 | | 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) | | Gems and Minerals of Maine Pegmatites Carl A. Fran cis Granitic pegmatites in Maine have been collected...with significant gem production is in San Diego County of southern California. In a review paper Wise...located along the seacoast northeast of Portland. The Oxford field is inland northwest of Portland. A fault...the pioneering feldspar mining district in Maine. The Oxford field is much larger and comprises nine series...least superficially the pegmatite series of the Oxford field corresponds to this model, whereas the Topsham |  | | Journal (issue) | | Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf...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 |  | | 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 |  | Brownfield, Michael E., Foord, Eugene E., Sutley, Stephen J., Botinelly, Theodore (1993) Kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3 a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. American Mineralogist, 78 (5-6) 653-656 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | l(Zrr(PO)r, a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine Mrcnlnr- E. BnowNprnr,o M...the Mount Mica pegmatite at Paris, and from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine...Maine. Kosnarite from Mount Mica occurs as pseudocubicrhombohedral crystals, as much as 0.9 mm in maximum...strongestdiffraction lines [d(A), hkl, I/ I"l from the Mount Mica occurrence are 6.41,012,50;4.679,104,50; 4.329...werecollectedat the Mount Mica granite pegmatite in 1989 by Gene T. Bearssof Sanford, Maine. At about the same |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | IN THE GARNET LINE IN THE MT. MICA AND HAVEY PEGMATITES, WESTERN MAINE MYLES FELCH§, ALEXANDER U. FALSTER...SIMMONS Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217 USA ABSTRACT...just beneath the core zone in many of the western Maine pegmatites. This study focuses on the mineralogical...of the garnet line within the Mt. Mica pegmatite, Oxford Co., Maine and a similar, but less pronounced...feature at the Havey pegmatite, Androscoggin Co., Maine. Within garnet lines of both pegmatites there is |  | Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Webber, Karen L., Dallaire, Donald A., Nizamoff, James W., Sprague, Raymond A. (2019) The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 94 (6) 498-519 doi:10.1080/00357529.2019.1641021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its many...WEBBER MP2 Research Group Maine Mineral & Gem Museum 99 Main Street Bethel, Maine 04217 alexander.falster@gmail...Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com RAYMOND A. SPRAGUE* 33 Roger Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 *...Deceased 16 April 2019. HE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF MAINE PEGMATITES have been a principal focus of our research...in 2014 from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of |  | | 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) | | Case Study of Pegmatites from the Oxford Pegmatite Field (Maine, USA) Lorena HernĂĄndez-Filiberto 1, *...Case Study of Pegmatites from the Oxford Pegmatite Field (Maine, USA). Minerals 2021, 11, 802. https://...roda@ehu.es Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, P.O. Box 500, 99 Main Street, Bethel, ME 04217, USA; wsimmons@uno...lorehdezfiliberto@gmail.com Abstract: Almandine-spessartine garnets, from the Oxford County pegmatites and the Palermo...Garnets from the most fractionated pegmatites (Mt. Mica, Berry-Havey, and Emmons) show the highest Mn, Nb |  | | Book (edition) | | from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are...grained and often sprinkled with tiny golden flakes of mica, and quartzites. Corundum, â â spinel and garnet...between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee...summer; neither is it wise to prospect in Montana or Maine in the as the winter. An scope, and automobile |  | | Report (issue) | | = 17.28(2) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mt. Mica, Maine, USA; close to gainesite. 3.060 (100), 6.159 (90)...< 0.1 15.3 0.5 3.0 0.2 Total 99.9 (1) Mt. Mica, Maine, USA; by electron and ion microprobe, average of...loÌllingite, uraninite, albite, quartz, manganoan almandine, muscovite, siderite, fluorapatite, elbaite, lepidolite...manganocolumbite. Distribution: From Mt. Mica, near Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA. Name: Honors the McCrillis family...his son, Phillip, pegmatite miners from Oxford Co., Maine, USA. Type Material: National Museum of Natural |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Renewed Mining at the Western Quarries of Mount Apatite, Maine Downloaded by [University of Arizona] at... D.C. 20560 Figure 1. The western quarries of Mount Apatite. A fter decades of inactivity, mining...resumed on the western slopes of Mount Apatite in the town of Auburn, Maine (see fig. 1). This is the location...location of the world-famous Pulsifer quarry, which has produced fine gem tourmaline but is best known...addition to the resumption of mining in the Pulsifer quarry, two new cuts have been made into the pegmatite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | who collected it from a river near the base of Mount McKinley, an area since encompassed by Denali National...Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting and Figure 7: Arizona...specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill burned in West Paris in the early...early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery of gems or collector specimens...Sweden; the resumption of activity at Mount Mica quarry, Paris; and the find of what might be the world's |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SVNPJHSQUARRY, GARLAND COUNTY, ARKANSAS. S. L. Hanson1, A. U. Falster2...pale green to dark green sequence, although Dunton quarry green tourmaline generally fluoresces in contrast...most green tourmalines worldwide. At the Dunton quarry, green tourmaline without adjacent red zones fluoresces...treating rubellite increased the brightness of Dunton quarry tourmaline. Hawkins, Mackinnon, and Schneeberger...(1995) published a chemical analysis of Dunton quarry elbaite and revealed that there was an equal concentration |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issueâs Connoisseurâs...the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is in the Bob and...from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 Ă 4 Ă 3.5-cm specimen is in...the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka specimen, Jesse Fisher |  | | Journal (issue) | | 140 Years Steve Voynick 30 GEMS AND MINERALS OF MAINE (PART II) An Annual Conference and a New Museum......6 Bench Tips ........................16 36 Maine Mineral Attraction Earth Science In News............47 Rock Science .....................48 37 Maine Mineral Attraction What to Cut ....................70 On the Rocks......................78 Dig Maine Gems 38 Antoinette Rahn SUBSCRIPTION QUESTIONS...BD10 Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: âą All cast aluminum tank, table |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | November-December: Roebling Apatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine; photo by Victor E . Kranz. Aegirine-augite...409 Allanite-(Ce), 409 Alluaudite group, 234 Almandine, 175, 188, 409 Amethyst, 420 Analcime, 155 Anatase...114 Baumann, H . , 330 Bavenite, 189 Behnke, D., Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals: An Annotated... , book review, The Tourma line, 453 Berkeley Quarry, Cross, South Carolina, J . J . Howe, 240 Bertrandite...Burbank, B . B . , Topaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine, 434 Calaverite, 190 Calcite, 81, 112, 155, 190 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gibson mine, Bertrandite, New Hampshire, 161 Pitkin County, Colorado; specimen Beryl, South Dakota, 383 Biology-Earth...Russell, 396-99 mine, Magdalena district, Socorro County, New Mexico; Ron Gibbs specimen and Biotite: New...Bismuth, South Dakota, 383 tite, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah; Bolt, E., see Spotlight on Juniors Martin...South Dakota, 382 Cacoxenite, South Dakota, 383 Almandine, South Dakota, 383 Calcite: drawings, 111; Kentucky...190-93 Carnegie Award, 150 Arkansas, Kimzey Calcite quarry, 402-404 Cerussite, South Dakota, 383 Arrojadeite |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South...changes either to slate or to schist, which contains mica; sandstone alters to quartzite or gneiss, limestone...affording a challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | during highway construction, Hull Township, Gatineau County, Quebec. P. M. Bellev, R. Rowe & M. Picard. 2:45...e " from the Harder Farm, Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. M. Lupulescu. 3:45 H i s t o r y of the Powers...Powers farm streamside veins, St. Lawrence County, New York. M. R. Walter & S. C. Chamberlain. 4:00 M...Louisa County, Virginia. L. E. Kearns & M. D. Dunn. 4:30 B l u e wavellite from the De Linde quarry, Garland...Garland, County, Arkansas. S. L. Hanson, A. U. Falster & Win. B. Simmons. 4:45 H a f n i a n zircon from |  | | Journal (issue) | | Loseyite, Mn4 Zn3 (C·O3) 2(OH) 10 from Franklin Sussex County, New Jersey: A New Physical Descriptioll Va·nKlng...fl;11nb11ri:. H.irdy&tonTowns.hip, S111,s.c.ll: County, NJ. 11 1 interâą ting 111111 Lo y hrm a mincr...The Minerals ofFranklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, U. S. G. S. Professional Paper 180...per square kilometer! Although the world-leading USA has more than ten times the number of new species...times larger than Switzerland's, propelling the USA down to 24'". place in type species per km 2. A ranking |  | Hanson, Sarah L., Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B âSkipâ, Sprague, Raymond, Vignola, Pietro, Rotiroti, Nicola, AndĂł, Sergio, Hatert, FrĂ©dĂ©ric (2018) Tantalowodginite, (Mn0.5âĄ0.5)TaTa2O8, a New Mineral Species from the Emmons Pegmatite, Uncle Tom Mountain, Maine, U.S.A. The Canadian Mineralogist, 56 (4) 543-553 doi:10.3749/canmin.1800009 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FROM THE EMMONS PEGMATITE, UNCLE TOM MOUNTAIN, MAINE, U.S.A. SARAH L. HANSON§ Geology Department, Adrian...Research Group, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, PO Box 500, 99 Main St., Bethel, 04217 Maine, U.S.A. RAYMOND...SPRAGUE 10 Yates Street, Mechanic Falls, 04256 Maine, U.S.A. PIETRO VIGNOLA CNR-Istituto per la dinamica...in the Emmons granite pegmatite dike in Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A. It occurs as anhedral masses (0...pegmatite core composed of K-feldspar, quartz, almandine, and schorl. Rarely, it occurs as crystals (0 |  | | 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...the different collecting locations in San Benito County. After graduating from high school, Steve went...field collecting and a specific love for San Benito County and the minerals of the Clear Creek Management...mined commercially for pegmatite minerals in the Oxford Hills area while also working as a drilling and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Southwood Melbourne, Australia Woodrow B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME John S. White, Stewartstown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arem photo. March/April: Cacoxenite, Dravo quarry, Shelby âCounty, Alabama. Dan Behnke photo. MayIJune: Stibnite...beryl, Violet claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah. Private collection, Jeffrey Scovil photo...Pyrite Aggregates from Guernsey Limestone Quarry, Washington County, Ohio, 251-59 Bornite, Colorado, 329;...Anatase, & Rutile from the Silver Link Mine, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 327-30 Brookite...409 Adamite, Utah, 410 Albite, Virginia, 237 Almandine, 25 Analcime, West Virginia, 161 Anatase, Colorado |
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Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA