 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from... is a rather rare mineral in the pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as...as crystals on quartz crystals at the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...by an energetic and articulate group, The Tucson Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. Tuc son is an attractive...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...recent is the McDole Trophy—“Best Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Show—1974”. I am travelling around the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diopside (pyroxene). Nashville, in eastern Howard County, is in S/W Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—Don Erpelding,...person's collection. "These xls are found in San Diego County on private property in an area few people have...beautiful— they also fl. a very pale green. San Diego County is in southern California. 176 xli rystalllne...radiating tremolite. Pearl, in northern Jackson County, is in northern Colorado, close to the southern...— "Throughout the fall of 1964 the old Andrews Quarry on the Portland Townline (near Portland, Conn. |  | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | rock. Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma Mexico £20 2. HEMATITE pseudomorph after Magnetite 2cm black octahedral...surface. overall about 2x2 Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona USA £20 10. NATIVE SILVER thin sheet about...cerussite is about 40% of the piece. Flux Mine, Arizona USA £20 23. STRONTIANITE fairly rich green masses with...matrix, with previous collectors label. Hingston Quarry Cornwall £7 .50 40. CASSITERITE rich brown masses...mass with minor matrix. Collected late 1978, Dean Quarry ,second level, Lizard Cornwall 42. PECTOLITE Area |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Five Tourrmline-1 the first special issue in the Gem Minerals Series Introduction Notes from the Editor... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline.........................................................365 by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan...issue (double-size!) in our projected series on the gem minerals. In this issue the focus is on tourmaline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the high cost of diamonds, however, a substitute gem has frequently been sought. One substitute has been...component colors. It is the " f i r e " in a good gem. Rhinestones V A N D A L L T. KING Ward's Natural...competitive manufacture o f C . Z . The Russian gem boules are made from molten zirconia ( Z r 0 ) ,...specimen material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun tain...is of Ordovician age. The gravel pit (actually a quarry) is 3 miles north of Mount Ida off U.S. 270 near |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ 7 by Arthur Montgomery Gem Tourmaline Rediscovered at N e w ry .....................14 by Dean A. McCrillis Elbaite From Newry, M a in e ............................................makes quarry managers nervous. Col lectors abuse privileges, insurance companies worry, quarry managers...frequent? How much longer before there are no more quarry doors to be closed? What can we do NOW to reverse...recent is the McDole Trophy— “Best Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Show—1974”. I am travelling around the |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | apparently altered from pyrite. Tiny scales of specular hematite are evident under the microscope. The specimen...seen in the matrix. The specimen is from Boron. Maine-Ned Yedlin of New Haven, Con necticut, wanted to...specimen identified. The specimen, from Newry's Dunton Gem quarry con sisted of delicately arborescent, snowwhite..."exhausted" road cut in Mexico, Maine according to Ray Woodman of Auburn, Maine. Continued digging had uncovered...at the White Elephant quarry dump in Pringle, in late spring 1973. This quarry as well as many other |  | | Journal (issue) | | M. Pryce and J. Chester The Amity Area, Orange County, New Y o rk ............................... 85...Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce ...........color of blood (when pow dered) as mammillary hematite, and the common folk would be in awe of their...(aquamarine) and the already-mentioned blood (hematite), to name only a few. “All in the past,” I thought...115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August, about five months after |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...large benitoite specimen. (owner of the Benitoite Gem Mine in 1952–1967) and worked for Clarence in exchange...the different collecting locations in San Benito County. After graduating from high school, Steve went...2001, and Adam, born in 2003. Steve established a gem and mineral business (Steve Perry Gems) in 1987, |  | | Catalog/List | | crystals) Trilobites (large & small) Starfish Hematite crystals Trippkeite Armangite Yttrocolumbite Gatumbaite... Very nice! ••• $75.00 81B02 URANINITE, Kinkel Quarry, Bedford, N.Y. (a) Excellent micro (to 3 mm) octahedral...x 6 cm) 81B03 MACDONALDITE, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California. (a) Micro acicular white macdonaldite...masses(3 x 4 cm),.$5.00 81B04 RUTILE, Lengenbach Quarry, Binn, Switzerland.m/m single, black, bipyramid...many m/m's (a) .•• $22.50 81B08 ELBAITE, Dunton Gem Q, Newry, Maine. Classic "watermelon" crystal section |  | | Report (volume) | | PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON S. BASTIN........... Gem-bearing pegmatites....................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites...Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................................................... Maine Feldspar Company quarry and mill................... Turner feldspar |  | | Book (volume) | | cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings...newer events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most |  | | Catalog/List | | aupplied. Usually; the ■ine ~e ■ountain range, county and state will be furnished with speci■ens. PRIES:...Crystal Peak,CO Four Peaks Horseshoe Dam Spain Maine Carter Mine,NC Champion Mine Grants, New Hex Workman...traction Oregon Makey #3, Utah Pitcher, OK Ray Hine Maine Hyoninq Massachusetts r.ripple rk, v! Vekol Mince...Mine Haid of Sunshine Chile Ray Mine Ra; Mine . Dunton Gem lh ,Hl Anderson Mine Italy Hajuba Hill, NV Old...Robertson Hi California C.S.S.R. lJH Claims Pugh Quarry, OH -----------------~ ----r---....-----,-- |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil photo...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide |  | | Journal (issue) | | from now all copies of Gems and Minerals, Rock and Gem, Lapidary Journal, Roc/chound, and so on, will be...recent is the McDole Trophy— "Best Minerals ot Tucson Gem & Mineral Show— 1 9 7 8 / Some specimens from this...hydroxyl-herderite was first described from Paris, Maine, as hydroherderite by Penfield (1894). Members of...Mountain, North Carolina, and from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine, were also studied and are probably...The only valid herderite known to us is a green gem in the Smith sonian collection, previously reported |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........... 863 by V M. F. Hammer Postscript: Hematite and rutile from Mount Cervandone, Val Devero,...green diopside on syenite matrix from the Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec. Collected by miner Bruno Carriere...more detail, but only for those few species having gem value, and only those found in North America. Mineral...have Gems & Gemology, Gems & Minerals and Rock & Gem magazines. These latter two magazines have never...national mineralogies covering Maine, New York, Pennsylvania (Chester County), Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Washington | | | Book (volume) | | cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings...newer events to bring the history of North American gem 1nining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most...of turquoise and peridot, although for the latter gem, much larger facetable rough crystals appear with |  | | Journal (issue) | | World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ............................. 309 by...WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous Prefecture...Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo. Subscription...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription...specimens seeking possible sales. He visited the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show as well, bringing back news of what | | | Journal (issue) | | World and Mohawk mine, Northeastern San Bernardino County, California ............................ 309 by...WULFENITE, 11.5 cm, from the Jianshan mine, Ruoqiang County, Kuruktag Mountains, Bayinguoling Autonomous Prefecture...Mimetite, 1.7 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wish Wang collection and photo. Subscription...$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription...specimens seeking possible sales. He visited the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show as well, bringing back news of what |  | | Journal (issue) | | Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California......................................Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina. Found in 1971, this group of crystals...recent is the McDole Trophy— “Best Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Show—1974”. I am travelling around the...intimately associated with the pegma tite belt of Maine than that of the Perhams. Frank’s grand father...north Norway, Maine, and came to fame as the “mineral man at Trap Corner” in West Paris, Maine, where he |  | | Book (edition) | | Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Names, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University Press, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...portion of an ore that is not economically valuable. gem A mineral that possesses intrinsic value because...resembling ocher, a yellowish red variety of earthy hematite. octahedral Having eight-sided forms or pertaining |
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