 | | Journal (issue) | | Committee: Erin Delventhal, Chris Whitney-Smith, and Linda Smith The Tucson show is just around the corner...Alexander Schauss; alex@aibmr.com SECRETARY: Linda Smith; vanegas3@charter.net TREASURER: Gloria Staebler;...Alexander Schauss; alex@aibmr.com Chris Whitney-Smith; ask.chrisws@yahoo.com Jolyon Ralph; jolyon@mindat...Mark Jacobson; markivanjacobson@gmail.com Linda Smith; vanegas3@charter.net CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES (ALSO...Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds |  | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT...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 |  | | 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...mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CooK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl...Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible minerals...so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...Department of Geology and Geography at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. He welcomes suggestions for...albite from the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is in |  | | Report (volume) | | HARDNESS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Talc Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum..."emerald, " to chrysocolla and all other green stones (Smith, 1949, p. 175). Corundum was referred to as "oriental"...cabochori or rounded ut introduced by the Romans (Smith^l949, p. 141). The cabochon Was used for colored...stone originated in India in the 15th century (Smith, 1949, p. 142). The first faceted gems were diamonds...such as tourmaline, beryl (emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite), zircon, and gem varieties |  | | Book (edition) | | Science and Mechanics publishing 4^0 company East Ohio Street Chicago 11, Illinois Copyright 1951...from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person... Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It is...a scratch just gypsum or about will scratch apatite, as and a a hard as file material. testing...SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ |  | | Report (volume) | | GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 445 GEOLOGY OF THE PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics........ 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................. Auburn................................ Auburn Falls............................................. Auburn reservoir........ |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Maine ............... 16 Table 5 Uranium occurrences in...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Maine................^..............i.29 Figure 6. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Maine.................................30 Figure 7. Uranium...uranium occurrences in igneous and metamorphic rocks east of the Mississippi River. The word occurrence as...has not been attempted. However, there are in the East representatives of all four types. Exploration will |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Palermo quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire and to an inch in diameter at the Smith Mine, Newport...Branchville and Portland, Connecticut; and at Poland, Maine in lithium pegmatite. F1LLOWITE, with the same composition...dickinsonite occurs sparingly at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut. FAIRFIELDITE, a hydrous phosphate...Fairfield county, Connecticut from which it was named; and also from Poland and Buckfield, Maine; and from...has also been recorded from Buckfield and Poland, Maine. PALAITE, another hydrous manganese phosphate was |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no |  | | Journal (issue) | | Executive Editors Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John...John Rakovan New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM Consulting Editors Joel A. Bartsch...Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk) |  | | Book (volume) | | lie some of the oldest crystalline rocks in the East, both igneous and metamorphic, strongly mineralized...as Aquamarine, Beryl, some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively prospected...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTI8 SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 585 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE...it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...respective States: Alabama.........Dr. Eugene A. Smith, University. Arkansas..........Dr. A. H. Purdue |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Discoveries and Other News From Maine Woodrow B. Thompson Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources...Mapping Center 22 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0022 • In terms of quantity, the past year...relatively uneventful for mineral discoveries in Maine. However, diligent collectors have found a few remarkably...discoveries and also reports the earlier find of a Maine gold nugget that is one of the largest from the...additional ommentary and photos. Big gold nugget from East Branch of the Swift River. Van King has been working |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | albite, lepidolite, colored tourmaline, beryl, apatite, topaz, fluorite, phenakite, bertrandite, etc...inter-grown with c/eavelandite Irom the Walden Quarry, Poriland, Conn"ecticut. ROCKS AND MINERALS 595...accessory mineral. At the Lord's Hill, Stoneham, Maine locality; autunite occurs as excellent haloes surrounding...crystals in vugs in cleavelandite. At the Ruggles Quarry, Grafton Center, New Hampshire autunite is closely...smoky quartz, uranophane, autunite, uraninite, spodumene, lithium tourmalines, montebrasite, manganapatite |  | | Report (issue) | | 3: Tourmaline Publisher Lapis International, LLC; East Hampton, CT Concept & Design Maximilian Glas, Stamberg...Lapis International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...78 Australia ......................... 82 Europe (east) ...................... 83 Europe (west) .........to the yellow zircon commonly found in Ceylon (Smith, 1912). Dana and Brush also point out that tourmaline's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Australia] at 15:01 05 January 2015 ARTHUR E. SMITH 9118 Concho Street Houston, Texas 77036 artsmithite@msn...arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242...large scale, there has been enough prospecting and mining activity to uncover many important mineral localities...collector. Prospecting, granite quarrying, and mining probably peaked before the turn of the twentieth...pegmatite prospecting and mining were revived during World War II, with some mining continuing into the early |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in pegmatites. It has been found at the Andrews quarry, Portland, Connecticut; with monazite crystals...New York City, N.Y. ; at the Dake mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; with tysonite in Cheyenne Canyon...Springs, Colorado; and with rutile in Alexander County, North Carolina. MONAZITE, is essentially a phosphate...half inches in size at the Dake mine in Mitchell County. It occurs also in crystals at the Ray mine near...Burnsville and the Ramsey mine near Toledo in Yancy County, North Carolina. Large masses of Monazite occurred |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | geology. Its 132 ROCKS & MINERALS Dr. Robert Cook Auburn University A uburn, A labama I wL- Antero Aquamarines...(hardbound). This book describes the history of mining and collecting, the geologic history, petrology...his work well, ably combining all aspects of the Mount Antero deposits into a book that reflects careful...Stony Brook, NY 117942100. Alaskan Gofd: Placer Mining in lnterior Alaska, produced by KUAGTV, University...Alan Probert for the U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Company. It was made to illustrate their golddredging |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs JanuarylFebruary: Copper, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...quartz and albite, Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California. Houston Museum of Natural Science...of claims, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge district, Summit County, Colorado. Denver Museum of Natural History...malachite ring, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin. Dan Behnke specimen and photo. NovemberDecember:...calcite, and chalcopyrite, Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. Marvin Rausch specimen, Jeff Scovil |  | | Report (volume) | | Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 624 USEFUL MINERALS OF THE.......................................... 102 District of Columbia .................................................................................. Maine...................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely |  | | Journal (issue) | | New York Famous Mineral Localities —The Pulsifer Quarry....................... 72 by Wende|| E Wi|son ...Creek Pegmatite: A Rare Earth Pegmatite in Burnet County, Texas...........................................by Anthony Robert Kampf The Harding Mine, Taos County, New Mexico......................... 115 by Richard...the roebling apatite H (actually fluorapatite), from the Pulsifer quarry near Auburn, Maine; H 3 x 3.8...newsletter, the Quarry. Some club newsletters are, frank ly, boring but the Quarry is alive and interesting |
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Smith Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA