 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore...Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Fluorite, William Wise mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire; Resur rection Mining Co. specimen, Ronald...Minerals, M. Robbins, 35-41 Albite, New Hampshire, 340 Almandine, New Hampshire, 302 Amygdule Minerals in Keweenawan...South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, W. S. Cordua, 412-415 Anatase, New Hampshire, 343, 436 Andalusite...Andalusite, New Hampshire, 303 Anglesite, Colorado, 132 Anhydrite, Colorado, 143 Ankerite, Colorado,... 132, 143 Apatite, New Hampshire, 304, 354 Are There Patron Saints for Rock and Min eral Collectors |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs from...synonomy has arisen due to changes of leasee or owner. Quarry locations are described and plotted on top ographic...1860. This quarry was worked for a single season during the 1860s by a Mr. Carr of Grafton, West Virginia...Virginia, and then sold to Golding Brothers of Trenton, New Jersey. How ever, credit for establishing the feldspar...of Bath who was superintendent for the Trenton (New Jersey) Flint and Spar Company. In 1869 that firm |  | | Report (edition) | | 5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Gregory Hart (Maine State Museum), Ronald Holden, Jr. (Holden Brothers Mining), Gary Hoyle (Maine State...llecting equipment and techniques for those who are new to the ·hobby. Several previous guidebooks have been |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals of North Groton, New Hampshire The historical background of the famous North Groton mines is as fascinating...Candia Road Chester, New Hampshire 03036 R O B E R T W. WHITMORE Weare, New Hampshire 03281 N O R T H G...from local residents and collectors. History North Groton is unknown to many people outside the mineral fraternity... a large percentage of the popula tion of New Hampshire would not recognize the name, let alone be able...Forest. 350 ROCKS & MINERALS In the early 1800s, Groton was a thriving farming com munity with a population |  | | Report (issue) | | Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___ |  | | Report (volume) | | General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | Geoloqy of the Nashua River Area, Massachusetts - New Hampshire By Gilpin Rile Robinson, Jr. Open-Fi1e Report...FORMATION TO THE MASSABESIC GNEISS COMPLEX IN NEW HAMPSHIRE CHAPTER 6. GEOLOGIC HISTORY 118 123 POSSIBILITY...2 Index map 4 3 Major structural elements of New England 7 4 Lithotype belts in the Nashua River...the geology of New England and for showing the writer the geology in various parts of New England. They...drains northward into the Merrimack River in New Hampshire. Exposure of the low-grade metamorphic sedimentary |  | | Report (volume) | | Director Bulletin 738 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...expansion____^_________________ Geographic distribution of New England granite quarries____ Descriptions of the...___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | Beryl Resources of New Hampshire GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 353 Prepared on behalf of the...with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission Beryl Resources of New Hampshire By JAMES...Commission^ and in part in cooperation with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission UNITED...Page, James Jeffers, 192ftBeryl resources of New Hampshire, by James J. Page and David M. Larrabee. Washington...Commission, and in part in cooperation with the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission. Bibliography: |  | | Book (volume) | | Descriptive Mineralogy Vandall T. King Rochester, New York 14609 , Eugene E. Foord U S. Geological Survey...publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Philip Hauck Richard P. Hauck was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey on June 30, 1935. He has been actively involved...for the fate of the Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and his intense interest in mining history...States Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia; the New York City Public Library; the Library of Congress; |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimens of amazonite - a blue-green colored microcline, and smoky quartz throughout the world. Whitmore...1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Pershing County, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Bulletin...Miocene Diatomite, Trinity Pass Area, Pershing County, Nevada, U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report...Reconnaissance of Mining Districts in Pershing County, Nevada, U.S. Bureau ofMines Lnformation Circular...1879, Albert had filed a homestead claim in Bent County, Colorado. His activities between 1879 and 1882 |  | 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...Stoneham, Maine—a century apart. Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem Museum (MMGM) specimens:...pegmatites, particularly the important Aldrich quarry, with a focus on beryl and its gemmy blue variety...under discussion is bounded on the west by the New Hampshire state line, on the north by the Androscoggin...from mindat.org (accessed July 2015). Albite, microcline, muscovite, and quartz are the essential minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | COLLECTORS: SEN D FOR YOUR FREE COPY OF OUR LATEST "NEW ARRIVALS” LISTING HARRY SERING 1705 EAST MICHIGAN... COVER Cover painting by Mrs. Ingebord Vass. Microcline (amazonite) with smoky quartz from the Pike's...completed by the IMA. One reason for the founding of our new amateurprofessional group Friends o f Mineralogy...consisted of fluorescent minerals from Frank lin, New Jersey only. These were willem ite, svabite, clinohedrite..."Cornetite from Saginaw Mil, Ari- "tokerite, a New Tin Silicate" P e ter B. Leavens, John S. W h ite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Downloaded by [New York University] at 05:37 14 May 2015 Alaska Gold Pseudomorph...John Ebner of Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting...groupings and distortions found in the specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill burned...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OH Mineral Abbreviations: Occuwiencel Items en new finds are desired. Please send them in. xl—crystal...a number taken out a couple of months ago when a new pocket was broken into in the Mammoth Mine, Tiger...locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell...DELAWARE—Serpentine occurs about 6 miles northwest of Wilmington, New Castle Co., Del. FLORIDA — The following letter,...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches |  | | Report (issue) | | grained quartzofeldspathic rock, locally zoned. Microcline is white, orange or green (latter unique to this...anorthosite, and by relative increase of quartz and microcline into Sherman Granite. Includes pink leucocratic...natural exposures) hornblende pyroxene syenite and microcline porphyry syenite, generally homogeneous and massive...contemporaneous with more abundant basaltic flows (see Holden and Snyder, 1983, p. 423). Spinifex textures indicative...syenite of the intrusive suite of Sybille Creek have new brown hornblende, clinopyroxene, enstatite, and olivine |  | | Report (volume) | | .................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro..................................... Westboro ("Grafton") quartzite............................. Marlboro................................... 150 Berkshire County.................................................. 195 Dikes cutting the Quincy granite in Essex County, Mass......... 196 Aplite........................ 204 Nephelite-bearing dike rocks of Worcester County, Mass......... 204 Distribution............... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is in the Bob and...from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm specimen is in...the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka specimen, Jesse Fisher |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Vermont. The mineral industries of the state reached new levels of production during the war years, with a...prosperity. Her population and wealth were growing, new states were added to the Union, the balance of trade...American colonies down to the Revolution. In the new world The Boston Philosophical Society was founded...geology in 1816. Amos Eaton had surveyed Rensselaer County, N. Y., and the route of the Erie Canal; further...traveled many thousand miles on foot through New York and New England delivering short courses of lectures |  | | Book (volume) | | and Geology Edited by Vandall T. King Walworth, New York 14568 Production editing and design Robert...Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................in geology and has authored articles on Maine and New England geological and mineralogical occurrences...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | Santa Fe group, sec. 17, T.19N., R.9E., Santa Fe County, N. Mex. R. S. Cannon, Jr., R. L. Smith. ____.do__-______...^ -sO ri J3 i.sa,^ mi M n c la 0; Valleaisns,New Mount Mexijntralco, Paxco highway, (MexiGo uerceo...Aztec wash, 4 miles southeast of Nelson, Clark County, Nev. E. H. Pampeyan. _-__.do__. -----P-2-cc. NEM...miles northeast of center of Boulder City, Clark County, Nev. E. H. Pampeyan. Granodiorite_ _______ _ _____...southwest corner sec. 32, T.43N., R.39E., Humboldt County, Nev. R. Willden. Bock type Field No. Locality |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Al Mura, Bill Pinch, Bob Morgan, Tom Smith What's New in Minerals - Jeff Scovil, Bill Pinch Auction Solicitors...spoken before at theRMS,but we have a bevy of new topics! Also new this year is the team of Bruceand Miranda...original art for the Program Notes cover. What's New in Minerals is again Jeff Scovil, followed by audience...Pinch and Helen Chamberlain have solved all the new quirky problems that crop up fresh each year. The...comforting new development. The reopening of the zinc mines at Balmat is a positive sign for New York State |
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