 | | Journal (issue) | | 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia... If you have ever had the desire to detonate a quarry blast or create an earthquake you will be able...Figure 7—Manganoan Calcite – Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - “Wonderful World of Agates”...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the...An unusual specimen from the Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, Wisconsin) is a sheet copper (figure 6). One of |  | | 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............. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | VICINITY TOWN, CONNECTICUT OF MIDDLE- W. G. Fol'e, Wesleyan Unhersity A few of the pegmatite quarries in...prospect-holes opened in Middlesex and adjacent portions of Hartford counties, Connecticut, fourteen may be selected...Wesleyan University (Locality 18, Fig. 1). The Connecticut pegmatite dikes are composed of predominating quartz...found in orthogneiss, the Pelton quarry (Locality 4), east of Collins HilI and within the Glastonbury...beryl has been taken (Locality 9) near the Gillette quarry, south of Haddam Neck. These facts attain greater |  | | 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) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at 23:09 04 August 2017...pegmatites. It has been found at the Andrews quarry, Portland, Connecticut; with monazite crystals at 185th Street...New York City, N.Y. ; at the Dake mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; with tysonite in Cheyenne Canyon...Springs, Colorado; and with rutile in Alexander County, North Carolina. MONAZITE, is essentially a phosphate...half inches in size at the Dake mine in Mitchell County. It occurs also in crystals at the Ray mine near |  | | Journal (issue) | | Kaminski, Terry (2011), Copper Mines of Houghton County, Michigan, p. 18-20 Painesdale Mine and Shaft,...Schooner, the person who knew more about central Connecticut mineralogy than anyone else of his day, and the...1984 Dear Tony, Last week I got back to the Strickland quarry. On the remains of that old dump, bulldozed...bulldozed last summer, I found some excellent triplite, in masses up to an inch and a half. I suspect, now,...collected there previously may be derived from triplite rather than lithiophilite. Well, the Seventh Edition |  | | 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...has been done on the giant pegmatite at the summit. The Strickland Quarry is enormous, consisting of...treats it as a northern continuation of the Strickland Quarry. The accompanying map should furnish whatever |  | | Journal (issue) | | in Nevada. Alabandite from the George Nolan Pegmatite Bikita, Masvingo, Zimbabwe Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburineral...educator, geologist, petrologist, field collector, pegmatite and uranium mineral expert and more. He traveled...Page Page 3 Alabandite from the George Nolan Pegmatite (Continued from page 1) From 1953 to 1963, Northern...three Heinrich specimens from the George Nolan pegmatite in Bikita, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) that...lot of tantalite specimens from the ‘Geo. Nolan Pegmatite” was surprisingly precise, and I had no knowledge |  | | Journal (issue) | | Richard A. Bideaux M ineralogist feature articles Pegmatite Phosphates: Descriptive Mineralogy and Crystal...hiddenite specimens in his collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal...Directors of the Foundation of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. It was my pleasure, and... New York; the exhibition of the New Haven, Connecticut, Mineral Society; or the Annual meeting of the...interpenetrating twin cubes of thorianite from Hud dersfield County, Quebec. Their addresses: Vickery — 4 Brendon Road |  | | Journal (issue) | | Institute of Mineralogy dba Mindat.org 1113 Cambridge Hill Lane, Keswick, VA 22947 info@hudsonmineralogy.org...full year (12 color issues) is just $35.00 in the USA. Mineral News 1885 Seminole Trail—Ste 202—Charlottesville...are located near the town of Corona in Lincoln County. Since 1881, the area has seen sporadic mining...buyer may be a Col. Griffin of Santa Fe (Lincoln County Leader, September 1, 1883), but the collection’s...wrote the following description in the Lincoln County Leader, Aug. 11,1883: Vol. 39 No. 9 September |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | miles long extending from Coosa County thru Talladega and into Calhoun County. Most of the distance it is...Arizona kaersutite comes from Hoover Dam, Mohave County. A % inch black cube of limonite pseudo after pyrite...goldsilver mines at Silverton, San Juan Co., Colo. CONNECTICUT—The following letter, dated May 30, 1954, comes...found at the Swanson Lithia Mine (Haddam Neck, Middlesex Co., Conn.). David Seaman (American Museum of...the quarry has been posted. I intend to discuss the matter with the owner. Much of the triplite is altered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...black tourmaline, biotite, pyrite, magnetite, triplite, and triphyllite. The best beryls occur as elongated...States (from Thurston 1955). Essentially all pegmatite districts contain some aquamarine. Volume 68,...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...______________________________________ _ Location of pegmatite districts ___________________ _ Previous work...Acknowledgments ______________________________ _ History of pegmatite mining inN ew England _______ _ Mica mining _...deposits _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic...________________________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ______ |  | | Journal (issue) | | o,,/.,,/4 '°'1, /"'", l9J/.3 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Y., whose very interesting article, "The Pekin Quarry at Lockport, N. Y." appeared in last month's issue...highway 36, between SusanvilJe and W estwood, Lassen County, Calif. Above highway at this point several different...of the Feather River bridge, at Oroville, Butte County, Calif. West of Highway 39, between Oroville and...Bear River, near Colfax, on highway 49, Ne~ada County, Calif. One piece of petrified wood was all that |  | | 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...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...and help received during past visits to Oxford county. Special thanks must be given above all to those |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map .......................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...spelling of the old word turamalin to tourmalin. Hill coined the term tourmaline garnet in 1771 in reference...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher...tourmaline was found in the pegmatites of San Diego County, California. The Advent of Chemical Analysis |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: the G illette quarry, Haddam Neck, Connecticut .................................... San Mateo, CA 94403 (415-345-6228). HARDING PEGMATITE CATALOG The University of New Mexico Geology Museum...and archival material related to the Harding pegmatite in north-central New Mexico. This well-known collecting...suites of samples from specific zones within the pegmatite; a variety of analytical data have been obtained...Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36) Tuolumne County; 2.54 cm, 1.9 cm (39) Seaton mine, Amador County; 12.07 cm | | | Journal (issue) | | mineral localities: the Gillette quarry, Had dam Neck, Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....San Mateo, CA 94403 (415-345-6228). HARDING PEGMATITE CATALOG The University of New Mexico Geo1ogy Museum...and archival material related to the Harding pegmatite in north-central New Mexico. This well-known collecting...suites of samples from specific zones within the pegmatite; a variety of analytical data have been obtained...Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36) Tuolumne County; 2.54 cm, 1.9 cm (39) Seaton mine, Amador County; 12.07 cm |  | | Report (issue) | | thesis. Ackerman, Walter, 1953, Louis Beryl Pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota: Rapid City, South Dakota...Ackerman, W.C., 1952, Peerless Pegmatite, Keystone, Pennington County, South Dakota: Rapid City, South...S. thesis. Ackerman, W.C., 1953, Louis Beryl Pegmatite, Black Hills, South Dakota [abs.]: Geological...map and sections, Burnt [Burt?] Mica Mine, Custer County, South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File...Joralemon, Peter, Stopper, R.F., and Hall, W.E., Pegmatite investigations 1942-1945, Black Hills, South Dakota: |  | | 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 (volume) | | .........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |  | | Book (volume) | | .........................................80 Connecticut ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a bed deposit⎯yellow...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy |
|
Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA