 | | Report (issue) | | Ca(Mn2+ , Fe2+ )3 Be2 (PO4 )3 (OH)3 • 2H2 O Roscherite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version...In the USA, at the Davis mine, North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; from the Dunton quarry, Newry...Newry and the Black Mountain quarry, Rumford, Oxford Co., and elsewhere in Maine; at the Tip Top mine, 8...Co., South Dakota; from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina. Name: Honoring...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, R6219. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman, and |  | | 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) | | Washington, Connecticut 06793. The area of Litchfield County immediately north of the Litchfield town center...length. At the dump of the most northerly quartz quarry, large ilmenite crystals over two inches in diameter...chalcopyrite in feldspar. A second large quartz quarry just to the north of the staurolite area proved...series. Hematite occurs as lenticular splendent black crystals up to 2 cm in diameter in cavities of granular...Campbell Road, 2.5 km N W of its intersection with County R t . 87, 4 km N N E of the village of Edwards |  | | 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...crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Taughannock Creek) and harzburgitic (Portland Point quarry) affinities. The yellow garnet is grossular. Phlogopite...the fragmented overlying rocks. N E W DATA ON ROSCHERITE-GROUP MINERALS F R O M NEW ENGLAND, S O U T H...Esmeralda, 536, Belo Horizonte 30410 080, Brazil. The roscherite group consists of three species with a general...role of trivalent cations in the roscherite group. Currently, roscherite-group nomenclature is based Volume...341 Mn Roscherite 0 Palerrno, NH V Dunton Quarry, ME Black Mountain, ME Estes Quarry, ME v Martin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | July, 1965) THE MICA WORKINGS OF BLACK MOUNTAIN, RUMFORD, MAINE. One fine summer day in 1939 Mr. Bartsch...road which led straight up to the workings on Black Mountain. It was a continuous stretch of mud and only...sled hitched to the tractor. The Grand Old Man of Maine, Mr. Charlie Marble of Buckfield, told me long ago...Shavey. Noyes Mountain in Greenwood, Maine is named after him. The first impression of the quarry was tremendously...his neighbor Mr. Leggett had been up to the Black Mountain locality and had found some extraordinary specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to four inches in diameter occur in the Palermo quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire and to an inch in...Custer, South Dakota with quartz, albite, muscovite, black tourmaline and triphylite. DICKINSO^ITE, a complex...Branchville and Portland, Connecticut; and at Poland, Maine in lithium pegmatite. F1LLOWITE, with the same composition...dickinsonite occurs sparingly at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut. FAIRFIELDITE, a hydrous phosphate...Fairfield county, Connecticut from which it was named; and also from Poland and Buckfield, Maine; and from |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...both the county (pro vince) and its capital; there are thirty-one separate mines in the county. The mines...another new borate mineral at Borax Lake, Lake County, California, and in 1939 was co-author with W. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | California; 550 ppm-Maple Lode mine, Aguanga Mountain, California; and 400 ppm-Satao (viseu), Portugal]...crystals but changes to translucent dark blue or black in less well-crystallized specimens. The second...GRAPHITE FROM CRESTMORE AND JENSEN QUARRIES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. A . Jmczak, 9 0 0 S. Cass Ave....at the Crestmore and Jensen quarries, Riverside County, California. While the typical tabular habit of...Pendleton County, West Virginia. The basalt exposure is located on the east limb of the Stone Mountain anticline |  | | 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 |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | K Joyce. 2:15 D i o p s i d e from the Atwater quarry area, Westfield, MA by W Shelton, G. W. Robinson...occurring in the Cartersville Mining District, Bartow County, Georgia by1..C. Gray. 4:30 A new site for gadolinite-(Y)...e x a h e d r a l faces on grossular from Inyo County, California by V. T King. 2 5:00 T w i n n e...Tungsten mine byB. Ottens. 6:00 N e w data of roscherite-group minerals from New England, South Dakota...over the past year along County Highway G east of Big Falls, Waupaca County, WI briefly exposed a series |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rosemeyer Phosphate minerals from the Tip Top mine, Black Hills, South D a k o ta ..........................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Carl A. Francis Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 be done...final tortuous assault on the mountains. Here the mountain sides are spotted with abandoned mines, the faded...red and yellow iron oxide paint the looming Red Mountain peaks. In the warm sun the acrid smell of disintegrating |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................. MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................OF CALIFORNIA—Tomasz J. Turley THERE’S GOLD IN MAINE—Mrs. Cecil J. Smith PROF. C. S. HURLBUT, JR. TO...7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 641 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A RUSH TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA On Tuesday, August...headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...North, Minneapolis, Minn. Oct. 3-9, 1965—West Oxford Agricultural Society, Inc., 2nd Annual Lapidary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | wife and myself were part of the judging crews. ROSCHERITE FROM NORTH GROTON, N. H. W M . A. HENDERSON,...East Hunting Ridge Rd. Stamford, Conn. 06903 Roscherite, (Ca,Mn,Fe)3Be3 (P0 4 ) 8 .2H 2 0, was first...pegmatites in Buckfield, Black Mountain, and the Newry Gem Mine, Newry, in Maine, and at the E. E. Smith...to report the occurrence of exceptionally fine roscherite from the Charles Davis Mine, North Groton, New...lazulite, scorzalite, and leucophosphite. The roscherite occurs in vuggy deavelandite in association with |  | | 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) | | 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...with a whitish earthy crust. "From the McDonald Quarry, Brooksville, Hernando Co., Fla."—on label.. GEORGIA—"A...Shoup, P. O. Box 756, Salmon, Idaho. "Shoup, Lemhi County, Idaho. Scheelite (Tungsten) has been found in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Several months later further operations in the quarry exposed another large triphylite crystal that had...brownish green to yellowish brown and brownish black. Luster earthy to resinous. Isotropic. Optical and...xanthoxenite is the little-known mineral roscherite: xanthoxenite roscherite Ca2Fe"' (POa)2(OH)' 1+HrO (Mn, Fe...Ca)zAl(POr)z(OH) .2HrO An authentic specimen of roscherite from Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony, the type locality...localities for roscherite were found in the course of this work, at the Nevel mine, Newry, Maine, and at Black |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | wife and myself were part of the judging crews. ROSCHERITE FROM NORTH GROTON, N. H. W M . A. HENDERSON,...East Hunting Ridge Rd. Stamford, Conn. 06903 Roscherite, (Ca,Mn,Fe)3Be3 (P0 4 ) 8 .2H 2 0, was first...pegmatites in Buckfield, Black Mountain, and the Newry Gem Mine, Newry, in Maine, and at the E. E. Smith...to report the occurrence of exceptionally fine roscherite from the Charles Davis Mine, North Groton, New...lazulite, scorzalite, and leucophosphite. The roscherite occurs in vuggy deavelandite in association with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystallized phosphates such as fine olive green roscherite, and well de veloped xanthoxenite, is one of... Poland, Bnrkfield. Mt. Mica, Black Mountain, and Hebron, all in Maine, and at the Palermo mine near...deposit are the phosphates, like eosphorite and roscherite, which are found on various matrixes such as |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515 |  | | Journal (issue) | | . Ley The Sm okey Bear quartz claim s, Lincoln County, N ew M exico ...................................be used to establish a precise location within a quarry or general field collecting area. The collector...the points chosen are too often ephemeral (the quarry wall which changes tomorrow or next week), or subject...The experience was never forgotten. I met a nice black bear that day, and learned how not to describe the...the county zoning offices. The accurate property boundaries provide good starting points. Quarry or property |  | | Catalog/List | | radial groups on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro... AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and...quartz . ALTAITE Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable...sodium and iron Norway Langesundsfjiord , Lustrous black cleavable .............. . GRUNERITE Iron magnesium...alumino-silicate Italy Island of Linosa ----Y:-ustrous black rectangular crystal sections ¼" to ½"$. 25, 5/$1 |  | | Book | | nests of the birds known as 'melanchoryphi' or 'black caps'." Historical 3 The accounts left by the...(1980) A manual of mineral names. University Press, Oxford Kunz GF (1971) The curious lore of precious stones...evaporitic rocks at the Incline, Mariposa County and Big Creek, Fresno County, California. The associated minerals...Color-Luster: Dull greenish black; dirty yellow, brownish yellow to brownish black. Subtranslucent to opaque...Custer-Pringle area, Custer County, and at the Etta mine, Pennington County, South Dakota. Also found in |  | | Book | | "Mineralogy of Hyperagpaitic Alkaline Rocks" (1995), Oxford Uni,·ersity Press. Original Russian titles of the...MS4+0 2 )0 Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Occurrence:...meters on the southern slope of the Vasilikon mountain chain, 2.5 km WSW of Apikia, Andros Island, Cyclades...translucent in thin fragments. Colar: black. Streak: brownish-black. Hardness : VHN 25 920 k.g/mm 2 • Tenacity:...Luster: metallic. Diaphaneity: opaque. Color: black. Streak: black. Hard11ess:VHN 30 120 kg/mm2, Mohs 3 1/ |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California......................................(no classified ads). Prices are as follows for black & white ads: Full page $550 Vi page $275 l/3 page... Large diamond crystal, 28 carats, from Liagsu County, Shangdong Province, China. (All specimens pictured...rare mineral found only at Hsianghualin, Linwu County, Hunan Province, China. There followed a very large...dolomite matrix, from the Yanwuping mine, Wanshan County, Guizhou Prov-ince, China. (Ed. Note: This specimen |
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