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Almandine from
Trenton Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Trenton Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:29648
Long-form Identifier:1:3:29648:5
GUID (UUID V4):33e19d40-b6ba-474e-9963-1502d1ba02d6
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
0.7km (0.5 miles) Given #2 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Havey #1 & #2 Quarries, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Square Pit (Consolidated #4 Quarry), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Staples Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Twin Pits Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Swamp No. 1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Swamp #2 quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) William Willes #3 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
3.1km (2.0 miles) Consolidated #2 Quarry (Purington Quarry), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District TopshamTopsham, Maine's underappreciated...the Andros­ coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs...Androscoggin River, north-northeast through the town of Topsham. The belt extends southward into Brunswick and...but only the pegmatites actually in the town of Topsham are covered in this review. There are thirty or...named quarries and numerous unnamed prospects in Topsham. The quarries, all inactive, are usually named
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 (edition)
J., Marion A. Speer of Meredith Johnson of Trenton, Calif., Furcron of Atlanta, Ga., Neb., Miss...from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are...between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee...summer; neither is it wise to prospect in Montana or Maine in the as the winter. An scope, and automobile
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
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 (issue)
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...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515
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...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...to visit in the summer. winter comfortable in Maine or Montana. In hot is more comfortable morning
Journal (issue)
......................... p. 10 The Estes Quarry in Maine .............................................spectrum of others in the group, such as pyrope and almandine. All may form gem-quality materials. A mixture...violet-red spessartines come from Colorado and Maine. San Diego County, CA, has been the main spessartine producer...Betts listed many of the garnet specimens as “Almandine-Spessartine,” presumably because it was somewhere...2001. Spessartine garnet from Ramona, San Diego County, CA. Gems and Gemology 37(4). Mindat. 2016. Spessartine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrences. These localities have been listed by county; and, strictly for convenience, the list has been...None­ theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful...Wayne County International Salt C o . mine—Detroit Alpena County National G y p s u m C o . quarry (formerly...(formerly the Huron-Portland Ce­ ment Co. quarry)—Alpena barite, calcite, chalcopyrite (r), dolomite,...marcasite, pyrite, sphalerite, strontianite (r) Paxton quarry—Paxton calcite, chalcopyrite, dolomite, marcasite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatite in New York is at Bedford in Westchester County. Its complex zoning and mineralogy are approached...by the pegmatite at Batchellerville in Saratoga County. The McLear pegmatite in the St. Lawrence Lowlands...1875 on Kinkel’s farm, at the Kinkel quarry, followed by Hobby’s quarry, or Hobbey’s as it appears later...Woodrow Wilson from the feldspar from Kinkel’s quarry. This china remained in use through the “administrations...was opened in 1906 by Clapska Mining Company of Trenton, New Jersey (Newland 1916). The pegmatite was worked
Report (volume)
Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland, State Museum...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. 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, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
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...all challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia
Journal (issue)
permitted on the Mine Run dump and in the Fill quarry, Passaic pit, and "Saddle" area. For museum members...minerals only. First United Methodist Church, 840 Trenton Road, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. 9:00 AM to...permitted on the Mine Run dump and in the Fill quarry, Passaic pit, and "Saddle" area. $5.00 admission...issue. I had fun and learned a lot from the Hamburg Quarry trip of May 15, 2010. This field trip revealed...species, such as solid solution series (e.g., almandine-spessartine) or for giving a likely yes/no for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lake Champlain, at a place called Split.rock. ALMANDINE, (PRECIOUS GARNET. ) Occ urs in crystals, also...to this date, at 1,000,000 volums in also near Trenton and Camden, N J. usuaUy found among sand and gravel...the second letter was added a Mr. Pell, of Ul�ter county, the celebrated AMIANTHOIDE. mine (the washing...pouring them from the bas­ culty. It is found at Topsham, Me. the bottom (which is covered with qUicksil·
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lake Champlain, at a place called Split.rock. ALMANDINE, (PRECIOUS GARNET. ) Occ urs in crystals, also...to this date, at 1,000,000 volums in also near Trenton and Camden, N J. usuaUy found among sand and gravel...the second letter was added a Mr. Pell, of Ul�ter county, the celebrated AMIANTHOIDE. mine (the washing...pouring them from the bas­ culty. It is found at Topsham, Me. the bottom (which is covered with qUicksil·
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lake Champlain, at a place called Split.rock. ALMANDINE, (PRECIOUS GARNET. ) Occ urs in crystals, also...to this date, at 1,000,000 volums in also near Trenton and Camden, N J. usuaUy found among sand and gravel...the second letter was added a Mr. Pell, of Ul�ter county, the celebrated AMIANTHOIDE. mine (the washing...pouring them from the bas­ culty. It is found at Topsham, Me. the bottom (which is covered with qUicksil·
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lake Champlain, at a place called Split.rock. ALMANDINE, (PRECIOUS GARNET. ) Occ urs in crystals, also...to this date, at 1,000,000 volums in also near Trenton and Camden, N J. usuaUy found among sand and gravel...the second letter was added a Mr. Pell, of Ul�ter county, the celebrated AMIANTHOIDE. mine (the washing...pouring them from the bas­ culty. It is found at Topsham, Me. the bottom (which is covered with qUicksil·
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lake Champlain, at a place called Split.rock. ALMANDINE, (PRECIOUS GARNET. ) Occ urs in crystals, also...to this date, at 1,000,000 volums in also near Trenton and Camden, N J. usuaUy found among sand and gravel...the second letter was added a Mr. Pell, of Ul�ter county, the celebrated AMIANTHOIDE. mine (the washing...pouring them from the bas­ culty. It is found at Topsham, Me. the bottom (which is covered with qUicksil·
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lake Champlain, at a place called Split.rock. ALMANDINE, (PRECIOUS GARNET. ) Occ urs in crystals, also...to this date, at 1,000,000 volums in also near Trenton and Camden, N J. usuaUy found among sand and gravel...the second letter was added a Mr. Pell, of Ul�ter county, the celebrated AMIANTHOIDE. mine (the washing...pouring them from the bas­ culty. It is found at Topsham, Me. the bottom (which is covered with qUicksil·
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lake Champlain, at a place called Split.rock. ALMANDINE, (PRECIOUS GARNET. ) Occ urs in crystals, also...to this date, at 1,000,000 volums in also near Trenton and Camden, N J. usuaUy found among sand and gravel...the second letter was added a Mr. Pell, of Ul�ter county, the celebrated AMIANTHOIDE. mine (the washing...pouring them from the bas­ culty. It is found at Topsham, Me. the bottom (which is covered with qUicksil·
Journal (issue)
Sapphires Benito County, California; the group of sapGems Found in the U.S. State of Maine phires is from...Daniel Bronfen, Brazil Evan Caplan, USA Rocco Gay, Italy Sushil Goyal, USA Shahina Hatta, Hong Kong Dwarka...Thailand Immediate Past President Benjamin Hackman, USA Chief Executive Officer Gary Roskin ICA General Manager...31 W. 47th Street, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10036 USA ica@gemstone.org T: 1.212.620.0900 F: 1.212.352.9054...century with the discovery of the Mica Mine in Maine. While gold was its primary focus, miners found
Journal (issue)
Franklin-Sterling Hill mineral deposit • Geology of the Hamburg Quarry • A rare mineral discovered in the New Jersey Highlands...Calcite-Apatite-Pyroxene Occurrence at Hamburg Quarry: A Bancroft Terrane Style Vein-Dike? Warren Cummings...Franklin-Sterling Hill mineral deposit • Geology of the Hamburg Quarry • A rare mineral discovered in the New Jersey Highlands...permitted on the Mine Run Dump and in the Fill quarry, Passaic pit, and “Saddle” area. Fees for mineral...Collecting on the the Mine Run Dump and in the Fill quarry, Passaic pit , and “Saddle” area. 9:00 AM to 3:00
Book
Dinosaur-Hypsibema missouriensis 83 83 84 85 * Maine Mineral-Tourmaline Fossil-Pertica quadrifaria...made the “Magic City” of Birmingham, Jefferson County “The Pittsburgh of the South” during the turn of...feet thick, occurs near Sylacauga, in Talladega County, being fine-grained and mostly white, ofexceptional...white Sylacauga marble from Sylacauga, Talladega County, is considered among the finest white marble in...the Lincoln Memorial. Marble from Chewacla, Lee County, near Auburn, Alabama, is a coarse grained dolomite
Book (volume)
fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Mt. Mica Largest crystal from Mt. Mica Eh Towne Quarry 180 Tourmaline Queen Mountain IgI Tourmaline crystal...Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garnet crystals Almandine from Wrangell Spessartite matrix specimen Spessartite
Journal (issue)
........... 858 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185> ROCKS AND MINERALS 801 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A POST CARD FROM HELL ! Hell Joes exist and R&M...San Antonio Rock & Lapi­ dary Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman; Fred Stevenson, P...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County' Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at...Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las
 
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