 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AMERICA NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND PART II. REMAINING COUNTIES Lrovn W. FrsnBn...Staurolite Stilbite Zoisite BRISTOL COUNTY The major portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks consisting...consisting chiefly of the Rhode Island formation of shales, con_ glomerates and sandstones. B. K. Ernerson2has...similar to the Diamond Hill area of Providence County. The Bristol area, in the vicinity of portsmouth... K. Gedney: Notes on the Mineral Localities of Rhode lsland. Arn. Mineral.,11, No. 12, pp. 334-340, (1926 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ILMENITE OCCURRENCES IN LITCHFIELD, by WILLIAM M. BRUNET Roxbury Road Washington, Connecticut 06793...06793 Litchfield County, the largest, most beautiful, and most rural of Connecticut's eight counties, is...are known to have been reported from Litchfield County, 63 from the town of Litchfield alone, according...CONNECTICUT Middlesex County or the BranchvilleRidgefield region of Fairfield County. However, a pegmatite...the best in Middlesex County is located in North Woodbury. Furthermore, the county was the loca tion of |  | | Report (issue) | | from bedrock at shallow depth. Fishers Island, Wicopesett Island, Napatree Point, and Sandy Point are...underlies most of western Rhode Island and extends westward in a Deit north of Long Island Sound to the vicinity...sequences of similar but poorly-dated rocks in Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts and in the western...unconformably overlie the granitic gneiss terrain of Rhode Island (Quinn, 1971, p. M-3). Although no Narragansett...the Narragansett Pier and dikes of the related Westerly Granite cut the metamorphic rocks of the Mystic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Peabody, Quincy) and the Rhode Island subalkaline group (Narragansett Pier, Westerly). Analyses for three...three samples from each pluton indicate that the Westerly granite is heterogeneous in both major and trace...abundances vary considerably (factor of 2) in both Rhode Island granites. Zr and I-I_fare heterogeneously distributed...Depletion of Tb, Dy, Yb, Lu, Zr, Hf and Ta in the Rhode Island granites suggest participation of zircon or...subalkaline Narragansett Pier and Westerly granites of Rhode Island (Fig. 1). For alkaline granites the |  | | 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...northern towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern...southwestern Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller |  | | Report (volume) | | Quadrangle Rhode Island By GEORGE E. MOORE, JR. GEOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN RHODE ISLAND GEOLOGICAL...State of Rhode Island Development Council UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1964...rocks______________________________________________ Rhode Island Formation____________________________________...Pier Granite__________________________________ Westerly Granite__________________________________________...1. Bedrock geology of the Kingston quadrangle: Rhode Island__ In pocket TABLE Page TABLE 1. Modes of |  | | Report (volume) | | MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND RHODE ISLAND BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE .............................................. Rhode Island...............................................statement.......................................... Westerly and Niantic.....................................the granites............................. The Westerly quarries................................. The...VIII. A, Ovoidal weathering in statuary granite, Westerly, R. I.; B, Effect of compressive strain on granite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | samples were: Conway and equivalent(P) granites, 14; Westerly granite, 3; Middletown and Monson gneisses, 10;...ratio and tetrahedral Al(?) of biotite; and (4) ilmenite (or hematite) percentage in magnetite. Quartz...NW New Hampshire, and SW Maine Westerly Granite— (3)— SW Rhode Island and SE Connecticut Middletown and...Samples I - Conway granite 2-Conway(?) granite 3-Westerly granite 4-Middletown 8 Monson gneisses 5-Glastonbury...Vedder, 1963; Liese, 1963 and 1967b); and (4) ilmenite (or hematite) percentage in magnetite (Liese, |  | | Report (volume) | | COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1923 ADDITIONAL...SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVEENMENT FEINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 50 CENTS A COPY PUECHASEE AGEEES NOT...Maine____________________ Milford, N. H________________________ Westerly and Charlestown, R. I____________ Conclusions...___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________ |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of Selected Quadrangles in Rhode Island GEOLOGICAL SURVEY This bulletin was published separately...quadrangle, Rhode Island, by George E. Moore, Jr. (B) Bedrock geology of the Crompton quadrangle, Rhode Island...quadrangle, Rhode Island, by Roger B. Williams. (D) Bedrock geology of the Tiverton quadrangle, Rhode Island-Massachusetts...Bedrock geology of the Kingston quadrangle, Rhode Island, by George E. Moore, Jr. ) 3edrock Geology...)uadrangle, Rhode Island 1 GEORGE E. MOORE, JR. EOLOGY OF SELECTED QUADRANGLES IN RHODE ISLAND EOLOGICAL |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BOWENITE OF RHODE ISLAND The following is to enlighten all interested citizens of Rhode Island with the...has been given a great deal of thought by the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, an organization of enthusiastic...Professor C. E. Miller of the University of Rhode Island, all Geologists of well known fame. Cumberlandite...Cumberlandite, as well as Limestone and the Granite from Westerly, have all been considered. Limestone, when pulverized...acid content in soil. In Colonial days all over Rhode Island kilns were built to bake the Limestone to use |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ACCESSORYMINERAL IN THE REDSTONE GRANITE FROM WESTERLY, RHODE ISLANDX wrrr'reu tTffi;i"r"J,ifoii,t tJ's'...of the granites of the Sterling batholith near westerly, R. r. rt has not previously been recorded as...batholith, underlying the greater part of the state of Rhode fsland and extending into Connecticut and Massachusetts...allanite. Kemp (1899) noted theserust blemishesin the Westerly granites spreadingfrom a dark nucleus and staining...Cross(1885)describedallanite in Westerly granites. Allanite occurs in the monumental granite at Westerly (euinn, 1943); |  | | Report (issue) | | Hope Valley Alaskite Gneiss than to the Permian Westerly and Narraganssett Pier Granites, which have distinctly...tilted uplift of the coastal belt parallel to Long Island Sound (Dixon and Lundgren, 1968, p. 229; Rodgers...terrane in Massachusetts (Bloody Bluff fault) and Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut (Lake Char fault) into...before emplacement of undeformed dikes of Permian Westerly Granite. Retrogressive metamorphism of Permian...Pier and Westerly Granites of Permian age. The latter, extensive in adjacent southern Rhode Island, form |  | | Report (volume) | | 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...sedimentary rocks of Pennsylvanian age, younger Westerly Granite, and underlying igneous and metamorphic...age UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1971 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral. However, unlike several other states, Rhode Island does not have a state gem, a state stone, or...a variety of serpentine that resembles jade are Rhode Island's official state rock and mineral. Cumberlandite...Cumberlandite became the official state rock of Rhode Island by legisla tive decree in 1966 (Resolution...268 of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations). The rock constitutes...gravity—3.9 to 4.0) is predominantly dark gray to Rhode Island's State Rock and Mineral: CUMBERLANDITE & |  | | Catalog/List | | enlarged photograph of a piece of Obsidian, from Lake County, Oregon, which shows a Conchoidal fracture. t...BOULANGERITE (lead sulfantimonite) Fibrous, pure; Washington . ...... .. ... ... . .1 x 2", .35 2.00 1.50... . ... ...1 x 2", .80 3.00 1.50 1.00 1.00 O n ilmenite; South Australia ..............1 x 2", .25 In...albite; Maine ... .......... Massive in andalusite; Washington .................. Botryoidal and odd shaped...35 .60 3.60 .60 .60 .60 .25 .40 . . 75 ILMENITE (ferrous metatitanate) Platy-masses, Norway . |  | Anovitz, Lawrence M., Cheshire, Michael C., Hermann, Raphael P., Gu, Xin, Sheets, Julia M., Brantley, Susan L., Cole, David R., Ilton, Eugene S., Mildner, David F.R., Gagnon, Cedric, Allard, Lawrence F., Littrell, Kenneth C. (2021) Oxidation and associated pore structure modification during experimental alteration of granite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 292. 532-556 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2020.08.016 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA Materials Science and Technology Division, MS 6064...Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA c Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and Department...Park, PA 16802, USA d School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA e Pacific Northwest...WA 99352, USA f NIST Center for Neutron Research, Stop 6102, Gaithersburg, MD 208990, USA g Center for...Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA h Chemical & Engineering Materials Division, MS 6393 |  | | Report (volume) | | AT PRESTON, CONNECTICUT BY G. F. LOUGHLIN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1912 CONTENTS.............................................. 84 Ilmenite...................... I..................... 87............................................. 96 Ilmenite and pyrite.................................. 96..................................... A ..... 97 Ilmenite............................................ 98............................................. 98 Ilmenite............................................ 98 |  | | Catalog/List | | sulfantimonite) Long-fibrous mas11es, nearly pure; Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 1.50 .35 1.50..... .. ... . . . ..... .... ........ . 1.50 On ilmenite; South Australia ....... .... .. . ... ..... 1.......... ..... 1.00 l\tassh·e, in andalusite; Washington . .. . . . . . .... . . .. .. ... . .60 Botryoidal...20 .35 White cleavages, with sea-green talc; Rhode Island . . . . Xis in gypsum; New Mexico . . . . ..... Xled, groups of small brilliant gemmy xis; Washington Pyrope (magnesium aluminum orthosilicate) Gem |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917............................................... Washington gneiss......,- .................................................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...formation......................................... Rhode Island...............................................formation........................................... Rhode Island formation ................................. |  | | Report (volume) | | Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1911 CONTENTS....quarries and their product Continued. Litchfiekl County Continued. Page. Warren _______________________...Comstock prospect ____________ ____ 76 Middlesex County-_ _______ 70 Middietowu_______________1___________...76 Ben venue quarries____________ _ 76 New Haven County - __________ 78 Ansouia _______________________...Guilford _______________________________ S7 Leete Island quarry______ 87 Sachem Head quarry.._______________ |  | | Catalog/List | | CASSITERITE (tin oxide) Massive in andalusite; Washington . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 31 Massive in...York . . . . . . . . 8 Xline, pure; Ohio, Texas, Washington . . .. ...... .. . . 31 CERARGYRITE (silver•chloride)...Powdered, purified from shale; Illinois, .25 per gram ILMENITE (ferrous metatitanate) Xline masses; Norway ....MAGNESITE (magnesium carbonate) Xline, pure; Washington, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.... . . . . . . . . . 6 Graphitic Anthracite; Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bituminous |  | | Report (issue) | | Precambrian Fourchu Group of southeastern Cape Breton Island (Keppie and others, 1979). Hornblende gabbros (Eden...Avalon terrane have included those of a pre-Iapetus island arc (Rast and others, 1976), an aborted rifting...records northwestward subduction beneath a cratonic island arc (Cape Breton terrane), and the development...Devonian plutonic terrane within the Avalon zone of Rhode Island: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v....Fourchu Group in the Louisbourg area, Cape Breton Island: Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy Paper |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 02881 Abstract. Dike rocks from the New England platform of Rhode Island...02138, USA 3 Hydrocarbon Exploration Co., Inc., 447 San Jacinta Bldg., Houston, TX 77702, USA Offprint...Triassic along the eastern coast of North America. Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts lie between the...metamorphosed diorite occur in northcentral Rhode Island and exhibit northeast to northwest strikes (Nos...of minette cut Cambrian sediments on Conanicut Island (Nos. 50-53, Fig. 2). They appear to represent |  | | Report (issue) | | Ashaway and Voluntovm. quadrangles, Connecticut-Rhode Island by Tomas Feininger U.i S. Geological Survey...... 105 Ifhite facies ................... 110 Westerly Granite -- ; ................ . . HI Aplite...veins, and dikes and their significance in the Rhode Island batholith and adjacent rocks ....... 184 Structural...sections V. Structural details of a part of the Rhode Island batholith in the Voluntown quadrangle VI. Form...Valley Alaskite Gneiss, white facies ..... 96 20 Westerly Granite ................. 113 21 "Pinstripe" |
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