 | | Book | | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...the first to have seen it, even though these six-lane roads have been traveled since the 1950s and the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | W. C A R E S 18 Singletary Lane Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 MASSACHUSETTS Figure J. Vermont political...minerals found in Ver mont slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney; photo by Roger Bacon. The granite industry...decorator tiles. The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi cant locality...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the...the locality; it is near er to the quarry than the village of Lowell and is the last set tlement seen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet, and the zeolites...matrix for one or more of these species. In Massachusetts, datolite fills veins and open cavities in trap...as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals from this...mid-twentieth century at the Lane quarries at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also...also found at the Notch quarry at nearby Amherst. Similarly, datolite occurred as fine large crystals |  | | Report (volume) | | MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON...iuclosures........................................ 2. Prehnite; cross-section of twins.........................Geological Survey, a inineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass. This lexicon...States Geological A MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, MASS. By B....within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary Lane Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 ONE...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...Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls and pipes; red and yellow ochre |  | | 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 ....following people: England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire LE7 7Qb Canada: Mrs. J...Pest-Proof and Air Tight Seal • Double Panel Door Lane S c ie n c e E q u ip m e n t C orp ., D ept. MR...Hinge | P le ase send co m p le te d e ta ils on Lane G eology and M in era lo g ic a l S pe cim en C |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | after a variety of minerals, including feldspars, prehnite, laumontite, and leucite, have been reported....heulandite, laumontite, natrolite, pectolite, prehnite, datolite, apophyllite, chabazite, and, occasionally...the railroad tunnels through Bergen Hill, Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad...Weehawken areas and quarries at Snake Hill, Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected...collected from many localities in Passaic County, such as quarries at Paterson and West Paterson (including |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the many quartz slabs we found. From Tellar County, Colorado." — on label. 30 PLEASE SEND THEM I...millerite appears black. "Millerite from limestone quarry. Hamilton (Hancock Co.), Illinois." — on label...Iowa. MASSACHUSETTS — "I am sending you a specimen which I found at the Cheapside Trap Rock Quarry in Deerfield...Deerfield (Franklin Co.), Mass. Will you please identify it for me. I wonder if they could be small datolite...deposits. I found a prehnite geode there the size of a melon. I've seen youngsters with prehnite balls the size |  | | Book (volume) | | 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:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies Saugus, Massachusetts John Hanahan Jr. Chainnan, Science Division...Christian University Margaret A. McBrien Lynn, Massachusetts Fred Fortess Philadelphia College of Tex tiles...Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of N... ~ 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 |  | | 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...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...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...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 14534 Secretary—Mrs. Phyllis Boykin, 11 Friendly Lane, Levittown, Penna. 19055 Recorder—Mrs. Lonnelle...to Cedar Hill Quarry, but we expect that Hurricane Agnes ruled other wise. This quarry provides a large...Jack Quarry, Glasglow, Va., in the heart of the flood damage, but were able to enter the quarry, due...specimen materials, and many of micro mount size. This quarry also may be entered by prior permission only. PENNSYLVANIA...the Park The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, learned about micromounts from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES HA,MPDEN 'COUNTY (PART FOUR) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...will be amended in a later issue. NOTE: (ESSEX COUNTY, was erroneously listed as part three in caption...Catalogue of Massachusetts Gemstones." Readers please note the correct County to be BERKSHIRE COUNTY.) AGATE...outcrops of basalt. Hampden County The chief occurrence of agate in Massachusetts is a number of ancient lava...basalt. in Hampden and Hampshire Counties Westfield, Lane Company traprock Choice examples of vein and nodule |  | | Report (issue) | | (CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur...exceptionally fine, twinned analcite crystals from Houghton County ························-··-······-··-········...····· 41 2. Ankerite on siderite from Alpena County ···-··············-··················· 46 3....stalactitic limonite from Negaunee in Marquette County .................................................(Hexagonaria percarinata) of calcite from Charlevoix County .. ..... .. ....... ...... .. ............... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Elsie Kane White Roy E. Clark Box 236 3418 Flannery Lane Box 607 Murphy, N. C. Baltimore 7, Md. Newport News...St., Miami, Fla. Lynchburg, Va. The Chautauqua County Gem and Mineral Society, of Dunkirk, New York The...Society, of Richmond Hill, Long Island, N. Y. Moore County Rockhounds Club, Inc., of Pinehurst, N. C. Northland...including pigeonite crystals and a nice piece of green prehnite with apophylite crystals. The Gemcrafters of Miami...its April show. The Boston Mineral Club of Massachusetts had a lecture on Sulfur and some associated |  | | Book | | ....243 APPENDIX II: MINERAL SPECIES LISTED BY COUNTY ...............................248 ABOUT THE AUTHORS...Marquette County include the Presque Isle body, the Yellow Dog body in the northern part of the county, and...Ishpeming. Several bodies also occur in Dickinson County near the mouth of the Sturgeon River. A distinctive...outcrops in the SW¼ section 27, T44N, R31W, Iron County, about 1.6 kilometers west of Lake Ellen, and about...Falls in Iron County and 16 MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN Hermansville in Menominee County. Some of these |  | | Catalog/List | | crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2 flO C263 AXINITE...to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE 37 Km east...mineral has only been found in The Mendips. (Merehead Quarry Mendips Somerset) f3.50 C273 COLORADOITE Mine... C276 FOSHAGITE creamy white masses Riverside County, California, lxl t2.5O lx2 f5 C277 GISMONDINE...GISMONDINE chalky white 2mm size crystalline Magee,County Antrim, Northern Ireland) lem f2.5O lxl f5 (HgTe) Creek |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pennsylvania held a field trip to the Bethlehem Limestone Quarry (a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Co. ) at Bridgeport...fiery heat of the day to dig for minerals. The quarry covers 38 acres and is now 305 feet deep. The accompanying...Pennsylvania field trip to Bethlehem Limestone Quarry, Bridgeport, Pa., July 13, 1958. Photo by Harold...collecting time. H e Fred Hart, green garnet and prehnite; Bob reported the "Case Building Project" was...nephew John, magnetite and to Charles Belz at "Quarry Farm, Lansdale, chalcopyrite; Pauline Kintz, a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Boston, Johanson and Savage from Leominster, Massachusetts, Verrow and the late Percy Leggett from Gorham...Bailey of Boston University and Boodle Lane of Galena, Kansas. Lane sent several large barrels full of the...recovered in recent years. The Palm and Koleh Granite Quarry in Amherst, New Hamphire is located about one mile...Granite quarry areas where many other minerals may be found are the Cape Ann and Quincy, Massachusetts and...there may be others. Yet in almost any granite quarry there might be rare micro crystals, the problem |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | S E L S , 177-1875 Dow A v e . , Arlington, Massachusetts 02174. F O S S I L F I S H , T R I L O B I T...R M I N E R A L S , Allen Lundgren, 765 Redwood Lane, New Brighton, Minnesota 55112. O V E R 350 M I...California 95131-2292 U . S . A . R A R E species, Franklin species, native elements, type-locality material...G I R D A U S K A S M I N E R A L S , 60-71 69th lane, Maspeth, N Y . 11378. F I N E M I N E R A L S...S E L S , 107-1875 Dow A v e . , Arlington, Massachusetts 02174. SWAPPING H A V E : Six-page list of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Ute Mountain Gem & Mineral Society. Montezuma County Annex Bldg., 103 N. Chestnut. Info.—John Ferrin...Mineral & Jewelry Festival sponsored by the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. Oxford Fair ground...P.O. Box 320, Mattituck, NY 11952. Jury 25-28—Franklin, North Carolina. Gem & Lapi dary Wholesalers...Pinebridge Inn (wholesale). Info.—Jim Burgess, Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce, Rte. 1, Box 7%, Spruce Pine...be on Display. THE "AZTEC SUN" returns to the USA for the first time in ten years. SHOW INFO: P.O |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the numerous tungsten mines in the Darwin, Inyo County, California, area."—note from James H. Richardson... and know the locality. This is where the new 4 lane Route 8 begins."—letter dated March 17, 1959, from...on the south bank of the Etowah River, in Dawson County, Ga. Chatoyant masses of olive-gray tourmaline...found this specimen at Graveyard Point In Owyhee County, Idaho, in 1957."—on label accompanying the agate...white gypsum were found in vugs in one particular quarry on the Reservation, although other quarries contain |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals include a wide array of other zeolites, prehnite, calcite, and apophyllite-group minerals. Scolecite...the Dexter quarry, Lincoln County, Rhode Island. A historical occurrence is with prehnite in gneiss at...at Ward’s quarry, Pelham, Massachusetts. It has been reported from the traprock quarries of New Jersey...including those at Edgewater, Bergen County; Bergen Hill, Hudson County; and Great Notch, Upper Montclair...Passaic County. Scolecite has been collected in the diabase quarry at Manassas, Prince William County, and |
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Lane Quarry, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA