 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District Topsham • 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 |  | | 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) | | Mineral Discoveries and Other News From Maine Woodrow B. Thompson Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources...Mapping Center 22 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0022 • In terms of quantity, the past year...relatively uneventful for mineral discoveries in Maine. However, diligent collectors have found a few remarkably...discoveries and also reports the earlier find of a Maine gold nugget that is one of the largest from the...working on a chapter to update the Mineralogy of Maine with new information from the last few years. He |  | | 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) | | 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 (Nb–Y–F) 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) | | 199~ Weird The Mineral and Wonderful from Quartz Alberta's Collector's Newsletter in Septarian...(though a little skeptical) to learn of a nearby quartz collecting locality. It is a three-hour drive northeast...locomotive cxursions. My first collecting specialty was quartz, for which I've retained a soft spot, and I was...produced a wide variety of interesting and unusual quartz crystals. These are found in abundant ironstone...nodules that weather out of Fig. 1 Partial, hollow quartz crystal 11/4 inches (3 cm) across, with multiple |  | | Journal (issue) | | high temperature sulphide veins at Hingston Downs quarry, near Calstock. Boch species are exceptionally...appear to be the largest known. Hingston Downs quarry has also recently produced a few fine wavellite...co about 8 mm on cellular iron-stained quartz. Greystone quarry in Lezant has been relatively quiet for...minerals. Recently some of the boulders on the quarry floor have been broken co reveal small perfect...octahedral and cubo-occahedral galena crystals on quartz. Anglesite in lustrous crystals to 10 mm on galena |  | | Journal (issue) | | in a 6th to 8th century tidal mill at Nendrum in County Down. Detailed work has identified the precise...the rockhound moves across the land, By beach and quarry, tor and gully Ever seeking the time-shaped snapshots...GLOBAL WARMING: THE MISSING SCIENCE CHRISTOPHER BOOKER – THE REAL GLOBAL WARMING DISASTER Very different...detective story with both victims and villains. Since Booker has yet to be sued by the IPCC or by any of its...likely that his allegations are hard to refute. Booker, a Sunday Telegraph journalist, has frequently |  | | Book (volume) | | gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur...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: |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals to 32mm. Specimen from the collection of the County Museum, Truro, to be described in the next issue... Cumbria (See Mineral News). Figure Figure 3. Quartz crystal 40 mm"in length from South Crafty mine...Figure 4. Synchysite rosettes to 1.5 mm from Manod Quarry, Blaenau Ffestlniog, Wales. Figure 5. Figure...significant find for the north of England. Hingscon Downs quarry, one of the most diverse mineral localities in...These display lustrous black crystals to 15 mm on quartz with minor fluorite and pyrite. Olir aim is to |  | Li, Ping, Guo, Xinzhuan, Chen, Sibo, Wang, Chao, Yang, Junlong, Zhou, Xingfan (2018) Electrical conductivity of the plagioclase–NaCl–water system and its implication for the high conductivity anomalies in the mid-lower crust of Tibet Plateau. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 173 (2) doi:10.1007/s00410-018-1442-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | water–quartz, brine–quartz, water–albite and brine–albite. Electrical conductivity of water–quartz system...soluble species of electrically neutral Si(OH)4 from quartz cannot contribute to the bulk conductivity (Shimojuku...encapsulated in a cylindrical sleeve of singlecrystal quartz and sandwiched by two Pt–Mo electrodes. (1) where...conductivity measurements are used. Single-crystal quartz covered by Pt foil and Mo disk are used to prevent...time, no reaction rim between the sample and the quartz capsule was observed. Some residual Contributions |  | | Book (volume) | | series of pegmatite dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of...from 18’ to 27’ long. In addition, gem Garnets, Quartz crystals, Topaz and Tourmaline add to the fascination...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | Book (volume) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Journal (issue) | | ~ COVER STORY: BIGGS JASPER from Jack Beer's Quarry in Biggs Junction, Oregon. This picture jasper...Prairie Creek j ust 10uth of Murfree• boro, Pike County, Arkansas. The near-oval shaped area is an enclosed...diatreme (volcanic pipe) near Murfreesboro, Pike County, Arkansas (The Crater of Diamonds State Park)....magnetite, phlogopite, biotite, chlorite, coesite, quartz , barite, magnesite, calcite, pyrite, pyrrhotite...euhedral (Meyer and Svisero, 1975) and anhedral quartz (Mitchell and Giardini, 1977) indicate that their |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | were made only for gold in mesozonal orogenic gold-quartz vein deposits, which dominate in that region. For...refractory gold in quartz-pyrite-arsenopyrite veins and stockworks, or associated with quartz-stibnite-gold...obtaining objective data is impractical (Meyer and Booker 2001; O’Hagan et al. 2006). In the assessments...individual interviews or the Delphi method (Meyer and Booker 2001; O’Hagan et al. 2006). In the Victorian studies...used Sherman Kent rating scale (see e.g. Meyer and Booker 2001, p. 115). No attempts were made to reach a |  | | Journal (issue) | | Exhibition Team Ltd Events House, Wycombe Air Park Booker, Marlow, Bucks SL7 3OP Front Cover picture Courtesy...lowest price possible. If you are buying crystals or QUARTZ CRYSTALS...... MINERALS......SPHERES broken pieces...viewing them in PYRAMIDS...... PHANTOM ......RUTILE QUARTZ different directions is worthwhile. ( IMgt l>l1g...discovered by his local geological society in a gravel quarry near Peterborough. T his elephant turned out to...experience: "A sea shell deep in the rocks of a quarry in the middle of England seemed to me as a boy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by the authors, on Portion 115, Parish Brougham, County Durham, six miles south of Muswellbrook, is of...part of the Permian Lower or Greta Coal Measures (Booker, 1953) outcrops over a thickness of 20 feet on...samples examined. Elsewherein the area occasional quartz-enriched lenses may be observed occurring within...tridymite are also present.In addition, a few grainsof quartz and possiblymullite were detected. Approximately...Cessnock (David, 1907) and Muswellbrook Open Cut (Booker, 1953)' Detailed examinationrevealedno trace of |  | | 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...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Grand Cayman, British West Indies Simone Booker, Brian Jones PII: S0037-0738(20)30194-9 DOI:...12 October 2020 Please cite this article as: S. Booker and B. Jones, A 6000-year record of environmental...change from Grand Cayman, British West Indies Simone Booker*, Brian Jones Department of Earth and Atmospheric...-p ro E-mail address: sdbooker@ualberta.ca (S. Booker). of * Corresponding Author. Journal Pre-proof...2007; Lane et al., 2009; Gregory et al., 2015; Booker et al., 2020). lP Barnett et al. (1992) argued |  | Liu, Chao, Hystad, Grethe, Golden, Joshua J., Hummer, Daniel R., Downs, Robert T., Morrison, Shaunna M., Ralph, Jolyon P., Hazen, Robert M. (2017) Chromium mineral ecology. American Mineralogist, 102 (3) 612-619 doi:10.2138/am-2017-5900 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | environmental impact (Katz and Salem 1994; Pellerin and Booker 2000), as well as its critical roles in biology...lithological settings No. Locality 1 Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutskaya...Mine; El Khun Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Esfahan Province (Isfahan Province; Aspadana...Wallis (Valais), Switzerland 39 Weathered Norton County meteorite, Norton Co., Kansas, U.S.A. Notes: Listed...Oxidation of galena, sphalerite, and pyrite in quartz veins which cut an andesite agglomerate Uranium-vanadium |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Paterson and native silver at the Prospect Park quarry, Paterson, New Jersey. HonlcB R. Br,eNr, SecrelarY...of Messrs. H. E. McNeIly, A. E. Mason and Norman Booker were proposed for membership. The president read...Several junior members displayed some very attractive quartz crystals recently found near Bridgeport, Pa., and |  | | Journal (issue) | | eposit on Nickel Mountain near Riddle in Douglal County. Both of th.e8 proJe ots are dear to t he Department'e...Musiok 1I1n.es of the Bohemia diltrict In Lane County .ere oblleed to shut do.n both underground work... are not . uncommon. Washington ~! ~ Company's quarry and kilns on Will1ams Creek have been prodUCIng...chemioal lime. Pacific Portland Cement Company1s quarry on Warbll Uountain bas produced ll.eston. for cement...m1ll use. Limestone wal produced trom the S.lman quarry on lane Creek. A much greater quantity of lime |
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