 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals of North Groton, New Hampshire The historical background of the famous North Groton mines is as fascinating...Candia Road Chester, New Hampshire 03036 R O B E R T W. WHITMORE Weare, New Hampshire 03281 N O R T H G...from local residents and collectors. History North Groton is unknown to many people outside the mineral fraternity... a large percentage of the popula tion of New Hampshire would not recognize the name, let alone be able...Forest. 350 ROCKS & MINERALS In the early 1800s, Groton was a thriving farming com munity with a population |  | | Book | | THE PEGMATITE MINES KNOWN AS NORTH GROTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE eral I ederi Acknowledi:ments Dedicated...Alexander U. Falster Carl Francis James W. Grandy Groton Historical Society Jonathan Herndon Various contributions...Steven Wilda Copyright © 2004 by Palermo Mines Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may...to: Palermo Mines Ltd., 934 Stark Highway, Weare, NH 03281. Published by the Friends of Palermo Mines................................... 9 History of Palermo .............................................. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | desirable as brazilianite. Unlike many relatively new minerals, brazilianite made its debut in unusually...combination of chartreuse to pale yellow color and crystal form. Its discoverers mistook it for chrysoberyl...distinguished by chrysoberyl’s quite different crystal form, characteristic twinning, and greater hardness...globular, radially fibrous masses. Inclusions of quartz, tourmaline, apatite, and muscovite crystals have...wylleite, eosphorite, siderite, albite, muscovite, quartz, and microcline. It also occurs as a sparse component |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral News VoL14 No.10 October, 1998 The Mineral Collector 1s Newsletter •• _,._, $2.00 ----~~--~--------~-----'·...----~~--~--------~-----'· I What's New at Denver in 1998? ·The Fall Mineral Shows We've Waited for all Summer...a fabulous job of filling my need to see what's new and overdose on minerals and mineral-collecting friends...visiting most of the dealers and finding out what's new. Unfortunately, this year, due to back trouble, I...quite as intense and thorough in my search for the new discoveries in the mineral rid. There are a lot of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vol 14 No.12 December, 1998 The Mineral Collector 1s Newsletter $2.00 Minerals 1998: What's New Dan Weinrich...Weinrich www.danweinrich.com China One of the exciting new finds from China during 1998 would have to be the...small black micro crystals of manganbabingtonite, quartz, calcite, datolite, and inesite (identity confirmed)...(8 cm) tall, and J5/g inches (4 cm) thick. The quartz from here can also be nice; I had one large clear...inesite, apophyllite, etc. A Continued on page 4 Fig. 1. Apophyllite, Jianghshan, Guangdong Province, China |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A N D A L L T. KING P . O . Box 90888 Rochester, New York 14609 Belgium Vantasselite Mr. Gilbert Gauthier...specimens of vantasselite, a new phos phate, found on the dumps of an inactive mine in Bihain, a remote village...celestine. United States of America Arizona Quartz Mr. John Ebner of New Jersey is one of the East Coast's most...frequently discovers specimens that are ig- Figure 1: Vantasselite, Bihain, Belgium. Malagasy Republic...a clear inghouse for the study and reporting of new and interesting mineral news. Reader participation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The recent reopening of the mine has rekindled interest in the mineralogy of this pegmatite. Recent...Activity at the CHANDLER MINE RAYMOND, NEW FRANK LAVOIE Box 529 Epping, New Hampshire T H E M A J O R I T...T Y A N D BEST-KNOWN of New Hampshire's 650 mines and prospects are open-cut peg matite quarries which...phosphate-rich. Several, including the Palermo #1 mine in North Groton (Segeler et al., 1981), are highly...visitors each field season. Less well-known in New Hampshire are the lithium silicatebearing pegmatites characterized |  | | Journal (issue) | | you wish to receive a copy. Please request our new arrivals list Dealers in: • rare minerals • fine...Pegmatite Phosphates: Descriptive Mineralogy and Crystal Chemistry........................................ Paul Brian Moore Wyllieite, Na2Fe2AI(P04)3, A New Species........ Paul B. Moore Jun Ito Richard V...Record Post Office Box 783 Bowie, M aryland 2 0 7 1 5 Telephone: 2 6 2 -8 5 8 3 Editorial..............accompanied by a stamped, selfaddressed envelope No responsi bility can be assumed for unsoli cited |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...etc.;  NW on Rte. 2 to the Orella RR Sta.: (a) N 1 mi., turn E on ranch rd. and NW 2 mi. to a lone butte |  | | Journal (issue) | | if you wish to receive a copy. Please request our new arrivals list Dealers in: ^ rare minerals • fine...415-TH3-7564 L NEW from Hamel's 6451 WeSt 84th PlaCe Los Angeles, California 9 0 0 4 5 Telephone: 2 1 3 -6 4...4 5 -1 1 7 5 SILVER from above the A rctic Circle in Canada's Northwest Territory. Beau tiful crystallized...50 to $ 1,000.00 HYDROBORACITE from the Thompson mine, Death Valley, Calif. Some spec imens w ith colemanite...to 8 " on a crystal face. Brilliant blocky crystals T/N to museum size. $ 1 .5 0 to $ 1 ,0 0 0 .0 0 |  | | 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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. |  | | 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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy 1 7 M i n e r a l o g i c a l t h R S y o c h m... Gait, Royal Ontario Museum; Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geological Survey; Dr. Robert King, John...FROM THE PALERMO NO. 1 MINE, N O R T H G R O T O N , N E W H A M P S H I R E . S. L. 2 3 1 Hanson,'...University of New Orleans, L A 70148; ^ e a r e , N H 03281; and 829 Candia Rd., Chester, N H 03036. 1 3 In...pocket apatites from a recent discovery at the Palermo No. 1 mine form unusual aggregates. These crystals occur |  | | Book (edition) | | cO\·erphoto: Wolframite. 45 mm. Yaogangxian, China, H Page 1: MuscO\ite. 45 mm, Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...The current progress in mineralog), with countless new data in books and scientific as well as amateur journals...formula, allegiance to a mineral group, symmetry and crystal structure as well as the strongest X-ray powder...and opaque minerals. More attention is paid to crystal habit or aggregate development and their sizes |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...for/ hardness, crystal formation," (continued on back flap) r 1° *o S = CO i 1 = o o = CO ...Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright ©... Russell P Gem hunter's guide. Bibliography: p. 1 Precious stones . United States. I. —Collectors |  | | Journal (issue) | | Avenue No. 8, F m T /^ T a I T Laguna Beach, Cal. 92651 (714) 4 9 4 -7 6 9 5 ... 4 9 4 -5 1 5 5 \1 J OP^n... 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