 | | 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...The fabulous, recent gem tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | berylli um phosphate, is a very rare mineral. However, gem crystals were found over an inch in length at the...the only iocality known for gem crystals. Even in recent years a few gem crystals of beryllonite have...crystals to three inches in diameter at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry. BETA-URANOPHANE, a hydrous, calcium,...been noted as one of the rare minerals found at Newry. It occurs as yellowish coatings there. BIOTITE...fluorine; is a common mica in many of the pegmatites of Maine. Huge, black crystals to over three feet across |  | | 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 TrophyââBest Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Showâ1974â. I am travelling around the |  | | 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 | | surface. overall about 2x2 Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona USA ÂŁ20 10. NATIVE SILVER thin sheet about...cerussite is about 40% of the piece. Flux Mine, Arizona USA ÂŁ20 23. STRONTIANITE fairly rich green masses with...matrix, with previous collectors label. Hingston Quarry Cornwall ÂŁ7 .50 40. CASSITERITE rich brown masses...mass with minor matrix. Collected late 1978, Dean Quarry ,second level, Lizard Cornwall 42. PECTOLITE Area...lx2 on 2x2 rock. Red Mountain, Mendocino County, California USA. ÂŁ15 53. BRAUNITE rich dark grey massive |  | | Journal (issue) | | Elbaite ........... p. 2 Program: Tourmalines of Maine ........ p. 14 Presidentâs collected thoughts ....hues of green from MaineâPoland, 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | substitution and y the ramdohrite one. In reflectedlight, bismuth ramdohrite 5 4l ) . The mineral occurs in a qtartz...for galena, in name is for the locality, Ankang County, Shaanxi Prov- darkest position bluish gray with...and the absenceof HrO. Discussion. The new name, bismuth ramdohrite, was Discussion.The repository for type...1989) Kuzmina, A.V. Yefimov, A.F. Sivtsov (1990)Bismuth also have describedmembers of the andorite-fizelyite...308);weak Kings Mountain, North Carolina and Newry, Maine, pleochroism without visible colors, but distinct |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. âą .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) | | Virginia. Willis Mt. is in Buckingham County, not Prince Wil liam County. of the Pyrochlore Group" by D....Sonoma namesâpyrochlore, microlite, and betafite- County and Peoples said that he found it which are modified...material sound familiar to anyone? corner of Crawford county (a generalized map is published). From these pegmatites...than 54 inch in largest di mension" are found. MAINE-Skip Szenics of Westwood, N.J. has sent in several...several specimens from the Havey pegmatite quarry in Poland, Maine. A capsule of small brown grains was examined |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA âą Tel: +1 949 494 5155 âą 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 1952â1967) 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, |  | | 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 ...........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...from the Bou-Azzer district Elements Carbonates Bismuth Aragonite Gold Calcite Silver Dolomite Malachite |  | | 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 (issue) | | recent is the McDole Trophyâ"Best Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Show â 1974". (Private shows by appointment...goal of lo c a lity preserva a state. The Dunton quarry is an example of a lo ca lity tion. Thus, if...fo r co lle ctin g priviledges at an operating quarry. The PRESERVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FIELD COLLECTING...Park, Murfreesboro, Arkansas 101 (4) Dunton Quarry, Newry, M aine covered occasionally, but by the...Chester, Massachusetts (8) Sunstone Locality, Lake County, Oregon he leased the mineral rights to the United |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors will find the information on gemstone...fluorescing minerals. The fieldâmine, mine dump, or quarryâcan 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...lampâthe 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 | | | Book | | calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors will find the information on gemstone...fluorescing minerals. The fieldâmine, mine dump, or quarryâcan 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...lampâthe 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 |  | | 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...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite; | | | Book (edition) | | Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...nes, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University P ress, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...portion of an ore that is not economically valuable. gem A mineral that possesses intrinsic value because...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M |  | | Book | | scholars to mean turquois, has been identified with the gem minerals of Badakshan (Laufer 19l3). Turquois was... They are enhanced by being set in gold, and no gem sets off gold so well. The finer specimens lose their...turquois has continued to be highly sought-after as a gem and ornamental Stone in every age and culture for...(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 |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described |  | | 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:...Monoclinic Pb 11 Ag(As,Sb ) 18 S36 Locality: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Canton Wallis, Switzerland. Ocwrreuce:...niobium-dominant analogue of bismutotantalite and the bismuth-dominant analogue of stibiocolumbite. ' Name: For...with Highway 30, 0.2 km north of Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, U.S.A. (Lat. 46°1'13.1" N, Long. 122°52'39 |  | | Book | | rhodonite, crocoite, or crystal specimens of the gem minerals. It is thus interesting to realize that...for field use. Since a vast expanse of rock in a quarry, mine dump, or mine itself will usually need to...on active collecting in the field. Collecting in quarry, mine dump, or mine itself is an essential, indispensable...rocks blaze forth in their full luminous glory. The quarry heap or mine dump, if it is of the right kind,...interesting visit to the benitoite mine in San Benito County, California. It is located on a ridge on the coastal | | | Book | | rhodonite, crocoite, or crystal specimens of the gem minerals. It is thus interesting to realize that...for field use. Since a vast expanse of rock in a quarry, mine dump, or mine itself will usually need to...on active collecting in the field. Collecting in quarry, mine dump, or mine itself is an essential, indispensable...rocks blaze forth in their full luminous glory. The quarry heap or mine dump, if it is of the right kind,...interesting visit to the benitoite mine in San Benito County, California. It is located on a ridge on the coastal |  | | Journal (issue) | | recent paper, â Uralolite from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine: a second occurrenceâ (vol. 9, p. 99-101)... il colleziom sta (the collecto r) of m inerals,gem s,fossils bentleyâs minerals Minerals for beginning...Gordonsville zinc mines, near the town of Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Relatively little top-qualitymaterialfrom...stone units are well-developed in parts of Smith County and adjoining areas. The average thickness of the...the drilled portion of the upper Knox in Smith County is made with the ore-bearing Mascot and Kingsport |  | | Book | | (Natural History) British Museum (Natural History) Oxford University Press © Trustees of the British Museum...London SW7 5BD and Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford ox2 6dp OXFORD LONDON GLASGOW NEW...NAIROBI DAR ES SALAAM CAPE TOWN Published in the USA by Oxford University Press, New York 2 Filmset in âMonophotoâ...industrial products and artificial minerals (often gem simulants) that might be mistaken for those of minerals...veinlet of Co and Ni minerals in a serpentine quarry near Oxford, Llano Co., Texas, contains red-violet monoclinic |
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