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Laumontite from
Bay of Fundy, North America


Locality type:Bay
Classification
Species:Laumontite
Formula:CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O
Habit:radiating, prismatic
Colour:white
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Stilbite Subgroupโ“˜1 photo of Laumontite associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Laumontite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bay of Fundy, North America
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1327403
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1327403:0
GUID (UUID V4):16f44e5f-ec95-4e05-91e1-42eb1aa813e6
References
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Book
technical assistance. To Vincent and Jerry Furia of "Fur:y Camera & Sound" in Dumont, New Jersey for...Edward Murphy, who's specimens helped fill out some of the few minerals which we did not have; and for those...following collectors and dealers, who made the acquistion of specific specimens possible from their private and...misunderstood A mineral group that is found in all of the major rock types primarily as secondary mineralization...when crystals volcanic occurring form in igneous of the surrounding igneous rocks deposit into alkaline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals in N o va Scotia Downloaded by [University of Connecticut] at 13:05 19 February 2013 and a Report... he province of Nova Scotia has long been renowned for its geologic resources. Some of the earliest mines...mines in North America operated here, producing coal, gypsum, and barite. The first gold rush in Canada...the Bay of Fundy, which produces the highest tides in the world. This article gives an overview of the...testament to the limited amount of erosion that occurs here. Still, some sections of this shore have produced
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
variety containing a small percentage of V203' Specimens of LAUMONTITE have been collected at Bergen Hill...deposits of Weweenaw Co., Michigan, where it occurred with analcime and native copper. LAUMONTITE occurs...and microscopic yellow crystals in the basalt of North Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson Co., Colorado...micro crystals of stilbite and tiny spherules of red thomsonite, it forms the linings of large cavities...second generation LAUMONTITE that is quite difficult to observe. I saw no evidence of this when I collected
Report (Issue volume)
REPORT 8 Issued by THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa ยฉ...to look 4 โ€ข Tools and general equipment 5 โ€ข Care of specimens 6 โ€ข Collecting in Canada 6 โ€ข Mineral and...collecting has captured the interest of an increasingly large group of amateur mineralogists or 'rockhounds'...them by providing a list of known mineral occurrences which are bt:lieved to be of particular interest. Included...mineral occurrence is followed by a brief description of the deposit together with precise location and how
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JOURNAL OF THE MINBRALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Yon. 7 APRIL, 1922 THE PRESERVATION OF MINERAL No...No. 4 SPECIMENS1 A. L. P.rnsoNs, Uniwrsity of Toronto A problem which frequently confronts a museum...curator is the proper preservation of certain choice specimens of minerals. A long and costly experiencehas...already taught him that if he would preserve crystals of ruby silver, he must keep them in the dark. A less...disasters he has also learned that his specimens of carnallite must be kept in a moderately dry atmosphere
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LAUMONTITE By DONALD J. GOODELL 11 Logwood Street. South Burlington. Vermont 05401 LAUMONTITE is a calcium-rich...Brittany in 1785. It usually occurs in the cavities of basic igneous rocks, but may also be round in clay...deposits). Laumontite has rarely been reported in large amounts from anyone locality. LAUMONTITE commonly...monoclinic crystals of the prismatic class. This mineral may be found as radiating aggregates of chalky white...terminations. LAUMONTITE also exists in radiating fibrous aggregates. When taken out of the damp rock
Report (issue)
COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia;...at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral identification based...based on X-ray diffraction. Ann was the author of the very popular GSC series โ€œRocks and Minerals for...for the Collectorโ€, which covers 14 regions of Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Yukon-Alaska...was named in her honour. She was also co-founder of the Canadian Gemmological Association, and a long-serving
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hillock, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, hornblende-schist, laumontite, prehnite, kaolinite, 608 Hagdale quarry, Unst...Connemara, granite, biotite, 498 Inishcrone, Killala Bay, Sligo, killalaite, afwillite, scawtite, cuspidine... 658 Nasik, scolecite, stilbite, laumontite, 658 Panvel, laumontite, 658 Sewree, Poona, chabazite, prehnite...Africa Potgietersrust, stibiopalladinite, 528 AMERICA Greenland Frederikshdbs Isblink, zircon, 587 Kfingndt...Ontario, ferrotschermakite, 36 Grand Manan Island, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, basalt, plagioclase, 867 Wilberforce
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C O NNOISSEUR'SCHOICE ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Auburn, Alabama...cookrob@auburn.edu Analcime Downloaded by [University of Bristol] at 06:14 02 December 2014 Mont Saint-Hilaire...their structures are closely examined with the aid of an X-ray diffractometer, they are usually found to...as pseudocubic. A few minerals, because of variable degrees of ordering, can actually belong to more than...regardless of the outwardly apparent cubic symmetry of their crystals. A prime example of this phenomenon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Article Raman Spectroscopic Characteristics of Zeolite Group Minerals Ying-Lai Tsai 1 , Eugene Huang...; Chen, H.-F. Raman Spectroscopic Characteristics of Zeolite Group Minerals. Minerals 2021, 11, 167. https://doi...Accepted: 1 February 2021 Department of Jewelry Technology, Dahan Institute of Technology, Hualien 97145, Taiwan;...Taiwan; laser@ms01.dahan.edu.tw Institute of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung...Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, China Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SPRING IN T H E FUNDY AREA' Downloaded by [University of Florida] at 03:03 07 August 2017 By B I L...Conn. During the fall and winter months of 1970 "a bunch of the boys have been whooping it up in the...about taking close-up photos of my mineral colยญ lection. Fortunately, one of the gang, Allen Blakeslee,... is an expert and the rest of us got a lot ot mileage out of our Mamiyas, Minaltas, and Kodaks. It was...speciยญ mens that the idea jelled for a trip to "Fundy in the Spring." I had the good fortune to contact
Report (issue)
PAPER 64-10 GEOLOGICAL SUWVEY OF CANABA DEPARTMENT OF MINES LND TECHNICAL SURVEYS ROCKS AND MINERALS...MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR: BAY OF FUNDY AREA (Report, figure, and 8 plates) Ann P. Sabina Price, 75 cents...MINERALS FOR 'THE COLLECTOR: BAY OF FUNDY AREA Ann P. Sabina D E P A R T M E N T OF M I N E S A N D T E C...the Queen's Printer, Ottawa, from Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the following...West or through your bookseller A deposit w p y of this publication is also available for reference
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOME MODES OF DEPOSITION IN BASIC WALDEMAR OF COPPER ORES ROCKS. LINDGREN. Coppermineralsare...their re-depositionis also readily effected. The ores of this metal are particularlyfrequ. ent in basicigneous...bornite, muchmorerarelychalcoyprite, andtheirproducts of oxidation, are often foundin flowsof basiclavas,mostlybasalts...minerals of the zeolite group, such as analcite, natrolite, stilbite, chabazite,and laumontite, and the...blowholesin the basic rocks. Pyrite andsulphides of metalsotherthancopperrarelyoccur. These depositshave
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
8501 One of the exciting prospects within mineral collecting is a chance to collect at some of the classic...Engยญ land, and were pleased to discover that some of the old sites still produce good specimens. Collector...approached the stage of the eastern United States. This situation makes the probability of collectยญ ing success...part of Great Britain should be the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. It has a collection of worldwide...minerals and several cases of Scottish minerals which will provide an idea of what may be found in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotope geochemistry of zeolites HARALDURR. KARLSSONโ€™**and ROBERTN. CLAYTON* โ€˜Department of the Geophysical...University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA โ€˜Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Department of Chemistry...Chemistry, and the Enrico Fermi Institute, Unive~ity of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA (Received Febrzlary6...for natural samples of the zeolites, analcime, chabazite, clinoptilolite, laumontite, mordenite, and natrolite...( 6โ€™8Of) and the channel water ( 6โ€™80,, 6D). Most of the data were collected on analcime-49 samples from
Journal (issue)
Localities of the World -ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท---ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท--ยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 126 Metal Discoveries of Antiquity...Phosphorescence of Minerals ---ยทยทยทยทยท--ยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยท-ยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยท--ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 130 A Compilation of Gem Names...Notes of Minerals of the Rarer Elements ยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยท 140 Mineral Localities of Connecticut...to endeavor to secure the practical oonservation of mineral localities and unusual rock formations and...in the public schools. We believe that no branch of nature study offers a greater interest to the student
Book
Zeolites Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick...(to boil) and "Iithos" (stone), to describe a group of silicate minerals that expel water when heated and...many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done, at that...Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality, and obscurity of some of the publications,... no uniform system of nomenclature had been developed. There was no governing body, like the International
Book
Zeolites Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick...(to boil) and "Iithos" (stone), to describe a group of silicate minerals that expel water when heated and...many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done, at that...Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality, and obscurity of some of the publications,... no uniform system of nomenclature had been developed. There was no governing body, like the International
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALPHABETICAL INDEX Names of authors are printed in SMALLCAPITALS,Subjects in lower-case roman, and...localities, and authors mentioned in the 28th List of new mineral names are not included in this index...pargasite, 224 Actinolite, Sp#zbergen, anal., replacement of augite by, 857 ADUSUMILLI (M. S.), KIEFT (C.), and...Ireland, stability of, decomposition to kilchoanite, 544 'Agpaitic', use and misuse of the term, 729 AJAKAIYE(D...GOTTARDI(G.), 898 Albite, hydrothermal synthesis, effect of [NaOH] on obliquity, 455 Alice Louise mine, Plaine
Journal (issue)
Aft:lft:lJi'ne dot Alinett:l{ayi3t3,'ยง:,'\, ~ {jeo/of fjfj anrf t:?o//ectot3 !"",, Vol. 16, No. 7 1941...Shaft 7, Fishkill, N. Y. Director of Tours, Richmond E. Myers Dept. of Geology, Muhlenberg College. Allentown...Oreanized in 1928 for the increase and dissemination of mineratoaic knowledae To stimulate public interest...couโ€ขses in these subjects introduced in the curricula of the public school systems: to revive a general interest...cared for; to keep an accurate and permanent record of all mineral localities and minerals found there and
Report (volume)
Bibliography of Studies on the Geology, Geochemistry, Mineral Resources, and Geophysical Character of the Early...Early Mesozoic Basins of the Eastern United States, 1880-1984 By JACOB MARGOLIS, G. R. ROBINSON, JR.,...geology of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina...S. GEOlOGICAl SURVEY BU llETIN 1688 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL HODEL, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Margolis, jacob. Annotated bibliography of studies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nomenclature for zeolite minerals: report of the subcommittee on zeolites of the International Mineralogical Association... COOMBS(Chairman) Geology Department, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand ALBERTOALBERTI...GRICE Mineral Sciences Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada FRIEDRICHLIEBAU...MANDAR1NO(retired from Subcommittee, December, 1994) Department of Mineralogy, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario...Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168, Japan ERNESTH. NICKEL Division of Exploration and Mining, CSIRO, Private Bag, Wembley
Book (edition)
FIFI'H EDITION Dedicated to MARY PIPER ALLEN of Denver Her unexcelled experience an inspiration for...title "Cleaning and Preservation of Mineral Specimens," as Section 1 of Mineral Collectors Handbook ( l\...chapter in a British book, Geology in the Museum, by North, Davidson, and Swinton (Oxford University Press...Handbook. The original work of F. A. Bannister, who freely acknowledged the efforts of others, particularly...1947, much more has been made available on the care of minerals, including a good deal that has heen taken
Journal (issue)
August 1972 with the object of increasing the knowledge and experience of its members in rock, mineral...Technical Adviser (Minerals) & John Hall Circulation of Journals - Mark Curtis Librarian John Long Publicity...member in a family ยฃ6 . 00 for each additional member of the same family ยฃ5.00 for associate members ยฃ3.50...become payable on the first day of August each year. Persons up to 17 years of age and persons undertaking...undertaking full-time study up to 21 years of age may opt for student membership. Persons living over 60 miles
Journal (issue)
Tel:(01539) 724988 Fax: (01539) 734761 UK journal of mtnes & minerals CONTENTS number 16 spring... 3-----------The UK Joumal of Mines and Minerals publishes articles of interest to amateur mineralogists...DIARY of EVENTS Tony Brinain NEWS Mick Wolfe 21 GRAPHICS Kelvin Betts ZEOLITES from MOONEN BAY D{l()id...Journal are not necessarily those of the Editorial Board. Publication of information on a collecting site...476906 46 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 16 -1- EDITORIAL NATURAL MINERAL
 
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