 | Francis, Carl A., Felch, Myles, Falster, Alexander U., Bailey, Douglas A. (2016) Aquamarine from Stoneham and Vicinity, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 91 (1) 28-35 doi:10.1080/00357529.2016.1099131 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Stoneham and Vicinity Oxford County, Maine Downloaded by [Penn State University] at 01:41 12 December...feLCH ALeXANDeR U. fALSTeR DoUGLAS A. BAILeY Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Po Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217...gemstones came from Stoneham, Maine—a century apart. Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem...P T I ONAL AQUAMARINE CRYSTAL was found in a Stoneham pasture by Gilman McKeen while driving cattle...crystal found by another farmer elsewhere in the Stoneham area. He wrote, “In color and material, this is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for aquamarine, the blue to bluegreen gemstone of beryl. The glassy blue appearance of natural aquamarine...cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...ROCKS & MINERALS Aquamarine, like all varieties of beryl, is a beryllium aluminum silicate with hexagonal...of the crystallography and atomic structure of beryl can be found in Sinkankas (1988, 1981). The most...aquamarine is iron in the + 2 oxidation state. Yellow beryl occurs when all the iron is in the + 3 oxidation |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green beryl to blue, violet corundum to rose pink, and yellow...contain a variety of gem stones, such as tourmaline, beryl (emerald, aquamarine), spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite)...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are: |  | | Book (edition) | | OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM HUNTERS GUIDE by Russell...from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person... TYPICAL CRYSTAL FORMS OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD...which make a almost price- merely an ore of beryl, is beryllium worth a few cents a pound. Pattern... amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California |  | | 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) | | crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other large...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3...Section pegmatite of Fremont county, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS Maine, Connecticut, and California...gem tourmalines. The most noted occurrences in Maine are Mt. Mica at Paris, Mt. Apatite at Auburn, also...Rumford, Newry, Buckfield, and Topsham. The Gillette quarry at Haddam Neck, Connecticut, was famous when in |  | | Report (issue) | | Beryl and Its Color Varieties Page 4 Mineralogy of Beryl and the Beryl Group William "Skip" Simmons...Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 24 The Best of the Rockies Tony Potucek Page 11 Pezzottaite Federico...Peak of Colorado Beryl Collecting Mark I. Jacobson Page 14 Crystal Structure of Beryl and Pezzottaite...William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 28 New England Gem Beryl Bruce Jarnot Page 16 Bazzite...Bazzite of the Alps Stefan Weiss Page 32 Beryl from the Pegmatites of Southern California Jesse Fisher |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | three feet in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds...pounds was found about 1925 at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Maine, together with others over three feet...found at a number of places: Paris and Rumford, Maine; Alstead, Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire;...cleavelandite at Newry, Maine. Rose quartz crystals have also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New...Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | destroyed during blasting at a pegmatite near Paris. Maine (Perham 1987). Chrysoberyl is a beryllium aluininuin...several pegmatites in the northeastern United States. Maine has been the historical source of good chrysoberyl...are in Oxford County (King and Foord 1994). These include pegmatites near Hartford. Stoneham, Norway...Jack Mountain near Hartford and the Hoopers Ledge quarry vicinity at Paris, where a single twinned crystal...more recently in a pegmatite at Gillette quarry, Middlesex County, Connecticut. It is reported from a pegmatite |  | Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Webber, Karen L., Dallaire, Donald A., Nizamoff, James W., Sprague, Raymond A. (2019) The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 94 (6) 498-519 doi:10.1080/00357529.2019.1641021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Unless otherwise noted, all specimens from the Alexander U. Falster collection Figure 1. The Emmons pegmatite...in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its many...pegmatite. T ALEXANDER U. FALSTER WILLIAM B. SIMMONS KAREN L. WEBBER MP2 Research Group Maine Mineral &...& Gem Museum 99 Main Street Bethel, Maine 04217 alexander.falster@gmail.com wsimmons@uno.edu kwebber@uno...Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com RAYMOND A. SPRAGUE* 33 Roger Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 * |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | meaning golden and (iripuyyos (beryllos) meaning beryl. The mineral first was described and named by Werner...named by Nordenskiold in 1842 for Russian Czar Alexander II (1818-1881) on his birthday. Alexandrite is...ConneMaine Topsham district, Maine Grafton district, New Hampshire Greenfield...crystals up to six inches in diameter, albite, green beryl, columbite, muscovite, and black tourmaline (Seybert...Greenfield locality (Dana, 1898; Kunz, 1892). Chryso beryl was found here in a two-foot-thick pegmatite vein |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | California; in the Petaca district of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; from the Harney Peak region of South...Reagan mining district, Kern range, White Pine County, Nevada. SULFUR, S, occurs very rarely in pegmatites...pegmatites. At Lewiston. Yarmouth, and Madrid, Maine. Also at Portland and Haddam Neck, Connecticut,...sulfide, has been found in the Ben Nevis ville, Union County, Georgia. It has been mine on San Augustin Peak...tains, New Mexico, with argentite in a Randolph County, Alabama; and from a sulfide zone near the center |  | | Journal (issue) | | Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Southwood Melbourne, Australia Woodrow B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME John S. White, Stewartstown |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | called that, from people who do not wish to visit a quarry more than once. N o wonder that many Clubs "have...again. A Club of which I am a member located a quarry. W e were warned that it was "dead." W e went anyway...Strick land Quarry at Portland where more than 100 minerals are reported; quartz, beryl, tourmaline etc...Mineral Society has gone to jail—literally—the County gave them the old jail to remodel into a museum...uninitiated 675 - rock collectors who found a green beryl crystal several inches long and nearly a half inch |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | alike, and its price is definitely affordable. Alexander U. Falster University of New Orleans to a point...DISCOVERIES AT THE BENNEll QUARRY, BUCKFIELD, MAINE. W B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, State House...Bennett quarry is located in a complex granite pegmatite in the town of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine...a 3 k m crystal of gemmy morganite beryl known as the Rose of Maine. In 1990, Ronald and Dennis Holden...cleavelandite unit along the north side of the quarry, producing additional morganite and large quartz |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER, 1934 PAOI! T opaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine. By Benjamin B. Burbank .......................... ...... .. .... ........ ..... ... Lake Street Quarry near White Plains, N . Y . By Peter Zodac Collector's... WHOLE No. 89 Topaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine By BENJAMIN B. BURBANK There exists n long, low...zone of the entire region is the Fisher Feldspar Quarry 2 which cousists of a deep cut rnnniug nearly north...Survey. Bath, Maine Sheet (topO• graphical). : Bastin, E. S.. Geology of the Pegmatitea of Maine. Bui. 445 |  | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER, 1934 PAOI! T opaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine. By Benjamin B. Burbank .......................... ...... .. .... ........ ..... ... Lake Street Quarry near White Plains, N . Y . By Peter Zodac Collector's... WHOLE No. 89 Topaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine By BENJAMIN B. BURBANK There exists n long, low...zone of the entire region is the Fisher Feldspar Quarry 2 which cousists of a deep cut rnnniug nearly north...Survey. Bath, Maine Sheet (topO• graphical). : Bastin, E. S.. Geology of the Pegmatitea of Maine. Bui. 445 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE, OXFORD CO., MAINE ALEXANDER U. FALSTER§ AND WILLIAM B. SIMMONS 2 MP Research Group, Maine Mineral...Mineral & Gem Museum, 99 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217, USA Keywords: Emmons pegmatite, lithiophilite...slope of Uncle Tom Mountain in Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. At times, the Emmons pegmatite has been...Uncle Tom Mountain quarry. The Emmons pegmatite is the species-richest pegmatite in Maine with currently...area of interaction of lithiophilite with altered beryl. Beryllonite, roscherite, moraesite and hydroxylherderite |  | | 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...improved clarity and color. Beautiful, intense red beryl crystals, many of facet-grade, found in the Wah...crushed and treated to release the crystals. Red beryl gems, resembling the finest red spinels in color |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu Muscovite Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California R ocks are made up of minerals. Some...the littleknown locality of Shannon Canyon, Inyo County, California. The specimen is 3 × 4 cm and was collected...variety sericite replaces feldspars, spodumene, beryl, topaz, and tourmalines in pegmatites. Muscovite...the pegmatites of the New England region. From Maine, King and Foord (1994, p. 246) note that “Muscovite...2.8 cm high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This is typical of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | program was on How to Photograph Minerals Mr. G . Alexander Robertson, nature pho tographer, spoke to the...Club's exhibit to the Jackson Boys' Club Camp. MAINE The Water-Oak Gem and Mineral So ciety. North...and Gay Blomquist who found topaz crystals at Stoneham. The Kershners and Buzzells found labradorite...secured a program, Granite by the Sea, from the Maine Arts and Humanities Commission. This Club and the...the Clubs associated with the Federation of Maine Mineral and Gem Clubs are giving full support to Eastern |  | | Journal (issue) | | 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia... If you have ever had the desire to detonate a quarry blast or create an earthquake you will be able...Figure 7—Manganoan Calcite – Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - “Wonderful World of Agates”...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the...An unusual specimen from the Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, Wisconsin) is a sheet copper (figure 6). One of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden), Tanganyika, and India; and the beryl pegmatites...southwest. According to Bastin,6 the granites of Maine were intruded in Late Silurian or Devonian time...Geology of the pegmatites and associated rocks of Maine: U . S . G e o l .S t r l e y , B u l l . 4 4 5...A. L Genesis of mica pegmatite deposits, Latah County, Idaho: , Econ. Geology,vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 41-58...described by Cornelius.32Tertiary pegmatites containing beryl, dumortierite, and uraninite occur in this area |  | | Book (volume) | | occur in pegmatite exposures, such as Aquamarine, Beryl, some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia...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...Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE, area gravels along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER,...inside the Co. line in a Hornblendegneiss exposureBeryl, black Tourmaline. 146 A Location Guide for Rock |
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