 | | 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...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND. I. PROVIDENCE COUNTY Lr,ovo W. Frsunn.q,Nt Enwrx K. GnlNav...recent survey of the minerals of the state of Rhode Island which are included in the museum collections...Brown University and of Roger Williams Park of Providence, together with a careful study in the field by...the chief rnineral localities and occurrencesin Providence Countvr is here recorded. r A paper is being...Rutile Scapolite Scolecite Serpentine Siderite Sphalerite TalL Titanite Tourmaline Tremolite Zoisite LOCALITIES |  | | Report (volume) | | Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__.Dr. Earle Sloan...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) | | NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln...Lincoln in northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone...northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland in England; however,...both the state mineral and the state rock of Rhode Island. Much of this area coincides with the Pawtucket...obtainable here is bowenite, the state mineral of Rhode Island. Bowenite is a gemmy translucent variety of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | September-October: Amethyst sceptered quartz, Hopkinton, Rhode Island; photo by Victor E . Krantz (Smithsonian Institution)...gold on quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California. © Harold and Erica Van Pelt photographers...Sceptered Quartz from Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, W. C. Metropolis, J . Rakovan, S. Avella, 247...Sceptered Quartz from Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, 247 Averett, W. R . , Dinosaur Valley, Colo...("Tony") P. Dunn, 1959-1986, 341 Behnke, D., Rhode Island Articles Pub lished in Rocks and Minerals, |  | | Journal (issue) | | ... 462 NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND. By Willard Stone Winslotv, fr. ..............10 ao, NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND 1g llt :cl 1y & id of rd ;t- ! DO ire...like to hear about localities for minerals in Rhode Island. From time to time • very interesting articles...are two famous limestone deposits in northern Rhode Island, once noted for their profusion of mineral specimens...main road between the cities of Providence and Woonsocket) . Providence lies about eight miles to the south |  | | Report (issue) | | (2) 2.74 100.04 (1) St. Peters Dome, Colorado, USA; average of two analyses, corresponds to (Zn3:31...Phenakite, bertrandite, hambergite, siderite, sphalerite, willemite, gahnite, topaz, zircon, quartz, microcline...El Paso Co., Colorado, and Cumberland, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA. Large crystals from Mont Saint-Hilaire...Lº agendalen, Tvedalen, Brevik, and on Lº aven Island, in the Langesundsfjord area, Norway. At the Treburland...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 127180; The Natural History Museum, London, England |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | thick beds is found in the cliffs of St. George Island, one of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea...conglomerates in fields and in gravel bars here in Putnam County, Indiana."—item received from Walter Reeves, R3...Grand Trunk R.R. right of way near Portland (Cumberland Co.), Me."—recent item from Mr. & Mrs. Clifton...Stephenson, Meno- name of mineral, its locality, County, minee Co., Mich. One of the specimens State and...Schell City. of McNeill, Miss., in Pearl River County. Shell limestone is also found. Septarium The rocks |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS-AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS AT COPPER MINE HILL, RHODE ISLAND Ar.oNzoQurNNaxl JonN A. Youxc, Jn" RhodeI sland'...(/ n'i.aer Assrnecr beds of copper Mine Hill, Rhode Island, consists of a series of green schists with...located in the town of cumberland which is in the northeast corner of Rhode Island (Plate I). This town...its minerals and is said to have been named for Cumberland., England, because of its minerals and mines'...State of Jackson, Charles T., Report on the Rhode Island, P. 55, 184O. 2 OP. cit., P. 55. a Robinson |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pyroxmangite, and sulfides such as galena and sphalerite. There is an interesting variety of reported...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...Middletown, and Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. In Rhode Island, rhodonite has been reported from...as well as in manganese prospects at Cumberland, Providence County. Downloaded by [Universite Laval] |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mr. Hawkins on certainof the occur'rencesiu Rhode Island. In a future number of the magazinea Pennsylvania...Hewxnts, Broun Uniuersily A careful survey of Rhode Island geologyshowsthe presence of quartz veins in...veins cut thru basicrocks),still othersgalena, sphalerite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and fluorite...pneumatolytic zones near granite in western Rhode Island. This scapolite at least is probably indicative...found in at least two localities in Rhode Island. At Cumberland many specimens have been found, but their |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mr. Hawkins on certainof the occur'rencesiu Rhode Island. In a future number of the magazinea Pennsylvania...Hewxnts, Broun Uniuersily A careful survey of Rhode Island geologyshowsthe presence of quartz veins in...veins cut thru basicrocks),still othersgalena, sphalerite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and fluorite...pneumatolytic zones near granite in western Rhode Island. This scapolite at least is probably indicative...found in at least two localities in Rhode Island. At Cumberland many specimens have been found, but their |  | | 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | (Cross-seaion at right) CHRYSOBERYL EPIDOTE PERIDOT SPHALERITE CORUNDUM FELDSPAR ^ PHENACITE SPODUMENE...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |  | | Book (volume) | | Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | they are the sole distributors of the rare green sphalerite (gem quality) from the famous Big Four zinc mine...Colo. Some small specimens of this gem quality sphalerite were sent us — very nice material. "From the...gem xls were found. "Some specimens of this gem sphalerite were faceted by Arthur Little and received special...metagraywacke along the county road half way between Chestnut Gap and Lebanon School, Fannin County, Ga. These crystals...aluminum silicate rocks. This area is in Clearwater County, Idaho, and any visiting rockhounds can get directions |  | | Book | | 1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � - PRICE $2...Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION...Massachusetts Blueberry Mt. Quarry RHODE ISLAND Cumberland State Park, Rhode Island Diamond Hill Quarry Sneech...Sneech Pond Copper Mines Lincoln, Rhode Island Conklin Limestone Quarry FOREWORD The purpose of this book...REDDINGI TE BERYL ROSE QUAR T Z XLS COLUMBI TE SPHALERITE EOSPHORITE TRIPHYLITE VIVIANITE SULLIVAN SILVER |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting... 50 miles northeast of Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16, Township...pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado, a few miles northwest...to us. Will some Colorado reader tell us in what county is Hans Peak and, if possible, send us a few notes...black tourmaline. These crystals came from Walton County, about one mile southwest of Between, from the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...obtained. On this recent occasion though, of black sphalerite had been exposed in I ran into a four or five...brachiopod in gray chert. Fowlers Beach is in Sussex County, Delaware, on Delaware Bay. FLORIDA—At the 6th |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RHODE ISLAND CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOIL, SWAP SESSION, AND FIELD TRIP By GARDINER E. GREGORY Downloaded...were privileged ro be invited guests of the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters at their annual corn boil held...place at the Diamond Hill State Park in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Thirty members and their families attended...to gray. It is found in the Quincy granite of Rhode Island and Massachusetts usually in massive form. In...mineral hunters. held each year by the Rhode ROCKS A N D Island MINERALS Downloaded by [JAMES COOK |  | | 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...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...-___--_Older gneissic rocks of northwestern Rhode Island.____________ Nipsachuck Gneiss------------- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF COPPER MINE HILL, CUMBERLAND, R. I. By GARDINER E. GREGORY 2 0 7 Cottage Blvd., Hicksville...in the town of Cumberland in the northeast corner of Rhode Island. The town of Cumberland is said to have...have been named for Cumberland, England, because of its wide variety of minerals and for the number of...form. Actinolite, Tremolite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Galena, Bornite, Covellite, Molybdenite, Pyrite...mines on Copper Mine Hill near Sneech Pond in Cumberland, R. I. The main tunnel extends for 250 feet. |
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