 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 Brazilianite Downloaded by [National Sun Yat-Sen University]...been formally nominated (see fig.), would be brazilianite. After all, only a handful of countries have...attractive and desirable as brazilianite. Unlike many relatively new minerals, brazilianite made its debut in unusually...Reasonably priced specimens are usually available. Brazilianite is most easily identified by its combination...characteristic twinning, and greater hardness. Brazilianite has good (010) cleavage, conchoidal fracture |  | 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 |  | | 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...crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are elevated in four samples of P topaz [200 ppm-Mount Antero, Colorado; 500 ppm-Little Three mine, Ramona...GRAPHITE FROM CRESTMORE AND JENSEN QUARRIES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. A . Jmczak, 9 0 0 S. Cass Ave....at the Crestmore and Jensen quarries, Riverside County, California. While the typical tabular habit of...basalt, 5.5 miles south of Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia. The basalt exposure is located...ARMORING OF GARNET AND TRIPHYLITE, MOUNT MICA PEGMATITE, PARIS, MAINE. V. T. King, P.O. Box90888, Rochester |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, USA. Named in honor of W.B. Simmons. The sample is 1...Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive New Orleans, LA 70148, USA E-mail: wsimmons@uno.edu 2 Museo di Storia Naturale...America 5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008-4602, USA E-mail: jshigley@gia.edu 4 Department of Geology... Left to right: spodumene (kunzite, California, USA, 284 g), spodumene (triphane, Afghanistan, 196 g)...pocket in the Dunton pegmatite on Newry Mountain, Maine, USA, yielded about two tons of gemmy, bicolored, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf...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 |  | | Book (edition) | | from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are...grained and often sprinkled with tiny golden flakes of mica, and quartzites. Corundum, — — spinel and garnet...between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee...summer; neither is it wise to prospect in Montana or Maine in the as the winter. An scope, and automobile |  | | Journal (issue) | | popularity in the world, while it is the leader in the USA. Recently, well known jewelry stones have been joined...conducted here for gold, diamonds, platinum, phlogopite mica, and rare and dispersed elements. The first description...Inagli Party and was engaged in the exploration of a mica (vermiculite and phlogopite) deposit, which was...the alkaline gabbroids. These grade outward into mica pyroxenites and melanocratic syenites. The rocks...0 % o f the rock volume, are chrome-diopside and mica (phlogopite or vermiculite). In addition, metasomatites |  | | Journal (issue) | | Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Southwood Melbourne, Australia Woodrow B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME John S. White, Stewartstown |  | | Book | | group members of the amphibole group members of the mica group micas The mineralogist will always check...Rhyolite IGNEOUS ROCKS chrysoberyl, apatite, brazilianite, tourmaline, spodumene, topaz, danburite,...magnetite, ilmenite, cassiterite, scheelite, garnet, mica, apatite, tourmaline and topaz. Mesothermal deposits...from this large open-pit mine at Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Bisbee is one of the world’s best locations for...the individual crystals of quartz, feldspar and mica can be seen with no difficulty. Other rocks are |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...both the county (pro vince) and its capital; there are thirty-one separate mines in the county. The mines...another new borate mineral at Borax Lake, Lake County, California, and in 1939 was co-author with W. |  | | 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...minerals to the section on mineral descriptions. Mount Rubellite, long inactive, bas been replaced in the...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside |  | | Book (volume) | | District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine Mississippi Maryland Georgia Missouri North...only in America. Others, like the tourmalines of Maine and California, rival specimens found in better-known...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...treasure chest to be gems like the tourmalines of Maine and California and the sapphires of Montana, gems...Elijah Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys |  | | Journal (issue) | | and Collecting on Iron Mountain, Jackson, Carroll County, New Hampshire Art Smith 9118 Concho Street Houston...n located west-southwest of Jackson in Carroll County, New Hampshire. There is an overgrown pit at the...hematite cavity, Iron Mountain, Jackson, Carroll County, New Hampshire, photo by the author. Continued...floater. double-terminated crystal. from the Jeffrey Quarry in Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. I made a quick pass...coal base. It is from Huntington Canyon, Emery County, Utah. Sam Koster of the Columbia Trading Company |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...Overview .............70 William B. Simmons • From Paris in America to Amerika in Saxony A Survey of the...important find of gem tourmaline was made at Mount Mica in Paris, Maine, though only small quantities were uncovered...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher |  | | Field Trip Notes | | Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...(1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 170. (1919)...Geology of the Schroon Lake quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 213-214....formations. The metasedimentary rocks were named the Mount Holly series by Whittle (1S94) but no stratigraphic | | | Book (volume) | | Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New...only in America. Others, like the tourmalines of Maine and California, rival specimens found in better-known...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...treasure chest to be gems like the tourmalines of Maine and California and the sapphires of Montana, gems...Elijah Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in Aquia (Mi.ddle Eocene), Anne Arun629 383 del County, Maryland Basaluminite, hydrobasaluminite. (Hollingworth...magnetoplumVitaliano). 320 bite... 512 Beryl at Mount Mica, Maine. Ca-Mg-Fe carbonate minerals, ( H u r l b...Diiqman). 321 C. E. B. Petrology of the red Brazilianite, second South Ameriradioactive zones north of...Uranium minerals from Mine, YavaPai the Hillside County, Arizona. .. . Grogan, R. M. Detection of fluorite...Ifietanen, A. Chloritoid from Rawlinsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.. Higginsite. (Berry) High temperature |  | | Journal (issue) | | acting caretaker of the San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities...cutte rs • Freestanding for use in the field or mount on your working table • Capacity over 3 tons • Can...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny @mineralnews.com...undamaged. When was the last time you saw decent mica crystals? I mean really good ones, not just a comer |  | | Journal (issue) | | edges. Faces are bright. These were found nested in mica so all are fully developed. E V ER Y C R Y S T A...three superb matrix aq uamarines from Deshong’s quarry, Leiperville, with part-transparent prisms up to...Most frequently, the manage ment of a mine or quarry is not at all interested in mineral specimens....depend entirely on the attitude of the mine or quarry owners. At a time when pollution is a vital issue...the irreparable loss of such material in normal quarry or Summer, 1970 H ill MURAL LOCALITIES (from the |  | | Journal (issue) | | splash hood (4 screws), has a belt guard and motor mount that you attach to rear of unit. • 1/3 HP, 1725...1/2” deep. in Continental 48 states (with motor mount) and 7” high. $895. List Price $1,095.00 • Stock...splash hood (4 screws), has a belt guard and motor mount that you attach to rear of unit. • 1/3 HP, 1725...Price $1,220.00 • Stock No. 1-0757 (with motor mount) and 7” high. $995. KINGSLEY NORTH DIAMOND GRINDING...specimen comes from the Eagle’s Nest mine in Placer County, California. It is currently on display in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dr J.E. Shigley (Carlsbad), Prof. D.C. Smith (Paris), E. Stern (London), Prof. I. Sunagawa (Tokyo),...Hoover, D.B., 1992 Topaz. Butterworth-Heineman, Oxford Koivula, J.I., 1987. The rutilated topaz misnomer... 451 464 Figure 3: View looking north of the quarry workings. Photo by Douglas Nichol. The host contact... / o " / / QUARRY ° o /C^N y^ i w ) ^ *r**y u sx ' iS f \ j ) * QUARRY J BOREHOLE NEPHRITE...Jordanow Slaski occur within an old serpentinite quarry originally established for the extraction of rock |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............. A. Pring 3 Chalcophanite from Mount Stewart, NSW .... 9 B. England Zeolites from Daylesford...of the Mt Isa District, Queensland Part 2 -The Mount Cobalt mine ............ 17 B. Day & B. Beyer Definition...The crystal is 0.4 mm across. From the Council Quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria. Ian Beckwith collection...Wycheproofite (orange fibrous), from the Council Quarry, Wycheproof, Victoria. The speci men is 1 cm across...KZr/PO 4)3, a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain Oxford County, Maine. Ameri can Mineralogist |  | | Book (volume) | | fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the...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...Stibiotantalite, Beryllonite, Apatite, Amblygonite, Brazilianite, Lazulite, Cassiterite, Diaspore, Enstatite...Orbicular Gabbro-Diorite, Lepidolite and Muscovite Mica, Obsidian, Banded Rhyolite, Pectolite, Datolite |
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