 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in South Dakota and at the Bumpus mine, near Bethel, in Oxford County, Maine. Large crystals can still...still be seen there, in the walls of the old quarry, where mining started again in the summer of 1949. In... stand two pieces of one of the very large Bumpus quarry crystals. They were placed there, through the...has been found in rare 18 sided crystals too, in Maine, New Hampshire and Finland. No twin crystals have.... H . ; Royalston, Mass.; Bedford, N . Y.; Oxford County, Me.; Portland and Haddam Neck, Conn. ; Lieperville |  | | 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 |  | | 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 (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...the different collecting locations in San Benito County. After graduating from high school, Steve went...field collecting and a specific love for San Benito County and the minerals of the Clear Creek Management...mined commercially for pegmatite minerals in the Oxford Hills area while also working as a drilling and |  | | Report (issue) | | from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient...crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms...8.4m: The largest beryl crystal at the Bumpus quarry in Maine was 8.4 meters long, 1.9 meters in diameter...alteration product. A pH of 4-5 produces bertrandite, euclase, or phenakite. A near neutral pH~7 will produce...number of Brazilian states (page 84); San Diego County, California (page 32) in the United States; Canada |  | | Journal (issue) | | Franklin, New Jersey Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine Dunton mine, Newry, Maine Las Vigas mine, Vera Cruz...Goschenen clefts, Goschenen, Switzerland Lengenbach quarry, Bina Valley, Switzerland Knappenwand, Salzburg...Greece Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada Arsukfjord, Ivigtut,...as: well-crystallized rose quartz from Brazil and Maine; Swiss quartz in its many varieties and habits;...epidote occurrences and the Holland mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Specimens from these localities are inconsistently |  | | Journal (issue) | | for Sept:e m ber - October, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...... .. .. ............. ......................'-' ,._ - .., - - - - - - '-' CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY --- - ....... ..,...,.,.._ .... ....... .......Boulder Bec!ch on Lake Mead. Nevad~ The Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc. (Paul 0 . Drury, Publicity...northern outskirts of Asheboro, the county seat of Randolph County, N . C. It may be reached by goi ng...headed north for a week's collecting mostly in Oxford Co., Maine. Included in the group were Mr. and Mrs. Philip |  | | 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 |  | | 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...sufficient supply demand for it. Deman- and euclase are examples of such rare but comparatively unwanted...in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South...affording a challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia |  | | Journal (issue) | | Measurements: %V2 xlVi x 5%" Page JEWEL BOX OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA by Mary Frances HOW TO GO ROCKHOUNDING...J. Edward Warwict NEWS .._ THE GEM MINERALS OF MAINE by F. E. Schiller HIGH IN THE OCHOCOS by Quinten..."Jewel Box" in the northeast corner of Imperial County, Calif. The Wiley Well area (the name by which...Jade WA, 4-2130 CHICAGO 9, ILUNOIS COUNTY MPERIAL COUNTY Rl V " I E RS IDE l/£M£/VT6' "^^^ \^/j;t-4...towards Bellingham. Logs are also found Whatcom county but the material seems to be a slate-like formation |  | | Book | | Kang Baptiste V. J.-B. Ball 1676. 2nd ed. don: Oxford Hill, Caley, E. R., ence, on Press. 238 ...Clarendon 1961. Greek and Roman R. 16:537-49. 11. Oxford; Higgins, 5:1-38. public ed. and E., Lapidibus... Wyckoff, 6. Blake, erals. 1967. Albertus Oxford: Clarendon R. 1922. J. Evans, and De P., ...Vis, don: of 442 20. Renaissance. 335 of Oxford: 21. pp. the Middle Clarendon Ages W. 1866...Alfonso ca. M. Plata, y C. King, Uses 10. Oxford ica. Epiphanius De pp. 9, 1925. from the |  | | Book | | I have ever visited was exposed by the Francon quarry on Montreal P L AT E 1 4 Pyrochlore crystals...technology. P L AT E I S Weloganite. Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec. 4.s-cm crystal. Named for W...Unlike most carbonatites, those in the Francon quarry occur assills. A sill is a flat, sheetlike intrusion...example. Because the carbonatites in the Francon quarry formed sills, when the magma intruded the enclosing...identified asspecies new to science. At present the quarry is being reclaimed as a landfill site, but the |  | | Book (volume) | | excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book (volume) | | excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE |  | | Book (volume) | | series of pegmatite dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles |  | | 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 create a demand for it. Demantoid garnet and euclase are examples of rare and comparatively unsought-after |  | | Book (volume) | | cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy |  | | Journal (issue) | | Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California......................................Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina. Found in 1971, this group of crystals...intimately associated with the pegma tite belt of Maine than that of the Perhams. Frank’s grand father...north Norway, Maine, and came to fame as the “mineral man at Trap Corner” in West Paris, Maine, where he...obtained a geology degree from Bates College in Maine, and proceeded to learn Maine’s pegmatites by mining |  | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | 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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason | | | Journal (issue) | | mines, Frartklin. New Jersey Pulsifer quarry, Auburn. Maine Dunton mine, ewry. taine Las Vigas mine...Goschenen clefts, Goschenen, Switzerland Lengenbach quarry, Bina Valley, Switzerland Knappenwand, Salzburg...Greece Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. Canada Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec. Canada Arsukfjord, Ivigtut,...as: well-crystallized rose quanz from Brazil and Maine: Swiss quanz in its many varieties and habits; quanz...epidote occurrences and the Holland mine . Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Specimens from these localities are inconsistently |  | | Journal (issue) | | Roebling was bom on May 5, 1837, in Saxonburg, Butler County, Pennsylvania, the eldest of three sons of the...sort of trips have been 16 From Roger’s famous [quarry] at Riverside I have at last suc ceeded in getting...friend Mr. E. D. Nevel (present address Andover, Maine) is going to Brazil next week to buy Topaz, Beryls... Figure 2. Fluorapatite from the Pulsifer quarry, Au burn, Maine. This is the famous “ Roebling apatite...passed its best stages. In the early days of the quarry the best crystallized stuff came out. This single |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described |  | | 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 |
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