 | | 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) | | 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) | | line on the west to the coastal plain in Lawrence County on the east. The most valuable deposits are concentrated...District, in the south eastern part of Marion County, extends for several miles along Rush Creek. The...in 1857, erected a smeltery at Calamine, Sharp County, for the reduction of zinc carbonate ores. This...of zinc minerals. The Rush Creek mines of Marion County and throughout Law rence and Sharp Counties are...wide, that runs from Lawrence County on the east to Washington County on the west. Although mineralization |  | | Report (issue) | | 160 β = 108◦ 400 X-ray Powder Pattern: Buckfield, Maine, USA. 3.23 (10), 6.40 (9), 3.03 (8), 3.20 (7)...100.00 (1) Branchville, Connecticut, USA. (2) Buckfield, Maine, USA. (3) Ca2 (Mn, Fe)(PO4 )2 • 2H2 O with...dickinsonite, stewartite, rockbridgeite, mitridatite, eosphorite, a host of other Fe–Mn phosphates, jahnsite,...Distribution: In the USA, from Branchville, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; in Maine, in Oxford Co., as large crystals...crystals at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, in the Nevel quarry and elsewhere around Newry, from the Emmons |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Beryl, eosphorite and secondary beryllium phosphates from the Collins Quarry, Georgetown, Maine - J. W...largest reddingite crystal from the Bennett Quarry, Oxford Co., Maine? - M. Felch, A. U. Falster. & W. B...historic Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut - A. J. Albini & H. Moritz. 2:30...warwickite, and dissakisite-(Ce) from New York State, USA - M. V. Luoulescu. R. Rowe, D. G. Bailey, & M. Hawkins...crystals in the Lockport Dolostone, Cicero, Onondaga County, NY - S. C. Chamberlain. D. G. Bailey, & R. Lyons |  | | 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...cleavages. The Orchard Quarry, also located on the Bennett Farm at Buckfield, has pro vided some excellent |  | | Report (issue) | | Total 100.41 100.00 (1) Branchville, Connecticut, USA; average of two analyses, after deduction of SiO2...lithiophilite, fairfieldite, eosphorite, huréaulite, rhodochrosite. Distribution: In the USA, from Branchville...Connecticut; in Maine, at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, and the Emmons quarry, Greenwood, Oxford Co., and the...the Berry quarry, Poland, Androscoggin Co. At Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany. Large crystals from near Galiléia...Brazil. Name: For Redding Township, Connecticut, USA, within which the first specimens were collected |  | | 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) | | 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 (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 (issue) | | Largest Reddingite Crystals Found at Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine Van King PO Box 90888, Rochester,...(newryqs@rochester.rr.com) Jim Mann 57 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217 (m tm ann@megamlink.net) Reddingitc is a late-stage...locality for reddingite is the Abidja N. Fillow Quarry, Branchville village, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut...then new secondary phosphates (dickinsonitc, eosphorite, fairfielditc, fillowitc, natrophilitc). Landes...1925) reported the first rcddingite from the Bennett Quarry and provided a bulk, wet-chemical analysis: |  | | 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 |  | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | 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...be found in this area such as fairfieldite and eosphorite. Rose quartz crystals, small but beautiful, are...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 |  | | 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) | | hydroxyl-herderite was first described from Paris; Maine, as hydroherderite by Penfield (1894). Members of...Carolina, and from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine, were also studied and are probably also hydroxylherderite...by Genth (1884), both on material from Stoneham, Maine. In light of the above observation that, of 36 specimens...Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, Califomia (2). Poland, Maine (3) Stoneham, Maine (6) Fletcher mine, Groton...New Hampshire (2) Bennett mine, Buckfield, Maine (2) Greenwood, Maine (I) Auburn, Maine (4) Palermo mine |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatites from Black Mountain, Maine by BRUCE W. B U C K L E Y 32 Bennett Road Marblehead, Massachusetts...01945 Black Mountain is located in Oxford County, NW of Rumford, Maine (map #1). Over the last 100 years...and pink tourmaline fans. The world's largest eosphorite crys tals were found here prior to the recent...of the lithium-rich pegmatites of this region of Maine (Stevens, 1972). Therefore most of the crystals...sections of black tourmalines on the faces of the MAINE 317 Andover To Ellis Pond Rt 120 Access Rd |  | | Journal (issue) | | July 1943 PUBLISHED MONTH LY CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................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...Albany, Maine ; a black tourmaline crystal 3x3x8 feet in the Luella Mine near Avon, Latah County, Idaho...have been obtained at Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine. However the cassiterite found in the United States |  | | 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...certain pegmatite regions. Several pegma tites in Maine were made famous in mineralogical litera ture for...Portland (Strickland quarry) in Connecticut; Buckfield, Poland and Newry in Maine; the Custer Mountain |  | | 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...coeval with overlapping formation. Fluorapatite, eosphorite, hydroxylapatite, hydroxylherderite, and zanazziite... 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 |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson |  | Simmons, William, Falster, Alexander, Webber, Karen, Roda-Robles, Encarnación, Boudreaux, Andrew P., Grassi, Leah Rae, Freeman, Gary (2016) Bulk Composition of Mt. Mica Pegmatite, Maine, USA: Implications For the Origin of An Lct Type Pegmatite By Anatexis. The Canadian Mineralogist, 54 (4) 1053-1070 doi:10.3749/canmin.1600017 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1600017 BULK COMPOSITION OF MT. MICA PEGMATITE, MAINE, USA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF AN LCT TYPE PEGMATITE...FALSTER, AND KAREN WEBBER Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, 99 Main St, Bethel, Maine 04217, U.S.A. ENCARNACIÓN...Coromoto Minerals, LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine 04281, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Mt. Mica pegmatite is...composition, anatexis, Sebago Migmatite Domain, Maine. § Corresponding author e-mail address: wsimmons@uno...Most of the exposed bedrock of Maine is Paleozoic in age. Western Maine has been affected by several orogenic |
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