 | | 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 |  | | 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...irradiation of topaz; and with a partner in California, who was also a gem cut ter, a topaz-treating business...Corporation and the Mt. Mica Land Corporation in Maine. The major tourmaline deposits here may be de veloped...Although Charles Key is now located in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, he has lived, and has had businesses in, New Jersey |  | | 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) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE B y D A V I D M. SEAMAN 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268 (Continued from...Buckfield, Greenwood, and Paris. It is found frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed...reddingite as octahedral-like crystals at the Berry Quarry in Poland; also as one of the rare secondary phosphates...Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, the Dun ton Gem Mine at Newry, and at Black Mt. at Rumford in Maine. Its crystals...and aluminum phosphate, is a very rare mineral in Maine, but has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine, and |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Natural History, 1957. PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary...mine at Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE, one of the trimorphs of Quarry at Buckfield...RHODOCHROSITE, manganese car ago at the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham...has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has together with...Norway. Maine 04268 366 ROCKS AND MINERALS occurred at a number of pegmatite local ities in Maine. It |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OXFORD COUNT Y, MAINE—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. |  | | 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...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 |  | | 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...tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has...further description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman...noted but rarely and then as cleavages. The Orchard Quarry, also located on the Bennett Farm at Buckfield |  | | 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...several locations includ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FROM GREENWOOD,MAINE Introduction Several years ago in the course of feldspar mining at a quarry at the...the base of Noyes Mountain in Greenwood, Maine, a mineral supposed to be spodumene was found in quantity...were taken to the grinding mill at West Paris, Maine. There it lay in a bin for a year or more before...was examined by the late W. D' Nevel of Andover, Maine, who identified the mineral as petalite. He sorted...and lb. Typical crystals of pollucite from Greenwood, Maine, showing the varying development of a 100 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*, Cathleen D. Brown Department...two-mica granite situated in the Oxford pegmatite field, southwestern Maine. Surrounding the pluton is an...chemistry, petrology, geochemistry, Sebago, southern Maine Received: 1 October 2009; accepted: 30 March 2010;...Introduction The granitic pegmatites of southern Maine represent one of several major pegmatite regions...Unfortunately, very little geochemical data exist for the Maine pegmatites despite their popularity among mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | reactionsof beryl, BeaA12Si0Oa8, to phenakiteplus topaz in the fluoritestability field, or to herderiteplustopaz...fluid inclusions in minerals such as quartz or topaz in fluorite and phenakite-bearing cavities in pegmatites...pegmatites with corroded beryl, albite, quartz, topaz, phenakite, triplite, fluorapatite, fluorite, under...herderiteand apatite, likewiseare neglected siterite, topaz, apatite, and montebrasite,is of possible interestas...Caa(PO4)•-Bea(PO4)•,containing muscovite, microcline, albite, topaz, beryl, her- hurlbutite, CaBe•(PO4)•, apparently |  | | Book | | Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE...S'toRE INC. JUNCTION RTE8. '1LJ &_ 219 WEST PARIS, MAINE 04289 Copyright 0 1976 by Edward Sloan. All rights...Talc Mine Saxtons River, Vermont Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE... Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford, Massachusetts...Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts Granby Dinosaur Museum Hardwick |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PROSPECTING IN 1954 By John R. Dillingham Naples, Maine During the prospecting season of 1954 we went on...April In April we called on the Tamminens in Greenwood, Maine, and visited their popular mine. From there...trip we went to Pitt's garnet location in Minot, Maine, and found worthwhile cinnamon garnets. Waded through...through the snow to look at Mt. Mica in Paris, Maine. Phil Morrill led us to Hoopers Ledge which yields...about Hoopers Ledge later. Visited mines in Albany, Maine, during the month but except for a few minor beryl |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | blessed with royal purple amethyst, real smokies, topaz from Imperial colorless to wine and baby blue, deep... yellow of Ceylonite, shadings Dunton Mine in Maine ROCKS AND MINERALS of bi-colors, red with green...Columbus, probably had some knowledge Newry Mountain, Maine Tourma/ine area. 155 of tourmaline in spite of...large quantities of colored crystals, from Maine's Oxford and Androscoggin Counties, mostly on a NW strike...black. Most finds were mere traces compared with Maine, California, and Connecticut deposits, though Quebec |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GRANITIC PEGMATITES OF THE BRUNSWICK AND OXFORD FIELDS, MAINE: DIFFERENTIAL TRENDS IN F-POOR AND F-RICH...FRANCIS Mineralogical Museum, Harvard University, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A....field and the Central Maine Synclinorium of the Oxford pegmatite field, in Maine, are intruded by numerous...(Nb,Ta)-bearing phases. Generally, the CGM from Maine are hosted by pegmatites characterized by a LCT...observed between the CGM from the Brunswick and Oxford pegmatite fields. Columbite-group minerals from |  | | Book (volume) | | Aquamarine, Beryl, some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively prospected for gold since...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: |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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...GARNET KYANITE IOLITE SPHALERITE RUBY i^b TOPAZ CRYSTALS TOURMALINE CRYSTALS (Cro»$-$«ction ot...length. Into this domino-like system fall barite and topaz, often with considerable elaboration of secondary...direction of the crystal are characteristic of topaz of feldspar that make parallel to is and tourmaline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | your collections. My state, New Hampshire, and Maine are both noted for beryl. The gem quality beryl...collected many years ago from Newry, Maine. In the pegmatites of Maine, New Hampshire and other New England...College Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire. In Maine, Tamminen Mine at Green wood is one of the state's many...and 2 of "Maine Mines and Minerals" from Dillingham Natural History Museum, Naples, Maine. These will...Another good locality reference for Maine minerals is "Maine Trails to Maine Minerals" revised 1973 by W. J |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...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...feldspar 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz 3. Calcite 8. Topaz 4. Fluorite 9. Corundum 5. Apatite 1. 10 |
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