 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln in northeastern...northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone quarry, the...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S H...U M B E R L A N D at the northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland...there is enough interest ing in this town and in Lincolnâthe adjacent town to the southâto warrant a field |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | vanadinite (lustrous, drusy, brownish xls on gray quartz rock). ARKANSASâThe following item was sent in by Byron...of Western Grove,in the N.E. section of Newton County. All these are in N . W . Arkansas. "It happened...a very large and interesting one from Lawrence County, Arkansas." CALIFORNIAâEmmett Klopfenstein, Box...scheelite, but there was plenty of zoisite. One of the dumps near the old lime Kiln is still full of massive...strongly radioactive microlite occurs at the Slocum quarry in E. Hampton. A few of the octahedral crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Little Falls dolostone at exposures in Herkimer County, New Y o r k , and elsewhere. Despite their popularity...complexly zoned, Li-rich pegmatite in Florence County, Wisconsin, has revealed an unusual phosphate assemblage...a quartz vein on Stone Hill in Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont ( H M M #128449). 2. Stubby black crystals...cordierite crystals, at the soapstone quarry in Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire ( H M M #123104)....in amphibolite on Mt. Grace in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts ( H M M #123555). 4. Ferrian dravite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to amber, on white limestone, occurs in Miller's Lime Pit at Samson, Geneva Co., Ala., so we have been...in the copper mines at Sulzur, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. ARIZONAâ"Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz.,...admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDAâ"I...been found in the Appalachian Minerals Company quarry near Monticello (Jasper Co.), Ga. IDAHOâ"I am enclosing |  | | Journal (issue) | | Nuristan, Afghanistan; Neptunite from San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald...Becker, Thcson, 1976. Dave W ilber and Larry Conklin, Tbcson, 1979. 10 ⊠K. ENGLAND David P. Wilber...specimens that his rockhound father had found while ârock huntingâ in the Bishop area of California. That...world. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County was particularly interesting among the museums...working for gem dealer Ron Romanella in New York; and Rock Currier (owner now of Jewel Tunnel Imports), with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarryâAlberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarryâEsmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite; |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunterâs visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............. 554 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................505 511 514 532 533 551 551 553 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY GEOLOGIC HAZARDS COMMITTEES NAMED Clarence Allen...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...Annual Rock Swap at Jo Scholl's Place, North Gorham, Maine. July 26-31, 1965 â Charlotte Rock and MinÂ...sponsor the 25th Annual Convention and Silver Jubilee Rock and Gem Festival of the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical |  | | Book | | like this piece, as most of the fluorites from the quarry are green, and this one is truly atypical. After...COVER: gold on quartz, 4.5 inches tall, Placer County, California Dedication This book is dedicated...Doris L. Behnke, Walter A. Behnke, Lawrence H. Conklin, C. Melanie Duque, Joseph A. Freilich, Michael...Group, Inc., 650 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA, www.maplegatemedia.com Library of Congress Control... Treasured Minerals Amethysts from Rhode Island Rhode Island is not generally known for its minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Renato Pagano Milan, Italy Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...Thirty-eight, Number Three Articles The Lonavala Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India . . . . . ..... . . . . .193 by J. A. Mandarino Lawrence H. Conklin: Fifty years of dealing in minerals . . . . . ...Record, volume 38, MayâJune, 2007 The Lonavala Quarry une Distri t Ma aras tra n ia Tomas Pras kier |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Miguel Calvo Zaragoza, Spain Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...Garvin & G. Tribbey The minerals of the Hunting Hill quarry, Rockville, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Sporadically, lomonosovite, manaksite and natrolite become rock-forming Some Petrological Terms (from JACKSON,...this condition. Alkaline rock: As defined by Shand in 1922, any igneous rock in which the molecular ratio |  | | Journal (issue) | | BONANZA Rock collecting, sightseeing and a look at history in Colorado by Steve Voyn ick CONKLIN QUARRY...QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page 122 A PICTURE...Vanguard blade. aluminum oxide wheel for sharpening rock picks, chisels, etc. Use fine grit âą Handy, adjustable...CENTER CADILLAC OF ROCK GRIPPERS _ __._..__._....., SHIM The new 4 POINT SOVA ROCK VISE Designed and...This toot puts four equal pressure points on your rock. holding odd shaped pieces solidly for accurate |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioâs Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioâs Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book | | 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...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | _----_--_---_--_--_-_____-_--___-______---____-______ Rock descriptions____-___-__--______________-______-__-____-___-_...by structure or differential credibility of the rock units. The Yantic River drains eastward and appears...set. The area has been glaciated at least once. Rock crops out in 6 percent of the quadrangle, and areas...the Narragansett Basin, Rhode Island, available to me before its publication. ROCK DESCRIPTIONS Six metasedimentary...Stony Brook, as in the southern part of the Barrett quarry. Amphibolite is well exposed in the lens southwest |  | | Book (volume) | | publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...Gerais, Brazil, better than those from the Harvard quarry in Greenwood? Are the morganites of Cerro de Urucum |  | | Journal (issue) | | 40, No. 8 WHOLE No. 31L AUGUST, 1965 CONTENTS ROCK HUNTING IN WYOMINGâMurray Kane ...................591 593 602 614 618 619 634 562 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Coil ............................................. ROCK HOUNDS (poem)âPat Smurr ..........................FROM THE QUARRY A CALIFORNIA FIRST! GOLD: Official state mineral SERPENTINE: official state rock. On April...state mineral and serpentine the official state rock. Authors of the bill making the designa tions, |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado County, California, and a little of its history ........................................ 325 by L. H. Conklin T1 mM!NERA!. =!CAL RECORD The Newmont Azurite:................................... 333 by L. H. Conklin Postscript: Hessonite with apatite, Mount Avie..................... 248 Obituary: Lawrence H. Conklin (by W E. Wilson) What's New in Minerals Tucson...the Editors Died, Lawrence H. Conklin, 82 Lawrence Henry "Larry" Conklin, Jr., well-known New York mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | (Geology and Min era I Resources o f White Pine County. 1evada). it later enlarged the facility to 150-to...(Tungsten Deposits in the Minerva District. White Pine County. evada), it was opined that extending the upper...areas of high ore concentration evident in the wal l rock at the rear of o ne slo pe, extracting it with hand...banging o n the wa ll rock! As an aside. the amount of dust generated by rock cascading down an ore shoot...conditions at the time of deposition. The Washoe County thinolites are found around Pyramid L ake and north |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Easy-to-understand instructions for recognizing rock formations; glossary. How to identify gem minerals...is a precise explanation of h< to recognize the rock formation* which gems occur. The tabular Gem ... contents fun to hunt for gems 1. It's 2. How 3. Rock formations 4. How 5. Characteristics of important...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | low-Ti magmas formed in continental margins and island arcs. 1. Introduction Recent attempts at geochemical...the Andes [1 ]) or of subducted oceanic crust in island arc regions [2] have discussed the possible major...coexist in equilibrium with a garnet-clinopyroxene-zoisite-clinoamphibole-rutile assemblage. This paragenesis...Alps, Andes), or in subducted oceanic crust of island arcs and Andean-type continental margins. This...and modified oceanic crust as it is subducted in island arcs or continental margins. 4. Experimental results |  | | Book (volume) | | Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...gratefully dedicated. Gene Foard (right) at Swamp #1 quarry, Topsham. Gene Foard speaking with Frank Perham...Gene Foard with Yan King, 1994 (left) at Nevel quarry, Newry. In Memoriam Gene Foord Gene [Eugene Edward]...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified |
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