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| AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |
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| NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln in northeastern...northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone quarry, the...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S H...U M B E R L A N D at the northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland...there is enough interest ing in this town and in Lincoln—the adjacent town to the south—to warrant a field |
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| vanadinite (lustrous, drusy, brownish xls on gray quartz rock). ARKANSAS—The following item was sent in by Byron...of Western Grove,in the N.E. section of Newton County. All these are in N . W . Arkansas. "It happened...a very large and interesting one from Lawrence County, Arkansas." CALIFORNIA—Emmett Klopfenstein, Box...pyromorohite prisms. The latter incrusted a few limonite-stained quartz crystals in one of the numerous...plenty of zoisite. One of the dumps near the old lime Kiln is still full of massive topaz, but it's not |
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| more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of Amado, on the...inches in length. They come from Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado (altitude of pocket where found over...inches in size, comes from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Microcline {feldspar). Nice loose xls, averaging...received. These come from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Garnet (spessartite). Small but gemmy, deep...Locality is Ruby Mountain near Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colo. Topaz: Small, colorless gemmy xls in cavities |
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| senopyrite in Darien (Fairfield Co.), Levesque, Cross County, Arkansas. The Conn., for over a year. A few weeks...China Lake, Calif. galena. A dull black cellular rock is the spec"So far we have gotten about 15 imen...A H O — "This specimen was found in Twin Falls County about 10 miles south of Hagerman, Idaho. These...and I visited a fairly new limestone quarry in eastern DeKalb County, 111. There were a few small fossils...you to identify. ROCKS AND MINERALS "This new quarry is between Maple Park and Sycamore." — item dated |
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| ph—phosphorescence ALASKA — "Here are two pieces of rock that I picked up on the beach near Kenia, Alaska...coal. It it? The green piece is a chip from a large rock." — item from Mrs. Knute Carlson, Box 702, Wasilla...Conn., in a lot blasted up for a foundation. The rock was a mixture of chlorite-feldspar with some quartz...results. When first found the operator of a local rock shop said they were zircons. Then another shop weighed...vicinity that I believe will be of interest to other rock collectors. As far as I know these are new finds |
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| to amber, on white limestone, occurs in Miller's Lime Pit at Samson, Geneva Co., Ala., so we have been...in the copper mines at Sulzur, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. ARIZONA—"Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz.,...locale is yielding basal xls of calcite coated with limonite which fl. strong red (SW) equal to Franklin, N...admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I |
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| 1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � - PRICE $2...Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION...Talc Mine Saxtons River, Vermont Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE... Massachusetts Pfitzer Quarry Ashland, Massachusetts Bayer - Mingolla Quarry Blandford, Massachusetts...Goldmine Brook Site Bolton, Massachusetts Bolton Lime Quarry Granby, Massachusetts Granby Dinosaur Museum |
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| Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...-___--_Older gneissic rocks of northwestern Rhode Island.____________ Nipsachuck Gneiss------------- |
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| mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. This locality may also be given as 6 miles east...of white melanterite coating a cellular brownish rock, COLORADO—'"On the dumps of the old Smuggler and...in Georgia (pp. 9-21). One locality in Habersham County should fascinate many of our readers. Here is Dr...diameter. Some of the crystals have been altered to limonite."— item from Gerald J. Navratil, Box 408, Middleburg...on a dark brown limonite matrix. "Selenite xls on limonite matrix from limestone quarry near Tracy, Marion |
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| A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |
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| was collected in May 1970 by Dietmar Stitz from rock excavated for a bank-building foundation on South...a very aesthetic specimen (fig. 19). On Staten Island an excavation at the foot of the Verrazano-Narrows...on Staten Island, dark red almandine crystals to 20 mm across were found in the 1960s in rock excavated...that was collected at College Point, Queens, in rock that was dumped there from the excavation of the...radiating brown crystals to 10 mm long. On Staten Island large masses of “fibrous serpentine” throughout |
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| Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...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...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |
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| Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...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...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |
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| They are sometimes found in town libraries or county buildings. Occasionally club members in a community...Mines at Pacolet Mills in search of such things as limonite, tourmaline, corundum and soapstone. . . . The...Society, Rock Hill, scheduled a trip to the smoky quartz 10eation near Liberty Hill. RHODE ISLAND A double...a Field Trip was offered its members by the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, Central Falls, Field Trip Chairman...many members of the Rock and MillROCKS AND MINERALS eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fallsington, when |
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| Mineral Spectacular sponsored by the Henderson County Gem and Mineral Society, Inc. Held in conjunction...Annual Show sponsored by the Central Pennsylvania Rock and Mineral Club, Inc. Tile Room, Zembo Temple,...Society. North County Recreation Complex, Veteran Memorial Park, 2577 Redman Road, St. Louis County. Information:...42 E l m Street, New Providence, New Jersey 07974. September 11-13—Jekyll Island, Georgia. 5th Annual...Information: Charles Wood, 544 Marsh Circle, St. Simons Island, Georgia 31522; 912/638-2425. September 16-19—Denver |
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| town of Cumberland in the northeast corner of Rhode Island. The town of Cumberland is said to have been...Biotite, Muscovite, Black Tourmaline, Diopside, Limonite, Opal. During a recent visit to the area I found...250 feet. Mr. Gilbert George, President of the Rhode Island Hunters, is the man in the picture. 810 ROCKS...Mills, the Cumberlandite loca- tion, the Conklin Limestone Quarry. All areas may be covered in one trip |
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| ............. 554 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................505 511 514 532 533 551 551 553 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY GEOLOGIC HAZARDS COMMITTEES NAMED Clarence Allen...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...Annual Rock Swap at Jo Scholl's Place, North Gorham, Maine. July 26-31, 1965 — Charlotte Rock and Min...sponsor the 25th Annual Convention and Silver Jubilee Rock and Gem Festival of the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical |
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| ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |
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| wallrocks- _ _______________ Supergene alteration and rock weathering--________ Width of the altered wallrock...distribution of the altered wallrocks-____________ Altered rock minerals-_---_-__________________-_ Primary and... hydrothermal environment ________________ Host rock- --------------------------------Hydrothermal solutions--...granite__________________________________ Sketch of rock alteration effects_____________________________...----Average values of some elements in the host rock and the vein, Essex mine_________________.-_--_-__------__ |
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| ................. MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................FIND IN COWEE VALLEY, N.C.—Paul E. Lockwood THE ROCK BRIGADE—Rudolph J. Bland, Jr......................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 641 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A RUSH TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA On Tuesday, August...headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...30th St., Bellevue, Wash. 98004. Oct. 2, 1965—1st Rock Swap of the West chester Mineral & Gem Society |
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| Rockland County Mineral and Gem Society, Inc., Editor, Marvin Klibonoff; and the "Unaka Rock and Mineral...any Editor, who writes to Mrs. alis", Northland Rock and Mineral Club, Ruth Wertz for them. This will...collected rocks! The words Division of the Rockland County Mineral "Founded 1886" following the name of and...Lapidary Society, Editor, Dr. Philip Limecrest Quarry, Sparta, New Jersey C. Eisman; "Triassic Valley...Reminiscences". The field trip to the Limecrest Quarry was very productive. Mr. Paul Desautels, Associate |
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| world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry—Esmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite, pyrite |
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| color. Prices on request. ANALCITE CRYSTALS, Lincoln Co., Oregon. A very limited supply of choice translucent...lucent and very bright white xl. n rich brown limonite matrix. Crystal: ; e free stand ing and not in...weigh ing 20 to 30 lbs. or more. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock. III. Choice medium to deep purple crystals averaging...available. Prices on request. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock, III. Choice me dium to deep purple xls with other...DOLOMITE CRYSTALS IN PENN.—Richard Haefner.... 808 RHODE ISLAND HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOIL—Gardiner E. Gregory. |
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| Postcard view of the Waukon iron mine, Allamakee County, cia. 1912. John Taylor collection. ARTHUR E ...limestone quarries, gravel pits, strip mines. and rock outcrops are scattered throughout the state and...Unfortunately. with today’s environmental laws and mine and quarry regulations. the prolific collecting of the 1950s...Iowa Geological Survey. Localities by County Allamakee County Lansing, Lansing lead mines = Captain...Ludvigson, and Ripley 1987). Postville, Postville quarry, 1.5 mi. N of Postville on State 51, sec. 16, T |
