 | | 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...for gem tourmalines and some new pockets have been found there which have produced not only gem tourmalines...collector many excellent specimens of minerals: gem and colorful tourmalines in various colors including...crystals with borders of lepidolite, goshenite and aquamarine beryl crystals, almandite garnet crystals to |  | | 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) | | 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...Key opened Crystal Gems Company, his first retail gem and mineral business. This business, located in Little...consequence in New Jersey. It had a good inventory of gem and mineral specimens, lapidary equip ment, and...methods for enhancing the beauty and quality of gem materials. At first, he became interested in the |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | Brazilian aquamarine, and the "Jolly Green Giant," the largest tourmaline taken from the Dunton Gem Mine at...at Newry, Maine. Mr. David Wilbur will have his fantastic collection of tourmalines from the Tourmaline...Massachusetts will be demonstrating carving and gem identification. Carol Bradbury will have her class...the north, starting with the famous Dunton Gem Mine in Newry, Maine. For those people interested in competition |  | | 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) | | 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) | | Elbaite ........... p. 2 Program: Tourmalines of Maine ........ p. 14 President’s collected thoughts ....hues of green from Maine—Poland, Androscoggin County (left) and Greenwood, Oxford County (top). Photos: Bob...conditions required to create elbaite (or other gem or top-quality minerals) in pegmatite pockets makes...economic viability of production from deposits of gem and specimen-bearing pegmatites is usually intermittent...fractured crystals. These may be usable as lesser valued gem material. This is one mineral with U.S. localities |  | | Journal (volume) | | Paul F. Bechberger Their invisible world 20 Dunton Gem Mine and Its Tourmalines by Benjamin M. Shaub...that they organize inde pendent metal, mineral and gem industries to attain a position that would enable...command to help I t.a-::z. � � COME TO THE GEM AND MINER.AL FAIR_! Invitation to the Mineral Kingdom...Benjamin M. Shaub, M.E.. M. Sc., Ph.D. ("The Dunton Gem Mine and its Tourmalines") hos hod on amazing...special ultraviolet installation. 9 Dunton Gem Mine and Its Remarkable Tourmalines Article and |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | vein, lnakurashi Mine, Furubira Township. Furabira County, Hokkaido, Japan, The specimens are large miniatures...ion from the White King Mine. near Lakeview. Lake County. Oregon labe led as uranospi nite. The mineral...no sale, you arc always cord ially welcome. 3 Newry Mineral Park News RclcaseMa inc_Geological S~rvey...mineral localities, including the Dunton gem tourmaline min e. These gem deposits have been closed to collectors...State of Maine is interested in acquiring I 00 acres of the mountain top that contains the Dunton and other |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Australia: Canadian Gemmological Association: Rhodesian Gem and Mineral Society. THE JOURNAL OF GEMMOLOGY A...I V N o . 8 O C T O B E R 1975 ON GEM ELBAITE FROM NEWRY, MAINE, U.S.A. By PETE J. DUNN, M.A., F.G.A...find of gem quality elbaite (lithium tourmaline) was made at the Dunton gem mine, Newry, Maine, U.S.A...The elbaite occurs in a lenticular pegmatite atop Newry Hill. The pegmatite had long been noted for elbaite...facet-grade. Some gem pockets had been found in recent years, but the yield of gem material was small |  | | 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 ...........saffron (crocoite), honey (melilite), sea-water (aquamarine) and the already-mentioned blood (hematite),...115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August, about five months after...1 BANCROFT AREA I BANCROFT TOURMALINES Loose gem m y xls and matrix specimens M aine to California |  | | 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) | | 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, | | | 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) | | 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) | | 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...seeing a superb, lustrous, 4 X 7-inch Brazilian aquamarine crystal sitting unsold on a shelf in George Burnham's...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Twin Falls. ID 83301 MINERALS AND The Leading GEM and MINERAL HOBBY Magazine Telephone: Code (71 4)...point of view; the other, by Gerald Hemrich, for the gem cutter. CONTENTS: FEATURES OUR COVER, Tourmallne...head holds your rough material while you press the gem against the rotating diamond cutting lap. Release...quick-change special accessories' MAKES PERFECT! Diamond gem polisher WITH diamond! $79.95 /4 / 1, Sand and...The preformer will automatically rough out your gem material to the exact size and shape you want in |  | | Journal (issue) | | advanced; ROCK HOUND, SILVER-I SMITH , HOBBYIST, GEM CUTTER, I JEWELRY MAKER OR LAPIDARIAN . I I :J...series (G&M June '84) dealt with baroque (tumbled gem) beads. Now we continue with: Fig. 4 MODERN BEADS...wood, glass and plastic. Among the more expensive gem materials, we find beads of ruby , sapphire, emerald...The two color pages (8 and 9) show several of the gem materials used, made into a variety of bead shapes...ne ()pahzed Wood Grossui.r Oumoruerote 11• • Aquamarine Jas?,AQate Conochalc11t 'Sapphore Sand ' , • |  | | 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 | | calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors will find the information on gemstone...fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its production of...benefit by a review of the fluorescence of natural gem materials, brought together in one place as it is...lamp—the fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from... or the intense green of autunite from Spokane County, Washington. The color and beauty of minerals under |
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