 | | Journal (issue) | | 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia... If you have ever had the desire to detonate a quarry blast or create an earthquake you will be able...Figure 7—Manganoan Calcite – Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - “Wonderful World of Agates”...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the...An unusual specimen from the Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, Wisconsin) is a sheet copper (figure 6). One of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE PARAGENESIS OF THE WALDEN PEGMATITE, PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT (PART ONE) By DAVID M. SEAMAN American...in a number of pegmatites In the Middletown, Connecticut district indicates that there is a general trend...placed on the paragenesis of the minerals of the Walden pegmatite since it has been opened up only in recent...was readily available. Location The Walden Quarry, or Walden Gem Mine, as it is most commonly known,...Edward Walden farm along Cotton Hill Road, about five miles ROCKS AND MINERALS northeast of Portland, Middlesex |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | QUARRIES AND MINERALS OF SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT. J. H. Betts, 215 W. 98th St., #2F, New York...old pegmatite quarries in South Glastonbury, Connecticut. This region was exploited sporadically by collectors...in the Mid196 ROCKS 81MINERALS dletown-Portland, Connecticut, pegmatite district. They are found in South...Glastonbury, about 5 miles north-northeast of Portland, just east of Route 17. The area is roughly triangular...the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Dayton Road District SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT JOHN H. BETTS 215 West 98 Street, Apt. 2F New...of the most promising forgotten locations in Connecticut is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South...article are the northernmost in the Middletown-Portland pegmatite district (fig. 1). They are in South...miles north-northeast of Portland, Connecticut, just north of the Portland-South Glastonbury town line...the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north |  | | Book | | had access to many quarries in the state of Connecticut. Gem-quality tourmaline crystals had been found...like this piece, as most of the fluorites from the quarry are green, and this one is truly atypical. After...and dealer. Today, in 2008, the only place in Connecticut where such finds can be easily collected is Green’s...COVER: gold on quartz, 4.5 inches tall, Placer County, California Dedication This book is dedicated...Group, Inc., 650 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA, www.maplegatemedia.com Library of Congress Control |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | i d , and a b u n d ant p. 3 5 Coventry, R. I. Schorl. Limpid Quartz, connected w i t h Tabular Quartz...S. C. Iron Ore, on the Catawba, at Handsford, a quarry is opened on the estate o f Gen. Davie p. 2 2 0...Box 44 Morristown, Ariz. 584 Walden Gem Mine Cotton Hill Road Portland, Conn. (just off Route # 1 7 ) |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | Book | | 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...5 cm (Grice and Gault, 1981). CONNECTICUT Litchfield, Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................Preface Each year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States...there is enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................Preface Each year I vacation in the field, collecting gem and mineral samples somewhere in the United States...there is enough information to be useful to most gem and mineral collectors. Generally, Minerals are capitalized...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham |  | | Book | | notes and compressed on to the major sources gem materials. a colossal (Continued on amount back...Biblical Other The and and Beryl in Indian Gem Lore, Modern Europe Lapidaries, 24 Early Lapidaries...According 14. World Sources of Ore and to Gem Beryl Color, 327 Immersion Fluids for Afghanistan... specimens the rich green of other recorded gem recognized the mica as a even a ore is distinct...goshenite. Emerald beyond suggested by as use clear gem containing pebbles of aquamarine, it Asia, And |  | | Book | | commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification... AMERICA THE ROCK-HUNTER'S RANGE GUIDE ARIZONA GEM TRAILS PETRIFIED FOREST TRAILS A Range Guide to...systematic art. Today’s seekers after minerals and gem stones, particularly colorful ore cabinet-specimens...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where |  | | Book (volume) | | Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings...newer events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most...of turquoise and peridot, although for the latter gem, much larger facetable rough crystals appear with | | | Book (volume) | | Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings...newer events to bring the history of North American gem 1nining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most...of turquoise and peridot, although for the latter gem, much larger facetable rough crystals appear with...will make it easier for readers to investigate the gem literature further or to obtain those references |  | | Book (edition) | | unique and valuable reference by every collector, gem cutter, miner, geologist, mineralogist, jeweler,...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Arkansas crystal 3. Star of Arkansas marquise cut gem 4. Mounce diamond crystal 5. Gibson's Ruby mine,...Texas 20. Little Three mine, Ramona, California 21. Gem-bearing pocket in pegmatite, Baja California 22....tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and Tourmaline |  | | Book | | Rock-Hunter's Range Guide Petrified Forest Trails Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California High...Denny, whose thirty years of lapidary production of gem stone jewelry may be found in hundreds of West Coast...Maps as Guides to New Fields; Other Maps Useful to Gem and Mineral Hunters viii Contents 7. Care and...Cataloging Specimens; Taking Photographs 8. Your Gem and Mineral Collection 114 General Organization;...Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois |  | | Book | | Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...HEXOCTAHEDRON {345} TRISOCTAHEDRON {233} BOYLSTONE QUARRY, BOYLSTONE QUARRY GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND, U.K. GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND...across, with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo | | | Book | | Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...HEXOCTAHEDRON {345} TRISOCTAHEDRON {233} BOYLSTONE QUARRY, BOYLSTONE QUARRY GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND, U.K. GLASGLOW, SCOTLAND...across, with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo |  | | Report (volume) | | sectwn of Paleozotc rocks from Butler County to Stafford County, Kansas Kansas Geol Survey Otl and Gas...wells on a cross section from Barber County, Kansas, to Caddo County, Oklahoma Oklahoma Geol Survey Gutdebook...deposits of East Shasta copper-z10c dtstnct, Shasta County, Cahforma U S Geol Survey Prof Paper 338, 107 p...4297 Anders, R B Ground-water geology of Karnes County, Texas US Geol Survey Water-Supply Paper 1539-G...water and changes 10 water levels 10 Galveston County, Texas, 1958-62 Texas Water Comm Bull 6303, 33 |
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