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Ochre from
Paint Mine, Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Ochre' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ochre data
Locality Data:Click here to view Paint Mine, Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1091290
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1091290:8
GUID (UUID V4):3184dc5d-629c-4831-9340-bbd3d389de05
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Report (volume)
J. B. Hoeing, Frankfort. Mr. J. H. Gardner, Lexington. Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton...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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
artists’ pigments; materiality; minerals; archaeology; paint 1. Introduction As long as people have been making...Holocene/Anthropocene. Earliest evidence of red ochre extraction extends back to 300 to 200 ka in Africa...a pigment can be defined as the component of a paint that contributes colour. This is usually a dry,...powder (typically between 1 and 40 ”m). To produce a paint, the pigment must be mixed with a binder or “medium”...first discovered that a yellow ochre could be heated to produce a red ochre. Since the Bronze Age, synthetic
Report (volume)
.......................................... Massachusetts...............:............................... J. B. Hoeing, Frankfort. Mr. J. H. Gardner, Lexington. Louisiana____Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge...See Bauxite and Halloysite. 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;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Paint Relics on Middle Age Building Stones as Proxies of Commercial Routes and Artistic...varicolored paint layers. Microscopic samples of green, blue, red, pink, white, and yellow paint relics were...Romans) used to apply naturalistic polychromatic paint layers onto marble sculptures, although their symbolic...not been definitively assessed [1]. The use of paint on stone surfaces is also reported for the Middle...study of the pictorial layers was carried out on paint relics on nine marble fragments belonging to the
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have been mentioned in historical documents in a paint context, or in research papers dealing with the...but also those from wall paintings, decorative paint and archaeological material, worldwide, without...Kongsberg, Norway, as well as Magnet Cove (Arkansas, USA), Illimaussaq (Greenland) and Kola Peninsula (Russia)...in chlorine-rich environments (especially in acid mine waters; Schwertmann and Cornell, 2000). It is named...named after its type locality at Akagané mine (Iwate Prefecture, Japan), where Nambu discovered it in
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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...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust
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Department of Geological Sciences Duluth MN 55812-2496 USA grapp@d.umn.edu ISBN: 978-3-540-78593-4 e-ISBN:.... . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.1 Granite grinder, Mine Dunquash, Egyptian Eastern Desert . . . . . . ....quartzite, Boulder Lake Reservoir, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...southwestern USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Basalt hand axe from unnamed wadi near Mine Mueilha...Superior north shore, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Hafted granite hammer from a mine near Bir Al Alam, Egyptian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Ochre-Based Pigments in the Tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary (Herculaneum,...Heginbotham, A.; Artioli, G.; Piqué, F.; Angelini, I. Ochre-Based Pigments in the Tablinum of the House of the...Center Drive, Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1684, USA; lrainer@getty.edu (L.R.); dig.graves@gmail.com (K...1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA; aheginbotham@getty.edu Department of Geosciences...secco@unipd.it; Tel.: +39-049-827-4596 Abstract: Ochre-based pigments have been employed since the first
Report (issue)
RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS I BULLETIN No.8 OCHRE DEPOSITS, RUMBALARA, NORTHERN TERmTORY by C. J...RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULLETIN No.8 OCHRE DEPOSITS, RUMBALARA, NORTHERN TER~TORY by Issued...AREA · PREVIOUS LITERATURE HISTORY PRODuCTIoN OF OCHRE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF RUMBALARA DEPOSITS 9 9 9...SOUZA SANDSTONE 12 12 13 13 14 STRUCTURE 15 THE OCHRE COMPOSITION AND QUALITY 15 15 ~~ W ORE RESERVES...Rumbalara Ochre Mine-geological plan of surrounding area facing 9 2. Geological Map - Rumbalara Ochre Mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
identifying the pigments and their combinations in the paint recipes. One hundred ninety-three micropoints randomly...colors. Mostly yellow ochre, red ochre, and lead minerals, and occasionally blue ochre, green earth, realgar...to shed light on the possible pigments and the paint palette used in 16th–17th century in Russia. This...techniques are known, all implying the application of paint on a substrate made of plaster. Plaster covers the...and if it is fine it is called “intonaco”. The paint can be applied on a wet plaster (“buon” fresco or
Book (edition)
Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA Copyright © 2008 Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh...have been mentioned in historical documents in a paint context, or in research papers dealing with the...but also those from wall paintings, decorative paint and archaeological material, worldwide, without...Kongsberg, Norway, as well as Magnet Cove (Arkansas, USA), Illimaussaq (Greenland) and Kola Peninsula (Russia)...in chlorine-rich environments (especially in acid mine waters; Schwertmann and Cornell, 2000). It is named
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
multispectral images, (in this case: red ochre, yellow ochre, orpiment, cobalt blue-based pigments, ultramarine...(Spectralon SRM-99, Labsphere, North Sutton, NH, USA) inserted in the scene. Multispectral reflectance...the main component of yellow ochre. Similar to red ochre, yellow ochre has been largely used in frescoes...cultures [33,34]. The different ratios between yellow ochre and orpiment Minerals 2021, 11, 839 6 of 15 ...these areas are obtained by combining red ochre, yellow ochre and orpiment (Figure 2: S7 and SR7). All
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gem, Lapidary and Mineral So­ ciety of Montgomery County, Rockville, is complimented for the fine series...attended the East­ ern Federation Convention. MASSACHUSETTS The Nashoba Valley Mineralogical So­ ciety...called "Indian Paint Pots." According to legend the Indians used the red powder to make war paint. The powder...iron ore. Hematite in this form 606 is known as ochre. Sometimes the "geodes" contain loose sand or gravel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Avon which represents the northern part of the old county of Somerset, and with it one of only four major...for including Dorset in south-west England as the county essentially lies west of the midpoint of England's...region the world's second largest producer after the USA with around 7m. tonnes primarily from the southeastern...(coating and filling), ceramics, refractories, paint, rubber, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, etc...three companies, amongst 20 kaolin operators, in the USA -- Engelhard, Georgia Kaolin, and J.M. Huber -- each
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remember a frequent saying of a dear friend of mine "Very few men who have an enjoyable hobby ever die...Nolichucky Mud Point (4000 BC) (5) (A) $2.00 Ross County Ohio Fluted (12000 BC) (2-5") (1) (H) $35.00...(2%-3%") (1000 BC) (A) $4.00 (K) $5.00 $1.00 Paint Rock Vallev (7000 BC) Oxbow (500 Pine Tree (7000...Raddatz (3000 BC) (8000 BC) (lVfe-4") (B) Red Ochre Reed (1000 BC) (2V2 -8") (3) (L) $10.00 (500...Market 22 /-I rcaaoatz Kanaolpn Redstone Red Ochre x Reed Shetley Refugio Shugtown Shumla Silver
Thesis/Dissertation
Chillicothe, Ohio, at the center of a large bend of Paint Creek (Appendix A, Figure 1). Burial mounds and...painting. From a multiple burial, Seip Mound, Ross County (276).” Furthermore, he describes this piece as...very clearly the stained color design (emphasis mine) with which the garment was decorated (281)
Fortunately...by the use of the inorganic mineral pigment red ochre, which was used from the Clovis through the Mississippian...North America wore colorful clothes, used body paint for adornment and carried medicine bundles that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral and Mineral Club MAINE The Lincoln County Gem and Society, Litchfield, is cooperating Mineral...part of the quarry or mine in which located as well as the name of the quarry or mine. — - The Water Oak...Miss Cicada. —- Sidney D . Apt, member of the Rock County. dttions it can be shaped, then distorted, and...the Year by Students of the Central Montgomery County (Pa.) Area Technical School, Norristown. A film...Hexahydrite has been found at the old Tilly Foster Mine. This is a rare hydrated sulfate of magnesium. —
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
finish layer that[1,4,5]. hostedThe thevarious paint, by diversified colour application specificwith...thetechniques innermost a surface finish hosted theThese paint,examples by diversified colour application territory...a tungsten lamp (BeWTek, Inc., San Antonio, TX, USA) BPS101 Tungsten Halogen Light Source with a spectral...a preparatory layer for the application of the paint, is made of a lime-based binder containing carbonate...6e). It was applied over the yellow background paint and, because of acquired on the white portion of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OBTAINABLE MINERALS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By Jack Schwartz 6 5 6 So. Hendricks A v . , Los...Los Angeles, 2 2 , Calif. Los Angeles County has a lot to offer to the collector in the field of mineralogy...about one-fourth mile past the old Sterling Borax Mine. Andalusite—Slender xls of the variety Chiastolite...is found in the dumps of the old Sterling Borax Mine in Tick Canyon. Rarely found in the Palos Verdes...are found in the dumps of the old Sterling Borax Mine in Tick Canyon. Here, good cleavage pieces are found
Journal (issue)
oxides are mined and processed a t Hiwassee, Pulaski County by the Imperial Color and Chemical Department,...Powder Company and processed a t Henry, Franklin County by the Blue Ridge Talc Company, Inc. In 1962 Virginia...Coastal Plain near Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield County. Since then a t least seven other ironoxide deposits...River, Nelson County by the American Cyanamid Company and a t Gouldin, Hanover County by M and T Chemicals...Corporation of America in 1931 a t Piney River, Nelson County. Natural Iron-Oxide Pigments The chief iron-oxide
Journal (issue)
which is at odds with the fact that we can still mine them today. Here I will explore, to what extent... Pigment – This is the coloured component of a paint. — it must be able to retain strong colour when...Ochres British Ochres are well known. (More later). Paint = pigment + medium For water colour, for example...medium can itself affect the colour. To make the paint powder the pigment is ground to a fine grainsize...made a painting using natural and traditional blue paint (azurite + chrysocolla - a product of supergene
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come not merely from one district but from a single mine. Thus the physical properties of many rocks and...applications. The market for fillers in rubber, paper, paint, and plastics has become highly competitive. Materials...eclipsing the mineral magnesite in some areas; the trona mine rather than the Solvay plant is now the main source...for example, are almost entirely derived from the USA and Tur- key, a situation too narrowly based comfort...Minerals International Congress took place in Boston, USA, in April 1988. 4| a) envi at wererieryre' humus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
months to years of their realization. Initially, the paint, which is a mixture of pigments in a binder or a...with hues from light yellow to dark brown. The ochre is a natural earth color consisting of aluminosilicate...anhydrous form. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. The yellow ochre color owes its color to the presence of hydrated...and magnesium carbonate. On the other hand, red ochre consists of iron oxide in a substantially anhydrous...tends to dry quickly. Finally, warm ochre is a variant of yellow ochre with a warmer hue. The mineral hematite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
prehistoric Iroquoian palisaded viLlage site in Grenville county, Ontario, explored for the Geological Survey of...accompanied by large quantities of brilliant red ochre or 796 SCIENCE hematite. As there is no historical...people responsible for this culture, the term "Red Paint People" is offered. Nineteen of these deposits or...Phillips Academy survey. The eontents of these Red Paint cemeteries or deposits represent limited and fixed...from the shellheaps on the coast of Maine. The ochre or hematite occurs in large quantities in central
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
use of correct terminology is very important. Ochre, earth, and clay pigments are often used as synonyms...but this does not correspond to reality. Not each ochre is clay and not each earth has an ochreous colour...since the term “ochre” is originally derived from the colour, using the term “red ochre” (very frequent...are rare and highly valuable. The preparation of paint fragments (whose dimensions most commonly do not...to be a “standard” specimen—the stratigraphy of paint layers can be easily described on it and Minerals
 
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