 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATAL,OGUE OF MASSAC.HUSETTS GEMSTONES ESSEX COUNTY (Part Two) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...AZONlTE Description and Occurrence Locality Rockport, granite quarries, Cape Ann. Newburyport, Devil's...south of village. Green rnicrocline in granite. CALCITE ZY2 Thin veins of the white, fibrous chatoyant...masses. ? Rockport, granite quarries. Essex County Nahant Beverly Salem Salem, Salem Neck. Essex County...various colors and types on sea beaches of this county. ? ROCKS AND MINERAL~ Locality Nahant Rowley |  | | Report (volume) | | 704 GEOLOGY OF THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS BY CHARLES H. CLAPP WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT....... 9 9 9 10 11 11 11 15 j ( Geology of Essex County.................................................. 26; . . 3 4 CONTENTS. Geology of Essex County Continued. Igneous rocks Continued. Subjacent...reconnaissance map and structure section of Essex County, Mass.........................................map and structure section of southern part of Essex County, and adjoining parts of Suffolk and Middlesex |  | | Report (volume) | | BUL.L.ETIN 354 CHIEF COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND BY T. NELSON...granites and quarries............................ Massachusetts...............................................Descriptions of the granites and quarries Continued. Massachusetts Continued. Quincy....................................................................... 98 Rockport.......................................................................................... 126 Rockport porphyry .................................... |  | | Report (volume) | | ___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______ |  | | Book | | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust |  | | Report (issue) | | BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF OHE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS 8 10- by William H. Dennen 11 1975 12 13... BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE IPSWICH QUADRANGLE, MASSACHUSETTS Introduction Rocks of the Ipswich quadrangle...quadrangle is situated on the northeastern 19 20- Massachusetts coast within the Seaboard Lowland section of...-fA9 maters on Fifteen Mile Hill in the Town of Essex to 21 -11 maters under the salt marsh at Six Goose...quadrangle are completely tidal; the 6 Ipswich and Essex Rivers are tidal inland to "falls" above which they |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 09:35 10 October 2014 Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado O wing to its diverse paragenesis and...zircon crystals from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz specimen from Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, John Smolski photo...syenite in the Litchfield-Gardiner area, Kennebec County (King and Foord 1994). Zircon crystals to 2.5 cm...Mineville, Essex County, and crystallized specimens have been collected at Deer Hill, Orange County, and at |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of Selected Quadrangles In Massachusetts GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This volume was printed as separate...quadrangle, Worcester and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts, by Donald F. Eschman. (D) Geology of the Taunton...quadrangle, Bristol and Plymouth Counties, Massachusetts, by Joseph H. Hartshorn. o ; Bedrock Geology...Vicinity Massachusetts > w By PRIESTLEY TOULMIN 3d GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN MASSACHUSETTS ~s -GEOLOGICAL...1163-A Prepared in cooperation with the i Massachusetts Department of Public Works « UNITED STATES |  | | Report (issue) | | Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts by Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvin...Radlometrlc Age Data Bank (RADB) of Rocks from Massachusetts Robert E. Zartman and Richard F. Marvln This...contains the records of radlometrlc ages for Massachusetts from the Radlometrlc Age Data Bank of the U...portrayed on a new bedrock geologic map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). The compilation Is believed to...they appear on the Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts (Zen, 1983). Steiger, R. H., and Jager, E. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | feldspar group. THE MINERALS OF ROCKPORT. I{. E. MCKINSTRY MASSACHUSETTS Cambrid,ge, Mass. More than...was called to the unusua, mineral occurrences at Rockport, on Cape Ann, by J. P. Cooke's description of...being the type locality for these species, the Rockport quarries have afforded an interesting list of...pegmatite masses. Location und, Present Condition.-Rockport is best reaehed via the Boston and Maine R. R...pegmatite. Astrophgllil,e. Reported by Sears.2 Calcite. Filmlike plates along cleavage planes of decomposedpyroxene |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | known occurrence is West Cheyenne Caiion, El Paso County, Colorado. Genthelvite is isometric, tetrahedral...that resemble drusy qrartz but about as hard as calcite were found in cracks and cavities in a sample of...mineral effervesces in hydrochloric acid like calcite and forms a silica gel. Spectrographicexamination...specific gravity (3.427) of the danalite from Rockport, Mass., over that of helvite (3.23 calculated)...CheyenneCaflon, near St. Peter's Dome, El Paso County, Colorado, and the only known existing specimenis |  | | Report (issue) | | Traverse strata of Indiana and the Bell Shale, Rockport Quarry Limestone, Ferron Point Formation, Genshaw...Antrim Shale of northern Indiana; the Bell Shale, Rockport Quarry Limestone, Ferron Point Formation, Genshaw...Limestone of western Ontario. Of these units, only the Rockport Quarry Limestone and the Amherstburg Formation...FROM MIDDLE DEVONIAN STRATA ONT INDEX MAP I ESSEX co WAYNE CO - _MONROE CO \ Dundeeo I Monroe...bituminous, alumnious slate" near Logansport, Cass County, and similar strata in the southern part of the |  | | Book | | Nephelite-Cancrinite-Syenite 31. Essexite Maine Massachusetts Dacite-Quartz-Diorite Series: Colorado Minnesota...Diabase New Jersey VIII. 38. 48. Diabase Massachusetts Olivine-Augite-Hypersthene Gabbro 49. 50. ...Crystalline Limestones Vermont Dolomite-Marble Massachusetts Pink Marble Georgia IV. Ophicalcite, Serpentine...Oolitic Iron Gneisses and Crystalline Schists Massachusetts Hornblende-Gneiss New York 122. 123. 86. 87... 1. Glasses Scoria Near Black Rock, Millard County, Utah. O. E. Meinzer. Ref. : MACROSCOPIC MICROSCOPIC |  | | Report (volume) | | OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...member........................... Northeastern Massachusetts..................................... General..................................... Western Massachusetts...............................................district............................. Eastern Massachusetts............................................ |  | | Catalog/List | | . . . . . . . . Fasciculite Xis in schist; Massachusetts Hornblende Common Hornblende Cleavable, black;... . . ........ . Xline, white, in dolomite; Massachusetts . .............. Hexagonite Purple :dine mass;...1.50 Xis, in matrix, ends of xis polished; Massachusetts .. ANDESINE (sodium and calcium aluminum silicate)... pure; Mexico, etc., per gram, 20¢. Masses on calcite; rich; Canada .. . ... .... . ... . .. . . . ....BERZELIANITE (cuprous selenide) Disseminated in calcite; Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (manganoan) varieties are found at the Harding mine, Taos County, New Mexico (Jahns and Ewing 1977). Fuchsite is...Figure 7. 7 Phlogopite crystal, 4.5 x 4 cm, with calcite and diopside, Slyudyanka, Russia. been found....surprisingly transparent) crystals with white calcite and granular diopside. The several lepidolite species...and fluorite. A classic association from El Paso County, Colorado, is well-crystallized zinnwaldite with...the 50:50 composition. The Morefield mine, Amelia County, Virginia, has produced many excellent large crystals |  | | Report (edition) | | much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...abundant in the Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming...but they have provided some good specimens of calcite crystals. Tremolite and other minerals also have...particularly where they are partly enclosed by calcite or quartz. Calcite has often been removed by weathering |  | | Catalog/List | | Albemarle Counly, Virginia ... Custer County, Colorado . Albemarle County, Virginia . Near Mesaba, l\linnesola...New York . San Juan County, Colorado Delta, Shasta County, California . Boulder County, Colorado .. ....... Newlon, Massachusetts Mt. Shasta, California " Lyon County, Nevada Hillsborough, New Brnnswick Keeseville...New York " " " .Near Keene, NC\\' York . Essex County, New York Rochester, New York Split Rock, Minnesota... Rhenish-Prus ia J:asalt. fine-gTained Chaffee County, Colorado Hornblende Basalt. coarse " J-lornblenclc |  | | Catalog/List | | . . . . . . 65 Fasciculite Xis, in schist; Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.... . . . . . 96 Hornolende Xis, black, in pink calcite, good ; Ontario . . . . . . . . . 97 Cltavablt...BERZELIANITE (cuprous selenide) Dissemi11ated in calcite; Sweden, 1 x 2•, .SO . . . . . . . . . . 123 W...tclluridc)-Priccs on Request CALC TUFA-Scc Calcite CALCITE (calcium carbonate} Xled; various localities...auriferous; Quebec . . . . . . . . . .. . 54 CHALK-See Calcite CHERT-See Quartz CHIASTOLITE-See Andalusite CHINA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diameter. The rest of the vein matter is either calcite or lragments of country rock. The small crystals...feldspar group. THE MINERALS OF ROCKPORT. I{. E. MCKINSTRY MASSACHUSETTS Cambrid,ge, Mass. More than...was called to the unusua, mineral occurrences at Rockport, on Cape Ann, by J. P. Cooke's description of...being the type locality for these species, the Rockport quarries have afforded an interesting list of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | one member. Cedar Bluff is in central Cherokee County in N / E Alabama. ARKANSAS—From a gravel pit located...of sawing are present. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. Rome, Georgia Mineral...found in the sanbornite deposits of eastern Fresno County in central California. The four new minerals are:...occurs as tiny yellow grains—name is for Fresno County. Verplanckite (barium manganese silicate with chlorine)...(chalcedony pseudo-morph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida near the famous Suwannee River. This coral |  | | Catalog/List | | enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...Xis in schist; Massachusetts Hornblende Common Hornblende Xls, black, in pink calcite, good; Ontario...00 .60 XI, sections, varnished, in matrix, Massachusetts ......... :. ................ ....... 1 x l½".......... ARGENTITE (silver sulfide) Masses on calcite; Canada ............... 1 x 2" .60 1.50 1.60 ARSENIC...BERZELIANITE (cuprous selenide) Disseminated in calcite; Sweden ... . ... . .......... . 2.50 1.50 1 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting... 50 miles northeast of Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16, Township...pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado, a few miles northwest...to us. Will some Colorado reader tell us in what county is Hans Peak and, if possible, send us a few notes...familiar with it. Florida—Colorless drusy crystals of calcite in cavities of brownish compact limestone, have |  | | Report (issue) | | Oregon, Nevada, Pennsylvania/^ Maryland,* and Massachusetts. The Pennsylvania and Maryland deposits were...and is about one-third harder and heavier than calcite. It contains 52.4 per cent of carbon dioxide (C02)...1905, pp. 14-19. ii Frazier, P.. jr., Lancaster County: Second Geol. Survey Pennsylvania, vol. CCC., 1880...geology of the crystalline rocks of Cecil County: Cecil County report, Maryland Geol. Survey, 1902, pp...CHILES VALLEY. Chiles Valley is situated in Napa County and its nearest snipping point, Rutherford, is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | type-locality in West Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, is located in the Pikes Peak batholith...Dunn (1977). In the Northern Cascades of Okanogan County, Washington, the alkaline granites of the Golden...described in 1892 from West Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, by Frederick August Genth (1820–1893)...dodecahedron, 2.6 cm high, Cookstove Mountain, El Paso County, Colorado. Specimen illustrated and described by... North Cascade Highway, milepost 165, Okanogan County, Washington. Randy Becker specimen, Rudy Tschernich |
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