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Pinite from
Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Pinite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:172713
Long-form Identifier:1:3:172713:5
GUID (UUID V4):b71a10f4-4dda-4a73-a2ce-347ab4c39c46
Nearest other occurrences of Pinite
29.6km (18.4 miles) Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) Crooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE B y D A V I D M. SEAMAN 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 04268 (Continued from...Buckfield, Greenwood, and Paris. It is found frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed...reddingite as octahedral-like crystals at the Berry Quarry in Poland; also as one of the rare secondary phosphates...Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, the Dun­ ton Gem Mine at Newry, and at Black Mt. at Rumford in Maine. Its crystals...and aluminum phosphate, is a very rare mineral in Maine, but has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine, and
Journal (issue)
Newsletter Minerals near Tateville, Pulaski County, l(entucky Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington Blvd...interesting roadcul on US 27 near Tatevillc, Pulaski County, Kentucky. II lies about three hours southeast...Valley Quarry closed The following lelter was received from the owner of the Gopher Valley Quarry near...near Sheridan, OR. This quarry has been a producer of a few very fine calcite specimens during the last couple...Ream: I am the owner of the Gopher Valley rock quarry which is located near Sheridan, Oregon. During
Book (edition)
HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION...a week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...field trial of the hambook during our ''Week with Maine Minerals" furnished additional information end resulted...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside...minerals. The geology of pegmatites, in general, and Maine pegmatites, in particular, is summarized briefly
Book (volume)
Mineralogy by Vandall T. King and Eugene E. Foord Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Walter...Resources Information, Maine Geological Survey Walter A. Anderson, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1994 Copyright ©1994 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...Cover photograph: Fluorapatite, Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine (2.2 cm specimen), Harvard Mineralogical...Wendell E. Wilson, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
Report (edition)
BULLETIN 41 Third Edition A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities by Woodrow B. 7KaSVRQ Donald...Vandall T. King Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources Information...OF CONSERVATION 1998 Copyright © 1998 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining
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abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...to Hot Springco., Arkansas, in the Point of Rock quarry, pearly. Clea,·age {001} perfect. {100} and {010}
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commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...granite which was pushed up from great depths. Maine), New California The gem Jersey, show pegmatites...will help you prospect and explore any state and county. etc., for mineral deposits in Finding Suitable
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Kang Baptiste V. J.-B. Ball 1676. 2nd ed. don: Oxford Hill, Caley, E. R., ence, on Press. 238 ...Clarendon 1961. Greek and Roman R. 16:537-49. 11. Oxford; Higgins, 5:1-38. public ed. and E., Lapidibus... Wyckoff, 6. Blake, erals. 1967. Albertus Oxford: Clarendon R. 1922. J. Evans, and De P., ...Vis, don: of 442 20. Renaissance. 335 of Oxford: 21. pp. the Middle Clarendon Ages W. 1866...Alfonso ca. M. Plata, y C. King, Uses 10. Oxford ica. Epiphanius De pp. 9, 1925. from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
places. Aggregates, sand and gravel are followed by quarry and dimension stones (Prentice, 1990; Lorenz, 1991)...types may be subdivided into layered (Stillwater, USA, Kemi , Finland, Fiskenaesset, Greenland, and funnel-shaped...deposits such as Guseva-Gora, Russia, Duke Island, and USA, bridge the gap between the chromium deposit originating...Ostermann and Deutsch, 1997). The Stillwater Complex, USA, is akin to this group of mineralization — see PGE...occur at Jinchuan, China, in the Duluth Complex, USA, Muskox, Nunavut and Crystal Lake, Canada (Barnes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
places. Aggregates, sand and gravel are followed by quarry and dimension stones (Prentice, 1990; Lorenz, 1991)...types may be subdivided into layered (Stillwater, USA, Kemi , Finland, Fiskenaesset, Greenland, and funnel-shaped...deposits such as Guseva-Gora, Russia, Duke Island, and USA, bridge the gap between the chromium deposit originating...Ostermann and Deutsch, 1997). The Stillwater Complex, USA, is akin to this group of mineralization — see PGE...occur at Jinchuan, China, in the Duluth Complex, USA, Muskox, Nunavut and Crystal Lake, Canada (Barnes
Book (edition)
M. Hughes: Dept. of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. W. Barclay Kamb: Division of Geol. and Planetary... W. (1961), Chemical Crystallography, 2nd ed., Oxford Clarendon Press. (GL) Glusker, J. P., & M. Lewis...Trueblood (1985); Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer, Oxford University Press. (ITXC) International Tables for..., Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 1991; Hartshorn, N...Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
 
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