 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport County...in what is now Rhode Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to Catalina Island, an island resort 22 miles s.w. of Long Beach, Calif. Catalina Island (also known...Santa Catalina) is 23 miles long and 10 wide. The island is known for minerals and Mr. Shalevetz was good...local name for a mineral found in abundance on the island and said to consist of jasper and limestone. Two...stalactitic mass. Collected off the east end of the island. Opal (Cacholong). Chalky white crust on a gray...(Chalcedony). Grayish pebbles from east end of island. Quartz (Milky). Nice pebble found on beach. Limestone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AMERICA NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND PART II. REMAINING COUNTIES Lrovn W. FrsnBn...Staurolite Stilbite Zoisite BRISTOL COUNTY The major portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks consisting...consisting chiefly of the Rhode Island formation of shales, con_ glomerates and sandstones. B. K. Ernerson2has...similar to the Diamond Hill area of Providence County. The Bristol area, in the vicinity of portsmouth... K. Gedney: Notes on the Mineral Localities of Rhode lsland. Arn. Mineral.,11, No. 12, pp. 334-340, (1926 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ... 462 NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND. By Willard Stone Winslotv, fr. ........................................ 476 MOLYBDENlTE AT NEWPORT, N . H . ........................................chalcopyrite, epidote, moly'bdenite, quartz, and titanite. Transvaalite, an impure hydrous cobalt oxide...10 ao, NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND 1g llt :cl 1y & id of rd ;t- ! DO ire...like to hear about localities for minerals in Rhode Island. From time to time • very interesting articles |  | | Report (volume) | | SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND BENJAMIN K. EMERSON JOSEPH H. PERRY WASHINGTON.............. 18 Nonoccurrence of il vaite in Rhode Island.................. 19 Inclusion of limestone...vicinity of Providence and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island................................ 10 II. Porphyritic...SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND. Bv B. K. EMERSON and J. H. PERRY. INTRODUCTION...Massachusetts, and extends southward across western Rhode Island to Kingston, on the Sound, just west of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | wedge-shaped habit of titanite occur in a thin clay seam in weathered metagraywacke along the county road half way...between Chestnut Gap and Lebanon School, Fannin County, Ga. These crystals have been identified by X-ray...aluminum silicate rocks. This area is in Clearwater County, Idaho, and any visiting rockhounds can get directions...in Vernon Parish, La. M A I N E — From Cranberry Island, Muscongus Bay (Lincoln Co.), Maine, we have a...Rockbridge locality at Greenbelt, Prince Georges County, Md., has been identified as meta-strengite. This |  | | Report (issue) | | bedrock map (which also showed the geology of Rhode Island) was published in 1917 by Benjamin K. Emerson...Emerson, B.K., 1917, Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 597, 289 p...metavolcanic rocks older than the Proterozoic Z Rhode Island and Dedham batholiths.......... Rocks possibly...Conglomerate (Pp), Wamsutta Formation (Pw, Pwv), Rhode Island Formation (Pr, Prc), and Dighton Conglomerate........................................... 44 Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts batholiths and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...phenakite (microcrystals), quartz* (smoky, crystals), titanite (microcrystals), topaz* (crystals, sherry and...tall, Government Gravel pit, North Conway, Carroll County. Jeff Scovil specimen and photo. Downloaded by |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens at the famous Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I have just received a report from the...nice jasper. "The green chalcedony is from Marin County, north of San Francisco. It was picked up on a...ledge (Coyote Point). The chalcedony from Marin County is a beautiful dark green specimen. COLORADO—W...intere->;ng specimen of amazonstone from Rabun County. This is the first true amazonstone believed to...Limerick-Cornish vesuvianite area in northern York County, Maine. See his artic'e on the area (ReExamination |  | | Report (volume) | | quarries................................ Caledonia County ........................................................................................ Orange County..................................................Continued. Orleans County ................. ................................ 45 Newport Granite Company's................................... 46 Washington County .................................................the granites and quarries Continued. Washington County Continued. Cabot ............................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the numerous tungsten mines in the Darwin, Inyo County, California, area."—note from James H. Richardson... Tiny brassy-yellow pyrite xls, tiny brownish titanite (sphene) xls, and small masses of dark bronzy-yellow...on the south bank of the Etowah River, in Dawson County, Ga. Chatoyant masses of olive-gray tourmaline...found this specimen at Graveyard Point In Owyhee County, Idaho, in 1957."—on label accompanying the agate...odd pyrite concretion which he found in Baltimore County, Md. It consists of dark bronzy-black pyrite imbedded |  | | Report (issue) | | graphite dolomite garnet sphalerite siderite titanite pyrite pyroxene tourmalin marcasite wollastonite...such as, for example, the dumortierite of New York island have resulted from excavations for foundations...Mineralogy of the Island of Min. Jour. 1814. 1:191. York. the Minerals of New York Island. New N. Y....2. 1851. 12:6. Lanthanite and Allanite in Essex County, N. Y. Am. Jour. Sci. of Several f2 14 Blum...Jahresber. H. of p, 163; 1863. N. Y. of Erie County. 49th An. Rep't. 1843. nachtrag. Economic Geology |  | | Report (volume) | | Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...formation......................................... Rhode Island...............................................formation........................................... Rhode Island formation .................................................................... 150 Berkshire County............................................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr...Counties) . Samples enclosed consist of: "From Madison County — Lot 1 10 crystal, V4 to 1 inch. — Lot 2 - 15...commonly known Sweet Water Road. "From Beaverhead County - 2 specimens of corundum rock from a deposit located...1950, by E. Wm. Heinrich. "We consider the Madison County ROCKS AND MINERALS specimens worthwhile additions |  | | Report (issue) | | ...... 187 REFORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, G. H. PERKINS ........ 189 GEOLOGY OF THE TowN...GEOLOGY CF CHIT'JENDEN COUNTY, G. H. PERKINS ...... 221 GEOLOGY OF NEWPORT, TROY AND COVENTRY, PROFESSOR...B. Barker,* Photo ................ XLI. Marble Island, Cambrian, Malletts Bay, B. Barker,* Photo.............. LIV. Geological Map of Part of Orleans County, drawn by C. F. Richardson ......................volume so far as they have been reached. Franklin County was partially studied several years ago and some |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | first phyllite we ever saw from sers" area, Sonoma County, Calif. It was noted by M. Vonsen in CALIF. JOUR... ranging in in a road cut situated in Randolph County, size from 2 to 4 millimeters. Sometimes it Ala...site of radio station W W V , in Prince Georges County, Md., about two miles East of Beltsville, Md.,...specimen containing tiny chocolate-brown xl masses of titanite. MICHIGAN—Interesting thin slabs of reddish selenite...at the Smith pegmatite mine at Chandler's Mill, Newport, Sullivan Co., N. H. It is a colorless to greenish-white |  | | Report (volume) | | ___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______ |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Size Box 236 Murphy, N.C. Roy E. Clark Box 607 Newport News, Va. The newly elected officers of the Eastern...TriState Rockhounders; Secretary, Roy E. Clark, of Newport News, Va., of the Gem and Mineral Society of the...motorcade to the McKinney feldspar mine in Mitchell County is shown here. 38 ROCKS AND MINERALS Book-Ends...Photo At the Little Pine garnet mine in Madison County, N . C , mine dumps and stream beds—as w e l l...supporters and active leaders. President of the Rockland County Gem and Mineral Society, of Spring Valley, New |  | | Report (issue) | | Greenly recognized several such mélanges on the island of Anglesey (Wales), of which the most important...Hampshire; NY = New York; Qu = Quebec; RI = Rhode Island; Ve = Vermont. Teeth on upper plates of overthrusts...result from the successive Paleozoic accretion of island arcs and continental terranes to the Laurentian...Appalachians, in Wones, D. R., ed., The Caledonides in the USA: Blacksburg, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department...Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 58, p. 729-741. County, New Brunswick [Ph.D. thesis]: Fredericton, University |  | | Report (chapter) | | petrography and framework modes The petrography of the Newport Sands, Poppit Sands, Llangranog and Aberystwyth...matrix, which varies between the formations from Newport Sands (15.83%), Poppit Sands (19.33%), Llangranog...vacuole rims indicative of a volcanic origin (e.g. Newport Sands Formation, Poppit Sands Formation, Aberystwyth...tourmaline (Aberystwyth Grits Formation), biotite (Newport Sands Formation, Poppit Sands Formation, Aberystwyth...epidote (Poppit Sands F o r m a t i o n ) a n d titanite (Newport Sands Formation, Aberystwyth Grits Formation) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hallowell, Maine; and Colonel George Gibbs in Newport, Rhode Island. On the other hand, there were a considerable...discovered under the surface of the earth in Iredell County, North Carolina. Some specimens of rock from this...Meteoric Stones Which Fell from the Atmosphere, in the County of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, on the 14th...quartz crystal plowed up in the fields in Berks County; and granular quartz “found on the surface on Coates’s...Baltimore and to Colonel George Gibbs of Newport, Rhode Island, both of whom, like Seybert, had acquired |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In the March-April...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...Greenwich on the New York line to Killingly on the Rhode Island border. Small crystals of calcite and quartz...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA—The following...between Canton and Ball Ground (both in Cherokee County, Ga.). It is 2 cm. across, dark red apparently |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogical Society As a child on a farm on Long Island, Samuel Latham Mitchill had developed a noteworthy...crystal, 8 cm, from the Tilly Foster mine, Putnam County (specimen M27637). Specimen label, handwritten...with attached old label (Tilly Foster mine, Putnam County) (specimen M6616). Figure 9 (center right). Chondrodite...Chondrodite, 3 cm, from the Tilly Foster mine, Putnam County (specimen M5944). Figure 10 (lower right). Spectacular...clinochlore, 4 cm, from the Tilly Foster mine, Putnam County (specimen M13973). Travel to Europe: The Grand |  | | Report (issue) | | College, 1810 Greene St, Spokane, Washington, 99217 USA Department of Geography and Geological Sciences,...875 Perimeter Dr, MS 3022, Moscow, Idaho 83844, USA 3 Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin...Wisconsin, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA 4 Department of Environmental, Earth, and Atmospheric...Massachusetts Lowell, 1 University Ave, Lowell, MA 01854, USA 1 2 Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 21-01...hornblende, and apatite, with accessory Fe/Ti oxides, titanite, olivine, carbonate, rutile, pyrite, and rare |
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