 | | 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 (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.......................'.................... Vein quartz at Diamond Hill.............................. "Warnsutta...the granite porphyry ...................... Blue-quartz-microcline porphyry .......................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF POKER HILL Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island JAMES CAHOON 24 Blackstone Street...S O M E M I N E R A L C O L L E C T O R S , Rhode Island is considered to be lacking in any noteworthy...Minerals of Rhode Island, described over 225 mineral species and varieties from Rhode Island, with over...over 125 of these from the town of Cumberland. The Poker H i l l locality, noted for its anatase and associ...village of Ashton, in the town of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island. There is a Burger King restaurant |  | | 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... ilvaite (contact metamorphic); cummingtonite, quartz, magnetite, riebeckite, biotite, hematite (iron...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Rhode Island | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Khode Island | hy | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] Washington |...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Ehode Island | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | . Washington...meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkius County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 8(5 pp |  | | 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) | | mineral. However, unlike several other states, Rhode Island does not have a state gem, a state stone, or...a variety of serpentine that resembles jade are Rhode Island's official state rock and mineral. Cumberlandite...Cumberlandite became the official state rock of Rhode Island by legisla tive decree in 1966 (Resolution...the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations). The rock constitutes the...northeastern corner of the state, in the Town of Cumberland (Figure 1). The exposed part of the mass—termed |  | | 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) | | September-October: Amethyst sceptered quartz, Hopkinton, Rhode Island; photo by Victor E . Krantz (Smithsonian...November-December: Crystallized gold on quartz, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California. © Harold and Erica... 193 Amethyst Sceptered Quartz from Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, W. C. Metropolis, J . Rakovan... S., Amethyst Sceptered Quartz from Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, 247 Averett, W. R . , Dinosaur...("Tony") P. Dunn, 1959-1986, 341 Behnke, D., Rhode Island Articles Pub lished in Rocks and Minerals, |  | | Report (volume) | | GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BTJIiIiETIN 615 RHODE ISLAND COAL BY GEORGE H. ASHLEY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT............ History of development and use of Rhode Island coal ....................... Early history................. Reason for low heat value of Rhode Island coal......................... 5 7 7 9 11 14...Behavior of Rhode Island coal toward moisture ......................... 37 Utilization of Rhode Island coal...60 ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATE I. Sketch map of the Rhode Island coal field........................ II. Views |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...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 |  | | 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...Ottrelite Phlogopite Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyrrhotite Quartz Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Riebeckite Rutile Scapolite |  | | Journal (issue) | | slow speed 24" diameters for sawing huge Brazilian Quartz crystals were used. "Streamliners" carry an unconditional...... 462 NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND. By Willard Stone Winslotv, fr. ..............amounts of chalcopyrite, epidote, moly'bdenite, quartz, and titanite. Transvaalite, an impure hydrous...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...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; |  | | Book (edition) | | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Report (issue) | | Systems in the United StatesA. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine, by James W. Skehan, S.J., Daniel...Geological Survey CONTENTS Page Mass·ach usetts, Rhode Island, and Maine, by James W. Skehan, S.J., Daniel...Systems in the United States.- Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine By JAMES W. SKEHAN, S.J., DANIEL...Mississippian and Pennsylvanian rocks in Massachusetts) Rhode Island) and Maine UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...----Narragansett Basin of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, by James W. Skehan, S.J., and Daniel P. Murray |  | | 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) | | University of Rhode Island campus where the geological display is located. University of Rhode Island KINGSTON...KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND HOLMES WILSON 42 Nancy Drive Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864 T H E U N I V E R S I...well-known mineral sites in Rhode Island, including Diamond H i l l , a large quartz intrusion in the state's...collecting sites in Johnston, a few miles west of Providence. The collection totals over 300 specimens, virtually...aim of the collection is to represent as many Rhode Island minerals as possible and to otherwise provide |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collection, the work of fifty years,to the city of providence. The collection "The HoraceF. CarpenterCollection...attractive polishedspecimelrof Madagascarrutilated quartz; a fine polished Lake Superioragate; a handsomeplate...largestof which is about 7 x 8 inches,from Strontian Island; babingtonitefrom Somerville,Mass.; cyanite,BuncombeCo...amethyst; amethyst crystals from Cumberland; fine transparent smoky quartz crystals, up to l x2rlinches in...the dull gray of the usual Rhode Island agates,from Diamond Hill, Cumberland; attractive chalcopyrite with |  | | 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 ........................................................................... Paxton quartz schist...................................... Younger |  | | 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) | | MrNBnALocIsT JULY, 1918 No. 7 FIBROUS QUARTZ FROM RHODE ISLAND ALFRED C. HAWKINS M elcorologi.cal Section...variety of quartz from one or more localities in southeastern Massachusetts or Rhode Island. The oecurrence...pyrite." As the occurrences at two localities in Rhode Island which have been studied by the writer appear...I., and at Fenner's Ledge, in Cranston, near Providence, R. L In connection with these metamorphic processesextensive...forming quartz veins of variorrs sizes. Most of the quartz veins of this kind in Rhode Island carry relatively |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | thick beds is found in the cliffs of St. George Island, one of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea...were the quartz pits near Hot Springs (Garland Co.), Ark. Here I found about 40 nice quartz xls ranging...are sometimes encrusted with fine grained drusy quartz. Watch for it. Drusy means covered with minute...conglomerates in fields and in gravel bars here in Putnam County, Indiana."—item received from Walter Reeves, R3...attractive specimen. It is a 2x3 inch mass of smoky quartz and embedded in its very center is a mass of deep |  | | Report (issue) | | Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-292-A Prepared...Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont R. Randall Schumann EDITOR OPEN-FILE...Preliminary Geologic Radon Potential Assessment of Rhode Island Linda C.S. Gundersen andR. Randall Schumann...aerial radioactivity, and indoor radon data by county. Because of constraints on the scales of maps presented...least likely to cause radon problems include marine quartz sands, non-carbonaceous shales and siltstones, |  | | Report (issue) | | X-ray Powder Pattern: Rockport, Massachusetts, USA. (ICDD 20-1139). 2.501 (100), 2.828 (90), 1.777 (90)... Association: Augite, plagioclase, microcline, quartz, apatite, magnetite, ilmenite, spinel, hedenbergite...occurrences of relatively pure material are: in the USA, in the St. Peters Dome area, near Pikes Peak, El...New York; in the Iron Hill mine, Cumberland, Providence Co., Rhode Island. In the Blue Bell mine, Riondel...Peninsula, Antarctica. Name: After Faial (Fayal) Island in the Azores, thought to occur in a local volcanic |
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Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA