 | | Journal (issue) | | Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds.................................... 3 Hewitt Gem Quarry................................................................................... 3 Walden Gem Quarry ........................................................................................ 4 Maine .......................................................................................... 4 Greenlaw Quarry .............................................. |  | | Report (volume) | | THE PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON................................................ Feldspar brushes......................................................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics........ 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................. Auburn............ |  | | Report (issue) | | QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR. FELDSPAR AND QUARTZ DEPOSITS OF MAINE, By EDSON S. BASTIN. INTRODUCTION. The commercially...commercially important feldspar and quartz deposits, of Maine all belong to a single type of rocks known...of. granite, their principal constituents being feldspar, quartz, and mica, usually with subordinate amounts...amounts of other minerals. The pegmatites of Maine were studied by the writer during part of the summer...Sagadahoc,, Cumberland, Androscoggin, and Oxford counties, in southwestern Maine, though occurring to some |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Notable MAINE GEMSTONES J A N E C. P E R H A M Route 1, Box 1890 West Paris, Maine 04289 Mining and collecting...southwestern Maine. The pegmatite deposits in Oxford County and northern Androscoggin County have yielded...materi als, including tourmaline, aquamarine, rose quartz, ame thyst, and apatite. The most notable gem-producing...Paris, the Slattery quarry in Paris, and the Hibbs quarry in Hebron. Fine tourmaline has been recovered...Dunton quarry in Newry, the B . B . #7 quarry in North Norway, Mount Mica at Paris Hill, and Mount Rubellite |  | | Report (volume) | | DIRECTOR BULLETIN 420 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES BY EDSON S. BASTIN...Minerals of the feldspar deposits............."............................... Methods of mining ............ 23 Maine............................................................... Androscoggin County................................................ Auburn.............;................................................................................. Lincoln County .............................................. |  | | 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 |  | | 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...Pink tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...328 History Toramalli, a short history of the tourmaline grou p ....................... 331 by F. Benesch...Benesch and B. Wohrmann Mineralogy The tourmaline group: a resume........................................by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline...........................................................419 by C. R. Marcusson COVER: Tourmaline crystal group 9 cm long, with albite and lepidolite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EASTERN TOURMALINE By RONALD W. GALLUP (Prop. of Quarryside Museum, Rt. 3, Laconia, N. H., 032461 Nearly...and baby blue, deep rum muscovite, many tints of apatite, beryl in every color, subtle shadings of rare...crystals, nearly caps the list. What then? Colored Tourmaline! A broad spectrum of rainbow thrills! No list... yellow of Ceylonite, shadings Dunton Mine in Maine ROCKS AND MINERALS of bi-colors, red with green...occasional bi-color. Of such is Paradise! Colored tourmaline came to the attention of the Western World from |  | 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...fALSTeR DoUGLAS A. BAILeY Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Po Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis@mainemineralmuseum...came from Stoneham, Maine—a century apart. Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem Museum...MINERALS Dr. Carl A. Francis is curator at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum and an executive editor of...at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. Alexander U. Falster is research technologist at the Maine Mineral |  | | Book (volume) | | lie some of the oldest crystalline rocks in the East, both igneous and metamorphic, strongly mineralized...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...black Tourmaline. 146 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Renewed Mining at the Western Quarries of Mount Apatite, Maine Downloaded by [University of Arizona]...The western quarries of Mount Apatite. A fter decades of inactivity, mining has been resumed on the...the western slopes of Mount Apatite in the town of Auburn, Maine (see fig. 1). This is the location of the...Pulsifer quarry, which has produced fine gem tourmaline but is best known for deep purple apatite, including...including the remarkable Roebling apatite, now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. In addition |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | who collected it from a river near the base of Mount McKinley, an area since encompassed by Denali National...Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting and Figure 7: Arizona...found in the specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill burned in West Paris...Paris in the early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery of gems or collector...famous finds were made during this time. The Newry tourmaline was a world-class find, but activity at other |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | extraLapis English No. 3: Tourmaline Publisher Lapis International, LLC; East Hampton, CT Concept & Design...Lapis International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225...Eberhard Equit, 1993 extraLapis English No. 3 Tourmaline A Gemstone Spectrum Contributions by Brian C...AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline - History in Brief .......Mineralogy of the Tourmaline Group . . . 10 Species by Species - The Minerals of the Tourmaline Group ..... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MT. APATITE, AUBURN, MAINE By M. Jean Ingraham Smith College, Northampton, Mass. INTRODUCTION the Auburn...the hill, and show a garnetiferous zone in the feldspar. N o garnets are present in pits near the summit...The outer pits contain a pegmatite of quartz and feldspar in graphic interGENERAL GEOLOGY growth, which...becomes coarser in texture The country rock at Mt. Apatite may be toward the core zone, where it finally observed...planes, thus altering the lite are abundant. Green tourmaline crysrock to an injection gneiss. All of the tals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PARAGENESIS OF THE GRANITE PEGMATITES OF CENTRAL MAINE Knr.txprn K. Laxons.* Haraard Uni.aersif'y SUMMARY...the paragenesis of certain pegmatites in central Maine has caused the writer to advance the following ideas...classare potash feldspar (usually microcline), qnartz, muscovite, biotite, black tourmaline, beryl, garnet...crystals), cleavelandite, lepidolite, lithia tourmaline, columbite, cassiterite, spodumene, and etched...Buckfield, and to a very minor degree at Mount Mica and Auburn, an intermediate phase followed during which |  | | Report (issue) | | pegmatite mining inN ew England _______ _ Mica mining ______________________________ _ Feldspar mining ___...___________________________ _ Mining methods ___________________________ _ Geologic setting of the deposits..._______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...of Connecticut ___ _ Geology of the Middletown district ___________ _ Rock units ____________________________...structural analysis of mica deposits to prospecting and mining _______________________ _ Recognition of the type |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatite Mineral Localities in Oxford County, Maine Oxford County The four pegmatites described in this...in the Maine pegmatite belt. The famous pegmatite quarries of western Maine—Mt. Mica, Mt. Apatite, Har...Har vard quarry, and Bennett quarry, to name a few—have been heavily picked over for desirable mineral...collectors have re moved almost all traces of colored tourmaline. Future col lectors will have to search for...Realty of Norway, Maine, and was under lease to T . C . Mining Company of West Paris, Maine. There has been |  | | Book (volume) | | Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller + GEMSTONES OF AFGHANISTAN...orthoclase feldspar (25.03 ct), Idaho; rectangular step cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct)...ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 T..,..IIH. Maine. Bleck well terminated xi. 2 x 1 ½ . . . . . . ...1946 CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1946 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................···································575 WINDSOR QUARRY, RUDEVILLE, N . J. By Peler Z odac ..............desert north of the old Pony Express trail, north and east of the Fish Springs Mountains, in the western parts...usually not easily distinguishable ly in Tooele County, Utah, at approxi - from the more plentiful Pleistocene |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such... *' ^ *D * D } '<&*=> 4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...CRYSTAL FORMS <^ bi ^P CHIASTOLITE BERYL EMERALD FELDSPAR EPIDOTE ^?^ (& \ ^^ GARNET KYANITE IOLITE...IOLITE SPHALERITE RUBY i^b TOPAZ CRYSTALS TOURMALINE CRYSTALS (Cro»$-$«ction ot righl) ^ \b7 CHRYSOBERYL |  | | Journal (issue) | | This Issue Osmiridium Mining in Tasmania. By P. Ormsby Lennon Beryllium in Maine. By Prof. Freeman F...By David Modell A NON-TECHNICAL MAGAZINE - -ON- MINING · PROSPECTING • GEOLOGY - MINERALOGY • . THE... ROCI\S and MINERALS A NON-TECH NICAL MAGAZINE ---ON-MINING-PROSPECTING-GEOLOGY-MINERALOGY Published Quarterly...19. 1926 Contents for March, 1931 Osmiridium Mining in 'l'asmania. Bu P. Orm11bu Lennon . . . . . ...Postage Extra CRYSTALLIZED VANADINITE From Pinal County, Arizona Flame red crystals on a dnrk yellow matrix |
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