 | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | (2) 0.11 0.08 100.02 98.14 (1) Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA; corresponds to (Ca1:74 Mn0:17 Na0:10...)§=8:00 O22 (OH)2 : (2) Jackson County Iron Formation, Wisconsin, USA; by electron microprobe, corresponds...cummingtonite, quartz, magnetite, riebeckite, biotite, hematite (iron formations). Distribution: Probably widespread...the USA, in the Jackson County Iron Formation, Wisconsin, and at Cumberland, Providence Co., Rhode Island...Spear (1984) Metamorphic petrology of the Jackson County Iron Formation, Wisconsin. Can. Mineral., 22, 605{619 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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...Galena Garnet Glaucophane GoId2 Grithite Graphite Hematite Hornblende Hortonolite Ilmenite Ilvaite Jamesonite |  | | 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.; |  | | Report (volume) | | SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND BENJAMIN K. EMERSON JOSEPH H. PERRY WASHINGTON.............. 18 Nonoccurrence of il vaite in Rhode Island.................. 19 Inclusion of limestone............................... 24 Beds west of Providence and Pawtucket ................... 25 Cranston...crystalline rocks in the vicinity of Providence and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island...............................SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND. Bv B. K. EMERSON and J. H. PERRY. INTRODUCTION |  | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | diameter, were received. They are hematites. One hematite pebble had a few spots of whitish quartz. ARIZONA...more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of Amado, on the...inches in length. They come from Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado (altitude of pocket where found over...inches in size, comes from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Microcline {feldspar). Nice loose xls, averaging...received. These come from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Garnet (spessartite). Small but gemmy, deep |  | | 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) | | lamprobolite), olivine, magnetite, ilmenite, hematite, feldspars (microcline, orthoc'ase, albite, oligoclase...in Georgia at the fo'lowing localities: Cherokee County —2V2 miles northeast of Ball Ground, 1 mi'e northwest...of Cherry Grove School; Fayette County—near Fayetteville; Fulton County—near College Park. (Georgia Mineral...resulting from spontaneous combustion. Bright red hematite (red ocher) is also found with the sulfur, the...which comes from Bradbury's Mountain at Pownal, Cumberland Co. ; Opal (hyalite) colorless crust on pegmatite |  | | 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...brachiopod in gray chert. Fowlers Beach is in Sussex County, Delaware, on Delaware Bay. FLORIDA—At the 6th...but as far as I can determine they are a type of hematite geode with various colors of powdered sand in |  | | 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) | | malachite, an ore of the heavy metal copper, or hematite, an ore of iron, will be heavy in the hand. a...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 |  | | 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 (volume) | | Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...formation......................................... Rhode Island...............................................formation........................................... Rhode Island formation .................................................................... 150 Berkshire County............................................... |  | | Book | | of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...of Iron, at Rumford Falls, (J. P.) PARKER'S ISLAND. (In the Kennebeck.) Schorl, sometimes translucent...crystals are very abundant in granite on a small island a few feet above the bridge, imperfect. Prehnite...Manganese, crystallized and earthy, with brown hematite. (C.) Ochrey Brown Oxide of Iron. (Hall.) in...eastward from Monimshi bite, on the N. side of the island, assuming a mamillary or botryoidal appearance |  | | Other Paper | | Mineralogist Version: 12-Oct-2007 Iridescent Hematite Chi Ma and George R. Rossman* Division of Geological...91125-2500, U.S.A. Abstract Iridescent hematite, also called rainbow hematite, displays a variety of beautiful...aluminum and phosphate was found to coat such hematite, although one example of a coating with aluminum...The composition of the bulk crystals coating the hematite have an Al to P atomic ratio that varies from...Raman spectrum. Key words: Iridescent hematite, rainbow hematite, aluminum phosphate, aluminum arsenate |  | Zinin, P., Tatsumi-Petrochilos, L., Bonal, L., Acosta, T., Hammer, J., Gilder, S., Fuller, M. (2011) Raman spectroscopy of titanomagnetites: Calibration of the intensity of Raman peaks as a sensitive indicator for their Ti content. American Mineralogist, 96 (10) 1537-1546 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3745 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Hana Volcanics and melatroctolite from Rhode Island. Keywords: Titanomagnetites, Raman spectroscopy...Maui Island in the Hawaiian chain and in a melatroctolite sample from Cumberland, Rhode Island. 1537...magnetite-rich melatrocolite sample from Cumberland (Rhode Island), which was kindly supplied by M.J. Rutherford...Rutherford, and a sample from the Hana Volcanics of Maui Island in the Hawaiian chain from E. Herrero-Bervera....which crops out at the Iron Mine Hill in Cumberland, Rhode Island, consists primarily of olivine, titaniferous |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Report (volume) | | Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle, |  | | Report (volume) | | Ark. Geol. Survey County Min. Rept.; Ann. Rept. -Arkansas Geological Survey, County Mining Report; Annual...Water Res. County Rept. -Maryland Department of Geology, Mines, and Water Resources, County Report. Md...Md. Geol. Survey County Rept. -Maryland Geological Survey, County Report. Meddel. om Gr¢nland- Meddelelser...Science Assoc. Staten Island Proc.·-Natural Science Association of Staten Island, Proceedings. New Brighton...Statistics Bull. -Rhode Island Bureau of Industrial Statistics, Bulletin. Providence, R. I. Ricerca sci |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | serpentineand talc. Lastly we come to the west coast of Cumberland. In the north are the coal mines of Maryport...the Cleatormoor iron mines where are found the hematite kidney ore and speculariron. Also, over the whole...brown barite crystals come from. Very often the hematite is covered with fine crystals of smoky quartz...different mineral speciesare to be found in the county of Cumberland. ETCHING IRON METEORITES OLIYER C. FARRINGTON..."Mineralogical Experiences" at a number of localities in Rhode Island, N6w York, New Jersey, Oklahoma Texas and Missouri |
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Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA