 | | 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 (issue) | | 23.877(7) Z=6 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mt. Mica, Maine, USA. 4.329 (100), 3.806 (90), 2.928 (90), 6.41...66 9.30 Total 99.97 100.57 100.00 (1) Mt. Mica, Maine, USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as FeO,...(O3.98 F0.02 )Σ=4.00 ]3 . (2) Black Mountain, Maine, USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as FeO, total...Association: Eosphorite, fluorapatite, moraesite, siderite, zircon, quartz (Mt. Mica, Maine, USA); siderite...albite, quartz (Black Mountain quarry, Maine, USA); wycheproofite, eosphorite, selwynite, cyrilovite, schorl |  | Brownfield, Michael E., Foord, Eugene E., Sutley, Stephen J., Botinelly, Theodore (1993) Kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3 a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. American Mineralogist, 78 (5-6) 653-656 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | l(Zrr(PO)r, a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine Mrcnlnr- E. BnowNprnr,o M...the Mount Mica pegmatite at Paris, and from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine...Maine. Kosnarite from Mount Mica occurs as pseudocubicrhombohedral crystals, as much as 0.9 mm in maximum...strongestdiffraction lines [d(A), hkl, I/ I"l from the Mount Mica occurrence are 6.41,012,50;4.679,104,50; 4.329...werecollectedat the Mount Mica granite pegmatite in 1989 by Gene T. Bearssof Sanford, Maine. At about the same |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PARAGENESIS OF THE GRANITE PEGMATITES OF CENTRAL MAINE Knr.txprn K. Laxons.* Haraard Uni.aersif'y SUMMARY...the paragenesis of certain pegmatites in central Maine has caused the writer to advance the following ideas... At Buckfield, and to a very minor degree at Mount Mica and Auburn, an intermediate phase followed during... lithiophilite or triphylite, rhodochrosite, eosphorite or childrenite, fairfieldite, and reddingite...and francolite were formed. B. The pockets of the Maine pegrnatites are largely secondary, produced by dissolving |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Plumbago Mountain, Newry Township, Oxford County, Maine. Kevin Brown specimen, Joe Budd photo. ...Rose quartz, 2.3 × 2.0 × 1.5 cm, from Mount Mica, Oxford County, Maine. It is difficult to find distinct...high-quality rose quartz crystals, namely Oxford County, Maine; Minas Gerais, Brazil; and Nuristan Province...localities. The very first discoveries were made in Maine, but some of the details have been overshadowed...found on Mount Mica, a 305-meter-high knob about 2.4 kilometers east of the town of Paris in Oxford County |  | | | | phosphate mineral from the Dunton Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA F. C. HAWTHORNE1,*, N. A. BALL1...University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA 2 [Received 8 April 2009; Accepted 6 July 2009]...tourmaline-bearing pocket at the Dunton Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA. It occurs as subhedral blocky...properties, X-ray powderdiffraction data, Newry, Maine, USA. Introduction MAHLMOODITE, Fe2+Zr(PO4)2(H2O)4...ore deposit at Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA, was described by Milton et al. (1993) as |  | Falster, Alexander U., Simmons, William B., Webber, Karen L., Dallaire, Donald A., Nizamoff, James W., Sprague, Raymond A. (2019) The Emmons Pegmatite, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 94 (6) 498-519 doi:10.1080/00357529.2019.1641021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | in 1996. THE EMMONS PEGMATITE Greenwood Oxford County, Maine The Emmons pegmatite, noted for its many...WEBBER MP2 Research Group Maine Mineral & Gem Museum 99 Main Street Bethel, Maine 04217 alexander.falster@gmail...Hebron, Maine 04238 phosphate@gmail.com RAYMOND A. SPRAGUE* 33 Roger Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 *...Deceased 16 April 2019. HE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF MAINE PEGMATITES have been a principal focus of our research...in 2014 from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bethel, Maine, greatly facilitated resumption of our study of |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert...Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by...Resources Information, Maine Geologi,cal Survey Robert G Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 2000 Copyright ©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All |  | | Report (issue) | | 119(5) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Nevel quarry, Maine, USA; close to mccrillisite. 6.068 (100), 3.265...2 < 0.1 4.3 Total 101.4 101.95 (1) Nevel quarry, Maine, USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as FeO...Roscherite, eosphorite, albite. Distribution: From the Nevel quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine, USA. Name:...and mineral collector, of Earlysville, Virginia, USA, for his interest in beryllium minerals. Type Material:...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 114848, 137843. References: (1) Moore, P.B., T. |  | | Report (issue) | | = 17.28(2) Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mt. Mica, Maine, USA; close to gainesite. 3.060 (100), 6.159 (90)...< 0.1 15.3 0.5 3.0 0.2 Total 99.9 (1) Mt. Mica, Maine, USA; by electron and ion microprobe, average of...Association: Zircon, kosnarite, roscherite, moraesite, eosphorite, löllingite, uraninite, albite, quartz, manganoan...manganocolumbite. Distribution: From Mt. Mica, near Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA. Name: Honors the McCrillis family...his son, Phillip, pegmatite miners from Oxford Co., Maine, USA. Type Material: National Museum of Natural |  | | Journal (issue) | | Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | including montebrasite, scorzalite, wylleite, eosphorite, siderite, albite, muscovite, quartz, and microcline...nearby Dunton quarry,Maine. Other unconfirmed Maine occurrences include the Harvard quarry at Greenwood...Nevel quarry, the rose quartz crystal locality of Mount Plumbago, and the Mount Mica quarry at Paris. Brazilianite...Grafton County; the Charles Davis (Morrill 1956) and Nancy No. 1 mines, also in Grafton County; and the...at the G. E. Smith mine near Newport, Sullivan County. Much of what we know about the occurrence of brazilianite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | are elevated in four samples of P topaz [200 ppm-Mount Antero, Colorado; 500 ppm-Little Three mine, Ramona...GRAPHITE FROM CRESTMORE AND JENSEN QUARRIES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. A . Jmczak, 9 0 0 S. Cass Ave....at the Crestmore and Jensen quarries, Riverside County, California. While the typical tabular habit of...basalt, 5.5 miles south of Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia. The basalt exposure is located...ARMORING OF GARNET AND TRIPHYLITE, MOUNT MICA PEGMATITE, PARIS, MAINE. V. T. King, P.O. Box90888, Rochester |  | | 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...minerals to the section on mineral descriptions. Mount Rubellite, long inactive, bas been replaced in the...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA [Received 28 April 2010; Accepted 1 July 2010] ABSTR...from the giant 1972 pocket at Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA, has been solved and refined to R1 3.75%...phosphate, crystal structure, Newry pegmatite, Maine, malhmoodite Introduction ZIGRASITE, MgZr(PO4)2(H2O)4...tourmalinebearing pocket at the Dunton Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA, by Hawthorne et al. (2009). It...beryl, amblygonite-montebrasite, childrenite-eosphorite and apatite, and crystallized as one of the last |  | Simmons, William, Falster, Alexander, Webber, Karen, Roda-Robles, Encarnación, Boudreaux, Andrew P., Grassi, Leah Rae, Freeman, Gary (2016) Bulk Composition of Mt. Mica Pegmatite, Maine, USA: Implications For the Origin of An Lct Type Pegmatite By Anatexis. The Canadian Mineralogist, 54 (4) 1053-1070 doi:10.3749/canmin.1600017 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3749/canmin.1600017 BULK COMPOSITION OF MT. MICA PEGMATITE, MAINE, USA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF AN LCT...FALSTER, AND KAREN WEBBER Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, 99 Main St, Bethel, Maine 04217, U.S.A. ENCARNACIÓN...LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine 04281, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Mt. Mica pegmatite is famous for producing...was representative of the bulk composition of Mt. Mica. The sample was then analyzed by fusion ICP spectroscopy...similar patterns. These results suggest that the Mt. Mica pegmatitic melt did not form by fractional crystallization |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FRANK A. PITTS: A 91-YEAR-OLD MICRO-MOUNT ENTHUSIAST Downloaded by [University of Florida] at 13:13...Minot, Maine, is a real "downeast" native for he was born in the town of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine...Boston and Maine Railroad. After four years of work with this railroad, he returned to Maine and purchased...With some of the specimens from his mine and other Maine mineral localities Frank was able to exchange specimens...specimens. During the years he collected at Mount Apatite, Mount Mica, Noyes Mountain and other localities, |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...both the county (pro vince) and its capital; there are thirty-one separate mines in the county. The mines...another new borate mineral at Borax Lake, Lake County, California, and in 1939 was co-author with W. |  | | Journal (issue) | | mined by Loren Merrill a century ago at Mt. Mica in Paris, Maine. This specimen was donated by Robert Whitmore...White Mountains” has just rolled off the press. Maine co-authors are Dyk Eusden, Woody Thompson, and John...years, having originally been proposed at a 1993 Mount Washington Observatory symposium on the glacial...mines operated until the 1940s and yielded feldspar, mica and beryl. Most are now abandoned, although one...Merrill sometime around 1890 to 1913 at Mt. Mica in Paris, Maine. Since Merrill is a family name, I did some |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Barnes, W. H. and Shore, V. C. The probchildrenite-eosphorite lem.... Maria and Przybylska, Shore, V. C. Further...in Aquia (Mi.ddle Eocene), Anne Arun629 383 del County, Maryland Basaluminite, hydrobasaluminite. (Hollingworth...magnetoplumVitaliano). 320 bite... 512 Beryl at Mount Mica, Maine. Ca-Mg-Fe carbonate minerals, ( H u r l b...Buddington, A. F. Presentation of Childrenite-eosphorite problem. the Roebling Medal of the ( B a r n... 458 Engel, A. E. J. 313 Engel, Celeste. 313 Eosphorite-childrenite problem. (Barnes,Shore). .. .. S09 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralization at the Crooker Gem Pegmatite, Newry, Maine. V. King1, L. Jonaitis2, and R. Brown2. 1PO Box...04237. The Crooker gem pegmatite, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, has been mined sporadically since 1930...coeval with overlapping formation. Fluorapatite, eosphorite, hydroxylapatite, hydroxylherderite, and zanazziite... Mineralogy of Maine. Vol. 1. Maine Geological Survey. ———. 2000. Mineralogy of Maine—Addenda to volume...volume 1. In Mineralogy of Maine. Vol. 2, 427–32. Maine Geological Survey. Rare-Earth-Element (REE) and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (Bill) Acord Bowdoin Center Rd., RFD # 2 Litchfield, Maine 04350 Editor— Mrs. David (Alison) Watkins EFMLS...to States that are dry and hot. provide Lehigh County minerals that may Robert Middleton of the American...American Mu be placed on display at the Lehigh County seum of Natural History told of mineral courthouse...Qub of guest speaker for the Bergen County Min Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, was eralogy and Paleontology...specimens, etc., for the Society, and the Bucks County Earth club to dispose of at bargain rates. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Africa vanadium deposit, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, U.S.A. FeZr(PO4)2-4H20. Monoclinic,...coloudess to rosy Virgin Canyon complexes, Questa, Tats County, grains and aggregates, up to 5 mm across and New...Amphibole Group. disseminated within alkalic pegmatites Mount Monoclinic, space group, C2/m, a 9.80, b Alluaiv...Nelen, 1991. Neues Jahrb. complex, Questa, Tats County, New Mexico, Min., Mh., 169. As bladed, coloudess...name is listed Mountain, North Carolina and Newry, Maine, as an 'IMA name' though it is not clear whether |  | | Journal (issue) | | popularity in the world, while it is the leader in the USA. Recently, well known jewelry stones have been joined...conducted here for gold, diamonds, platinum, phlogopite mica, and rare and dispersed elements. The first description...Inagli Party and was engaged in the exploration of a mica (vermiculite and phlogopite) deposit, which was...the alkaline gabbroids. These grade outward into mica pyroxenites and melanocratic syenites. The rocks...0 % o f the rock volume, are chrome-diopside and mica (phlogopite or vermiculite). In addition, metasomatites |
|
Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA