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Rose Quartz from
Dunn Quarry, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Rose Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rose Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dunn Quarry, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:31675
Long-form Identifier:1:3:31675:2
GUID (UUID V4):dde52d1d-34a2-4e43-89b3-cbf3c31b4431
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reference value. In 1980, at the urging of Pete J. Dunn, we initiated a feasibility study for a 10-year...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...Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by P. J. Dunn) 14:251-252 ALLCHAR Famous mineral localities: Allchar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
would frequently collect; these included Weldon's quarry, as well as the Summit, Bound Brook, and Millington...he had special free access to the Prospect Park quarry near Paterson where he attended nearly every blast...Corporation and the Mt. Mica Land Corporation in Maine. The major tourmaline deposits here may be de­ veloped...Although Charles Key is now located in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, he has lived, and has had businesses in, New Jersey...Dunton Gem mine (Nevell mine), Newry Hill, Newry, Maine. 7 Figure 1: Frank C. Perham. 442 ROCKS A M )
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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
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Wilson Editorial Board written content: Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey British Museum (N...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
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...tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by
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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...gem tourmaline was made at Mount Mica in Paris, Maine, though only small quantities were uncovered there...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher...tourmaline was found in the pegmatites of San Diego County, California. The Advent of Chemical Analysis
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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
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gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur...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:
Journal (issue)
clusters on crystals of amethyst and ..eisenk.iesel'· (quartz with intergrown, fine-grained hematite). The amethyst...transparent to translucent outer layer of colorless quartz a few millimeter thick. There was no matrix on...you never saw that! Stunning amethyst and unusual quartz specimens labeled "Brandberg" have been known at...Naturhistoriches Museum Vienna - amethyst scepters on white quartz stems on matrix. A "false" locality - that everybody...those on matrix or even just a few, perched on a quartz crystal, make astonishing specimens. The best MINERAL
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.................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall....................................206 by Pete J. Dunn Mineral Shows in Switzerland......................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
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Museum 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite...Andros­ coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs from...synonomy has arisen due to changes of leasee or owner. Quarry locations are described and plotted on top­ ographic...Mineral Resources Index No. I (Rand, 1957) and Maine Mines and Minerals, a field guide by Phillip Morrill...(1958). Mining History Feldspar mining began in Maine at Topsham in the mid­ dle of the nineteenth century
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Newsletter $3.00 The Rock Dam Gold Prospect A New Quartz Locality, Dickinson Co., Mich~g_an Shawn M. Carlson...Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of...the dominant exposed bedrock in this part of the county. Excavated near the tum of the 20th century, the...themselves are thoroughly unglamorous, yielding neither quartz crystals nor any noteworthy accessory minerals...prospects, Bayley (1904) states that, "some of these quartz veins contain small quantities of free gold, as
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Gregory's report on the min­ erals of Harborside, Maine, was similarly uncredited. A cheerful "thanks,"...and hematite from the Callahan mine, Cape Rosier, Maine. S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R 1985 227 researchers...calcium-rich member was named liddicoatite in 1977 by Dunn, Appleman, and Nelen. Huanzala is famous for its...in other specimens. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Maine Quartz Figure 2: Liddicoatite, Antsirabe, Malagasy...MINERALS At one time, the very existence of rose quartz crystals was denied. As late as the mid-1940s
Journal (issue)
Ridge and Pluntbago-Puzzle Mountain Newry, Oxford Count , Maine Van King PO Box 90888 Rochester, NY 14609...newryqs@ rochester .rr .corn Halls Ridge, Newry, Maine was named for Henry C. Hall who first found watermelon...to be present in specimens actually dug from a quarry or prospect. Of course, the list includes whatever...species have actually been observed from the specific quarry and, therefore, the various minerals came from...on page 4) Mineral News ----2 Newry, Oxford County, Maine (Continued from page 1) For example. chemical
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New York Famous Mineral Localities —The Pulsifer Quarry....................... 72 by Wende|| E Wi|son ...clature............................78 by Pete J. Dunn The snowbird Mine, Montana’s Parisite Loca lity...Creek Pegmatite: A Rare Earth Pegmatite in Burnet County, Texas.............................................................................92 by Pete J. Dunn LithiophMte Crystals From the Foote M ine.........cto rs ............................100 by Pete J. Dunn and Daniel Appleman The Dravite Crystal Bonanza
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Aquamarine from Pakistan; Wire Silver from Kongsberg, Norway; Powellite from Nasik, India; Blue Topaz from the...Nuristan, Afghanistan; Neptunite from San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald...tradition, these are mostly selfmade men and women who rose from middle-class or poor backgrounds. They made...possesses those specimens of smoky quartz, California lapis, stibnite in quartz and a polished agate. In 1952...world. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County was particularly interesting among the museums
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
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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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Journal (issue)
Publisher Wendell E. Wilson Associate Editors Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard......................................291 by P. /. Dunn Famous mineralalogists: Jons Jacob Berzelius ....................................... 319 by P. ]. Dunn & /. A. Mandarino Departments Notes from the editor... 341 COVER: CREEDITE crystal, 3.7 cm, on smoky quartz from the Aktschatau tungsten mine, central Kazakhstan... Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ MINERAL
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Paul E. Desautels Smithsonian Institution Pete J. Dunn Smithsonian Institution Peter G. Embrey British...Bancroft The occurrence of Japan-law twinning in quartz ... 137 by R. B. Cook Hureaulite and barbosalite......................................147 by P. J. Dunn, P. B. Leavens, B. D. Sturman, R. V. Gaines, and..................................... 160 by P. J. Dunn The Collector’s Library, part III: Minerals of Mexico...Franklin, New Jersey Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine Dunton mine, Newry, Maine Las Vigas mine, Vera Cruz
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informative mineral features". The authors describe quartz, feldspar, mica and others in terms of what the...Huizing, 534 I Thrasher Dr, Cincinnati OH 45247 USA Please, make checks payable to Mineralogical Almanac...discoYered amazon stone in Custer County, aquamarine and rose quartz at the Wild Rose claim (later known as the...the Devils Hole pegmatite), Fremont County and facetable almandine garnets near Canon City. Charles A....and gem miner, leased the Wild Rose claim from Endicott for its rose quartz in I 907. For the next 13 years
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cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy...Geology, Missoula, MT; Carl Scott, Scott's Red Rose Quartz, Custer, SD; Sharon Skalko, The Amber Co., North
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series of pegmatite dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of...from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination...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
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Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard...by J. P. Cassedanne & J. Alves Crystallized rose quartz from Alto da Pitora, M inas Gerais, Brazil ....by P. J. Dunn & C. Frondel Fluocerite-(Ce) and other minerals from the Little Patsey quarry ...........cm tall, and came from the Eureka mine, Tuolumne County, California. The specimen, now in the Smithsonian...PUBLISHING P.O. Box 37072, Tucson, Arizona 85740 USA Richard A. Bideaux, General Partner (602) 297-4862
 
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