 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | vanadinite (lustrous, drusy, brownish xls on gray quartz rock). ARKANSASâThe 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." CALIFORNIAâEmmett Klopfenstein, Box...pit (above a flooded tunnel). I believe that pyromorphite has been found at only two other places in this...plenty of zoisite. One of the dumps near the old lime Kiln is still full of massive topaz, but it's not |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals including cerussite, anglesite, raspite, pyromorphite, mimetite, and scheelite. Relatively uninspiring...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Emerson 1895); Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire; the...Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island; and historically at the Wheatley mines, Chester County, Pennsylvania...Pennsylvania, and the Silver Hill mine, Davidson County, North Carolina. It has been found sparingly in ores...the Silvermine area near Fredricktown, Madison County, Missouri. Climate and geology have worked together |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | slab of a rock I picked up immediately outside Anchorage, Alaska. An unusual feature of the rock, and there...Maricopa County on Route 80, 5 miles S / W of Gila Bend and the mine is off the road to Painted Rock Dam....country for dumortierite is near Dehesa, San Diego County, California, where beautiful specimens, violet...old maps or directions for reaching BranchviUe Quarry that will take you to U.S. Route 7 between Danbury...specimens as attested by the very fine lustrous, rock crystal geode section from Brummett Creek, Brown |  | | Journal (issue) | | from Guerrero, Mexico; Gold from California; Pyromorphite from the Bunker Hill mine, Idaho; Wulfenite...Nuristan, Afghanistan; Neptunite from San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald...Becker, Thcson, 1976. Dave W ilber and Larry Conklin, Tbcson, 1979. 10 ⊠K. ENGLAND David P. Wilber...specimens that his rockhound father had found while ârock huntingâ in the Bishop area of California. That...world. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County was particularly interesting among the museums |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BITS May the year bring you all many fine days for rock collecting.' In the October issue of ROCKS AND MINERALS...Eastchester, found excellent rhodonite in the Berts Quarry, Plainfield, Mass. Robert Middleton, Earth Science...on silversmithing Member Bob Culver of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, found a "fair sized"...on the AFMS Uniform Rules. At the Cedar H i l l quarry (Penn.) mem bers found pyrite-octahedral-crystals... AND MINERALS uring an inch on the edge. Pyromorphite and wulfenite crystals were found at the Wheatley |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | prices. For free list, write to: BLAINE REED, 907 County Rd. 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301. MICROMOUNTS...grade trimmed microspecimens from "Point of Rocks Quarry," Colfax Co., N.M. (see Minera logical Record...(25 specimens each) handsomely boxed. Mineral and rock sets for schools and students also available. Ask...leases are: pyromorphite, chrome cerussite, cassiterite on quartz, crocoite on pyromorphite axinite, axinite...Redwood Rd., Kingston 7050 Tasmania, Australia. ROCK SWAP NEWSLETTERâMineralogy's newest publication |  | | Book | | like this piece, as most of the fluorites from the quarry are green, and this one is truly atypical. After...COVER: gold on quartz, 4.5 inches tall, Placer County, California Dedication This book is dedicated...Doris L. Behnke, Walter A. Behnke, Lawrence H. Conklin, C. Melanie Duque, Joseph A. Freilich, Michael...Group, Inc., 650 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA, www.maplegatemedia.com Library of Congress Control... Treasured Minerals Amethysts from Rhode Island Rhode Island is not generally known for its minerals |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | found at a locality given as Veshnoveh, Kashan County, Esfahan Province, Iran, very sharp, highly lustrous...Andradite (âmelaniteâ), 5.4 cm, from Veshnoveh, Kashan County, Esfahan Province, Iran. Quebul Fine Minerals specimen...updateâ with five unusuallooking specimens of pyromorphite from one of Spainâs classic localities for the...first marketed in the 1980s). Most San Andres pyromorphite, as judged from its main market runs in the...the late 1980s and late 1990s, displays bright lime-green, typically barrel-shaped crystals with hexagonal |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | proved worthwhile. NORTH CAROLINA The Charlotte Rock and Mineral Club heard Dr. J. Frank Shairer at a... Harold Branch about Diamonds. CANAL ZONE RHODE ISLAND Las Piedras, the voice of the Canal Zone Gem...member exhibit and awards program was held by the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, Central Falls. There were 8...sought after by this club on a trip to the Conklin Limestone Quarry, near Canaan, Connecticut. . . . . Members...galena, pyrite, quartz clear to amethyst, and pyromorphite. NEW HAMPSHIRE The members of the Southeastern |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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 quarryâAlberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarryâEsmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite |  | | Book (volume) | | 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 hunterâs visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado County, California, and a little of its history ........................................ 325 by L. H. Conklin T1 mM!NERA!. =!CAL RECORD The Newmont Azurite:................................... 333 by L. H. Conklin Postscript: Hessonite with apatite, Mount Avie..................... 248 Obituary: Lawrence H. Conklin (by W E. Wilson) What's New in Minerals Tucson...the Editors Died, Lawrence H. Conklin, 82 Lawrence Henry "Larry" Conklin, Jr., well-known New York mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California......................................................................369 by L. H. Conklin Letters to the editor ........................... 8th Friday, Oct. 9th BEY'S ROCK SHOP GRAYSON LAWRENCE H. CONKLIN PICKENS GRENVILLE MINERALS ...learned to transform intractable masses of hard rock into works of great beauty. The Peopleâs Republic...gem fields. Sapphire deposits on windswept Hainan Island are under in vestigation. In 1976 the first major |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite...fluorite, argentiferous galena, sphalerite, pyromorphite VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Rutherford |  | | Catalog/List | | FINE MINERALS FOR SALE BY LAWRENCE H. CONKLIN. After reading through this list, plan to drop in and visit...describe them here. 1. PYROMORPHITE, Wheatley's Mines, near, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. An...3. AZURITE, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona. A superb, large, old-timer of the hest...... 2500. 7. BERYL variety MORGANITE, Gillette Quarry, Haddam, Connecticut. Possibly the finestof this....... "".........._.7500. 13. FLUORITE,* Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois. A possibly unique collection |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles The Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Id a h o 339 by N. Radford and J. A. Crowley...Gagnon Minerals of the Yates uranium mine, Pontiac County, Quebec . 359 by D. L. Leavitt Shavano Peak ....1981 Bunker Hill the mine kellogg, shoshone county, idaho by Norman Radford P. O. Box N Osbum, Idaho...North Americaâs finest cerussite, anglesite and pyromorphite specimens. Though many specimens were collected...of the Coeur dâAlene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho. The district is roughly 24 kilometers wide |  | | Journal (issue) | | .......... 149 by E. E. Foord and N. M. Conklin Pyromorphite, wulfenite and other minerals from the Bwlch-Glas...distinctive feature is the complete lack of country rock (gray dolostone) usually present in the matrix of...yellow crystals up to 2.5 cm in size (Foord and Conklin, 1982). Warikahnite* Zn3(H20 ) 2(A s04)2, triclinic... often isolated vugs in the orebody and country rock. The most interesting and most abundant assemblage... Min. Crist., 106, 582-586. FOORD, E. E., and CONKLIN, N. M. (1982) Stolzite from Tsumeb. Mineralogical |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioâs 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.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mexico---Stephen Blyskal and Sigrid Stewart collection; Pyromorphite-Carol & Karl Waming collection, page 276; Elbaite-Daniel...in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among... HI STORY_....,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _......., J COUNTY MAp o, '1~AAa M'Al.t.OFM.11.ES An 1870 map of...the official state gemstone of Texas. (The state rock, established that same year, is petrified palm wood...Barber's Hili salt dome at Mont Belview, Chambers County, on the Texas Gulf coast, small but sharp tetrahedral |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioâs 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.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Fluorapatite from the King Lithia mine, Custer County, South Dakota .. 361 by M. L. Wilson, J. B. Paces...COVER: APOPHYLLITE recently collected at the Pashan quarry, Poona, India. The crystal cluster is 6 cm from...one which has made Bad Ems world-famous, is pyromorphite. INTRODUCTION The town of Ems has been well...districtâs fame rests largely on a single species: pyromorphite. Only a handful of occurrences worldwide are |  | | Journal (issue) | | twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Fluorapatite, 2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan...craft room and taking apart a large chunk of vuggy rock, looking at the freshly exposed voids under my microscope...5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino County, California (#1869). Jerry Cone photo. Aurichalcite...sphalerite, 20 cm, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Paul Bordovsky photo. Wire silver |  | | Journal (issue) | | Krivograd & G. Kobler Famous mineral localities: Pyromorphite group minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria................................... 151 by L. H. Conklin Book reviews ...................................ISSUES! v.15/#5 Jacupiranga mine (Bra zil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa mine, Paulkerrite $7 v.15/#6...Hills type locali ties, Urucum (Brazil), Kalkar quarry (CA), Kremsmiinster $i Bleiberg (Austria), Brochantite...Pyrite, Pintâs v .2 1 /# l Special 20th Anniv. Is quarry (IA), Beaverdell (Br. Col.), sue! Roebling, Canfield |
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