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Microcline from
Chapman Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chapman Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:36273
Long-form Identifier:1:3:36273:3
GUID (UUID V4):8800aa34-1bcd-4adb-b07b-393a4368fd5b
References
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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
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
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
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)
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:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cassiterite from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Maine MICHAEL A. WISE* and CATHLEEN D. BROWN Department...Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA *Corresponding author, e-mail: wisem@si.edu Abstract:...columbite-group minerals, pegmatite, Black Mountain, Maine. 1. Introduction and partitioning of Nb, Ta, Mn...the rare-element granitic pegmatites of western Maine. A detailed study of these minerals currently in... in preparation) shows that the composition of Maine columbite-group minerals is generally manganocolumbite
Report (issue)
geology in 1816. Amos Eaton had surveyed Rensselaer County, N. Y., and the route of the Erie Canal; further...Connecticut survey under J. G. Percival in 1835; the Maine survey, under C. T. Jackson in 1836;. the New Hampshire...OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST In Troy, Orleans County, titaniferous magnetite had been discovered in...value as a building stone." He notes that Essex County is practically all granite and gneiss. Gneiss he...resting upon the crystallines (Pre-Cambrian) in Essex County, N. Y., and was supposed for many years to be the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...at 15:01 05 January 2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...(microcrystals), genthelvite* (microcrystals), microcline, quartz* (smoky, crystals), siderite, siderophyllite...(microcrystals), manganocolumbite (microcrystals), microcline (crystals), microlite (microcrystals), milarite
Journal (issue)
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...richer in giant crystals of rose-colored microcline, green microcline (commonly surrounded by an albite rim)...present have not been determined. Microcline KAlSi30 8 Microcline, as the green variety “ am azonite...cleavage-plane replacement zones. Large blocks of pink microcline displaying an aesthetic granitic texture are
Report (issue)
_______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect...prospect __________________ _ Bennett feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural Science...claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History specimen...malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. NovemberDecember:...calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Age of Plutonic Rocks, Extreme Southeastern Maine Abstract: A detailed field and petrographic investigation...part of the plutonic belt in extreme southeastern Maine to determine the age and origin of the plutonic...rocks. Work was concentrated in the Calais area, Maine, because of the diversity of plutonic rock types... 170 D. H. AMOS—PLUTONIC ROCKS, SOUTHEASTERN MAINE . 182 General . 182 Ohvme . 182 Plagioclase . 183...southeastern intrusive belt of Maine have been investigated (Terzaghi, 1946; Chapman, 1962), but the geologic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Y. (Thibault) . . . 541 Ces6ro,G. 'W'illiams, Chapman,R. W. and C, R. Evolution of White 502 Mountain...pegmatite a.rrdreplacement veins in the Sheahan quarry, Graniteville, Mo. ( T o l m a nG , o l d i c h...syenites of phism in Virginia mining PleasantMountain, Maine, district,N.M. (Lasky).... 552 discussionof. (Marsden)...t t ) . . . 3I4 Iferderite from Topsham, 137 Jarlite. (Blgvad). Maine, crystallography of. Jarosite in...PleasantMoun402 Eppler) [Book review]. . I32 tain, Maine". Landes, K. K. Age and distribu317 t i o n o fp
Field Trip Notes
Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford...MacDonald; Vermont part of Claremont quadrangle, C, A. Chapman; Vermont part of Greenfield quadrangle and Green...quadrangle, Alonzo Quinn; Claremont quadrangle, C. A. Chapman; Alton quadrangle, Glenn W. Stewart; and Dover...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...(1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 170. (1919)
Report (volume)
WALCOTT, DIBECTOIt CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF MAINE BY HENRY S. Wir/LIAMS AND HERBERT E. GKREOORY................. Part J. The Paleozoic faunas of Maine: a preliminary report upon the Paleozoic faunas...upon new faunas recently collected from Aroostook County, by Henry S. Williams ................... Part...volcanic area of Maine, including an account of the clastic rocks of Aroostook County, by Herbert E. Gregory...Hill.................................... -9. Microcline and orthoclase intergrowth .................
Book
the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON, STIG G. Hru...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north...roads, mine roads, and pipeline right-of-ways. Quarry Names The exact identification of the quarries...example of this problem is found with the Howe No. 1 quarry, which over the years has been identified as the...Huspband-Andrews, Husband, Howe, and finally Howe No. 1 quarry. Frederick Stugard Jr., in the most thorough and...other references were helpful in determining some quarry names, but many, such as the Wiarda and Eureka
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sand from Raid State Park, Maine Reid State Park is near Georgetown, Sagadahoc Co., Me. A sand sample from...from the beach and a map of Maine showing the location ef the park (on the southern coast of the state...that was collected by Mrs. Edward Sibley, 266 Chapman Pkwy., Hamburg, N. Y. This is a reddish gray medium...garProvidence, R. I. Dec. 5, 1953 net also present. Microcline Sand from Stockholm, Sweden This is a dark red...red coarse sand. It consists chiefly of reddish microcline (some grayish also present) with some quartz
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
transforming the early-formed disordered K-feldspar to microcline below 450°C. As it becomes progressively enriched...pegmatite. There, it is aggressive toward the microcline perthite, which is replaced by cleavelanditic...igneous rocks. The graphic intergrowth of perthitic microcline + quartz, or of albite + quartz, for example...a K-rich feldspar other than microcline are exceedingly rare. Microcline enters its field of stability...the conversion of a disordered K-feldspar to microcline is a very sluggish, H-catalyzed subsolidus process
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Silver, Wolverine mine, Kearsarge lode, Keweenaw County, Michigan. William Severance specimen, Jeff Scovil...(Hallelujah Junction), Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada. Paul Geffner specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...November/December: Millerite, Sterling mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York. National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian...294 Alabama, plant fossils, 227–29 The Albert Chapman Mineral Collection, Australian Museum, Sydney,...Pogson, 29–38 Albini, A., see In Memoriam Albite, Maine, 11; Michigan, 288 Allanite-Ce, New York, 497 Almandine
Report (volume)
CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE GEAOTTES OF MAINE BY T. NELSON DALE WITH AN INTKObUCTTOtf BY GEORGE...GEORGE OTIS SMITH PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH THE MAINE STATE SURVEY COMMISSION WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT ... CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION THE OCCUKHENCE OK GRANITE IN MAINE, BY GEORGE OTIS SMITH. Page. Geographic distribution............................ 12 THE GRANITES OF MAINE, BY T. NELSON DALE. Introduction..................classification ................................... Maine granites.......................................
Report (issue)
as the pioneer in the geology of west-central Maine, for his expertise on the mineralogy of pegmatites...paleontology: two on the Merrimack Synclinorium in Maine and three on the so-called Pennsylvanian basins...(prehnite-pumpellyite) metamorphism in Massachusetts and Maine, respectively, are the subjects of two of the...nickeliferous pyrrhotite deposits of southeastern Maine, gravity studies of the New Hampshire Plutonic Series...polymetamorphism in the Merrimack synclinorium of western Maine ....... Robert H. Moench and Robert E. Zartman
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Albany, NY 12230, USA Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA; jchiarenzelli@stlawu...Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; mpecha@email.arizona.edu Department of Earth and...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA; singej2@rpi.edu Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate...Geological Survey, P.O. Box 628, Montpelier, VT 05602, USA; sregan@usgs.gov Correspondence: marian.lupulescu@nysed...372.2 ± 8.2 Ma (Baylis Quarry), 371.3 ± 7.3 and 383.4 ± 8.9 Ma (Kinkel Quarry); 383 ± 15 Ma (185th St
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA c Inukshuk Exploration Inc., 21861 44A Avenue, Langley...(1–3 mm), and homogeneous rock consisting of microcline-perthite, sodic plagioclase, quartz, and muscovite...Sps14-16), and of randomly oriented megacrysts of microcline-perthite (5–100 cm in size) intergrown with graphic...(Alm85-70 Sps15-30) with variable but generally minor microcline-perthite and accessory fluorapatite, gahnite...pegmatite component consists of equant to club-shaped microcline-perthite and quartz, locally with minor muscovite
 
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