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Rhodonite from
Deer Isle Mine, Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodonite
Formula:CaMn3Mn[Si5O15]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite1 photo of Rhodonite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Pyrite1 photo of Rhodonite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Deer Isle Mine, Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:236495
Long-form Identifier:1:3:236495:7
GUID (UUID V4):380e362f-40f9-4b2f-902b-4399aaf4dc76
Nearest other occurrences of Rhodonite
16.8km (10.4 miles) Black Hawk Mine, Blue Hill, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) Blue Hill Manganese mine, Blue Hill, Blue Hill - Castine Mining District, Hancock County, Maine, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are remarkably similar and compare well with the Maine A.S.T.M. card data on ferberites. The average chemical...these two species is provocative. State Check List Maine is justly famous for having produced a large number...Several authors have provided previous check lists of Maine minerals-Robinson (1825), Dana (1892), Perkins (1922-24)...formal state of Maine mineralogy book. Researchers who have X-ray and/or chemical data on Maine minerals, especially...isograds. CHECK LIST OF MAINE MINERALS acanthite—Acton, Franklin, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Newfield, Sullivan
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...24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently...Photo by John B. Poisson. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
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 (article/letter/editorial)
X-ray data. True ganophyllite occurs at the Harstig mine, Pajsberg, Sweden (a, 16.60 • 0.05-~ ; b, 27.04...2/a), at the Benallt mine, Caernarvonshire, Wales, and in Aroostook County, Maine. Bannisterite, a new...20':t: 10'; space group A2/a) and at the Benallt mine, Wales. Both minerals have similar pseudocells:...chemical analysis of ganophyllite from the I-Iarstig mine, Sweden, is: SiOe, 39"67 ~o; Al2Oa, 7"95; F%O8,...structural resemblance to stilpnomelane from Deer Isle, Maine, in projection on selected zones. All three
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
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...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
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
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (volume)
.............................................. Maine...................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Report (volume)
Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...unequal length and none is with the others. Rhodonite and some of the at right angles feldspars are...(manganese silicate). Malachite and azurite are rhodonite also carbonates. Apatite, a phosphate, can be...in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...on the gem resources of our land. "Do you, Mr. Maine," he continued, "know that some of the finest tourmalines...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are found in Canada and...strike gem tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big...and none is at right angles with the others. Rhodonite and some of the feldspars are classified here
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...minerals which make lovely cabinet specimens. old mine western states, to kick up and oxidation,
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it should...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic
Catalog/List
2. eatatop 3 55 Washington St., Camden, Maine, U.S.A. This catalog lists those minerals of which...dering: All prices are net FOB Camden or Rockland, Maine All orders will be sent by parcel post unless we...Sx2-50C, 2x2-75C, $5.00/lb. ALBITE - Greenwood, Maine - white to very pale blue pure Xne. masses - lxl-SC...5-75<;, $1.00, lx2-$ 1.25, $ 1.50 ALMANDITE - Peru, Maine - reddish to ,. dark brown trapezohedral single...SOc, l.Sxl.5 to 2x2-75c ALMANDITE - Greenwood, Maine - small reddish X. with black tourmaline in feldspar
Book (volume)
fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...Superintendent, while similar services in respect to Isle Royale National Park were rendered by Superintendent...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken
Book
Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...to a find of malachite, chrysocolla, jade, or rhodonite. Today, of course, there are few highly prolific...and abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel...prodvced by atmospheric oxidation, can be found. Old mine dumps often reveal a varied assortment of brightly
Book
not just a picture book. Rather, it is a veritable mine of information, telling everything the collector...you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary arrangements...LAKE BAILEY N I DELAWARE MINE DUMPS IOATOUTE CHLORASTROUTEI 2 AMYGDAlOID MINE DUMPS 3 AGATE HARBOR (AGATES...(AGATES THOMSONITE ON BEACH\ )l MUD VLAKE TO MANDAN MINE - HARD SURFACE Field drawing to locate a collecting...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque
Book
8~dir;;Tt~--==== ~~ 1 ~~ 116 46 57 95 45 Rhodonite _______________________ 97 Rocle Crystals ___________________...contains no quartz. Basic dike in limestone Rockland, Maine (Cource;y U. S. Geological Survey) PEGMATITE...Intrusion of granite into gneiss, E. Stoneham, Maine (C.ounesv U. S. Geological Survey) 12 Collectors...Boulder split by roots of tree near Penobscot, Maine (Courte::y U. S. Geological Survey) "WEATHERING"...(cleavage) in a granite quarry near Stoning/on, Maine (Courte!y U. S. Geological Other terms which
Book (edition)
close relation between the triclinic form of rhodonite and that of pyroxene, and a resemblance also in...triclinic feldspars from the monoclinic, for rhodonite from pyroxene, etc. In the triclinic feldspars...near Clear Lake, in California; Inferno, Humboldt County, and Rabbit Hole Mines, Nevada; near Evanston,...Transylvania; also, Boulder Co., Colorado, at the Red Cloud Mine; in Magnolia District at the Keystone, Dun River...Ballerat District at Smuggler Mine; in Central District at the John Jay Mine, where masses of 25 pounds
Book (edition)
lerals ^ iaUb.dtlon of if) L'he))i\r(d Proptriles of Mine nth ; (4) J lescrqjtions of Sj/6; cles j (o) JJeientiUiutloii...close relation between the triclinic form of rhodonite and that of pyroxene, and a resemblance also in...Oxygen (oxides) with Chlorine^ Iodine^ or Brorides) mine (chlorides, iodides, or bromides) ; with oxygen...near Borax Lake, in Califoinia ; Inferno, Humboldt County, Nevada, , abundant. The sulphur of commerce is...Transylvania also, Boulder Co., Colorado, at the Red Cloud Mine ; in Magnolia District in the Balat the Keystone
Book (edition)
aster, star.] HavThe ing the appearance of a stai mine. An oxyd having an acrid within. Alkali. Containing...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...Blue Ridge at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. At Bath...been met with, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, (fig. 4,) and Hall county, Georgia. The original rock
Book (edition)
70 impleshape,] 54. horizontal entrance to a mine. A A ; A : Amygdaloidal, 339. Anhydrous. [Lat...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe At Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England...been met with, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, (fig. 4,) and Hall county, Georgia. The original rock
Report (volume)
anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...• Md G S Maryland Geological Survey Me St S Com Maine State Survey Commission Mex I G .Mexico, Instituto...95; Prouty, 09, 12; Smith (E A), 76a; Labausage mine: Evans (A W), 09. Raccoon Mountain field: Gibson...Mountain: Aldrich (jr), 08 Talladega Co., Gold Log mine: Bastin, 16a Granites: Watson, 10 Iron: Chauvenet...Peninsula: Grant (U S), 09b, lOs Kennicott Bonanza mine: Storm, 10 Ketchikan and Wrangell districts: Wright
 
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