 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | description by Larsen (1921), is redescribed from twelve new localities. Phosphuranylite is isostructural with...mineral found in the Flat Rock pegmatite in Mitchell County, North Carolina. The original description stated...Larsen for his care in insuring that the voluminous new optical data cited in his Tables were obtained from...and calcium that difiered entirely from autunite and meta-autunite, the only other known minerals qualitatively...from the 13 known localities, 12 here described as new, is given in Table 1. rt is often associated probably |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occur in this way are chiefly the phosphates meta-autunite, parsonsite, and phosphuranylite, and the silicates...this paper. A few unidentified minerals, apparently new species, also were found. Three of these, Minerals...and optical studies of his specimensfrom Mitchell County, North Carolina, including the materials of analyses...Specimens of identical appearancefrom Mitchell County contained in other collections also were found...uranyl oxides. A sample of the gummite from Mitchell County analyzed by Ross, Henderson, and Posnjak (1931) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Autunite Downloaded by [Columbia University] at 23:49 05 October 2014 Daybreak Mine, Spokane...Spokane County, Washington T he naming of minerals that contain water easily lost through simple dehydration...hydration/dehydration-linked pair of minerals, autunite and meta-autunite, are commonly available in good to excellent...discussion as a Connoisseur’s Choice. Consequently, autunite, commonly perceived as the dominant and most widespread...classic occurrence at the Daybreak mine near Elk, Washington. Autunite is characterized by color that varies |  | | Report (issue) | | 790 X-ray Powder Pattern: Flat Rock mine, North Carolina, USA; nearly identical to dewindtite. 7.83...U–V deposits. Association: Uraninite, autunite, meta-autunite, uranophane, uranophane-beta, becquerelite...haiweeite, uranian “opal”. Distribution: In the USA, from the Flat Rock and Buchanan pegmatite mines...in the Ruggles mine, near Grafton, and the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire;...Fairfield Co., Connecticut; at the Barker (Ferguson) mine, five km southeast of Keystone, Pennington Co., |  | | Book | | are always looking for people to write books on new and related subjects. If you have an idea for a book...Laboratory; William "Skip" Simmons, - University of New Orleans; Reinhard Wegner, Universidade Federal da...mineralogist M. H. Klaprot h showed that it contained a new chemica l element. Klaproth produced "uranium" powder...uranium if higher prices justify reprocessing the mine tailings to recover some of the uranium that was...wastewater during environmental reclamation at a mine that has ceased production. The following statistical |  | | Report (issue) | | 665 X-ray Powder Pattern: Ruggles pegmatite, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA. 7.88 (100), 3.94 (90), 2...Total 99.45 100.00 Chemistry: (1) Lusk, Wyoming, USA. (2) Ca(UO2 )2 (SiO 3OH)2 ² 5H2 O: Polymorphism &...waters. Association: Uranophane-beta, kasolite, meta-autunite, phosphuranylite, uranium oxides. Distribution:...France. In the USA, at the Monument No. 2 mine, Apache Co., Arizona; from the Happy Jack mine, White Canyon...in the Hanosh mine, Grants district, McKinley Co., New Mexico. In the Silver Cli® mine, Lusk, Niobrara |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Leadhillite has been reported from the Beer Cellar Mine, Granby, Mo. but this writer has never had an opportuntiy...collected some years ago at the fabulous Mammoth Mine, Tiger. I have examined a number of leadhillites...Arizona. The Ruggles mine, in Grafton, N . H. is the oldest mica, feldspar, beryl, and uranium mine in the...enthusiastic rock and mineral collectors. The famous Ruggles mine deserves and has received a better fate. It...many rare and beautiful minerals. I mention the Ruggles mine for several reasons. First, it yields magnificent |  | | Report (issue) | | rocks of New Hampshire ....... 44 Table 9 Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey ...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New York ........... 56 Table 11 Uranium occurrences...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Hampshire.......................^..^.i....48 Figure 12...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of New Jersey....................................55 Figure...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of northeastern New York.........................64 Figure 14. Uranium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs from...a Mr. Carr of Grafton, West Virginia, and then sold to Golding Brothers of Trenton, New Jersey. How ...of Bath who was superintendent for the Trenton (New Jersey) Flint and Spar Company. In 1869 that firm...was described by Shainin (1948) as follows: The mine-run feldspar was first run through the jaw crusher...transferred to Bath by scow and then shipped to Trenton, New Jersey, potteries, but by the early 1880s shipment |  | | Report (issue) | | identified as valid species already knorn; some new species have teen established. Many rhases remain...Bill Bryan claim, guild Steer Canyon, Montrose County, Colo, Ref. no. cf X-rav patterns TE 474 Quantity...Location Arc!ers(, nitc. 1/ usrm Hillside mine, Yac;apal County, Ariz, Ref. no. of X-ray patterns Inv....tc dark yellow Some ancmalous tiaxial negative autunite is uniaxial. The biaxiality is ,':Teudent on the...the scuare tablets. The tetragonal nroduct, meta-autunite I, also shows a sectoral, biaxial :_:1-iaracter |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metals are, to many, equally as important. Did a new “metallic”age dawn a few decades ago that will be...specimen is from the Number 20 mine near Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina. Author’s specimen...Figure 5. A 2-cm uraninite cube from the Cardiff mine, Wdberforce, Ontario, Canada;Canadian Museum of...found at the famous Palermo and Ruggles mines in Grafton County, New Hampshire; dendritic uraninite intergrowths... WestChester County, and from a locality at Richville Station, St. Lawrence County, New York. Uraninite |  | | Report (volume) | | ----------------------- ___ ------------- ___________________ _ Autunite. ________ ------------------------_-----------------..._ . ____ . __ . ~ ______________________ _ Meta-autunite. __________ -------- ______ ---------------...------------------------------------------------Meta-uranocircite. ______________ ---- ___ -------_--------------_----..._. _. -- __ .... _. _. _______________________ _ Meta tyuyamunite _____ -------------------------------------...Page FIGURE 9. Monazite. A, B. Typical habit. C. New York. D. Tavetsch, Switzerland ---------------- ___ |  | | Book | | THE PEGMATITE MINES KNOWN AS NORTH GROTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE eral I ederi Acknowledi:ments Dedicated...experience. As a kid growing up in Manchester, New Hampshire, I was always fascinated by minerals and tried...premier sandbox, but I could also make sure the mine would remain open to mineral enthusiasts for years...maintained the notoriety acquired by the Palermo No. I mine. Its impact on the nation, and in some respects...different species - several of them unique to the mine - Palermo has earned a reputation that makes it |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Woàlâ Menti 04t Minelal ÔccWiïenc&i Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...At present am employed at Magma Copper Company's mine here in Superior. No doubt you are familiar with..."For the collector of lead minerals, the Red Cloud Mine in Yuma Co., Ariz., is of considerable interest...the scarce, vital metals it contained. "Today the mine is reached by a barely possable road from Martinez...Rubarite, Inc., a newly formed company which produces a new synthetic rubber product for use in rubberized asphalt |  | | Report (volume) | | Andersonite_________________________________________________ 97 Autunite.___-_-____-_-_-___-___-_-__-_----_________-_--____-_..._--____-_-_______---_-___________114 Hydrogen-autunite ____________________________________________ 115...Masuyite_________________________________-__-________________ 119 Meta-autunite________________________________________________... __--__-________________-_-_______-_-___----122 Meta-uranocircite __-___-________-_-____-_______-_--______-... With the exception of that for ianthinite, the new data originated either hi the Geological Survey or |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lllllllllllllllll Collecting in Maine and New Hampshire has been very productive this year with many...the collection. In Maine Black Mt. proved a gold mine on my last visit in the spring. Such things as Eosphorite...the common minerals from each locality? Harvard Mine at Greenwood produced several fine purple Apatite...specimens of Autunite and Meta-Autunite plus Fluorapatite at Wardwell Mine. At this mine many excellent...in hand size specimens. The combination of the Autunite and Fluorapatite make a spectacular fluorescent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | came to New Hampshire to slow down and live. Mineral collecting as fun returned and to me a new mineral...have encouraged me to get going again. Here in New Hampshire I have done a great deal of work on several...excellent and famous areas of New Hampshire— Ruggles Mine and Palermo—my pets. Ruggles this month and next month...month a visit to Palermo. Ruggles is perhaps one of the most spectacular mines to see in the North East...a few years ago were collectors allowed into the mine and dumps during the summer months. It is perhaps |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at Shinkolobwe,it is more likely from the Musonoi mine in the same district. The specimen is 12.5 cm wide...lost to dehydration, leading to a new composition and, by necessity, a new name. There are many good examples...relationship between such minerals as autunite and meta-autunite, uranocircite and metauranocircite (Cook...presented by White (1973) in one of the earliest “What’s New In Minerals” columns in the Mineralogical Record...It is one of at least sixteen members of the meta-autunite group, a suite of tetragonal or orthorhombic |  | Mills, S. J., Kampf, A. R., Birch, W. D. (2012) The crystal structure of metanatroautunite, Na[(UO2)(PO4)](H2O)3, from the Lake Boga Granite, Victoria, Australia. American Mineralogist, 97 (4) 735-738 doi:10.2138/am.2012.3866 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California...almost identical corrugated polyhedral sheet to meta-autunite-group minerals, consisting of corner-sharing...to synthetic Na[(UO2)(PO4)](H2O)3. Keywords: Meta-autunite, metanatroautunite, uranium, phosphate, Lake...structure Introduction Minerals of the autunite and meta-autunite groups, as well as synthetic variants...phosphates, two of which (ulrichite and lakebogaite) are new species (Birch et al. 1988; Mills 2004; Mills et |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mines & Minerals of North Groton, New Hampshire The historical background of the famous North Groton...Candia Road Chester, New Hampshire 03036 R O B E R T W. WHITMORE Weare, New Hampshire 03281 N O R T H G... a large percentage of the popula tion of New Hampshire would not recognize the name, let alone be able...Groton, New Hampshire. WENTWORTH X McGinnis Mine X Wheat Mine X Belden Mine Atwood Mine, F. Davis...XMine DORCHESTER X RUMNEY (118 Penna Coal x Mine Diamond Minex V U n i Holden x Mini] o n M |  | | Book | | Designed by Molly Shields Type set in DIN Black/Ti1nes New Ro111an ISBN: 978 -0-7643 -5113-6 Printed in China...are always looking for people to write books on new and related subjects. If you have an idea for a book...to the advancement of the science of uraniun1 and New species are no\.V being reported at the rate of several...appropriate. Research in this fie ld is ongo in g, and new 111inerals continue to be described in the literature;...for the sin1ple reason that the cost of using a new pai r of disposable gloves every tin1e specin,ens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Natural attenuation of uranium and formation of autunite at the expense of apatite within an oxidizing...pre-existing hydroxyapatite was transformed to autunite through an unidentified intermediate phase. The...U. The hydroxyapatite, intermediate phase and autunite show similar chondrite normalized rare earth elements...hydroxyapatite to autunite: (1) the dissolution of hydroxyapatite and precipitation of autunite which would...chemistry of apatite and autunite are used to explain the natural formation of autunite at the expense of apatite |  | | Report (volume) | | volcanic rocks, in Faul, Henry, ed., Nuclear geology: New York, John Wiley & Sons Inc., p. 89-98. On the basis...At the W. Wilson mine, "a few secondary minerals, mainly metatorbernite, meta-autunite, and uranophane...radioactivity of four Paleozoic magma series in New Hampshire: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 57, p. 797-828...series are recognized in western and central New Hampshire. This paper describes the rocks of these series...increase in the amount of zircon. The rocks of the New Hampshire magma series of Late Devonian (?) age range |  | | Catalog/List | | •. -. "! -~ ..JIC::~~~ :· Mineral Dealer & Mine Agent ·.~ll!ll\\ll!wj , I '\ ,i levant Gallery...xtlø. 2x1¾x5/8" ,.c5.oo. 5. ANGLESITE.Bunker Hill Mine,Kellogg,Idaho,U.S.A. (xtla to¾" face!) thick spear-sh...2-p1-p:1",~,0.00. 6. ANGLESITE. 9 Leyel,Foøs .I y Mine,Bunk r Hill,Kellogg,Idaho,U.S.A. line luatroua...apeci■en. a thin • 7. ANKERITE/BLENDE. Eagle Mine,Gilman Co. ,Colorado,U.S.A. Inte~estin~ open-interforms...11 , .r,7 00. C. 1 ¾x1"2• ·111 , .S4. 00. 18. AUTUNITE. Saint-Symp 1orie_:-, Au tun, F:-:-anc . :rhis |
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Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA