 | | 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...arsenopyrite, garnets and four varieties of quartz — clear, milky, morian and smoky crystals—were found. Bastin* |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from...pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as crystals on quartz crystals at the...the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals have been noted at the contact...pegma tite with the wall rock at the Tamminen Quarry in Greenwood. C A S S I T E R I T E , tin oxide...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is |  | | 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 |  | | 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...tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by |  | | 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) | | 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 (issue) | | open-pit Gold Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. from the Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana...small wulfcnite crystals found at the Broadwater County, Montana (Sec. 28, T 5 N, R 1 W), some interesting...on crystals growing over the wulfenitc and its quartz substrate. The aragonite was usually dissolved...the wulfenites, which are protected by a light quartz druse. Before -~ating one matrix piece, 1 decided...the Allegheny Plateau (from Georgia to central Maine). The NYMC membership is primarily amateur, and |  | | 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 (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...search of mineral specimens, primarily tourmalinated quartz crystals and “ cleavelandite” albite groups. By...length and di] Figure 3. A large tourmalinated quartz crys tal on the dumps, 1981. Cassedanne photo...in the east. Pink potassium feldspar, gray to milky quartz, biotite, hematite, magnetite and sec ondary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Silica and Silicates ( 107 ) from the pegmatites at QUARTZ, silica, Si02, is an essential mineral in the granite...pegmatites. Massive, white, or smoky colored crystalline quartz often makes up the greater bulk of the mass of...are of pink or the rose quartz variety. Rock crystals, or the colorless quartz crystals, are often found...found as well as are smoky quartz crystals in the cavities of druses which occur in many pegmatites. Amethyst...Amethyst, the purple colored variety of crystalline quartz, usually is found in crystals in cavities or pockets |  | | Report (volume) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green...sapphire, star sapphire, star ruby, rutile, and quartz are gem stones that have been successfully synthesized |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for March - April, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...................................................................... 135 POUND OF TEA ISLAND, MAINE. By Peter Zodac ·······················-·············...····················· 155 SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE. By N eil Jorgensen ............ 158 NEWARK............ 1 78 }ADE AND CHRYSOPRASE IN T ULARE COUNTY, CALIF . ........................................Aueciatien i14 ROCKS AND MINEMU CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY COMING EVENTS NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION |  | | Journal (issue) | | July 1943 PUBLISHED MONTH LY CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................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...pegmatites the crystals and grains of these minerals ; quartz, feldspar, mica, etc. ha,·e gro,vn to much larger |  | | 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) | | PHANTOMS. Number 4271, of my collection of Arkansas quartz, is a small xl, 3 / 8 " in diameter and only 1...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...fluorite have been found in Meshberger Stone Company quarry, 2 miles northeast of Elizabethtown, Bartholomew |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...................... 3 The Many Varieties of Quartz ................................................................................. 5 Meet the Quartz Family .............................................Varieties of Quartz by Denise Bicknell Member of the Houston Gem & Mineral Society he mineral quartz, SiO2...Properties of Quartz: To understand quartz we must first describe what makes it uniquely itself. Quartz is composed...and is represented by the chemical formula SiO2. Quartz crystallizes in the trigonal system and shows three-fold |  | | Journal (issue) | | Topeka-Kentucky Giant and Indiana veins, Ouray County, Colorado........................................the Rose of Itatiaia, or the Van Allen Belt rose quartz. (How many remember it by that name? How many know...mineralogy with one loose quartz crystal than with the biggest flashiest quartz crystal group the world...all around. Of course many species are ti common— quartz, pyrite, beryl, topaz, garnets, tourmalines, etc...s/:r^s:< 2£!& (2 ^, 6 ss<:Oxford to e . MINERAL OF I L F . H O IP CN. ...... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | conjunction with many of the others, including rose quartz crystals, nearly caps the list. What then? Colored... yellow of Ceylonite, shadings Dunton Mine in Maine ROCKS AND MINERALS of bi-colors, red with green...Columbus, probably had some knowledge Newry Mountain, Maine Tourma/ine area. 155 of tourmaline in spite of...large quantities of colored crystals, from Maine's Oxford and Androscoggin Counties, mostly on a NW strike...black. Most finds were mere traces compared with Maine, California, and Connecticut deposits, though Quebec |  | | Book (volume) | | gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: |  | | Journal (issue) | | .......................................... 106 Quartz at Antelope, Oregon. By Dr. Henry C. Dake ................. 108 Agate Found in an Old Abandoned Quarry. By Louis Rea1ner................................120 • A Catalog of Minerals F ound at Rumford, Maine. By E. M. Bailey ...................... l21 The.............................. 124 Chips From the Quarry..................................................Box :i92 Dal!as, Texas PEGMATITIC MINERALS FROM MAINE Alblte Amblygonlte Almandlte Beryl Blotite Cl ea |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Limonite and hematite are stripped mined in Crenshaw County, Alabama, and specimens collected are very interesting..."Limonite and hematite are to be found on most any county road south of Montgomery (Montgomery Co.), Ala...Crenshaw County—Davenport, Highland Home, Bradenton and Petrey are all small towns in Crenshaw County near...pocket is filled with milky quartz (rudely xled but here and there little quartz xls showing). ARKANSAS—At...house, I have found veins of yellow fluorescent quartz. It is slightly better under the long wave. The |  | | Report (issue) | | _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect...prospect __________________ _ Bennett feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________ |  | | Report (issue) | | from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient...crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms...4m: The largest beryl crystal at the Bumpus quarry in Maine was 8.4 meters long, 1.9 meters in diameter...phosphate type pegmatites, beryl is associated with quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, biotite, ferrocolumbite...Alpine and hydrothermal veins, it is found with quartz and feldspar. In topaz rhyolites where red beryl |  | | Catalog/List | | invested in pearly-white tabular xtls and pale-brown Quartz, with a single terminated, Beryl xtl upstanding...golden-yellow nodule, A/20. ANALCIME. Enderby Quarry. Leicestershire. This specimen is more interesting...2.5x2x1.25", £4.00 1. ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to...75x1", £7.50. 2. ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white, large...silvery-grey bladed xtl with, enhancing, stalactitic micro-Quartz encrustation on under side (or display side?). |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for Novem ber - December, IQ50 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................undersigned, being all of the officers of rhc Clark County Gem Co!l~tors, Inc., most sincerely wish to convey...is associated with quartz, tourmaline, chlorite, hematite, and garnet. QUARTZ-Quartz is present as veins...dumps. of a few drusy coatings) were some clear to milky crystals associated with siderite in a vein. The...the vein towards the center. The massive quartz is of the milky variety, although some has been colored |
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