| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Microcline |
| Formula: | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Uraninite | ⓘ2 photos of Microcline associated with Uraninite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Microcline data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Swamp No. 1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 556979 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:556979:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | df73c33f-9683-4751-ac16-1136804577cc |
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| 0.1km (0.0 miles) | ⓘSwamp #2 quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | ⓘTwin Pits Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘWilliam Willes #3 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘConsolidated #2 Quarry (Purington Quarry), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | ⓘConsolidated #1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘLeavitt Prospect, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘFisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘStaples Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘWilliam Willes #1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘSquare Pit (Consolidated #4 Quarry), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dale, N. C. 1924. The box-vein of Lyomdale, Lewk County, New York. New York State Museum Bulletin 251:134-48...Quebec. The sill is well exposed in the Varennes quarry, which has been operated continuously for crushed...indicated that it is a trachytic phonolite. Although no age dating has yet been performed, the sill’s alkaline...related to the Monteregian series of intrusions. No systematic mineralogical investigation of the sill...stereomicroscope, it is quite porous with numerous cavities 1-2 mm in diameter and some larger cavities to several |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jan/Feb 2024 Vol.99, No.1 ROCKS MINE ."Iii[! iil"J www.tandfonline.com/vram Pegmatite Minerals & Gems...Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored |  | | Book | | Congress Control Number: 2007939782 All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or used in any... .. ............. ..... ..... ....... 6 Chapter 1: Introduction • Discovery and Exploitation of Uranium...generally meaningful to most mineral collectors: 1. Primary minerals; 2. Secondary minerals; 3. Other...their formation and general characteristics. Because no single book can do justice to the vast literature...scientific books. This is all her fault. Chapter 1 Introduction • Discovery and Exploitation of Uranium |  | | Journal (issue) | | Topeka-Kentucky Giant and Indiana veins, Ouray County, Colorado........................................only to appreciate it and, perhaps, to appraise it, no longer do I feel a desire to possess it. Some of...museums, some for private collectors, and some with no idea whatsoever of what their ultimate fate will...specin “handler.” I know that this is considered a no-no when view another’s collection and I strongly support...“handlens” physically attached to each side. Result: no-hands use, at a comfortable working distance, in |
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