 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of pounds of amethyst were collected from the I993 discovery at the historic Deer Hill locality in southwestern...southwestern Maine. Downloaded by [NUS National University of Singapore] at 15:39 10 August 2015 Amethyst Discovery...Discovery on Stow, Oxford County, Maine WOODROW B. THOMPSON Maine Geological Survey State House Station...Station 22 Augusta, Maine 04333 In the summer of 1993, a trio of Maine mineral collectors worked a small prospect-called...prospect-called the Intergalactic pit-in an area of Deer Hill that has lured prospectors for many years. They |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on Deer Hill, Maine, in 1956 By B. M. SHAUB 159 Elm Street, Northampton, Massachusetts Deer Hill is...F-ryeburg, Maine quadrangle. It is in the town of Stow, a section of Oxford County. The pegmatite on Deer Hill...to as the Eastman ledge and has been known as a source of an occasional fine colored amethyst; for such...are most highly prized for gems. The crystals of amethyst found at this location, while not numerous, have...top of the hill. In 1956 Phillips Cole of Dayton, Maine obtained a lease from Harry Eastman of Fryeburg |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE KIMBALL AMETHYST POCKET By PHILIP MORRILL Deer Hill is located in Stow, Maine, about one and a half...is sometimes called, "Big Deer Hill" to distinguish it from Little Deer Hill. Formerly an area of bare...level. Little Deer Hill forms another peak of the ridge, west of Deer Hill. Hamdon Hill is adjacent on...Harndon Hill is Lord Hill -long famous for its many minerals. Amethyst has been taken from Deer Hill for...Tiffany's wrote in the 1880's that he could trace amethyst for a quarter mile of vein length. These older |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Don Dallaire photo. 64 Mineral Drive Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com W hen one thinks of...Neumeier. 302 3 South Baldface 93 302 Redstone Quarry Bartlett Lincoln Huntington Mountain Moat Mountain...minerals. He is on the board of trustees of the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum. James Nizamoff has a master’s...of the “MP2” research group associated with the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum. Volume 92, November/December...the Mesozoic-age granites 510 ROCKS & MINERALS Maine Monteregian Hills of the White Mountain Igneous |  | | Journal (issue) | | open-pit Gold Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. from the Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana...small wulfcnite crystals found at the Broadwater County, Montana (Sec. 28, T 5 N, R 1 W), some interesting...the Allegheny Plateau (from Georgia to central Maine). The NYMC membership is primarily amateur, and...Prize: Quartz Epimorphs after Barile from Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Rhode I land. by Lawrence Bull. Publications...F. Kunz Competition Papers, four articles on NE USA mineral occurrences. 73 pages, 55 illu tra1ions, |  | | 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...quartz (crystals), sillimanite (Avery Hill, crystals). Belmont area: fluorapatite (blue-green), and orthoclase...ilmenite, magnetite (lodestone), nepheline, quartz (amethyst). Laconia area: psilomelane, quartz (crystals)...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting and Figure 7: Arizona...groupings and distortions found in the specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill...mill burned in West Paris in the early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery...Sweden; the resumption of activity at Mount Mica quarry, Paris; and the find of what might be the world's...world's largest morganite at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, in the late 1980s convinced the regional collectors |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lethbridge] at 16:13 15 June 2016 Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey: The World’s Most Magnificent Mineral...Palache’s Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey (1935), a predecessor and obvious...for the present work. Because Franklin-Sterling Hill is the best studied of all the world’s great mineral...Data for the East and West Limbs of the Sterling Hill Orebody; The Passaic Zinc Company; 19th-Century...Processing of the Ores from Franklin and Sterling Hill; Excerpts from the Franklin Furnace Folio; 19th-Century |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*, Cathleen D. Brown Department...two-mica granite situated in the Oxford pegmatite field, southwestern Maine. Surrounding the pluton is an...pegmatites. A few pegmatites (e.g., the Lord Hill pegmatite and amethyst-bearing pegmatites) show NYF tendencies...chemistry, petrology, geochemistry, Sebago, southern Maine Received: 1 October 2009; accepted: 30 March 2010;...Introduction The granitic pegmatites of southern Maine represent one of several major pegmatite regions |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Yark. Rock and Mineral Club went to the WInfield Quarry for strontinanite, celestite, fluo******** Winners...(Names are listed in a descending is a working quarry and permission must be secured and rules of safety...Mineral Club of Class II (Multiple Page) Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, deChips and Facets scribe a field...trip to the petrified wood location in Baldwin County. The Piedmont Prospector cover reminds me of the...DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Chazy Quarry was the recent objective of the St. Lawrence County Rock and Mineral Club |  | | Book | | has been privileged to travel extensively from Maine to Southern California, and from Washington’s Pacific...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, Greenlee Co Chalcedony DEER CREEK, Gila Co., near Jasper GEALE MOUNTAINS, Maricopa |  | | Journal (issue) | | Crystals from the Flambeau Mine Near Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin Perry M. Ponshock and William S. Cordua...The Flambeau Mine, located near Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, produced nearly 1.8 million tons of...Rodewaldphoto. The 15th Maine Mineral Symposium May 2004 in Augusta, Maine Douglas E. Rambo P.O. Box...126 Claymont, DE 19703 Driving up to Augusta, Maine on the second weekend in May has become a ritual...each year at this time we make plans to attend the Maine Mineral Symposium which is an annual gathering of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of mouth. For example, there was an unrecorded amethyst locality that was known to some Stark and Milan...as the 1850s. In May 1888, E . A . Andrews of Stow, Maine, discovered topaz and phenakite at South Baldface...as a team, they discovered many fine pockets of amethyst, smoky quartz, and topaz. Through hard work, both...(Holt) distinctly re members seeing and holding an amethyst crystal from Morin's collection that measured...discovered that it was possible to deepen the color of amethyst by exposing it to sunlight over a period of time |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | called that, from people who do not wish to visit a quarry more than once. N o wonder that many Clubs "have...again. A Club of which I am a member located a quarry. W e were warned that it was "dead." W e went anyway...New Haven Mineral Club went to the Strick land Quarry at Portland where more than 100 minerals are reported;...Mineral Society has gone to jail—literally—the County gave them the old jail to remodel into a museum...held its Julv meet ing at Lincoln Lake, Lincoln County, Term. Junior member Leonard Lee pre sented the |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y ' £f h % ^ K Gem Hunter's ...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Boykin, Editor, Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County. Chips and Facets, Mrs. Wanda K. Wasilkowski, Editor...Pennsylvania. Bulletin, Evelyn Wolfe, Editor. Cayuga County Gem and Mineral Club. Rockhound Newsletter, Howard...dedicated to micro mounting. CONNECTICUT The Middlesex County Gem and Mineral Club, Moodus, reported: "The program... DELAWARE Two field trips, the Bradford Hills Quarry, Morgantown, Pa., and the clay pits of Sayreville...arrowheads!) MAINE The Coastal Maine Mineral Club, Sebago Lake, dug for quartz and amethyst crystals at |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mounting as seen on CNN and in Playboy mag 907 County Rd. 207 #17, Durango, CO 81301. azine. We buy fossils...vited. SOUTHEASTERN FOSSIL SUPPLY CO., 1209 N. Eastman Rd., Suite J 209, Kingsport, TN 37664. LAPIDARY...crocoite, citrine, amber, topaz, gar net, fluorite, amethyst, kyanite, pyrite, peacock ore, chrysocolla, opal...tools to your specification. Will ship postpaid in USA only. Vt" x 31" L-Bar, $13; 7/8" x 33" L-Bar, $14;...507 SUGAR HILL MINERALS, INC. Have You Read FOR T H E FINEST GEMS DIRECT FROM MAINE Lapidary Journal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UNIVERSITY] at 18:07 24 August 2017 Freeport, Maine Graphite, in a friable granite p. 3 Chesterfield...Argillaceous Marl, in a hollow n e a r the top of a hill in a b e d 5 feet thick. It is used for Fuller's...issuing from a spring, opposite Albany p. 116 Compton Hill. N. J. PYROXENE, about 16 m. N.W. from the falls...the Passaic, in CARBONATE OF LIME p. 161 Chestnut Hill, Pa. CYANITE, near, in mica slate. GREEN MICA. BERYL...large, perfect dodecahedrons, p. 179 abundant Bare Hill, Md. SEMI-OPAL, in thin veins, in serpentine. PITCHSTONE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | checking are Roxbury, Connecticut and the Pints Quarry at Raymond, Iowa. Looking at other metals highly...crystal groupings from Breckenridge District, Summit County, Colorado. Under the microscope fine crystal group...localities in Nevada, Idaho Springs' Clear Creek County, and Mexico where gold and many other fine minerals...the Eastman Kodax Company. SOUTH CAROLINA The Columbia Gem and Mineral Society collected amethyst at Abbeville...Scrapbook. The club hunted for fossils in the Danville Quarry. Some nice minerals were also found. VERMONT Dr |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | delicate white, or light flesh color, 20 m. from Oxford, on the road to Person court house. p. 213 across...determine, whether to refer them to smoky quartz or amethyst p. 241 Maysville, Ky. COAL p. 230 Downloaded...Keweena) in a crystalline mass, a s sociated with AMETHYST. This mass separates with a blow of the hammer...directions to several good W. Conn, localities. Maine — Philip C. Lyman, Box 6, Livennore Falls, Me. 04254...them out as long as they last. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman (Eastman Minerals), 39 Cedar Ave., Old Orchard Beach |
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Eastman Quarry, Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, USA