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| AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |
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| more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of Amado, on the...inches in length. They come from Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado (altitude of pocket where found over...inches in size, comes from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Microcline {feldspar). Nice loose xls, averaging...received. These come from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Garnet (spessartite). Small but gemmy, deep...Locality is Ruby Mountain near Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colo. Topaz: Small, colorless gemmy xls in cavities |
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| Little Falls dolostone at exposures in Herkimer County, New Y o r k , and elsewhere. Despite their popularity...complexly zoned, Li-rich pegmatite in Florence County, Wisconsin, has revealed an unusual phosphate assemblage...a quartz vein on Stone Hill in Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont ( H M M #128449). 2. Stubby black crystals...cordierite crystals, at the soapstone quarry in Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire ( H M M #123104)....in amphibolite on Mt. Grace in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts ( H M M #123555). 4. Ferrian dravite |
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| ph—phosphorescence ALASKA — "Here are two pieces of rock that I picked up on the beach near Kenia, Alaska...coal. It it? The green piece is a chip from a large rock." — item from Mrs. Knute Carlson, Box 702, Wasilla...Conn., in a lot blasted up for a foundation. The rock was a mixture of chlorite-feldspar with some quartz...results. When first found the operator of a local rock shop said they were zircons. Then another shop weighed...not been able to show the double refraction of zircon. Then a few pieces were sent by one of our club |
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| 1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � - PRICE $2...Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION...Talc Mine Saxtons River, Vermont Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE... Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford, Massachusetts...Goldmine Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts Granby Dinosaur Museum |
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| Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...-___--_Older gneissic rocks of northwestern Rhode Island.____________ Nipsachuck Gneiss------------- |
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| consternation of a rock col lector who wandered into a meeting whose sign read: ROCK FESTIVAL. The Society...enjoyed by the members present. OTTAWA, CANADA RHODE ISLAND The Canadian Micro Mineral Associa tion announced...announced a series of field trips. The Lachaine Quarry, the McGlashan Mine, the Evans Lou Mine, Bear Lake...fossils of the Alps. Member Bill LaFond of the Rhode Island Mineral Hunt ers, Pawtuckett, spoke to 390...VIRGINIA Blue coral was the objective of the Kanaivha Rock and Gem Club, Charles ton, when the club journeyed |
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| to amber, on white limestone, occurs in Miller's Lime Pit at Samson, Geneva Co., Ala., so we have been...in the copper mines at Sulzur, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. ARIZONA—"Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz.,...admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I...been found in the Appalachian Minerals Company quarry near Monticello (Jasper Co.), Ga. IDAHO—"I am enclosing |
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| ............................ 3 Petrology of the rock units.................................... 4. Plainfield...granodiorite. The Pennsylvanian or Permian alkalic Joshua Rock Granite is unique in this part of the Hope Valley...Natural History Survey. The samples were taken from rock units shown on quadrangle maps by Goldsmith (1967a...analyses in the appendix are of the major groups of rock, but table 4 is of rocks whose assignments are less...Chemical analyses of whole-rock samples were done either by conventional rock analysis at the USGS laboratories |
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| A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |
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| BONANZA Rock collecting, sightseeing and a look at history in Colorado by Steve Voyn ick CONKLIN QUARRY...QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page 122 A PICTURE...Vanguard blade. aluminum oxide wheel for sharpening rock picks, chisels, etc. Use fine grit • Handy, adjustable...CENTER CADILLAC OF ROCK GRIPPERS _ __._..__._....., SHIM The new 4 POINT SOVA ROCK VISE Designed and...This toot puts four equal pressure points on your rock. holding odd shaped pieces solidly for accurate |
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| Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |
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| ............. 554 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................505 511 514 532 533 551 551 553 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY GEOLOGIC HAZARDS COMMITTEES NAMED Clarence Allen...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...Annual Rock Swap at Jo Scholl's Place, North Gorham, Maine. July 26-31, 1965 — Charlotte Rock and Min...sponsor the 25th Annual Convention and Silver Jubilee Rock and Gem Festival of the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical |
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| Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...minerals are leached from the surrounding country rock during metamorphism. Ramsay and Huber (1983) suggest...such as pegmatite veins or cavities in sedimentary rock. The localities for faden quartz are numerous, and...repeated cracking and healing of grains in the country rock, which are broken and exposed when the fissure grad...the stretched crystal fiber hy pothesis, when the rock first fractures, crystal grains are broken, and |
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| Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |
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| color. Prices on request. ANALCITE CRYSTALS, Lincoln Co., Oregon. A very limited supply of choice translucent...weigh ing 20 to 30 lbs. or more. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock. III. Choice medium to deep purple crystals averaging...available. Prices on request. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock, III. Choice me dium to deep purple xls with other...DOLOMITE CRYSTALS IN PENN.—Richard Haefner.... 808 RHODE ISLAND HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOIL—Gardiner E. Gregory............... 858 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .............................................. |
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| world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry—Esmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite |
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| ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |
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| Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...gratefully dedicated. Gene Foard (right) at Swamp #1 quarry, Topsham. Gene Foard speaking with Frank Perham...Gene Foard with Yan King, 1994 (left) at Nevel quarry, Newry. In Memoriam Gene Foord Gene [Eugene Edward]...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified |
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| _----_--_---_--_--_-_____-_--___-______---____-______ Rock descriptions____-___-__--______________-______-__-____-___-_...___________ 2. Lead-alpha age determinations of zircon and monazite from some rocks of southeastern Connecticut...zones. Eight new lead-alpha age determinations on zircon or monazite range from 280 to 530 million years...by structure or differential credibility of the rock units. The Yantic River drains eastward and appears...set. The area has been glaciated at least once. Rock crops out in 6 percent of the quadrangle, and areas |
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| describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...a precise explanation of how to recognize the rock formations in which gems occur. in The tabular...1 2 How fun to hunt for gems to identify 3 Rock formations How which gems occur 1 21 stone...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh...intersect at right angles. The crystals, such as zircon, commonly have a square cross-section. The hexagonal |
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| world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite; |
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| wallrocks- _ _______________ Supergene alteration and rock weathering--________ Width of the altered wallrock...distribution of the altered wallrocks-____________ Altered rock minerals-_---_-__________________-_ Primary and... hydrothermal environment ________________ Host rock- --------------------------------Hydrothermal solutions--...granite__________________________________ Sketch of rock alteration effects_____________________________...----Average values of some elements in the host rock and the vein, Essex mine_________________.-_--_-__------__ |
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| ................. MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................FIND IN COWEE VALLEY, N.C.—Paul E. Lockwood THE ROCK BRIGADE—Rudolph J. Bland, Jr......................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 641 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A RUSH TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA On Tuesday, August...headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...30th St., Bellevue, Wash. 98004. Oct. 2, 1965—1st Rock Swap of the West chester Mineral & Gem Society |
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| EARTH—Arkadi Sumonyan ................................... ROCK-HOUNDING IN NORTH-CENTRAL ARKANSAS—H". C. Riddle...742 748 751 762 774 776 794 722 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185) i ROCKS AND MINERALS 72! CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY “I AM A MINERAL COLLECTOR” “HUH?” By ANNA MARIE...76, Franklin, N. J. Oct. 16, 17, 1965—Michiana Rock & Gem Club, Inc. 4th Annual Show, New National Guard...Recreation Club of Fairhope, Ala., will sponsor its first Rock Show and Swap at the Mobile and Eastern Shore Adult |
