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Autunite from
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Autunite
Formula:Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Autunite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:32832
Long-form Identifier:1:3:32832:2
GUID (UUID V4):6c00ef96-307a-480e-831f-39dc934b19cd
Nearest other occurrences of Autunite
0.2km (0.1 miles) โ“˜Crooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) โ“˜Bell pit, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) โ“˜Nevel Quarry (Twin tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) โ“˜Scotty Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) โ“˜Frank Perham prospect, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) โ“˜Whitehall #1 Prospect (Whitehall Quarry), Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) โ“˜Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) โ“˜Songo Pond Quarry (Kimball Ledge Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) โ“˜Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) โ“˜Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...15:414-15. Short but informative description of Mt. Newry and Black Mt., the specimens found as well as description
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...for gem tourmalines and some new pockets have been found there which have produced not only gem tourmalines...collector many excellent specimens of minerals: gem and colorful tourmalines in various colors including...riety cyrtolite have also been found in alยญ bite. Autunite has been noted at times as small flakes associated
Journal (issue)
Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...by an energetic and articulate group, The Tucson Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. Tucยญ son is an attractive...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thorยญ oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...recent is the McDole Trophyโ€”โ€œBest Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Showโ€”1974โ€. I am travelling around the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE B y D A V I D M. SEAMAN 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268 (Continued from... It is found frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed by the weathering or hydrothermal...Berry Quarry in Poland; also as one of the rare secondary phosphates found at the Dunยญ ton Gem Mine at...at Newry. LA UEITE, another hydrous, mangaยญ nese, and iron phosphate, has been found as a rare mineral...Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, the Dunยญ ton Gem Mine at Newry, and at Black Mt. at Rumford in Maine. Its crystals
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 ยฉ1994 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, ยฉ1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diopside (pyroxene). Nashville, in eastern Howard County, is in S/W Arkansas. CALIFORNIAโ€”Don Erpelding,...person's collection. "These xls are found in San Diego County on private property in an area few people have...beautifulโ€” they also fl. a very pale green. San Diego County is in southern California. 176 xli rystalllne...radiating tremolite. Pearl, in northern Jackson County, is in northern Colorado, close to the southern...โ€” "Throughout the fall of 1964 the old Andrews Quarry on the Portland Townline (near Portland, Conn.
Journal (issue)
Gardena Blvd., Gardena Coltf. 90247 The Leading GEM and MINERAL HOBBY Magazine P.O. Box 687, Mentone...ยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 14 OUR COVER, A Gem Of A Horse ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 30 Al>c,ut Gem Cutter's Handbook ยทยทยท-ยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 30 Gem Cutter's Handbook - The Core ond Feeding of Grinding Wheels...NORTHWEST FEDERATION The fomous Pegmatites of Newry, Moine by Gordiner Gregory ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยท
Book (volume)
0 n101ercai o of Maine j fยท~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. โ€ข .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 ยฉ2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
handful and have yielded only minute quantities of gem-quality material. Chrysoberyl is probably not as...ConneMaine Topsham district, Maine Grafton district, New Hampshire Greenfield...here as individual twinned Chrysoberyl, Topsham, Maine. The crystal similarity to the chrysoberyl from...1884. .i โ€ข Chrysoberyl, Porcupine Hill, Topsham, Maine. Specimen is an untwinned crystal 3 inches long...chrysoberyl in quartz, Wisdom Ranch prospect, Larimer County, Colorado. Crystal is VA by VA by 1/8 inches.
Journal (issue)
........................ 7 by Arthur Montgomery Gem Tourmaline Rediscovered at N e w ry .....................14 by Dean A. McCrillis Elbaite From Newry, M a in e ............................................makes quarry managers nervous. Colยญ lectors abuse privileges, insurance companies worry, quarry managers...frequent? How much longer before there are no more quarry doors to be closed? What can we do NOW to reverse...recent is the McDole Trophyโ€” โ€œBest Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Showโ€”1974โ€. I am travelling around the
Report (volume)
PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON S. BASTIN........... Gem-bearing pegmatites....................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites...Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................................................... Maine Feldspar Company quarry and mill................... Turner feldspar
Catalog/List
Very nice! โ€ขโ€ขโ€ข $75.00 81B02 URANINITE, Kinkel Quarry, Bedford, N.Y. (a) Excellent micro (to 3 mm) octahedral...x 6 cm) 81B03 MACDONALDITE, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California. (a) Micro acicular white macdonaldite...masses(3 x 4 cm),.$5.00 81B04 RUTILE, Lengenbach Quarry, Binn, Switzerland.m/m single, black, bipyramid...many m/m's (a) .โ€ขโ€ข $22.50 81B08 ELBAITE, Dunton Gem Q, Newry, Maine. Classic "watermelon" crystal section...(Western Russell Brothers Quarry), near Standpipe Hill, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine. These are from the
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calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors will find the information on gemstone...fluorescing minerals. The fieldโ€”mine, mine dump, or quarryโ€”can be richly rewarding in its production of...benefit by a review of the fluorescence of natural gem materials, brought together in one place as it is...lampโ€”the fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from...New Jersey, or the intense green of autunite from Spokane County, Washington. The color and beauty of
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calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors will find the information on gemstone...fluorescing minerals. The fieldโ€”mine, mine dump, or quarryโ€”can be richly rewarding in its production of...benefit by a review of the fluorescence of natural gem materials, brought together in one place as it is...lampโ€”the fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from...New Jersey, or the intense green of autunite from Spokane County, Washington. The color and beauty of
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scholars to mean turquois, has been identified with the gem minerals of Badakshan (Laufer 19l3). Turquois was... They are enhanced by being set in gold, and no gem sets off gold so well. The finer specimens lose their...turquois has continued to be highly sought-after as a gem and ornamental Stone in every age and culture for...(1980) A manual of mineral names. University Press, Oxford Kunz GF (1971) The curious lore of precious stones...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
veinlet of Co and Ni minerals in a serpentine quarry near Oxford, Llano Co., Texas, contains red-violet monoclinic...by the Djevahirdjian Company, Switzerland, as a gem diamond substitute. Cf. phianite (this List). (K...light, occur embedded in natrolite at the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito Co., California. Orthorhombic, a...distinct from those of phosphuranylite and of autunite ['also from those of pseudoautunite (22nd List)...masses at the Bell Pit, Newry Hill, Newry, Maine, and at the Dunton Gem mine, Newry Hill, consist of platy
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rhodonite, crocoite, or crystal specimens of the gem minerals. It is thus interesting to realize that...for field use. Since a vast expanse of rock in a quarry, mine dump, or mine itself will usually need to...on active collecting in the field. Collecting in quarry, mine dump, or mine itself is an essential, indispensable...rocks blaze forth in their full luminous glory. The quarry heap or mine dump, if it is of the right kind,...interesting visit to the benitoite mine in San Benito County, California. It is located on a ridge on the coastal
Journal (issue)
recent is the McDole Trophyโ€”"Best Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Show โ€” 1974". (Private shows by appointment...goal of lo c a lity preservaยญ a state. The Dunton quarry is an example of a lo ca lity tion. Thus, if...fo r co lle ctin g priviledges at an operating quarry. The PRESERVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FIELD COLLECTING...Park, Murfreesboro, Arkansas 101 (4) Dunton Quarry, Newry, M aine covered occasionally, but by the...Chester, Massachusetts (8) Sunstone Locality, Lake County, Oregon he leased the mineral rights to the United
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rhodonite, crocoite, or crystal specimens of the gem minerals. It is thus interesting to realize that...for field use. Since a vast expanse of rock in a quarry, mine dump, or mine itself will usually need to...on active collecting in the field. Collecting in quarry, mine dump, or mine itself is an essential, indispensable...rocks blaze forth in their full luminous glory. The quarry heap or mine dump, if it is of the right kind,...interesting visit to the benitoite mine in San Benito County, California. It is located on a ridge on the coastal
Journal (issue)
Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil photo...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide
Book (edition)
Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Names, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University Press, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...portion of an ore that is not economically valuable. gem A mineral that possesses intrinsic value because...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;
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Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...nes, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University P ress, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...portion of an ore that is not economically valuable. gem A mineral that possesses intrinsic value because...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M
Book (edition)
M. Hughes: Dept. of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. W. Barclay Kamb: Division of Geol. and Planetary... W. (1961), Chemical Crystallography, 2nd ed., Oxford Clarendon Press. (GL) Glusker, J. P., & M. Lewis...Trueblood (1985); Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer, Oxford University Press. (ITXC) International Tables for..., Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 1991; Hartshorn, N...Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
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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
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(Natural History) British Museum (Natural History) Oxford University Press ยฉ Trustees of the British Museum...London SW7 5BD and Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford ox2 6dp OXFORD LONDON GLASGOW NEW...NAIROBI DAR ES SALAAM CAPE TOWN Published in the USA by Oxford University Press, New York 2 Filmset in โ€˜Monophotoโ€™...industrial products and artificial minerals (often gem simulants) that might be mistaken for those of minerals...veinlet of Co and Ni minerals in a serpentine quarry near Oxford, Llano Co., Texas, contains red-violet monoclinic
 
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