 | | 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) | | mounting done all over again. SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE By NEIL JORGENSEN 247 W. Summit Ave., Haddonfield...region of Oxford County, Maine, near the villages of Buckfield and Paris, are the Mt. Mica, Bennett and Bessey...several smaller quarries. Of these, the Mt. Mica and Bennett Mines are the best known. A few gems and a host...larger, but has been filled in with the dumping of quarry waste in the abandoned parts. Probably the mine...biotite, lepidolite, cookeite, triphylite, zircon, amblygonite, graphic granite, kaolin and manganapatite, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., USA With 4 Figures Received October 19, 1993; accepted... low-pressure petalite, phosphorus-enriched amblygonite and fluorine-rich lepidolite subtypes of orogenic...subtype (London, 1984). The relatively rare amblygonite subtype is indicative of high #PFO 2 ± NaLi_...localities Sample No. Locality Mt. Mica Bennett-19 Bennett-82 Bennett-R 12 BMT-2 BMT-5 BMT-46 BMT-81 BHavey-19...Paris, Maine Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Maine Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Maine Bennett quarry, Buckfield |  | | 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 .............................................. |  | | 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...of columbite to two inches in length, large amblygonite crystals over a foot in size, large black (schorl)...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatite Mineral Localities in Oxford County, Maine Oxford County The four pegmatites described in...peg matites in the Maine pegmatite belt. The famous pegmatite quarries of western Maine—Mt. Mica, Mt. Apatite...Apatite, Har vard quarry, and Bennett quarry, to name a few—have been heavily picked over for desirable...specimens. The General Electric Pollucite Quarries Buckfield The General Electric pollucite quarries are "very...Realty of Norway, Maine, and was under lease to T . C . Mining Company of West Paris, Maine. There has been |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in pegmatites. It has been found at the Andrews quarry, Portland, Connecticut; with monazite crystals...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...Burnsville and the Ramsey mine near Toledo in Yancy County, North Carolina. Large masses of Monazite occurred |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE B y D A V I D M. SEAMAN 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268 (Continued from...alteration product at many localities, especially at Buckfield, Greenwood, and Paris. It is found frequently...frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed by the weathering or hydrothermal alteration of...reddingite as octahedral-like crystals at the Berry Quarry in Poland; also as one of the rare secondary phosphates...mineral in lithium pegmatite at the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, the Dun ton Gem Mine at Newry, and |  | | 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...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...associated with siderite, wardite, amblygonite, and others in amblygonite-rich pegmatites; orginally found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...Marble of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...locations includ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Phosphate-rich Pegmatite Formation in Maine The phosphate minerals of Maine are found principally within granitic...granitic pegmatites in Oxford, Androscoggin, and Sagadahoc counties located in the south central portion...known primary source. The primary phosphates in Maine are few: fluorapatite, triphylite, lithiophilite...Monazite-(Ce) is also a primary pegmatitic phosphate in Maine, but unlike the others, it has not been altered...to several meters). Most pegmatite phosphates in Maine are found in granitic pegmatites composed of the |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mounting done all over again. SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE By NEIL JORGENSEN 247 W. Summit Ave., Haddonfield...region of Oxford County, Maine, near the villages of Buckfield and Paris, are the Mt. Mica, Bennett and Bessey...several smaller quarries. Of these, the Mt. Mica and Bennett Mines are the best known. A few gems and a host...larger, but has been filled in with the dumping of quarry waste in the abandoned parts. Probably the mine...biotite, lepidolite, cookeite, triphylite, zircon, amblygonite, graphic granite, kaolin and manganapatite, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minot, Maine, is a real "downeast" native for he was born in the town of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine...three-quarters of a mile north of the famous Paul Bennett feldspar mine which has yielded many fine and rare...from the farm of his maternal grandfather in Buckfield to Livermore and located near the residence of...Boston and Maine Railroad. After four years of work with this railroad, he returned to Maine and purchased...With some of the specimens from his mine and other Maine mineral localities Frank was able to exchange specimens |  | | 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) | | headed north for a week's collecting mostly in Oxford Co., Maine. Included in the group were Mr. and Mrs. Philip...our way to the Snow Falls Cabins in West Paris, Maine, which was to be our headquarters. On arriving there...Talamini. Tuesday morning we visited Mt. Newry, Maine, and spent the entire day there. I had heard reports...Triphylite, Muscovite, Spodumene, Amblygonite. M t . Marie, Paris, Maine. 1—Albert S. W h i t e ; 2 — 4...MINERALS Wednesday was spent at the Wardwell Quarry in Albany, Maine. I believe we found our most interesting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | conditions more extreme than those conlepidolite, amblygonite,gem-tourmaline,and numerous other minerals. Hydroxylherderite...Auburn, AndroscogginCo., Maine Gem tourmaline, beryl, albite, lepidolite, amblygonite, triplite, apatite,...1964 Berry Quarry, Poland, AndroscogginCo., Maine Gem tourmaline, beryl, albite, amblygonite, apatite...1930 Paul Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine Beryl, lepidolite, albite, amblygonite, topaz,...1957, 12 Tamminen-WaisanenMine, Greenwood,Oxford, Co., Maine Beryl, albite, bertrandire, apatite, triphylite |  | | 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 (issue) | | July 1943 PUBLISHED MONTH LY CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................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...Albany, Maine ; a black tourmaline crystal 3x3x8 feet in the Luella Mine near Avon, Latah County, Idaho...have been obtained at Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine. However the cassiterite found in the United States |  | Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Webber, Karen L., Dallaire, Donald A., Nizamoff, James W., Sprague, Raymond A. (2019) The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 94 (6) 498-519 doi:10.1080/00357529.2019.1641021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its many...WEBBER MP2 Research Group Maine Mineral & Gem Museum 99 Main Street Bethel, Maine 04217 alexander.falster@gmail...Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com RAYMOND A. SPRAGUE* 33 Roger Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 *...Deceased 16 April 2019. HE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF MAINE PEGMATITES have been a principal focus of our research...in 2014 from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sehist 15-20 feet (not repl aced by eleayelanditel Quarry Exeavation 523 dosed them, indicating that the...Mountain, Rumford, Maine; in cleavelandite with watermelon colored tourmaline at Newry, Maine; and with deeply...rubellite tourmaline crystal sections from the Walden Quarry, POrlland, Connecticut. ROCKS AND MINERALS 525...Rumford, Maine where it occurs chiefly in association with very late cleavelandite. At Newry, Maine; and...surrounding manganfanfalife crysfals' from ih« Walden Quarry, Portland, Connecficut. 526 ROCKS AND MINERALS |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | 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...crystals in the Lockport Dolostone, Cicero, Onondaga County, NY - S. C. Chamberlain. D. G. Bailey, & R. Lyons |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...interpenetrating twin cubes of thorianite from Hud dersfield County, Quebec. Their addresses: Vickery — 4 Brendon Road...triphylite until (Fe,M n)0 is exhausted, then amblygonite crystallizes until Li20 is exhausted and finally... Li20 , CaO and (OH)- are available to form amblygonite, triphylite, etc. Whitlockite, Ca3[P 0 4] 2, |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGY OF THE PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................................................... Maine Feldspar Company quarry and mill................... Turner feldspar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with quartz or dickite or both, i28. Amblygonite, France, Maine, New South Wales, Saxony, anal., cell-dimensions...montebrasite, 4r4. Amblygonite mine, Caceres, Spain, montebrasite, 414. Amelia County, Virginia, albite...Benares (= Varanasi), lndia, phlogopite, 6o6. BENNETT(J. M.), see MOORE(P. B.), 515. BERROW (M. L.),...Australia, alkali feldspar, anal., d2oi, 489. Bosahan quarry, Falmouth, Cornwall, biotite, 2IO. BOWDEN (P.)...New Zealand, 375. Chursdorf, Penig, Saxony, amblygonite, 414. Cinnabar, Yorkshire, xlii. CLARK (A. H |
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