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Brookite from
Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Brookite
Formula:TiO2
Comments:Historically reported in 1820's. Mistake for columbite-(Fe).
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brookite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28231
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28231:2
GUID (UUID V4):4e763212-2c6c-497e-a5b4-a0f4e90c5d9d
Nearest other occurrences of Brookite
2.9km (1.8 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
55.0km (34.2 miles) Consolidated #2 Quarry (Purington Quarry), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
55.0km (34.2 miles) Consolidated #1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
56.8km (35.3 miles) Redstone "Red Granite" quarry, Redstone, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
82.1km (51.0 miles) Bald Mountain, Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CRYSTALS FROM THE BALMAT DISTRICT, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S . C. Chamberlain, Department of Bioengineering...locality. FIBROUS MUSCOVITE FROM MOUNT MICA PEGMATITE, PARIS, MAINE. V. T. King, P.O. Box 90888, Rochester...Rochester, NY 14609. The Mount Mica granitic pegmatite is a thin (3-7 meter), moderately dipping (20”-30”s)...exposed on a small knoll near Paris Hill village, Paris, Oxford County, Maine. It intrudes the Silurian-age...Sebago batholith was probably the source of the Mount Mica pegmatite fluids and the thermal source for the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...locations includ­ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield. . 1942
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)
Auburn University Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 Brookite Dodo Mine, Subpolar Urals, Russia Downloaded...polymorphs, anatase and rutile (Cook 2002, 2003). Only brookite remains to complete coverage of this intriguing...intriguing family of minerals. Consequently, a fine brookite from the Dodo mine, Subpolar Urals, Russia, has...Unlike rutile, and to a lesser extent anatase, brookite is perhaps best known to micromounters. Specimens...significantly large crystals are uncommon and expensive. Brookite is a transparent to opaque mineral that occurs
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
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)
Arem photo. March/April: Cacoxenite, Dravo quarry, Shelby ‘County, 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;...Bromargyrite, Utah, 411 Brookite, Anatase, & Rutile from the Silver Link Mine, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado...Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 327-30 Brookite, Colorado, 329; Wales, 126 Acanthite, Utah, 409 Adamite, Utah, 410 Albite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
November-December: Roebling Apatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine; photo by Victor E . Kranz. Aegirine-augite...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...Boulangerite, 190 Brazil, Minas Gerais moraesite, 318 Brookite, 190, 411 Brown, P. F . , 331 Buckley, L . E ...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...Mineralogical Symposium Papers in Specimen Mineralogy Brookite, New Mexico, 392 Adularia, New Mexico, 392 Brunswick...190-93 Carnegie Award, 150 Arkansas, Kimzey Calcite quarry, 402-404 Cerussite, South Dakota, 383 Arrojadeite
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 (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...minerals to the section on mineral descriptions. Mount Rubellite, long inactive, bas been replaced in the...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside
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
Report (volume)
PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON S...minor constituents............................. Mica................................................................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County...............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exposed in a small portion of the north face of the quarry. Miaroles up to several inches iicross abound in...KUNZITEBEARING PEGMATITE IN THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DlEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. Fisher, 380 Pennsylvania Ave.,...Katerina mine, Hiriart Mountain, Pala, San Diego County, California. J. Fisher specimen and photo. Heavy-mineral...MINERALIZATION OF PEGMATITES IN THE WAUSAU COMPLEX, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. S. L. Hanson', A. U. FalsterZ, W B...primary and secondary phases. REDISCOVERY OF BROOKITE AT INDIAN LADDER, NEW YORK. W K. Kelly', M. A
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Eric Offermann...COPPER, 8.3 cm, from the Central mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan—considered by some to be the world’s...from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona Chapter authors: Les Presmyk, Robert W...Associated Minerals from the Old uma Mine, Pima County, Arizona Chapter authors and showcase organizers:
Journal (issue)
White Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber...sound like timeless truths being handed down from Mount Sinai, but the truths from Green Mountain National...NO LISTS 92 m e St. L o u is e n U lle 7 5004 PARIS, F R A N C E TEL: 33(1) 4 3 2 6 0 1 1 6 Don't m...Laborie, and by some members of the Royal Academy of Paris, were found to be totally void of muriatic acid
Catalog/List
TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...specimens are priced at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail...diameter, priced at $5.00 each. CA VANSITE: Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India: Beautiful bright blue radiating...Hill, Calaveras River, Valley Springs, Calaveras County, California: Really neat little buggers for sure...ANDRADITE GARNET: Hans Garnet Mine, Paradise, Plumas County, California: Very showy deep red garnets on matrix
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave Bunk specimen, Jesse La Plante...Nevada, 516; Quebec, 501 Bromargyrite, Nevada, 516 Brookite, Quebec, 501 Brown, R., see Thirty-sixth Rochester...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, 250–59; Gemstone Deposits in Turkey...Geological Museum of China, 434–39 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5–11, 101–3, 197–203, 293–97, 389–93...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, M. Lupulescu, S. C. Chamberlain, M.
Journal (issue)
Wilson Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber...Articles History and minerals of The Geysers, Sonoma County, California .....................................1852 to the 1920’s, is located in northern Sonoma County about 145 km north of San Fran­ cisco, California...(1970). The Mayacmas Mountains of northern Sonoma County are underlain by rocks of the Jurassic-Cretaceous
Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...and at Waihi Mine, New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from...Mine, British Columbia. In pegmatites at Standish, Maine. Large (3") well-shaped crystals at Trepca, Yugoslavia...Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak, San Benito County, California; and large
Book (edition)
Michigan. Found in Colorado at Aspen and in Boulder County; also in several mining areas in Arizona. Good...New from Zealand. Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove, from...Missouri. Fairly large crystals in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Very fine crystals in dolomite from...at Bluebell Mine, In pegmatites at Standish, Maine. Large (3”) well-shaped crystals at Trepca, Yugoslavia...Darwin district, Inyo County, California; also at Antimony Peak, San Benito County, California; and large
Journal (issue)
were 5 mm - not unlike some Alpine specimens. The brookite forms attractive, platy crystals of orange-brown...finds from China, helvite from Tongbei (Yunxiao County, Fujiao, China) and gibbsite from "Hunan". The...article in Rocks and Minerals on the Great Notch Quarry where he states that his specimens were collected...Brad mentioned earlier. matrix, the underside of Quarry,Paterson,NewJersey.Brad Plotkin Plotkin drawing...label reads "Apophyllite after Pectolite, Burgers Quarry, West Paterson New Jersey" ( Burgers one would
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
Report (volume)
.............................................. Maine...................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport;
Journal (issue)
Wilson Associate Editors Pierre Sariand Sorbonne Paris, Prance Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber...Topeka-Kentucky Giant and Indiana veins, Ouray County, Colorado........................................mine were exhibited at the Universal Exposition in Paris (Harrington, 1878). That same year, Eustis showed...s/:r^s:< 2£!& (2 ^, 6 ss<:Oxford to e . MINERAL OF I L F . H O IP CN. ......
 
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