 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve as a guide...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization |  | | Journal (issue) | | small black micro crystals of manganbabingtonite, quartz, calcite, datolite, and inesite (identity confirmed)...(8 cm) tall, and J5/g inches (4 cm) thick. The quartz from here can also be nice; I had one large clear...specimens belong. A more recent find involves a new locality for spessartine 1998 California Show at the Pomona...by a quantity of glistening '·Herkimer diamonds" quartz crystals, in which she specializes. Most of them...book; these are newly dug from the old classic locality, Morgabal, in Aveyron Department, France. Also |  | | Book (edition) | | THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State............. |  | | Journal (issue) | | 199~ Weird The Mineral and Wonderful from Quartz Alberta's Collector's Newsletter in Septarian...little skeptical) to learn of a nearby quartz collecting locality. It is a three-hour drive northeast from...was quartz, for which I've retained a soft spot, and I was not disappointed in this new locality. Several...produced a wide variety of interesting and unusual quartz crystals. These are found in abundant ironstone...nodules that weather out of Fig. 1 Partial, hollow quartz crystal 11/4 inches (3 cm) across, with multiple |  | | Journal (issue) | | CRYSTALLIZED MELANOTEKITE from an American locality . Only recorded locality in Sweden furnished simply massive...Aug . , 1898 , Am . Jour . Sc . ) A NEW AMERICAN LOCALITY for SCHEELITE , WOLFRAMITE and JAROSITE . The...is composed of pegmatite or coarse vein granite, quartz predominating, and rests directly on a convex surface...was made by G. M. Urban, Brooklyn, N. Y. II. Plainfield, N. J. — On July 4, a small band of the faithful...numerous oldest inhabitants. The quarries near Plainfield, N. J., were the object of this exploring tour |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 07:55 02 December 2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse... but for some of these occurrences, the exact locality is unknown to us. Please note that most of these...We have followed the format of earlier mineral locality articles by using an alphabetical listing of counties;...07:55 02 December 2014 also categorized each locality by geological mode of occurrence as described...of occurrence is indicated at the end of each locality listing with the following code: S = stratabound |  | | Journal (issue) | | p4,, Over two million residents Arizona's Pinal County welcomes everyone as a V.I.P.!!! ?ieU S ~ , ae...Native Copper and Piemontite Localities of Adams County Jay Lininger FEATURES THE EASTERN FEDERATION...Moore's Mill phosphate locality 3.5 miles west of Mt. Holly Springs in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Specimen...Pennsylvania Kline's quarry, Wrightsville , York County, Penn- basis to go mineral collecting, weather...lower section of the quarry after a recent and a quartz phyllite of the Antietam-Harpers forma• blast. |  | | Journal (issue) | | . 68 Mule Spring, California- A n Interesting Locality for Geodes, Jaspers and A gates. By Wm. C. Chandler...in attractive box. Sapphire A1uetbyst G11 nu•t Hematite Opal 'ropnz ~l no11i:1tone Moss AgatE> Carnelian...dichroscopes, hardness testiug pencils, Microscope, quartz optic lenses, prisms, Quartzglass apparatus. Addreaa...understood, considerable beds of a rock known as hematite. This rock is Yery high in iron oxide and is used...stu·e enough, we located an outcropping of milky quartz on the top of a sn1all bill jus t in back of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter Pebble Beach Pegmatites Lake Buchanan, Llano County, Texas Art Smith 9118 Concho Str. Houston, Texas...Canine Road Marble Falls, Texas 78654 .7 l Llano County has long been known for its rare-earth granitic...year. Continued on page 6 l. • Figure 1. Smoky quartz crystals from Pebble Beach pegmatites; Art Smith...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 Mineral News E-mail:...not necessarily the opinions of Mineral News. Locality descriptions described in this publication are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Road-Cut Mineral Occurrences of St. Lawrence County, New York Figure 1. Fluor-dravite, 5.9 cm, collected...St. Lawrence County have a small footprint. In other words, if the many dots on a county map showing mineral...specimens of dolomite crystals, or several specular hematite specimens, but only one, that near Edwards, exposed...mineralization and T HE BASEMENT ROCKS of St. Lawrence County are Volume 92, November/December 2017 557 Downloaded...2017 Figure 4. Map of St. Lawrence County, New York, showing the county seat, Canton, and the location of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by...Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ..........................................California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality Index Committee Gypsum crystals from near Zaragoza...Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed...for the other pegmatite gem mines in San Diego County, the collapse o f the Chinese tourmaline market |  | | Book (volume) | | enormous variety and wealth of locality information concerning quartz gemstones are recognized in a separate...which provides a quick method of referring to any locality in the book. JS: Arlington, Virginia. June,...Geological Survey of Canada, while specific Canadian locality information was supplied by Dr. Victor Ben Meen...photographs of the Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | afalster@mainemineralmuseum.org Muzo-habit Quartz Zigras Mine, Garland County, Arkansas Q uartz, the best known...anorthite, constitutes 39 percent of the crust. Quartz at 12 percent is tied with potassium feldspar (microcline...K-feldspar plus quartz), whereas oceans are underlain by basalts (plagioclase plus pyroxene), so quartz can be...considered a signature mineral of the continents! Quartz occurrences are so numerous that they cannot be...featured twice: rutile-included quartz (Cook 1996) and crystallized rose quartz (Clifford 2012). To support |  | | Journal (issue) | | Newsletter $3.00 The Rock Dam Gold Prospect A New Quartz Locality, Dickinson Co., Mich~g_an Shawn M. Carlson...Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of...the dominant exposed bedrock in this part of the county. Excavated near the tum of the 20th century, the...themselves are thoroughly unglamorous, yielding neither quartz crystals nor any noteworthy accessory minerals...prospects, Bayley (1904) states that, "some of these quartz veins contain small quantities of free gold, as |  | | 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...with respect to one another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with...another at 60 degrees and intersected by a fourth Quartz and vertical axis at right angles to the other...other, light) FELDSPAR TWINS I J PHENACITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS ffrl (^h /&> ^& \b^ ^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Sceptered Quartz Localities Washington is well known for world-class specimens of quartz, many of which...for its specimens of quartz. These include some spectacular clusters of quartz crystals asso ciated...with fibrous dravite, and high-quality colorless quartz scepters and amethyst scepters. On a worldwide...of quartz are frequently found in some of the quartz deposits of western Washington. Good quartz crystals...sceptered crystals, are most common in the quartz localities in King County. Most de posits are in explosion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the most part, low hi11s,similar to those of Connecticut. Only the extreme northern and southern portions...is primarily magnetite, with a large portion of hematite (martite), which is secondary. About 300,000 tons...an asbestos reserve of 25 million tons. At this locality the asbestos is associated with serpentine intrusive...thin, flat quartz veins, which occur in great profusion. These are associated with quartz porphyry dikes...similar interests. Their first work was in the topaz locality of the Thomas Range, Utah, where fine, deep-colored |  | | Report (issue) | | Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler © 2012 Lithographic...Lithographic, Ltd. PO Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 • Fax: 1.303.482.1238 W\\w...United States of America PHOTO CREDITS Cover: Quartz variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains...collection, Robert Weldon photo © 2009 GIA Page 2 Quartz variety amethyst, 3.5 cm tall Kakamunurle Mine...collection, Marie-Lan Nguyen photo Upper middle: Quartz variety amethyst (Japan-law twin), 1.6 cm tall |  | | Book (volume) | | Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . .............................................. 341 Neil A. Wintringham Maine Mineral Locality Index ..........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified...Bennett pegmatite, agreed to write about that locality. Carl Francis, curator of minerals and meteorites |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R. Thompson Slide.......................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona ........................................mine, Graham County, Arizona ..............................219 by R. W. Jones Hematite from the Dome....227 by M. Sprunger The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona....................................231...secondary minerals from the Mineral Park mine, Mohave County, Arizona ..................................... |  | | Report (edition) | | of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...localities, the Grace mine in Berks County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster County, and the Medusa Cement Company...Company quarry in York County, are now This fourth printing is essentially closed to collectors. D...Adams County 23 Allegheny County 31 . Armstrong County Berks County Blair County Carbon County Chester...Chester County Clinton County Cumberland County Dauphin County Delaware County Fulton County Lancaster County |  | | Book | | basis, since people take field t r i p s b y locality rather t h - o n a n alphabetical o r m i n e...streams and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones...hun dreds of dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its |  | | Report (edition) | | .... . .. . Adams County .... . .. ... ............... . . ... . Allegheny County .... . ...... . ............ . Armstrong County . . . . . . .. . .... ........ .. . .. . Berks County ..... . ..... ......... ...... . Blair County . . .. . ... ... . . .. . .... ........... . Carbon County ..... ..... .............. . Cl1ester County .... . . . .... ... ........... . .. . Cumberland County ...... . ..... . ....... . . Delaware County ... . .. .... . . . .... . . . .. . . . .. . Fulton County . ...... .. . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | Denver, Colorado, USA © 2011 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495...known; the largest are from the Espirito Santo locality in Brazil (Sinkankas, 1981). Two gemmy crystals...the term "topaz" in reference to the olivines, quartz, and other Topaz crystals can be extraordinarily...Moreover, gold-color quartz ("citrine") is often labeled "topaz quartz" and brown, smoky quartz is sold as "smoky...Fossil specimen, Scovil photo Middle left: Topaz and quartz, 2.7 cm tall; Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Council recently dropped its mining claim on the quartz locality at Hanson Creek, Washington. Unfortunately... It proved t. all parlles involved, USFS, King County police, WSMC, an probably the other claimants,...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...not necessarily the opinions of Mineral News. Locality descriptions described in this publication are...are not permission to visit or trespass on the locality. The Mineral News has no paid authors, reporters |
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Quartz locality, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA