 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting and Figure 7: Arizona...groupings and distortions found in the specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill...mill burned in West Paris in the early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery...Sweden; the resumption of activity at Mount Mica quarry, Paris; and the find of what might be the world's...world's largest morganite at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, in the late 1980s convinced the regional collectors |  | | 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 |  | | 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 (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mantle as well). 180 ROCKS AND MINERALS Francon Quarry "Collecting hasn't been this unbelievable for a...r k . It is a matter of time before the Francon quarry in Montreal is reclaimed as a sanitary land fill...would have it, that part of the enormous Francon quarry is where the action should be. In mid-September...both in attendance. The bonanza resulted in the quarry men uncovering a down-faulted portion of the upper...top of the sill which was the new floor of the quarry. The enor mous quantity of easily accessible carbonatite |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches...specimens in the world are found in the limestone quarry in Legrand, Marshall Co., Iowa. The most noted...well worth a visit to see and look at and marvel." MAINE — A letter, dated July 27, 1952, was sent by Wallace...some of the specimens collected: "Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Maine—Rose quartz, beryl xls (and massive), musco- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Extracts from the logs of mineral col leering in Maine and New Hampshire. (Several trips are omitted for...tremolite crystals. May 23-24 Went to Augusta (Maine) to prepare tiie family lots for Memorial Day. I...morning. We went to the Tamrninen Quarry where we met Nestor 4 Tamminen. Later, Charlie Marble showed up...very coarse. We crossed the dip to the old Tamminen Quarry. Found a nice vesuvianite crystal in the woods...woods apparently blown out of one or the other quarry. Drove back that night. May 30 Ernie and I drove |  | | Journal (issue) | | After receiving comments that the Goodall Farm Quarry, also known as the Sanford vesuvianite locality...following encouraging information on the locality from Maine collector Duane Leavitt (Skarnrx@megalink.net)....News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea... Y.T., and Foord, E.E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine: Maine Geological Survey, p. 292. Rutherford, R.L....V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2O), shattuckite [ VICu 5(SiO 3) 4 (OH) 2 ], chrysocolla [VI(Cu,Al) 2 H 2Si 2 O 5 (OH)4·nH2O], and Cu2+...crystallography. Chrysocolla, an amorphous Cu2+ hydroxy silicate, from Inspiration, Gila County, Arizona, was...and Kovacs (1966). Because it is amorphous, chrysocolla was not used as a model compound. Similarly,...its EXAFS spectrum difficult. XAFS spectra of chrysocolla and shattuckite were used for qualitative comparison...+ NO3- (2) with log Ks0 = 35.63 (Näsänen and Tamminen 1949); tenorite, for which: Cu O(s) + 2H+ = Cu2+ |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate **...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...affording a challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALLUVIAL DONALD CHRYSOCOLLA-BEARING GRAVELS W. NEWBERG ABSTRACT Chrysocolla-bearinõalluvial õravels...and copper and the subsequentprecipitationof chrysocolla. Alternatively, chrysocollamay form by solution-solidreactions...leachedcappinghas remainedmore an art than a science. 932 CHRYSOCOLLA-BEARING ALLUVIAL 933 GRAVELS A characteristic...In view of theseargumentsthe occurrences of chrysocolla-bearing gravels of presumedTertiary age at Emerald...current state of our mineralogicalknowledgeof chrysocolla;and (3), to presentexperimental databearingon |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate **...on the gem resources of our land. "Do you, Mr. Maine," he continued, "know that some of the finest tourmalines...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are found in Canada and...strike gem tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big |  | | Journal (issue) | | hiddenite specimens in his collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal...Directors of the Foundation of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. It was my pleasure, and...interpenetrating twin cubes of thorianite from Hud dersfield County, Quebec. Their addresses: Vickery — 4 Brendon Road...certain pegmatite regions. Several pegma tites in Maine were made famous in mineralogical litera ture for...Portland (Strickland quarry) in Connecticut; Buckfield, Poland and Newry in Maine; the Custer Mountain |  | | Book | | commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...granite which was pushed up from great depths. Maine), New California The gem Jersey, show pegmatites...will help you prospect and explore any state and county. etc., for mineral deposits in Finding Suitable |  | | 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) | | 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...deposits of the western Mayacmas district, Sonoma County, California. California Journal o f Mines and Geology...geologic map of western Son oma County and northernmost Marin County, California. U.S. Geo logical Survey |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...knapsack you can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic |  | | Catalog/List | | specimens label. Usuallythe minename,mountainrange, county, state or countrywill be given on the specimenlabel...BCCHINE:Ai; Rich he11atite ..xls ft clustersw/chrysocolla andquartz xls It scepters,brilliant ••• • • •...lb_sfor_$5_.00 *EAGLE EYEHINE:A~iChrysocollaxls, chrysocolla Pseudoof quartz, barite, bayldonite and 1 • •...li1onite matrix. . 2.50 4.50 1.25 AFWILLITE:Crestmore Quarry,CAi Glassyto white fiberousxls on matrix, •22.00...specimens. 6.00 3.75 2.20 1.00 ANTIGORITE:Del1ght Quarry,HD;VAR: Picrolite. Darkgreensemifiberouscolumnar |  | | 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...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California...................................... Large diamond crystal, 28 carats, from Liagsu County, Shangdong Province, China. (All specimens pictured...rare mineral found only at Hsianghualin, Linwu County, Hunan Province, China. There followed a very large...dolomite matrix, from the Yanwuping mine, Wanshan County, Guizhou Prov-ince, China. (Ed. Note: This specimen...Pentagonite fiveling prism from near Owyhee Dam, Malheur County, Oregon, seen on end in polarized light to show | | | Book | | 100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...easier for you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...be discovered by locating the porous layers In a quarry or other exposure and following them along the...been washed into the stream ,tselt. Southwestern Maine around the town of Pans. and the rugged area north |  | | Catalog/List | | name,.chemical formula, mine name, Mb,-=llange county, state, country. Often other det'ailed information...Deepazureblue xln specimens, 2.50 1.25 AFWILLITE:Crestijore Quarry,CA· Glassyto white fibrous xls on matrix. $90,00...radiating xln specimens, 2.20 1.00 ANTIGORITE:Delig~t Quarry,HD;VAR: Picrolite. Darkgreense1ifibrouscolumnar...Brounfibrous x1nspecimens. 1.20 DATOLITE:Roncari Quarry,CT;4-IOmm clear xls on ■ atrix. 2.50 DAVIDITE:Radi~m...Matrix. $8.50 $5.75 $3.25 $1,50 DEERITE:Longvale Quarry,CA;Richblue grey prismaticxln in matrix. 2.00 DELVAUXITE:Belgium |
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