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Quartz from
Gates Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gates Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:51043
Long-form Identifier:1:3:51043:7
GUID (UUID V4):a859713f-9ee2-421f-9521-1dd9856ebdd4
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered...2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz (crystals), sillimanite
Book (edition)
gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE
Report (issue)
Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect
Report (issue)
I CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STRATIGRAPHY OF NEW ENGLAND The Geological Society of America, Inc. Memoir...Memoir 148 Contributions to the Stratigraphy of New England Edited by Lincoln R. Page 1976 The Memoir...Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine 1 . David C. Roy and Ely Mencher Discussion:...Silurian stratigraphy of northeastern Aroostook County, Maine... Louis Pavlides Lower Devonian Seboomook... H. Pease, Jr. Pre-Silurian stratigraphy of the New London area, southeastern Connecticut ..Richard Goldsmith
Book (edition)
cover Operations in the Welton Chalk at Melton Ross Quarry, Singleton Birch Ltd., near Brigg, North Lincolnshire...Figures 1 An extract from Hunt’s 1858 listing of Quarry Returns 2 Current distribution of BRITPITS database...Natural Gas Oil Peat Potash Pulverised Fuel Ash Quarry Waste Salt Sand Sand & Gravel Sandstone Schist...its use can be obtained from the BGS. The first quarry list produced by the BGS and its predecessors was...Where he could, Hunt gave the ‘Prices of Stone at Quarry’. Occasional footnotes give colours and other information
Journal (issue)
you wish to receive a copy. Please request our new arrivals list Dealers in: • rare minerals • fine... Paul Brian Moore Wyllieite, Na2Fe2AI(P04)3, A New Species........ Paul B. Moore Jun Ito Richard V...Scarsdale, New York, measures 8-1/2 by 10 inches. Photograph by HenriJansen, Ardsley,New York. Editorial...Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: RUTILE from Graves M tn., Georgia BENITOITE...TOURMALINE from Pala, California We w ill offer fine new material from Europe and A frica fo llo w in g our
Report (volume)
further subdivided by geographic areas (State and county) and by subjects, which include general, geology...the White Mountains, Mono County, Calif., and near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nev. KYANITE Kyanite generally...Baker Mountain, Prince Edward County, and Willis Mountain, Buckingham County, in Virginia, and at Henry...Henry Knob, near Clover, York County, S.C. These are the only deposits now producing kyanite in the United...in Humboldt Queen Canyon, near Oreana, Pershing County, Nev., however, is the only known commercial deposit
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W. H. Smith Publishers Inc. 112 Madison Avenue New York City 10016 This edition first published in... H. Smith Publishers, Inc., 112 Madison Avenue, New York 10016 © 1990 Dragon’s World Ltd © 1990 Text...Smith Publishers, Inc., 112 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016. (212) 532-6600. Editor: Michael...lava solidified into a black rock, containing no quartz but rich in the feldspar minerals pyroxene and...other minerals that sometimes occur in this way are quartz, pyroxene and olivine. A common type of traprock
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright ©...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable
Report (issue)
AmmonoosU;c Volcanics of the Bronson Hill Anticlinorium, New England Appalachians U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Ammonoosuc Volcanics of the Bronson Hill Anticlinorium, New England Appalachians By GERHARD W. LEO U.S. GEOLOGICAL...oceanic-continental volcanic arc in west-central New England UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...Ammonoosuc Volcanics of the Bronson Hill Anticlinorium, New England Appalachians I by Gerhard W. Leo p. em. -...Docs. no.: I 19.19:1516 1. Intrusions (Geology)-New England Region. 2. Geology, Stratigraphic-Ordovician
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mine, which was used for a prison; the Allyndale quarry in North Canaan, from w h i c h came the marble..."brownstone" fronts in New York City and elsewhere; and the Hoadley Neck quarry in Guilford, which furnished...through­ out the United States. I n modern times, one quarry has been used by the Navy as an underwater sound...columbite, traditionally reported to have been found at New London, where it has not been found since. It is...and north through Thomaston, revealing calcite, quartz, pyrite, and zeolites. Fairfield C o u n t y Agstone
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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...Womble) Quartz (clear crystals) CRYSTAL SPRINGS Quartz Crystals DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals)...GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE
Book (edition)
2005 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued added, was £30...However, the value of mineral production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect the ultimate value...national economy. The difference between the ex-quarry price and the delivered ptice of a tnineral can...closed, as did the Bauxite production in Antrin1. New openings since the last edition include a gold nune...extraction location as reserves beco1ne exhausted or a new extension starts production, and renaming of sites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE DESIRED £ _ . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations: xl—crystal...mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...Tourmaline: Mass of black tourmaline xls in massive milky quartz. From Catalina Mts., near Oracle, Pinal Co., Ariz...south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California. While it might sound like exaggeration...huebnerite, a somewhat rare tungsten mineral; clear quartz xls; and sphalerite xls. "Sometimes a small vug
Book
fibrous radiating structure. Opposite: gold on quartz from California. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 THE... Germany; Pribram, Czechoslovakia; Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and in...states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua, Mexico. In the USA silver occurs at Keweenaw, Michigan, in association...Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone at Corocoro, Bolivia, and at Cananea, Mexico. In the USA copper...Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico. Treatment. Copper specimens should be cleaned
Book (edition)
2003 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued added, was £25...However, the value of 1nineral production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect the ultiniate value...national econon1y. The difference benveen the ex-quarry price and the delivered price of a n1ineral can...need to expand current 1narket penetration into the new build 1naterials supply chain. Innovative approaches...subsequent re-opening of Woodkirk Stone Ltd under new n1anagen1ent, the closure of Hanson's Blaise Farn1
Report (issue)
Epicenter and source data for earthquakes in northern New England and southeastern Canada.............. 15...direction. INTRODUCTION Crustal subsidence in coastal New England has been recognized from first-order leveling...present-day subsidence is located in eastern Washington County where a maximum relative rate of 0.91 m per century...subsidence has been identified in southern York County, Maine (Tyler and Ladd, 1980). Phenomena that may...1870, earthquake, and landslides occurred in nearby New Brunswick (Smith and Bridges, 1983). The purpose
Book (edition)
Gaswells. h-ont cover Operations at Shap Beck Quarry, Hanson Aggregates, North.em Region. © D Cameron...Ji'igures 1 An extract from Hunt's 1858 listing of Quarry Re turns 2 lJnited Kingdom production of n1inerals...Directory of Mines and Quarries is being produced in a new form, in addition to being published i11 bard copy...2008 in the UK, expressed as sales on an ex-works (quarry) basis as opposed to gross valued addec~ was £41...However, the value of nlineral production on an ex-quarry basis does not truly reflect the ultin1ate value
Journal (volume)
Quadrangle Southeastern Vermont The Crown Point Section, New York The Cambrian Platform in Northwestern Vermont...magnetic anomalies of the ocean floor was provoking a new synthesis, which we now know as the "plate tectonics...re-entrant on the far side permits sampling of a 0.5 m quartz rnonzonite sheet-like body that has talcchlorite...road west toward St. Julien. 1.1 Slow for turn; county line; enter Compt4 Wolfe from Compt4 Megantic....peridotite, and the mafic sequence of gabbro and the quartz-rich differIt can take 1.5 to 3 hours, depending
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Untersulzbachtal, Salzburg, Austria W ith the exception of quartz and the feldspars, few com­ mon rock-forming silicates...sky-blue kyanite laths frozen in snow-white Brazilian quartz. Two others that stand out as important components...localities. The mineral often occurs in aggre­ gates of parallel prismatic crystals that range down to...generally common minerals that include, among others, quartz, calcite, vesuvianite, scapolite, talc, wollastonite...January 2015 New Hampshire; and Willimantic, Windham County, and Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut
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( C. 4 ( MINERAL & GEM TRAILS of NEW ENGLAND .� ';� M � [- ' 1f,.,,1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l-...MINERAL & GEM TRAILS OF NEW ENGLAND by Ed & Bert Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode...Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE Center Strafford, New Hampshire Parker...Conway, New Hampshire Hurricane Mt. Grafton, New Hampshire Ruggles Mine Newport, New Hampshire Chandler...Mills Mine North Conway, New Hampshire Lovejoy Gravel Pit North Groton, New Hampshire Fletcher Mine Palermo
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HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...MINERALS AND GEMS Russell P. MacFall THOMAS Y. New CROWELL COMPANY York ! Established 1834 Copyright...Boscardin. published in Italy in 1973 by Fratelli New Fabbri Editori. material has been added for this
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UNH LIBRARY 3 MbOD DllEE THE GEOLOGY NEW HAMPSHIRE A REPORT COMPRISING THE RESULTS OF EXPLORATIONS...Arrangements have been made upon the scale of Bien, of New York. The execute the coloring. tion with this...I. Page. THE RELATIONS OF THE GEOLOGY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO THAT OF THE ADJACENT TERRITORY. By II. ...CLASSIFICATION OF THE By C. H. Hitchcock, INDEX, 634 NEW HAMPSHIRE FORMATIONS. 658 677 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS...Map field, Fig. Section from Bronson's lime quarry to Smith's brook, Fig. Section in Dalton and
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
 
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