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Watermelon Tourmaline from
Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Tourmaline var: Watermelon Tourmaline
Formula:A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Watermelon Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:219514
Long-form Identifier:1:3:219514:8
GUID (UUID V4):7aa8b8e7-d5a0-4d3f-9258-e813a9962058
Nearest other occurrences of Watermelon Tourmaline
13.4km (8.3 miles) ā“˜Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) ā“˜Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) ā“˜Mount Rubellite Quarries, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, USA
29.6km (18.4 miles) ā“˜Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) ā“˜Crooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
34.5km (21.4 miles) ā“˜Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) ā“˜Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
35.3km (21.9 miles) ā“˜Maine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
35.3km (21.9 miles) ā“˜Greenlaw Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) ā“˜Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry; Berry Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE: THE PLACE TO GO By F R A N K W A R D 2 Mildred A v e n u e , Rye, N . Y . 1 0 5...bring to light numerous specimens labeled Oxford County, Maine. M y own collection boasts quite a few that...collected from the numerous mines and quarries of Oxford County over the past five summers. A scattering of...come to Oxford County. T h e pegmatites that comprise the minĀ­ eralized zone of Oxford County are in many...these minerals being the semi-precious gemstone tourmaline which occurs in almost every conceivable color
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OXFORD COUNT Y, MAINEā€”1952 Downloaded by [Stockholm University Library] at 11:15 02 September 2017 ...hobbyist active. They are Perham's shop, the Bumpus quarry and Nestor Tammi nen's. June and July were too...pleasure. Perham's Perham's store at Trap Corner, Maine, on # 2 6 , was the mecca for all collectors, as...brought in lovers of Maine minerals. Bumpus The Bumpus quarry in Albany, Maine, on # 5 , was being worked...Nestor Tamminen, across the road from his house and near the base of Noyse Mountain, in Greenwood, Me.
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...and the Mt. Mica Land Corporation in Maine. The major tourmaline deposits here may be deĀ­ veloped in the...Although Charles Key is now located in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, he has lived, and has had businesses in, New Jersey...Dunton Gem mine (Nevell mine), Newry Hill, Newry, Maine. 7 Figure 1: Frank C. Perham. 442 ROCKS A M )
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 Ā©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, Ā©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 Ā© 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...Pink tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined
Book (volume)
0 n101ercai o of Maine j fĀ·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. ā€¢ .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 Ā©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All
Book (edition)
HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_ļæ½ Cv1,_1'--Aļæ½ __, 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...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside...minerals. The geology of pegmatites, in general, and Maine pegmatites, in particular, is summarized briefly
Report (issue)
extraLapis English No. 3: Tourmaline Publisher Lapis International, LLC; East Hampton, CT Concept &...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...Eberhard Equit, 1993 extraLapis English No. 3 Tourmaline A Gemstone Spectrum Contributions by Brian C...AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ā™¦ History ā™¦ Mineralogy ā€¢ Tourmaline - History in Brief .......Mineralogy of the Tourmaline Group . . . 10 Species by Species - The Minerals of the Tourmaline Group .....
Book (edition)
crystals and quanz, from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink...ANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene, Tourmaline, Sodalite, Olivine (Peridot), Turquois, Prosopite... List of Illustrations Frontispiece. Drawing of tourmaline and morganite group 1. Crater of Diamonds, Arkansas...pegmatite, Newry, Maine 34. Loading pocket contents, Newry, Maine 35. Large tourmaline crystal from Dunton... Newry 36. Tourmaline crystal termination, Dunton mine, Newry 3 7. Drawing of tourmaline crystal forms
Journal (issue)
Unusual pink sapphire bead ā€¢ Bicolor double-eye tourmaline 198 Gem News International Diamond-bearing...Prince ruby ā€¢ Rock Creek sapphire update ā€¢ Unusual tourmaline necklace ā€¢ Conference reports ā€¢ Errata Editorial...Mouawad Campus 5345 Armada Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA Ā© 2015 Gemological Institute of America All rights...the 2015 Tucson shows and a report of the recent Maine pegmatite workshop. In addition, we present a new...from Llano rhyolite (llanite), north-central Llano County, Texas. American Mineralogist, Vol. 73, No. 3ā€“4
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tischendorļ¬te Tlapallite Todorokite Topaz Torbernite Tourmaline, rubellite, indigolite, elbaite, dravite, schoerl...places. Aggregates, sand and gravel are followed by quarry and dimension stones (Prentice, 1990; Lorenz, 1991)...types may be subdivided into layered (Stillwater, USA, Kemi , Finland, Fiskenaesset, Greenland, and funnel-shaped...deposits such as Guseva-Gora, Russia, Duke Island, and USA, bridge the gap between the chromium deposit originating...Ostermann and Deutsch, 1997). The Stillwater Complex, USA, is akin to this group of mineralization ā€” see PGE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tischendorļ¬te Tlapallite Todorokite Topaz Torbernite Tourmaline, rubellite, indigolite, elbaite, dravite, schoerl...places. Aggregates, sand and gravel are followed by quarry and dimension stones (Prentice, 1990; Lorenz, 1991)...types may be subdivided into layered (Stillwater, USA, Kemi , Finland, Fiskenaesset, Greenland, and funnel-shaped...deposits such as Guseva-Gora, Russia, Duke Island, and USA, bridge the gap between the chromium deposit originating...Ostermann and Deutsch, 1997). The Stillwater Complex, USA, is akin to this group of mineralization ā€” see PGE
Book (edition)
M. Hughes: Dept. of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. W. Barclay Kamb: Division of Geol. and Planetary... W. (1961), Chemical Crystallography, 2nd ed., Oxford Clarendon Press. (GL) Glusker, J. P., & M. Lewis...Trueblood (1985); Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer, Oxford University Press. (ITXC) International Tables for..., Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 1991; Hartshorn, N...Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
 
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