 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | K E QUADRANGLE, WARREN COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . V. H. Collins and J. S. Collins, R . D . 1, Old Trail Road...Schaller, W. T . 1932. Serendibite from War ren County, New York and its paragenesis. Amer. Min. 17:457-465...R I T E IN T H E LOCKPORT FORMATION I N MADISON COUNTY, NEW Y O R K . W. P. Dossert and S. C. Chamberlain...composite alkalic intrusive ex posed in Marathon County, Wisconsin. The complex con sists of four intrusive...throughout the Wausau complex. I n the massive pegmatite, it commonly forms brown prismatic crystals surrounded |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District Topsham • Topsham, Maine's underappreciated pegmatite district, is...I S L O C A T E D about 25 miles northeast of Portland along Interstate Route 95 just across the Andros...Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs from Standpipe Hill, overlooking the...synonomy has arisen due to changes of leasee or owner. Quarry locations are described and plotted on top ographic...of John W . Fisher between 1852 and 1860. This quarry was worked for a single season during the 1860s |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A Checklist Minerals of Connecticut Although perhaps best known for its garnet, chalcocite, and tourmaline...tourmaline, Connecticut also boasts many other mineral species. BRUCEJARNOT R O . B o x 627 M a r t i n...e , N e w J e r s e y 08836 T he study of Connecticut minerals has enjoyed a long peri od of attention...reviews of this mineral list. Dr. Bruce Jarnot, a Connecticut native, has avidly collected both minerals and...collections of Connecticut gems and minerals in existence. 386 R O C K S & MINERALS Two Connecticut localities |  | | Journal (issue) | | first nine on the list are abeisonite, abenakiite-(Ce), abernathyite, abhurite, abswurm bachite. acanthite...cadmium sulfide. They are both found at Sterling Hill and Franklin (New Jersey) almost exclusively as...well-known Ukrainian heliodor occurrence and its many pegmatite minerals. Like its predecessor locality issues...history, geology, mineralogy and a discussion of pegmatite origins, all with exceptional photography of many...is interesting and well diagramed. Chapter 4, Pegmatite Minerals, extends 72 pages and is further divided |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | accepted abstracts follow. THE GARNET LINE IN OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE, PEGMATITES. M. M. Felch, W. B. Simmons...intermediate and core zones in many of the Oxford County, Maine, pegmatites. This study primarily focuses...Rochester Mineralogical Symposium time-(Y), monazite-(Ce), and pollucite, which were not previously known...tourmaline-rimmed garnet was recently reported from a pegmatite in the Sahatany Valley, Madagascar (Buřival and...similar to the model proposed for the San Diego County pegmatites (Webber et al. 1997, 1999). The garnet |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rhodochrosite on sulfides, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...November/December: Copper, Cliff mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum specimen...Manganese-BariumMineral Locality in Northern Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 320-25 Behierite, Wisconsin, 170 Beudantite...J., Minerals of the Granite Gap Mines, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, 298-305 Biotite, Wisconsin, 173 Bitumen...Mineralogy Chile, luanheite, 120-22 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5-7, 85-87, 149,213-15,293-95,373-75 |  | | Book | | 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...localities: Baveno, Italy 14:157168 ALBITE Davis Hill near Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...18:185187 ALLACTITE AJlactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey (by P. J. Dunn) 14:251-252 ALLCHAR Famous |  | | Book (edition) | | Prague Printedin Czech Republicby Finidr.u.o .. Ce,ky Te~in 14/02/03/0 I All rights reserved•• ·o pan...dominant rareearth element (REE). e.g. monazite-(Ce), monazite(Nd), etc. In a few cases a similar procedure...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado |  | | Book (volume) | | publisher. Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...gem-producing areas in the United States, admittedly. Connecticut has produced a few tourmalines, aquamarines,...However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite district in North |  | | Report (issue) | | Occurrence Of Monazite GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 530 The Geologic Occurrence Of Monazite By WILLIAM...of monazite and of the geologic A review controls affecting the amount of thorium in monazite UNITED...________________ - ___ -_-_------Description of monazite __ ---- _____________ -----Discovery, synonymy...Age relations _________________ ----_-_-_--------Monazite localities ___ --- _______ -- ____________ -----_Africa... 43 43 43 43 46 47 47 48 48 48 49 50 50 51 Monazite localities-Continued Asia ______________ - -- |  | | Book | | phosphorus handbook. Wiley. New York Moore PB (1982) Pegmatite minerals ofP(V) and B(III). Mineral Assoc Can...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals...large masses in pegmatite at several mines in the Custer-Pringle area, Custer County, and at the Etta...Etta mine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in pegmatite at Chanteloube, France; Buranga, Ruanda;...Sukula and Lemnas, Finland; and in several other pegmatite deposits Amblygonite Optical Constants: IX |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...5 cm (Grice and Gault, 1981). CONNECTICUT Litchfield, Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals |  | | Book (volume) | | ........................ 83 The History of Lord Hill, Black Mountain, Mount Apatite, and Nathaniel H...... 315 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] |  | | Book (edition) | | Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...species have been relegated to group names (e.g., monazite group); others have had element designations added...six other special lists of minerals, such as pegmatite minerals, contact-metamorphic minerals, and secondary...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...on the market. The mines at Bisbee, in Cochise County, have produced large quantities of gem-quality |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...silicate minerals from Trumbull Peak, Mariposa County, California......................................area, Fresno County, California (Alfors et al., 1965); Chickencoop Canyon, Tulare County, California (Franke...discovered by Anthony Marsh of Incline, Mariposa County, sometime before 1930 (the exact date is not given)...veins in the Big CreekRush Creek area of Fresno County, California (Alfors et al., 1965). Several other |  | | Book | | magmatic or hydrothermal origins of elbaite in the pegmatite cavities; the mctamorphic or hydrothermal origins...copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular. Lake Superior, USA, the largest being 15 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23 x...occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law twins up to 5 cm in size and...Keweenaw Peninsula near Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes |  | | Corporate Document (Series) | | a broad reference such as 'Pieman River' or 'Middlesex' has been retained due to a lack of more specific...least one sample so-labelled is probably from Broken Hill, NSW. Catalogues of the major mineral finds have...Cleveland tin deposit, Avebury nickel mine, Colebrook Hill copper-bearing axinite skarn and Mt Ramsay tungsten...in the 1880s and 1890s, including the Colebrook Hill copper mine south of Rosebery and the Balfour copper...clinochlore), based on specimens from Stichtite Hill,near the Adelaide mine at Dundas. AS. Wesley, the |  | | Book | | magmatic or hydrothermal origins of elbaite in the pegmatite cavities; the metamorphic or hydrothermal origins...copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular, Lake Superior, USA, the largest being I 5 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23...occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law twins up to 5 cm in size and...Keweenaw Peninsula near Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from...fine gold wires come from Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. Fine crystals were also found in |  | | Journal (issue) | | e r a lo j g ic a l Volume Eight/Number Two PEGMATITE ISSUE #1 p u b lis h e r ls * h n Q n i. • ;...New York Famous Mineral Localities —The Pulsifer Quarry....................... 72 by Wende|| E Wi|son ...Lasmanis The Clear Creek Pegmatite: A Rare Earth Pegmatite in Burnet County, Texas.....................by Anthony Robert Kampf The Harding Mine, Taos County, New Mexico......................... 115 by Richard...apatite H (actually fluorapatite), from the Pulsifer quarry near Auburn, Maine; H 3 x 3.8 x 4.3 cm, on display |  | | Journal (issue) | | Sabelli & G. Brizzi Osarizawaite from the Silver Hill mine, Arizona ........................ 311 by C... Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ MINERAL... From Rhode Island-am ethyst scepters; from Connecticut-dinosaur tracks from M assachusetts-the alpine...(1st in USA) of this rare sodium phosphomolybdate! Rich yellow in schorl/moly matrix. Gold Hill, Utah....Wilton, CT 06897 (203) 762-0796 • Dept. MR Gold Hill, Utah. Over 750 Mineral Listings — Send three stamps |  | | Journal (issue) | | ....92.50 Midwestern locales P.O. BOX 4041 PORTLAND, MAINE 041 0 1 All Qualities, Prices. Thumbnail...served as The first probings in the Lengenbach quarry BINNA VALLEY. cook while Leopold Jentsch was the...operations. 99% of the material) was carried out of the quarry in wooden The contract with the Englishmen encountered...it hindered the work in the deeper parts of the quarry. iron, not minerals. Only later, at the beginning...from and the English Professor R. H. Solly to the quarry almost Binn participated in the company including: |  | | Journal (issue) | | with galena and barite, from the Bage mine, Bole Hill. Collected by Bryce M. W right, later in the Alfred...Matlockite crystal, 3.5 cm, from the Bage m ine, Bole Hill, W irksworth, Derbyshire. Collected by the mineral...a 92-meter shaft situated in the village of Bole Hill on the western edge of Cromford Moor, 1.6 km south...anglesite and native sulphur occurs in the Dene quarry at Cromford (Braithwaite, 1983). The association... but no manganese oxides or mendipite. Dolebury Hill, an area of lead and iron mining just to the east |  | | Journal (issue) | | Menzies Pink topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, U ta h .........................................TOPAZ crystals to 4 cm, on matrix, from Ghundao Hill, Mardan district, Pakistan. F. John Barlow collection;...Ginsburg et al. (summa rized in Cemy, 1982b, c). Pegmatite investigators in the U.S., notably Jahns (Jahns...the continental crust (Clemens and Wall, 1981; Collins et al., 1982) within typically long-lived, tectonically...trend in the western U.S. and Mexico. Within the pegmatite group, the complex, zoned intrusive type outnumber |  | | Book (edition) | | Mexico (#2, column 1) and TENNANTITE, Dresser quarry, Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada (13, column 2). ...Memoir 122. "Clay Mineralogy," by R. E. Grim (McGraw-Hill, 1968). "Crystal Data: Determinative Tables," Third...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson, |
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Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA