 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District Topsham âą Topsham, 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 6 (Right) - Sheet Copper â Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2âDr. Weisâs Personal Memorabilia... If you have ever had the desire to detonate a quarry blast or create an earthquake you will be able...Figure 7âManganoan Calcite â Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - âWonderful World of Agatesâ...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 |  | | 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...permission of the publisher. Front cov5r photograph: Elbaite crystals. Crystal at left is 4. 5 cm tall; crystal...5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 11:44 20 December 2017 Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Po Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis@mainemineralmuseum...m.org Muzo-habit Quartz Zigras Mine, Garland County, Arkansas Q uartz, the best known of minerals...quartz from the Zigras mine at Blue Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, for this issueâs Connoisseurâs Choice...Minerals, is curator at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum in Bethel, Maine. Alexander U. Falster, who publishes...minerals, runs the analytical laboratory at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum. Downloaded by [RMIT University |  | | 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 (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........................................14-21.] Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite...] 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 (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. âą .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...the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham, but none has been found...ago Rumford many years ago. at Standpipe Hill in Topsham along with ROCKBRIDGEITE, a hydrous, iron, monazite...has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has together with |  | | 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) | | 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...with spodumene and the pink, rubellite variety of elbaite tourmaline. Cassiterite crystals while rare, have...at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has already been described...further description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from... is a rather rare mineral in the pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as...as crystals on quartz crystals at the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals...pegma tite with the wall rock at the Tamminen Quarry in Greenwood. C A S S I T E R I T E , tin oxide...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITES OF THE BRUNSWICK AND OXFORD FIELDS, MAINE: DIFFERENTIAL TRENDS IN F-POOR AND F-RICH ENVIRONMENTS...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...pegmatites with NYF (NbâYâF) characteristics (e.g., Topsham area of the Brunswick pegmatite field). Significant...trends, fluorine, Brunswick field, Orford field, Maine. Introduction As the primary carriers of Nb and |  | | 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 (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) | | 27858, USA 2 Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA incompatible...Jahns and Wright 1951; Morgan and London 1999; Fisher 2002). The Southern California Pegmatite Province...been regarded as the most prolific source of fine elbaite (colored Li-rich tourmaline), morganite (pink beryl)...North America for over at least 100 years (e.g., Fisher 2002). These layered pegmatite-aplite dikes also...emission scanning electron microscope with a Thermo-Fisher energy dispersive X-ray analytical system was used |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | SVNPJHSQUARRY, GARLAND COUNTY, ARKANSAS. S. L. Hanson1, A. U. Falster2...pale green to dark green sequence, although Dunton quarry green tourmaline generally fluoresces in contrast...most green tourmalines worldwide. At the Dunton quarry, green tourmaline without adjacent red zones fluoresces...treating rubellite increased the brightness of Dunton quarry tourmaline. Hawkins, Mackinnon, and Schneeberger...(1995) published a chemical analysis of Dunton quarry elbaite and revealed that there was an equal concentration |  | | 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...frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed by the weathering or hydrothermal alteration...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | tourmaline mining at the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, is rife with conflicts by men who truly believed...sold, with mailing postage prepaid to continental USA addresses at $15 per copy. Requests for purchase... San Miguel County, Colorado with a wire silver with acanthite from Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado. The...the Smuggler Union mine, Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado from the Colorado School of Mines Geology...moderate blue topazes from the 1926 Fisher quarry pocket, Topsham, Maine. It was also an opportunity for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issueâs Connoisseurâs...the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is in the Bob and...morganite, with associated elbaite from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5...specimen is in the Cal Graeber collection; Jesse Fisher photo. Figure 4. A fine beryl, variety morganite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds.................................... 3 Hewitt Gem Quarry................................................................................... 3 Walden Gem Quarry ........................................................................................ 4 Maine .......................................................................................... 4 Greenlaw Quarry .............................................. |  | | Report (issue) | | International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...GS/GN A lifesize pen and ink render ing of elbaite crystals with lepidolite from the Golconda Mine...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ⊠History ⊠Mineralogy âą Tourmaline...Maximilian Glas ............ 62 âą Inclusions in Elbaite Crystals .......... 64 John I. Koivula âą If Icarus...gem tourmaline was made at Mount Mica in Paris, Maine, though only small quantities were uncovered there |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | during highway construction, Hull Township, Gatineau County, Quebec. P. M. Bellev, R. Rowe & M. Picard. 2:45...e " from the Harder Farm, Hammond, St. Lawrence County, NY. M. Lupulescu. 3:45 H i s t o r y of the Powers...Powers farm streamside veins, St. Lawrence County, New York. M. R. Walter & S. C. Chamberlain. 4:00 M...Louisa County, Virginia. L. E. Kearns & M. D. Dunn. 4:30 B l u e wavellite from the De Linde quarry, Garland...Garland, County, Arkansas. S. L. Hanson, A. U. Falster & Win. B. Simmons. 4:45 H a f n i a n zircon from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Martin Zinn specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. May/June: Elbaite, Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan; Adalberto Giazotto...crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave Bunk specimen, Jesse La Plante...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, 250â59; Gemstone Deposits in Turkey...Geological Museum of China, 434â39 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5â11, 101â3, 197â203, 293â97, 389â93...Uvite with Overgrown Dravite, Bigelow, St. Lawrence County, New York, M. Lupulescu, S. C. Chamberlain, M. |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and ï the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmïŸjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. lineïŸrock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1Âœ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatïŸjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: ï at Holton Quarry, 7Âœ mi. NWïŸagate; ï N of Calloway |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... . . . . 363 by J. Fisher History of the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California . . . ...$150 for one year. *Continued on p. 455 COVER: ELBAITE on quartz, 20 cm, one of the famous âblue capâ...discovered at the Tourmaline Queen mine, San Diego County, California, by Ed Swoboda and Bill Larson. The...contacted the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to ask whether the Museum and its Gem and Mineral |
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Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA