 | Francis, Carl A., Felch, Myles, Falster, Alexander U., Bailey, Douglas A. (2016) Aquamarine from Stoneham and Vicinity, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 91 (1) 28-35 doi:10.1080/00357529.2016.1099131 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Stoneham and Vicinity Oxford County, Maine Downloaded by [Penn State University] at 01:41 12 December...fALSTeR DoUGLAS A. BAILeY Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Po Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis@mainemineralmuseum...gemstones came from Stoneham, Maine—a century apart. Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem...P T I ONAL AQUAMARINE CRYSTAL was found in a Stoneham pasture by Gilman McKeen while driving cattle...crystal found by another farmer elsewhere in the Stoneham area. He wrote, “In color and material, this is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...iron-rich minerals, such as black tourmaline, biotite, pyrite, magnetite, triplite, and triphyllite. The best...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...8 cm long), Blue Lady mine, Aquanga, San Diego County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil |  | | 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 (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Maine ............... 16 Table 5 Uranium occurrences in...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Maine................^..............i.29 Figure 6. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Maine.................................30 Figure 7. Uranium...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen of small radiating chrysocolla...are malachite, azurite, cuprite, native copper, pyrite, quartz xls, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, smithson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered...near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe Hill quarry where crystals such as Harvard...Mount Apatite near Auburn, Androscoggin County; and the Bumpus quarry, ROCKS & MINERALS 244-253 Conn Choice...Hedgehog Hill quarry, Peru, and the Melrose and nearby mines at Stoneham, Oxford County. Phenomenal trapezohedral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite...associated with pyrite. Sometimes the brilliant black marmatite is sandwiched between bright pyrite and makes...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...fish-tail twins of selenite. W e also found pyrite and marcasite but most of them were badly weathered. "Then...Eagle-Picher Mine and the TriState Mine. We found galena, pyrite, marcasite, sphalerite, and calcite. Many of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | community of Talucah near Vahlermoso Springs, in Morgan County, north Alabama. A large portion of this cave had...the selenite prisms (one of which was 15" long), pyrite xls up to 2", good limonite pseudos, massive anglesite...linarite, satin spar in 1" veinlets, jarosite, pyrite cubes embedded in transparent purple fluorite,...for myself a big (4 x 4 x 8) anglesite with 1/2" pyrite molds. I saw also some beautiful translucent blue...of Mines, I heard of an active uranium mine or quarry a couple of miles from town. Following the highway |  | | Report (volume) | | The economic geology of Carson camp, Hinsdale County, Colo., by E. S. Larsen..........................Metalliferous ore deposits near the Burro Mountains, Grant County, N. Mex., by Sidney Paige........................stone: Variegated marble southeast of Calera, Shelby County, Ala., by Charles Butts................................... 291 Clays: Clay near Calhan, El Paso County, Colo., by G. B. Richardson....... 293 Clay resources...352 Gypsum and plasters: Gypsum deposits in Eagle County, Colo., by E. F. Burchard......... 354 Survey publications |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the numerous tungsten mines in the Darwin, Inyo County, California, area."—note from James H. Richardson...specimen consisting of Y* to Î2 inch bright lustrous pyrite cubes with beveled edges associated with pale brown...diopside in massive smoky quartz. Tiny brassy-yellow pyrite xls, tiny brownish titanite (sphene) xls, and small...on the south bank of the Etowah River, in Dawson County, Ga. Chatoyant masses of olive-gray tourmaline...found this specimen at Graveyard Point In Owyhee County, Idaho, in 1957."—on label accompanying the agate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Arbacoochee, a tiny town in southern Cleburne County of N / E Alabama, was famous over 100 years ago...of gray granite showing specks of brassyyellow pyrite. A 4'á inch piece of the root with a very slender...miles west of Shoshone, near Bliss, in Gooding County, Idaho. This is on Highway 30. Hope you can identify...Delavan (Tazewell Co.), Illinois."—on label. INDIANA-Pyrite has been mined with coal (bituminous) at Terre...large rock in a ditch in Melrose, Monroe Co., Iowa, by Michael Papcum, RR1, Melrose, Iowa. KANSAS—The following |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | take a fishing pole." CONNECTICUT-From a limestone quarry near Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn., we have a very...grayish, bladed tremolite xls., tiny brassy-yellow pyrite xls., and yellowish micaceous flakes of phlogopite...large rock in a ditch in Melrose, Monroe Co., Iowa, by Michael Papcun, RR 1, Melrose, Iowa. K A N S A S -...13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact location but...gravel pit near Monroe, Ouachita Parish, La. 122 MAINE—Small white xls (orthoclase) associated with sonite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is found in the Harquahala Range in N / E Yuma County of S/W Arizona. Also enclosed are some desert roses...roses (beds of these are found all over Yuma County). I pick up only the well shaped specimens such as...come from the Calico fossil beds of San Bernardino County, Calif." — asks Charley Jones, 14232 Slover Ave...Teller County, they found some lustrous, black flakes of hematite with tiny brassyyellow pyrite grains...U. S. Hwy. 27, has been purchased by Mr. W. E. Oxford, who plans to reopen the old Dozer pit and resume |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | was reported in 1843 at Williams Ferry in Hall County by Dr. Stevenson while panning for gold. The stone...Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham County, beautiful nodules of deep...related to granitic rocks, has been found in Troup County near La Grange. All of the stones are a rich blue-green...I stopped off at Turkey Run State Park in Park County, Indiana. I found that by wading into streams (outside...brassy-yellow pyrite have been found at a coal strip mine near Melrose, in S / W Monroe County, in the southern |  | | 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) | | Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting of the 1950s...Iowa Geological Survey. Localities by County Allamakee County Lansing, Lansing lead mines = Captain...dolomite, galena, goethite, hemimorphite, marcasite, pyrite, quartz (drusy), smithsonite (Garvin, Ludvigson...Ludvigson, and Ripley 1987). Postville, Postville quarry, 1.5 mi. N of Postville on State 51, sec. 16, T. 96 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Riddle's Mill Dist. (gold deposits) of Talladega County, Ala. It is 8l/ 2 x 11 and sells for Si, we believe...several recent trips to Clear Creek, San Benito County, Calif., have shown that the jadeite boulders in...Diablo Meridian, Calif., in southeastern San Benito County. The town of Hollister is 80 miles northwest of...northern San Juan County, Colorado. The mine was in a rather remote section of the county and was never worked...Greencastle, Putnam Co., Ind. IOWA—Brassy-yellow pyrite (some tarnished coppery red) occurs as veins in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the Post territory which covers most of Yuma County, Arizona, and a small area in California."—letter...Liggett military reserjade deposits in (Monterey County) Cali- vation are some of the very few found on...Middlesex signed to conserve the stone for removal County, Conn., was sent in by Richard by legitimate collectors...Gillette thorization and have utilized methods of Quarry. They were found in a mixture excavation which...label. GEORGIA—The following garnets from Coweta County, peared On p. 9 Of GEORGIA NEWSLETTER, Spring 1956 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California. While it might sound like exaggeration...will contain all the above, and I almost forgot, pyrite xls. On Sultan Mt. the dumps yield the same thing...tiny brownish fluorite cubes, tiny brassy-yellow pyrite cubes, small brownish stilbite xls in dark gray...encrustation on dark gray (stained brown) mica schist. Pyrite: Brassy-yellow masses, some showing striated faces |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | us—both were from the famous Gillette pegmatite quarry, Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Conn. One specimen...by Seymour F. Dozier, Red Oak, Route 1, Fulton County, Georgia. Large lumps of this material can be picked...silver. "The Agency Creek, McDevitt District, Lemhi County, Idaho, radioactive ores (found in that District...employees and the community of Rosiclare."—Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois."— The Crittenden...to say about Marengo Cave, which is in Crawford County in southern Indiana (near Marengo). "Marengo Cave |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hibits of the New York State Museum. The Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, viewed the new Federation...Rock Hill, on Diamonds. A field trip was made to Melrose for banded onyx The Cen tral South Carolina Gem...moonstone, unakite and breccia. ALABAMA The Calhoun County Rock and Min eral Club, Jacksonville, reports...(Birmingham) Newsletter. A field trip was held to Elmore County to collect petrified wood. NORTH CAROLINA The...vol canoes. The field trip was to the Limecrest Quarry. The Newark Mineral ogical Society learned of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...gully. About 2 / 3 way up Guy Hill is pegmatite quarry. Boulders of this material are laced with black...Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A — From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting...quartz. These were sent in by Michael Papain, Melrose, Iowa. KANSAS — Here is an interesting item on..., about 6 miles east of Pisgah Baptist Church. MAINE — "We are sending three specimens that we found |  | | Report (issue) | | (Zp) extends into Massachusetts in the Webster-Oxford area (fig. 4) from eastern Connecticut and western...unit) "The Plainfield extends into the Webster-Oxford area of Massachusetts from eastern Connecticut...eplagioclase-quartz schist, locally containing pyrite, and layers of laminated epidote-biotite-two-feldspar...minor amount of potassium feldspar. In a nearby quarry, a streaked and spotted rock flanking the diorite...Weymouth Formation Group in the Eastport area, Maine, on the basis of around the Boston basin can be |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | few." The rocks consisted of tiny brassy-yellow pyrite cubes in grayish quartzite, and grayish chalcedony...conglomerates in fields and in gravel bars here in Putnam County, Indiana."—item received from Walter Reeves, R3...side and 2 inches long. IOWA — From a limestone quarry near Ferguson, Marshall Co., Iowa, we have an attractive...specimen that was sent in by Michael Papain, RR 1, Melrose, Iowa. The specimen consists of a large cleavage...quartz geode lined with brown botryoidal chalcedony. MAINE—"Am enclosing 2 specimens of prehnite found near |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state...state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59, 5 mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE...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: |
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