 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LEWTSTON, MAINE* Llovn W. Frsnon, Bates College,Lewi.ston,Maine. INrnonucrton Location.-The city of Lewiston...southwestern part of Maine, in Androscoggin County, on the left bank of the Androscoggin. The type locality...represented by the City quarry which is located in the southern part of Lewiston, in a low hill known..."W'est Rose Hill." This quarry is along the Brunswick division of the Maine Central Railroad, about one...one mile southeast of the Lewiston Lower Station. Another outcrop of the Bates limestone is to be found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the City Quarry, Lewiston, Maine. The mineral is not commonly reported in the pegmatites of Maine as there...paper known to the writer concerning graphite in Maine pegmatites (27). Landes (I7a) Iists graphite among...of the hydrothermal stage in the pegmatites of Maine. Bain (2) has indicated his belief in the same manner...graphite of the City Quarry pegmatite representsa hydrothermal product. LocauoN The city of Lewiston is located...southwestern part of Maine, in Androscoggin County, on the left bank of the Androscoggin. It is 32 miles from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The specimen is from the old Gillette feldspar quarry at Haddam Neck (Middlesex Co.), Conn." —specimen...103), 8 miles west of Bergen Park, Clear Creek County, Colorado. This highway cuts many pegmatite dikes...we found loose in the soil near Lovtfia (Monroe County), Iowa, while breaking open Septarians looking...good polish. Quinter is in N / E Gove County in N / W Kansas. MAINE—"Have been thinking of sending you a...specimen from the Old Pitts Mine, Minot (Androscoggin Co.), Maine. Am interested in the small green xls |  | | 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 (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for November-December, 1948 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................····························905 VESUVIANITE CRYSTALS FROM ESSEX COUNTY, N. Y. By E. B. Rou iey 906 MONAZITE OCCURRENCE.........................................912 ONYX QUARRY AT TOLENAS SPRINGS, CALIF. By R. F. Henley ...... 882 R OCKS AND ~ l lNl'.HAI.~ CHlPS FROM THE QUARRY Grieger'• Encyclopedia and Super- Catalog of his...W. FISHER Dept. of Geology-Bates College, Lewiston, Maine Introduction An excellent clear out crystal |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | of pale redbrown albite pseudomorphs after a scapolite group min eral. The material came from a road...sylvite, and anhydrite. Quebec Francon quarry The large Francon quarry in Montreal is located in a residential...little or no land available for expanding the quarry. The economics of dig ging deeper for the construction-grade...mining offsets transportation costs. The Francon quarry is world-famous for being the first (or only) producing...at the Francon quarry. Dawsonite was first found in a quarry near the Francon. The city of Montreal has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dolomite, quartz, clinozoisite, wollastonite, scapolite, vesuvianite, diopside, and tremolite (Anthony...examples come from the Jeffrey mine (also noted as quarry on some labels), Asbestos, Les Sources Municipalité...been collected at Dungannon Township, Hastings County, Ontario. The crystals in the collection are associated...is also found in a skarn at Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, as brown-red dodecahedra to approximately...Lowell quarry (also labeled as Eden Mills quarries), 428 ROCKS & MINERALS Lowell, Orleans County, Vermont |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Bross Ave., Longmont, Colo. Globe, in southern Gila County, is in S/'E Arizona. FLORIDA—"I am sending some...Lakeland, Fla. It is on Rte. 33 about a mile from the city limits of Lakeland. We found quite a bit of them...chalcedony—almost an agate ! Lakeland, in N / W Polk County, is in central Florida. GEORGIA — "The enclosed...Summerville is in centra! Chattooga County in N / W Georgia. MAINE — A few months ago David Dethier, 341...341 West Ave., Wayne, Penn. 19087, was in Maine, where he visited the area around Blue Hill. Here is |  | | Book (edition) | | from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are...between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee...summer; neither is it wise to prospect in Montana or Maine in the as the winter. An scope, and automobile...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | August 2017 Last fail a group of Elkhart (Ind.) County residents, because of their common interest in...collection, knowledge and identifica- month at the County Center, White Plains, tion of rocks, minerals and...the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. and polishing gem materials. The September meeting...tober 28th the club made a field trip to the Baylis quarry in Bedford, N. Y. gravel pit near Union, Michigan...Gem Society of New York, Hotel Paris, N e w York City On December 1, 1956, we had our semiannual social |  | | 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) | | 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... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area |  | | 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... GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area |  | | Book | | offer the residence address of each collector by city and state through which contact may be faciliated...has been privileged to travel extensively from Maine to Southern California, and from Washington’s Pacific...Asterisk denotes fluorescence. ALABAMA ALEXANDER CITY, Tallapoosa Co., (near) ClIALCOPYRITE ATTALLA,...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | popularity in the world, while it is the leader in the USA. Recently, well known jewelry stones have been joined...situated in eastern Siberia, in the vicinity of the city of Aldan, Republic o f Sakha (former Yakutia), Russia...The same geographical name Aldan refers to both a city and a river, but often this name is used in an administrative...Robert W. Jones (USA) and Michael Leybov (Russia) BOX 51 SHORT HILLS NEW JERSEY O 7 O 7 8 USA FAX: 2 0 1 -...pegmatites of the beryllous subtype. The fine scapolite from granite1 6 W o r l d of Stones, Ns I I /96 |  | | Book | | searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...ciifce—Westchester County.................. Tne McLear pegmatite—5t. Lawrence County.....................Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County..................................................Counties.. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County................. Clinton hematite............. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | grandidierite, occur in as sociation at Johnsburg, Warren County, New York. Geology The geology of the serendibite...Township, southeast of Peekskill in Westchester County, New York (Friedman, 1952). However, its environment...plagioclase, biotite, scapolite, phlogopite, garnet, diopside, spinel, and serpentine. Scapolite and diopside...of two different minerals) within areas of a scapolite-diopside zone enveloping the potas sium-feldspar...section in plane light at 22 X magnification, with scapolite appearing as small elon gated inclusions, only | | | Book | | searching for silver near Lake Sanford in Essex County discovered magnetite in 1826, but an excess of...Rochester; the main Public Library of Buffalo and Erie County; and the Crandall Public Library (Holden Research...pegmatite-Westchester County .......... . The Mclear pegmatite-St. Lawrence County .......... . Minerals...Tilly Foster magnetite mine near Brewster, Putnam County .................................... . Hematite...Counties .. Sterling mine, near Antwerp, Jefferson County ......... . Clinton hematite ................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARKANSAS—"Addition to the minerals found at the Arch St. Pike Quarry, Fourche Mountain, Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), Arkansas...on Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. W e had an opportunity to examine some pebbles...Kingsville, Md. FLORIDA—From the western part of Pascoe County, Florida, we have 3 grayish calcite concretions...occurrence was practically in the heart of a great city, on 2nd Avenue - 1710, a drivein with outcrops in...close the gate. Drive west 0.6 mile to a 135 quarry on top of the second hill. Here and on the south |  | | Book (volume) | | fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the...was also supplied by Dowse’s Agate Shop, Salt Lake City, Utah, by William J. Bingham of St. Paul, Minnesota...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Mt. Mica Largest crystal from Mt. Mica Eh Towne Quarry 180 Tourmaline Queen Mountain IgI Tourmaline crystal |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...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...all challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia |  | | Book | | of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...MARKET. (W. Greene.) CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN MAINE. BATCHELDER'S GRANT. (Oxford Co.) Sulphuret of Lead...Oxide of Iron, near. (C.) 1 river. near Bath. MAINE. BOWDOIN. Schorl, common, very abundant. (C.) ...red. Epidote, arenaceous, on the banks of the Androscoggin, be- tween strata of gneiss. sometimes in...Sulphuret of Molybdtna, on the banks of the Androscoggin, Sometimes in granite and gneiss. short hexaedral |
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