 | | 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...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust |  | | Report (volume) | | 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...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF ROCKPORT. I{. E. MCKINSTRY MASSACHUSETTS Cambrid,ge, Mass. More than fifty years ago...closely to the description of gadolinite from Llano County, Texas, altho the careful qualitative analysis...Galenite. Grains and small massesassociatedwith sphalerite and danalite. Hed,mbergite. See Pyroxene. Hemntite...Iustrous scales associatedwith phenacite and sphalerite in cavities resulting from decomposition of danalite...along the railroad track between Rockport and Gloucester. Pyrite, Found occasionally in small grains with |  | | Book (volume) | | which in 1865 absorbed the collection of Sussex county minerals made by Samuel Woodruff, of Sparta, New...Hill and Harmony, Warren county. tals in calcite at Franklin, Susse_: county. _gate, (Quartz.) Very...Very tlne crys- Silica. Hoboken,Hudson county. Bound Brook and LibertyCorner, Somersetcounty. NEW JERSEY...cavities in amygdaloidal trap at Plainfield, Union county. See L C. Russell in Am. J. Set. III., XVL, 112...crystals imbedded in gneiss at Franklin, Sussex county. A pebble of alla,ite was found eight feet below |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brown limonite. Wickenburg is in N / W Maricopa County in western Arizona. xline—crystalline tain a... The Dallas Gem Mine is in southern San Benito County in western California. COLORADO — "Would you please...surface shows the interior cently found in San Benito County, here to be an attractive moss agate of pleasing...term "astonishing" is not an exaggeraSan Miguel County is in southwestern tion ! W e were lucky in being...greenish datolite. Meriden is in N / E New Haven County in central Connecticut. FLORIDA — Mary G. Poole |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen of small radiating chrysocolla...native copper, pyrite, quartz xls, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, smithson ite. chalcocite and others. "At the |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite, with iron replacing...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail...TriState Mine. We found galena, pyrite, marcasite, sphalerite, and calcite. Many of the boulders on the damps...limestone near Frederick, Frederick Co., Md. MASSACHUSETTS — The following letter, dated Jan. 4, I960,...mention two additional localities of sphene in Massachusetts. The first one is the Baer-Mingolla Quarry in |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................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.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | coarse-grainedand consistmainly of pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphalerite,galena, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, and stannite...consistingessentiallyof pyrite with galena and sphalerite, is a large, lenticular, massive,fine-grained...the relationshipsare considerably more complex. Sphalerite compositionssuggesta maximum temperature of formation...and Benson(6, 7). Aboutoneto threemilligramsof sphalerite weredugoutwith a sharpneedle,undera microscope...chemicallyanalyzedsphalerites.Using 3 mg samplesof sphalerite it wasfoundwith repeatedX-ray fluorescence analyses |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | near Glen wood, Pike ROCKS AND MINERALS, p. 123. County, Arkansas. Mr. Young also sends a note on a Downloaded...development near Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, Calif. Molybdenum Corporation of America is at...Idaho, gives this interesting information: "Lemhi County, Idaho, Fair held at Salmon, had a new treat this..." ILLINOIS—A nice specimen of dark brown xled sphalerite, associated with xline marcasite, and coming...tusks were found ROCKS AND MINERALS in Phillips County, Kansas, buried in a sand pit. The tusks measured |  | | Journal (issue) | | sapphires have been found in che Inashowen area of County Donegal during a recent mineral exploration programme...indicator minerals in the same area. Tynagh mine in County Galway, famous for its azurite specimens, has recently...Wavellite to rival the old time Irish specimens from County Cork has recently been found at the abandoned Laharran...along the coast of Ireland, Tankardscown mine in County Waterford has produced some particularly fine ...Figure I. An anglesite specimen from Tynagh mine, County Gal way showing blocky white crystal to 6 mm on |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pyroxmangite, and sulfides such as galena and sphalerite. There is an interesting variety of reported...prospect on the Betts Farm near Plainfield, Massachusetts, where it occurs in compact masses with kutnohorite...Franklin County; at Coventry and Irasburgh, Orleans County; and at Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont... at Keene, and southeast of Hinsdale, Cheshire County, and elsewhere in New Hampshire and is reported...from Haddam, Middletown, and Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. In Rhode Island, rhodonite has been |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A — From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting...a road cut on a new construction job in Lincoln County, Me., on Rt. 1, bypassing the towns of Newcastle...that first in each issue. W e belong to the Oxford County Gem and Mineral Association." — item sent in by... Griesbach, 3957 Wendy Court, Wheaton, Md. MASSACHUSETTS — "I have furthered my finds on Andover, Mass |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pyrite, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite,a prominentone consistingof sphalerite. The siliceousmaterial is... In the central part of the specimena curved sphalerite-pyritelayer is not deformed. Kam Kotia Mine,...SULFIDE DEPOSITS 493 F•G. 10. Granoblasticpyrite-sphalerite-galenaintergrowth, with some gangue (black)....B. F•G. 11. Dismembermentof pyrite layers in sphalerite-galenamatrix. Ariacon Mine, N. B. sphaleriteand...example,in Figure 11 one notesthat the darker sphalerite-pyritebandshave flowed whereaspyrite bandshave |  | | Journal (issue) | | crystals to 32mm. Specimen from the collection of the County Museum, Truro, to be described in the next issue...identified. These include the Exeter/Crediton area, Gloucester/Forest of Dean Haverfordwest, Prescatyn hills...that the deposit centred on the outskirrs of Gloucester extending to the Forest of Dean contains rocks...year. The collections are being transferred to the Essex Field Club who started the collection. mineralogical...ite orefields, consists of epigenetic galena-sphalerite mineralization in Dinantian to lower Namurian |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pyrrhotite,chalcopyrite,arsenopyrite, galena,sphalerite,and tetrahedrite. The mineralsin the 1529 1530...Brook and Brunswick No. 6 sulfide deposits,Gloucester County, New Brunswick: Geol. Surv. Can. Paper 63-24...Brunswick Mining and Smelting orebodies, Gloucester County, New Brunswick: Can. Inst. Min. Met. Bull |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | exhibit the following sequence: dolomite, galena, sphalerite, chalcedony, marcasite, and calcite. In veins...covellite (copper sulfide) by heating powdered sphalerite (zinc sulfide) in a water solution of copper...appears. In the Joplin district covellite after sphalerite has been found, so that this reaction has doubtless...object, made by Daniel Cushingl of Boston, Massachusetts, revealing the internal dendritic crystal structure...pseudomorphs : galena to cerussite, pi. 2, fig. 1 sphalerite to smithsonite, pyrite to limonite, smaltite |  | | Report (issue) | | “I would greatly prefer to ship these within the USA.” For my part, I’d advise would-be purchasers to...the hexagonal zinc sulfide (vastly rarer than sphalerite, its dimorph), but, on the negative side, nearly...guys for whom the Benitoite Gem mine in San Benito County is the just about the most exciting locality in...17.3 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Earth’s Treasures specimen and photo...2.6 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, San Benito County, California. Earth’s Treasures specimen and photo |  | | Journal (issue) | | few sprays of yellow/green pyromorphite. The sphalerite has been converted to hemimorphite, a zinc silicate...hemimorphite. I think it must be sphalerite or possibly sphalerite being converted to botrytoidal hemimorphite...Oct 9-10 Oct Oct 23-24 Nov6 Nov7 Nov 13 Nov20 Essex Rock & Mineral Society's Mineral and Gem Show. North...Cloekhouse Lane. Colliers R,m·. Romford. Essex. I0am-4pm. A new book 'Essex Rock' by Gerald Lucy ll'i/1 be launched...Cheltenham Racecourse, OIT Evesham Road, Prestbwy, Gloucester. 10 am - 5 pm both days. Plus club demonstration |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ontario (Marmoraton mine, Marmora Township, Hastings County), is cited in university geo physics courses as...Concession X I V of Hun tingdon Township, Hastings County, in the late 1800s by the Henderson family while...Concession V & V I , Olden Township, Frontenac County, was discovered near the turn of the century and...(formerly Faraday mine), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario. S. H . Watts collection. Figure 16 (below):...equipment re sulted in intense prospecting in Leeds County north of Gananoque in southeastern Ontario (Harrison |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Amcnnpijiite: In the Emery Mining district (Powell County) the mineral is found in wellformed crystals in...Crevasse Mountain Mining district near Jardine (Park County). At the Kennebec mine in the Crevasse Mountain...the Crevasse Mountain district near Jardine (Park County) on the Vindicator claim, one-half inch tabular...cummingtonite. In the Hog Heaven Mining district (Flathead County) at the Flathead Mine, pale yellowish to colorless...property, accessible by county road. MINERALS Andakisite: Near Dillon (Beaverhead County) in Axes Canyon, |  | | Report (issue) | | vuggy quartz associated with pyrite, ga l ena, sphalerite , pyrargyrite , native silver, chalco pyrite...associated with galena , chalcopyrite , pyrite , sphalerite, bismuth, argentiferous bismuthinite, silver...variety of metallic m i n e ral s including: sphalerite , ga l ena , pyrite , marcasite , pyrrhotile...llage ofActinolite in Elzevir Township, Hastings County . 31 F /1 5 Chemi cal analysis of a light greenish...actino l ite from Westmeath Township , Renfrew County: Si0 2 56 . 70 , Al 0 3 1. 62 , Fe o 3 . 06 , FeO |  | | | | United States: 311 Washington Street, Brighton, Massachusetts www.fitzhenry.ca 02135 godwit@fitzhenry.ca...properties but would best be termed sub-metallic. Sphalerite and cinnabar are examples. Halides: Minerals...Greasy or oily: not shiny, not bright, e.g., sphalerite Pearly or opalescent: a depth to the light reflected...black), p. 116 hematite (red, black), p. 68 sphalerite (brown, yellow), p. 92 goethite (yellow, red)...nugget recorded is from Carson Hill, California, USA, weighing 72.78 kg. Transylvania, Romania; Roraima |  | | Journal (issue) | | transparent gemstone found only in California, USA. C Country in which glassy tektites (moldavites)...green, hydrous phosphate material found in Utah, USA. W Way in which rocks are broken down naturally.... Z Metallic element component of the mineral sphalerite. Q u iz devised by Den n is D u rh a m . Prize...trade. The hobby of lapidary was booming in the USA and, as happens often , the United Kingdon followed... 1 9A West Main Street High Bridge, N.J. 08829. USA (2 0 1 ) 638-4535 Dear All, with effect from January |
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