 | | Journal (issue) | | THE CRYSTAL COLLECTOR Amaeomtone, Vacnottlte, Smoky Quartz, Herkimer Co. ' 'Dlamonda," Pyrite, Orthoclue............................... Minerals of the Strickland Quarry. By Peter Zodac ........................Members ............ Some Mineral Localities Near Portland, Conn. .................................... The.......................................... A Paint Mine Near Palmerton, Penn. By A. Joseph Stanley .......to interesting quartz localities of the district and also to the famous hiddenite mine at Hiddenite. We |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS FROM 1 CONNECTICUT HILL By Richard Schooner P. O. Box 215 East Hampton, Conn. Collins Hill, in the...the town of Portland, undoubtedly represents the most remarkably mineralized area, of its size, in southern...southern New England. The hill is not especially large, but several different formtions are present, and...work has been done on the giant pegmatite at the summit. The Strickland Quarry is enormous, consisting...of an open pit and extensive chambers. The Schoonmaker Mine is actually a part of the same subterranean |  | | Book (edition) | | THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State............. |  | | Book (edition) | | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colorado 80210 markivanjacobson@gmail.com No pegmatite mineral collection is complete without octahe-...Fluorite is almost always a late-stage mineral in pegmatite cavities, forming a colorful, attractive icing...common minerals of microcline, bladed albite, and smoky quartz are enhanced by a purple or green cube of fluorite...Granite, near Red Stone quarry, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Henry Minot specimen and photo...training, with a long-term specialty in collecting pegmatite minerals. He currently works in Chengdu, Sichuan |  | | Journal (issue) | | years ago. This is due to the yearly crushing of mine dumps for logging road construction, road repairs...industrial projects. Posting of privately owned mine sites also had increased due to liability concerns...field trip is held to the Wolverine #2 mine, Kearsarge, Houghton County, Michigan. The collecting guides for...13 July 2022. Kyanite from Balsam Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...Tristan Jordan Feldspar Mining Topsham pegmatite field, Sagadahoc County, Maine Mark Ivan Jacobson 1714 S. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting. Mr. Leonard Morgan exhibited very fine smoky quartz crystals from Lovejoy's gravel pit at North...torbernite, garnet, and emerald crystals from Mitchell County, North Carolina, and large crystallized pyrite...Rockbridge Co., Va. He also reported that the Morefield mine at Amelia, Va., is soon to be worked for tantalite...tourmaline crystal from Bachelor's Ridge, Saratoga County, N. Y. Meeting oJ Nor. 5, 1941 Mr. E. A. Maynard...excursion to the Strickland and Schoonmaker quarries on Collins Hill near Portland, Conn. The usual minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical clubs which subscribe for Rocks and Mine rals also become affiliated members of the Rocks.......... RECENT FINDS OF MINERALS IN CENTRAL CONNECTICUT . 1 270 271 276 276 277 278 279 By L. W. Li1tle...LODESTONE EXPOSED . By Peter Zodac ........ THE MINE IN THE ATTIC. By H orace 111/. Sloc111n ..........consists of the following in ascending order: the Middlesex black shale, the Cashaqua shale the Rhinestreet...found in the Cashaqua but th.ey occur in the Middlesex and the Hatch beds and in immense numbers particularly |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................. 161 THE ANDREWS QUARRY NEAR PORTLAND, CONN. By Peter Zodac ........................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONNECTICUT VALLEY MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . ...edge of the valley is Park Avenue, while Hudson County Boulevard East occupies the east side of the valley...spanning Park Avenue and another crossing Hudson County Boulevard East. This latter bridge carries the...the valley, with another bridge crossing H udson County Boulevard East, which was relocated . The approach |  | | Journal (issue) | | a large collecti?n of iris agate and asteriated quartz. Pictures of the two exhibits mentioned above are...White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...granite pegmatites are the most common type of pegmatite. They are igneous dikes or \Teins essentially...pegmatites the crystals and grains of these minerals ; quartz, feldspar, mica, etc. ha,·e gro,vn to much larger |  | | Journal (issue) | | during the summer to inquire- " How can I get to the quartz crystal locality?" or "Where is the best place...NW to 8O°NW. The schist is intruded by several pegmatite bands which run parallel to the foliation. These...aplitic pegmatites carrying white mica and often smoky quartz. The largest of these pegmatites extended along...caisson. On the northeast side of the caisson the pegmatite just described I If sea level is con sidered zero...coarser-grained pegmatite dike about 14 inches wide, with salmon-colored feldspar. The older aplitic pegmatite near |  | | Journal (issue) | | tax • • 7.50 Heulandite, Iceland. Xld. on drusy Quartz. 3 x 2 1/2 x 1 ½ . • . . • • • • • . • • 2.00 Cacoxenite...¾ x t ½. . . . . t.50 Colu1ite, Butte. Mass on Quartz. 1 ¾ x 1 ½ . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . • ..... . . . . . . . 2.00 Artentite, Butte. Xld. on Quartz w . Pyrite. 2 x 2. . . . . . . . . . • • • • ....3.00 Tetrahedrite, Bolivia. Xld. and massive on Quartz. 4 x 2 ½ x 2. • . • • • . 4.00 Niccolite, Ontario...lilac & yellow banded twin xis. about 1 ¼" with Quartz & Calcite. 3 x 2½ x 2 ½ . Very choice. • • • • |  | | Book (edition) | | 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION 1955 HOLIDAY HILL PRESS 1485 FORCE DRIVE, MOUNTAINSIDE, N. �- Copyright...week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...been replaced in the locality seotion by the Scotty Mine, an active operation of considerable interest. The...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside... James L. Faulkner {Ridlonville) of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association, Mr. John E. Duffy and |  | | Journal (issue) | | 4- JUNE , 1894 . CONTENTS . LURAY CAVERN , PAGE COUNTY , VA . , 49 THE MINERALS OF THE ANCIENTS , 57 STUDENTS...I. JUNE , 1894 . No. 4 . 1 LURAY CAVERN , PAGE COUNTY , VA . BY HENRY CLAY BORDEN . The great valley...Luray . It con stitutes the greater part of Page County — a limestone region . Within this region near...small hill , THE DRAGON . rounded on top , covered with sink holes , and loose fragments of quartz with...Cave Hill may be considered identical with the stratum of Natural Bridge , of Rockbridge County . CAUSE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | highly commercialized, and often, some approach a County Fair carnival atmosphere — high admission charges...for certain specimens in it. Mr. William D. Schoonmaker of New York City exhibited about 150 specimens...from Georgia. Rutile, heseringite, dolomite and quartz in one specimen, from North Carolina. Four large... One of them, a dark green stone form Delaware County, Pa., being the only one ever cut from that locality...bone, with the interior coated with transparent quartz crystals, was his greatest curiosity. Dr. W. G |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | Kamoya South II mine, Democratic Republic of Congo byR. L. Mown 2:00 U n u s u a l quartz crystals form...u m mineralization of pegmatite pockets in the Wausau Complex, Marathon County, Wisconsin byS.L. Hanson...ferberite-hiibnerite from the Nine Mile Pluton, Marathon County, Wisconsin by T. W. Buchholz; A U Falstei; and...kulanite and phosphophyllite from the Palermo #1 mine, North Groton, New Hampshire bill. W Nizamoff R...Simmons 4:00 Gem almandine from Colchester, Connecticut by B. M. Jarnot and M. D. Jarnot 4:15 A m p |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Collector. Quartz and its Varieties. By Albert C. Bates. PART I. QUARTZ is the most widely distributed...earth. The varieties of form and color embraced in quartz are infinite. Its beauty and usefulness in many...minerals include a greater number of specimens of quartz than of any other single species. As it is well...species, and to this class I belong, selecting quartz in the belief that it is the ideal mineral . The...first, because it con sists almost entirely of quartz, and, second, to give an idea of how small a space |  | | Journal (issue) | | undersigned, being all of the officers of rhc Clark County Gem Co!l~tors, Inc., most sincerely wish to convey...one attains the top of the saddle, Flower Agate Hill is f earned in its entirety about one-quarter mile...writer took advantage of collecting at the numerous mine dumps in the vicinity of Champion. It is hoped that...Michi1a11 The Beacon Mine, operated by the North Range Mining Company, is the only active mine in the Champion...numerous aumps and ruins in th e vicinity of the Beacon Mine, however, attest to the former activity in the area |  | | Journal (issue) | | THE BAD LANDS ' BARITES , TIGER - EYE AND ROSE QUARTZ , GREATEST MINING SHAFT IN THE WORLD , TURQUOISE...four miles of the little town of Moab, in Grand county, near where the Grand River finds a tortuous way...seen the natural limestone bridge of Rockbridge county, Va., he will likely make comparisons that will...the first place, Southeastern Utah, where Grand county lies, has never been thoroughly explored ; then...trip of the Club was taken on May 1st to Mullica Hill, N. J. The members attending obtained viv- ianite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALEXIS A. JULIEN, LOUIS H. LAUDY, WILLIAM D. SCHOONMAKER. FRTANOE OOAUUTTEE. HENRY DUDLEY, JOHN H. HINTON...ARCHEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS FROM WESTERN NEW YORK AND SARATOGA COUNTY. Exhibited by W. I,. Hildburgh. I. SIXTH ANNUAL...MEXICO,NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION. Exhibited by B. F. Hill. 10.a. TENLARGE THIN-SECTIONS OF ADIRONDACKROCKS...Joplin, Mo. p. Stephanite on Pyrite, Grand Prize Mine, Tuscarora, Elks Co., Nev. a. SIXTH ANNUAL RECEPTION...Salt Lake? Utah. r. Smoky Quartz (colossal crystal), Auburn, Me. J. Smoky Quartz (parallel crystallization) |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . • . . . 5.00 GaW, V• •~bk. Xld. on Quartz. 1 1/4 x 1 • • • • • • . . • . . • . • . . . •...• . 12.50 C..ulllle. rmany. Xld. in mass w. Smoky Quartz. 3 ½ x 2 ½ . • . . . . 7.50 ...., ... Tyrol...2.50 s,llaledte, Phoenixville, Pe. Well xld. w. Quartz xis. 3 x 2 ½ . . . . . . . . 2.50 ................ • . . . . 4.00 Sta■■lte, Cornwall. With some Quartz and Chalcopyrite. 21h x 2 . . . . . . 1.25 C1l••••lh...onite, France. Repeated twin 1 ¼ " enclosing red Quartz xis. . . . . . . 1.50 Transportation extra. Terms |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | attracted by a black, cmly looking mineral in the pegmatite veins on the northwestern side of the valley....TraversinGthis in many directions are veins of pegmatite, which are sometimes straight and unbroken, at...curved, branched, or even broken into. These pegmatite veins are very prominent on the face of El Capitan...while the mineral was at times abundant in the pegmatite blocks, still none of it was noticed in the grano-diorite...diameter, In addition to the quartz, muscovite and orthoclase present in the pegmatite, there were a number of |  | | Journal (issue) | | country village in the Saucon Valley of Lehigh County, Pa., occurs a vast deposit of zinc blende which... the most at tractive being pyrites, calcite, quartz, oxides of zinc and calamine. The mass is zinc...pyrite occur with the zincblende and limestone. 4. Quartz. - In the crevices and between and among the calamine...calamine I found several pieces of crystallized quartz. One specimen exhibits a number of very delicate...I quote : “ An inter esting variety of fibrous quartz (which had been considered petrified horsehair |  | | Journal (volume) | | classes Mines and mineral resources of a given county or area (describing kind, character, distribution...of these minerals Number of total value of the County mineral products 11 18 18 20 Imperial Inyo ...Inyo and ties. San Bernardino counties. In Inyo County high-grade magnetite ore was being mined from the...being shipped to San Francisco. In San Bernardino County high-grade hematite was being mined from Cave Canyon...Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara counties. Gold. Mine development and the production of gold showed |  | | Report (volume) | | cientifica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Condor vols. 30-41, 1928-39. Santa Clara, Calif. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences Transactions vols...vols. 30-33. New Haven, Conn. Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletins 45-47, 49-60...Proceedings [printed in the journal] vols. 53-55. Chapel Hill, N. C. Engineering and Mining Journal vols. 127-140...Oregon Country Geological News Letter vols. 1-5. Portland, Oreg. Geologische Rundschau Bande 20-23. Leipzig |
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