphic granite.) Typically, smoky quartz, albite, muscovite, and microcline line the cavity...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | headed north for a week's collecting mostly in Oxford Co., Maine. Included in the group were Mr. and Mrs. Philip...our way to the Snow Falls Cabins in West Paris, Maine, which was to be our headquarters. On arriving there...Talamini. Tuesday morning we visited Mt. Newry, Maine, and spent the entire day there. I had heard reports...Muscovite, Spodumene, Amblygonite. M t . Marie, Paris, Maine. 1—Albert S. W h i t e ; 2 — 4 — A r t h u r Morison;...MINERALS Wednesday was spent at the Wardwell Quarry in Albany, Maine. I believe we found our most interesting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W I T H I N A ONE I N C H My neighbor state of Maine is one of the mineral collector's paradise in the...planning a trip to Maine should start by securing several good pamphlets and a good book on Maine. I have mentioned... 2. Maine Mines and Minerals—Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine $1.95...localities is the Ne ville or Newry mines at Newry, Maine. Visiting these mines should be plannedso as to...couple will find the Poland Mining Camps at Poland, Maine, run by Dot and Dudy Groves, just the place you |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS Wednesday was spent at the Wardwell Quarry in Albany, Maine. I believe we found our most interesting...Beryl XLS were found, one about six inches long in Quartz Matrix. Mrs. Welsh was the lucky finder.. Mr. Morgan...Morgan found a green crystal. W e also collected Rose Quartz, Muscovite XLS, Biotite, Autunite and Manganapatite...specimens had both minerals. Near the Wardwell quarry is a Garnet pit where Garnets, some as large as...as a hen's egg, were found. W e visited the quarry at night with a portable Mineralight and collected |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is well known for its hematite crystals on clear quartz crystals. Recent ex cursions into the mine have...mm) form white-to-tan radial groups that stud the quartz and hematite and also occupy various nooks and...can stain the pyrophyllite red to orange. Maine Bennett Quarry Ron and Dennis Holden, Leonard Beliveau...brothers—Gary, Brian, and Mark—opened up the Bennett quarry in Buckfield, as reported in the November/ December...During August 1990, the quarry was reopened and almost immediately more quartz "World News of Mineral |  | | 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) | | persons. The most popular gem cuts are the cabochon, rose, brilliant, step, and mixed. The carat, one-fifth...the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best... transparent stones. The desired hues are blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals |  | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | mounting as seen on CNN and in Playboy mag 907 County Rd. 207 #17, Durango, CO 81301. azine. We buy fossils...89502; 702/ 329-8765. WORLD-FAMOUS HERKIMER DIAMONDS QUARTZ CRYSTALS. Sample cards for $10.00. 62-page col...tools to your specification. Will ship postpaid in USA only. Vt" x 31" L-Bar, $13; 7/8" x 33" L-Bar, $14;...GOLD CALIFORNIA FORTY-NINER nuggets and gold in quartz specimens, $20. each. Buy now, limited supply....FOR T H E FINEST GEMS DIRECT FROM MAINE Lapidary Journal T H E ROSE OF M A I N E Downloaded by [JAMES |  | | Book (edition) | | from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized |  | | Journal (issue) | | July 1943 PUBLISHED MONTH LY CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................a large collecti?n of iris agate and asteriated quartz. Pictures of the two exhibits mentioned above are...White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...pegmatites the crystals and grains of these minerals ; quartz, feldspar, mica, etc. ha,·e gro,vn to much larger |  | | Report (volume) | | PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................................................... Maine Feldspar Company quarry and mill................... Turner feldspar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | H A T Many of you folks are always hearing of Maine—the great vacation land of New England. It is famous...the avid mineral col lector. My first trip to Maine was some 30 plus years ago and I still love to go...this area such as fairfieldite and eosphorite. Rose quartz crystals, small but beautiful, are also to be...famous localities, Maine Mines and Miner a's. Vol. 1 Western Maine. Vol. 2, Eastern Maine— both by Philip...available at Stanley Perham's Maine Mineral Store at Trap Corner, West Paris, Maine, and other mineral shops |
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