 | | 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...quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by a committee consisting of Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Gem and Mineral Museum; Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New...histoRiC spiNElli pRospECt, glastoNbuRy, haRtFoRd CouNty, CoNNECtiCut. A. J. Albini1 and H. moritz2. 1 86...oN plaNERitE FRom mauldiN mouNtaiN, moNtgomERy CouNty, aRkaNsas. T. A. Brown1, S. L. Hanson1, and A....small Spinelli pegmatite in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, is famous for crystals of a samarskitegroup...can be found in museums and old collections. The quarry lies on residential property and is closed to collecting |  | | 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 .............................................. |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | you know, two of John’s favorite minerals are fluorite and apatite. Today, he is going to talk about...beryllium phosphates from the Collins Quarry, Georgetown, Maine - J. W. Nizamoff, A. U. Falster, D. Leavitt...largest reddingite crystal from the Bennett Quarry, Oxford Co., Maine? - M. Felch, A. U. Falster. & W. B...historic Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut - A. J. Albini & H. Moritz. 2:30...warwickite, and dissakisite-(Ce) from New York State, USA - M. V. Luoulescu. R. Rowe, D. G. Bailey, & M. Hawkins |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By D A V I D M. S E A M A N 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 0 4 2 6 8 INTRODUCTION...of minerals have been found in the pegmatites of Maine since the discovery of Mt. Mica near Paris H i l...tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has...no further description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman...cleavages. The Orchard Quarry, also located on the Bennett Farm at Buckfield, has pro vided some excellent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Lees specimen, John Muntyan photo. July/August: Fluorite, William Wise mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire;...Minerals in Keweenawan Basalt, South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, W. S. Cordua, 412-415 Anatase...wulfenite, 58-61 Columbite: New Hampshire, 346; Maine, 503 Coming Events, 79, 169, 363, 466, 549 Cook...Minerals in Ke weenawan Basalt, South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, 412-415 Covellite, Colorado...California, J. A. Bartsch, 42-48 Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 114-149 Cares, J . W. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November/December: Gold on quartz, Eagle's Nest mine, Placer County, California. Wayne and Dona Leicht specimen, Harold...Mineralization at Pedreira Atalaia (the Sentinel Quarry) near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil...310-13 Amethyst Discovery on Deer Hill, Stow, Oxford County, Maine, W. B. Thompson, 44-51 Anatase, Colorado...the Walker Vein, Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite...Mineralization at Pedreira Atalaia (the Sentinel Quarry) near Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS FROM THE HYATT MINE, TALCVILLE, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S. C. Chamberlain, Department of Bioengineering...Talcville in the Town of Edwards, St. Lawrence County, New York. The orebody consists of massive iron-rich...FROM THE BROWN DERBY NO. 1 PEGMATITE, GUNNlSON COUNTY, COLORADO. R. A. Elder; W B. Simmons, and A . U...crystals in the Brown Derby No. 1 pegmatite, Gunnison County, Colorado. The crystals are found up to several...ACCESSORY MINERALS FROM THE HAVEY #2 QUARRY, TOPSHAM, SAGADAHOC COUNTY, MAINE. A. U. Falster’, E. E. Foord2 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DISCOVERIES AT THE BENNEll QUARRY, BUCKFIELD, MAINE. W B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, State House... The Bennett quarry is located in a complex granite pegmatite in the town of Buckfield, Oxford County...County, Maine. This locality received much publicity in 1989, when it produced a 3 k m crystal of gemmy morganite...morganite beryl known as the Rose of Maine. In 1990, Ronald and Dennis Holden opened a chain of pockets...cleavelandite unit along the north side of the quarry, producing additional morganite and large quartz |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert...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) | | can stain the pyrophyllite red to orange. Maine Bennett Quarry Ron and Dennis Holden, Leonard Beliveau...brothers—Gary, Brian, and Mark—opened up the Bennett quarry in Buckfield, as reported in the November/ December...1990 issue (65:498-504). During August 1990, the quarry was reopened and almost immediately more quartz...Wodginite This has been the year of wodginite in Maine. It was dis covered in the Effe and Clifford Gray...Pegmatite Wodginite, Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine. blance to rutile; horizontal striations are a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...8 cm long), Blue Lady mine, Aquanga, San Diego County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Queen mine, Pala district, Calif. Bennett quarry, Oxford Co., Maine Rare-earth pegmatites Yellow, white |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dale, N. C. 1924. The box-vein of Lyomdale, Lewk County, New York. New York State Museum Bulletin 251:134-48...Quebec. The sill is well exposed in the Varennes quarry, which has been operated continuously for crushed...celestine, chabazite, dolomite, elpidite, eudialyte, fluorite, franconite, galena, gypsum, hochelagaite, hematite... just off Route 109, there is an old pegmatite quarry known locally chiefly for its occasional production...documented, if at all. Most of the material from the quarry was evidently used in the construction of an adjacent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | would frequently collect; these included Weldon's quarry, as well as the Summit, Bound Brook, and Millington...he had special free access to the Prospect Park quarry near Paterson where he attended nearly every blast...for broader activi ties that led him to collect fluorite in southern Illinois and sulfide minerals in Butte...Corporation and the Mt. Mica Land Corporation in Maine. The major tourmaline deposits here may be de veloped...Although Charles Key is now located in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, he has lived, and has had businesses in, New Jersey |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JanuaryEebruary: Cerussite and fluorite, Blanchard mine, Socorro County, New Mexico. Peter J. Modreski...chalcopyrite, and quartz, Sweet Home mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen, Jeffrey Scovil...NovemberDecember: Silver, Bulldog mine, Mineral County, Colorado. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcomb Hjerstedt...Catherine No. 1 Mine, Casper Mountain, Natrona County, Wyoming, N. Tilander, M. I. Jacobson, 3 3 9 4...Early Vermont Mining, 267-74 Carlton Quarry, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, R. Clements, D. Robinson |  | | 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...working on a chapter to update the Mineralogy of Maine with new information from the last few years. He |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W I T H I N A ONE I N C H My neighbor state of Maine is one of the mineral collector's paradise in the...planning a trip to Maine should start by securing several good pamphlets and a good book on Maine. I have mentioned... 2. Maine Mines and Minerals—Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine $1.95...localities is the Ne ville or Newry mines at Newry, Maine. Visiting these mines should be plannedso as to...couple will find the Poland Mining Camps at Poland, Maine, run by Dot and Dudy Groves, just the place you |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. N. Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ................................./# 6 C alifornia Issue B enitoite, G old, L .A . County M useum , H im alaya m ine $7 Circulation Manager...translucent quartz crystals. Fluorite CaF2 Anhedral, purplish blue fluorite has occasionally been found...specimens were collected in the northern margin j f the quarry, inside the entrance to the main adit, on the left...Gerais, Brazil. Sulfides Pyrite FeS2 Fluorides Fluorite CaF2 Oxides Anatase Cassiterite Euxenite-(Y) |  | | Book (edition) | | HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION...a week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...field trial of the hambook during our ''Week with Maine Minerals" furnished additional information end resulted...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside...minerals. The geology of pegmatites, in general, and Maine pegmatites, in particular, is summarized briefly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gangueminerals(in this case,mainly quartz plus fluorite, CaF•, or fluorapatite, Ca•(PO4)aF) are present...and P•O•, phenakite, Be•SiO4,becomesstable with fluorite or fluorapatitein typical greisenand vein assemblages...related hydrothermal skarnshave analoguesinvolving fluorite and F•.O_x environments. In the presentpaper,...Assumed viation composition Bromellite Bro BeO Fluorite Ca-Be fluoride Flu CBF CaF• CaBeF4 References...inclusions in minerals such as quartz or topaz in fluorite and phenakite-bearing cavities in pegmatites. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mounting as seen on CNN and in Playboy mag 907 County Rd. 207 #17, Durango, CO 81301. azine. We buy fossils...beryl, crocoite, citrine, amber, topaz, gar net, fluorite, amethyst, kyanite, pyrite, peacock ore, chrysocolla...tools to your specification. Will ship postpaid in USA only. Vt" x 31" L-Bar, $13; 7/8" x 33" L-Bar, $14;...Have You Read FOR T H E FINEST GEMS DIRECT FROM MAINE Lapidary Journal T H E ROSE OF M A I N E Downloaded...UNIVERSITY] at 21:05 25 August 2017 The Rose of Maine is a 52-pound pink emerald. It is better known as |  | | Journal (issue) | | Largest Reddingite Crystals Found at Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine Van King PO Box 90888, Rochester,...(newryqs@rochester.rr.com) Jim Mann 57 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217 (m tm ann@megamlink.net) Reddingitc is a late-stage...locality for reddingite is the Abidja N. Fillow Quarry, Branchville village, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut...1925) reported the first rcddingite from the Bennett Quarry and provided a bulk, wet-chemical analysis:...Leaseman, an optometrist formerly of Portland, Maine. In the collection was a specimen which at first |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | area."—item sent in by Kenneth C. Brown, 3515 Bennett Ave., Santa Clara, Calif. Two massive black chromite...the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...INDIANA—Small xls of fluorite have been found in Meshberger Stone Company quarry, 2 miles northeast of...and northwestern Kentucky are noted for their fluorite (fluorspar) mines which furnished many beautiful |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pick—Philip Corley, Editor Junior Division of Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society Newlapso—Dr. Philip E. Eisman...Rockland Nuggets—Marvin Klibonoff, Editor Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. Unaka Rock & Mineral...the Convention (Federation Meeting). The Coastal Maine Mineral Club is still talking of the Palermo trip...Members of the Sandy River Mineral Club, Farmington, Maine, put on a nice show. Everyone had lovely displays...outstanding micromounts. 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