 | | 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 |  | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gems and Minerals of Maine Pegmatites Carl A. Fran cis Granitic pegmatites in Maine have been collected...with significant gem production is in San Diego County of southern California. In a review paper Wise...located along the seacoast northeast of Portland. The Oxford field is inland northwest of Portland. A fault...the pioneering feldspar mining district in Maine. The Oxford field is much larger and comprises nine series...least superficially the pegmatite series of the Oxford field corresponds to this model, whereas the Topsham |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Environmental Earth Science Miami University Oxford, Ohio 45056 rakovajf@muohio.edu T he 6th International...Granitic Pegmatites was held in New Hampshire and Maine from 26 May to 2 June of this year. The meeting...Jackson, Jeff Morrison, Bob and Edna Whitmore, the Maine Mineral and Dr. John Rakovan, an executive editor...mineralogy and geochemistry at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Figure 1. Attendees of the 6th International...Figure 4 (spread). The author collecting on a triphylite pod, Palermo No. 1 mine, Groton, New Hampshire |  | | 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...TOURMALINE ARMORING OF GARNET AND TRIPHYLITE, MOUNT MICA PEGMATITE, PARIS, MAINE. V. T. King, P.O. Box90888 |  | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CRYSTALS FROM THE BALMAT DISTRICT, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S . C. Chamberlain, Department of Bioengineering...locality. FIBROUS MUSCOVITE FROM MOUNT MICA PEGMATITE, PARIS, MAINE. V. T. King, P.O. Box 90888, Rochester...Rochester, NY 14609. The Mount Mica granitic pegmatite is a thin (3-7 meter), moderately dipping (20”-30”s)...exposed on a small knoll near Paris Hill village, Paris, Oxford County, Maine. It intrudes the Silurian-age...Sebago batholith was probably the source of the Mount Mica pegmatite fluids and the thermal source for the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | who collected it from a river near the base of Mount McKinley, an area since encompassed by Denali National...Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting and Figure 7: Arizona...specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill burned in West Paris in the early...early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery of gems or collector specimens...Sweden; the resumption of activity at Mount Mica quarry, Paris; and the find of what might be the world's |  | | 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...this phase are: amblygonite, lithiophilite or triphylite, rhodochrosite, eosphorite or childrenite, fairfieldite...and francolite were formed. B. The pockets of the Maine pegrnatites are largely secondary, produced by dissolving |  | 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) | | Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...locations includ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield. . 1942 |  | | 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) | | Gibson mine, Bertrandite, New Hampshire, 161 Pitkin County, Colorado; specimen Beryl, South Dakota, 383 Biology-Earth...Russell, 396-99 mine, Magdalena district, Socorro County, New Mexico; Ron Gibbs specimen and Biotite: New...Bismuth, South Dakota, 383 tite, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah; Bolt, E., see Spotlight on Juniors Martin...190-93 Carnegie Award, 150 Arkansas, Kimzey Calcite quarry, 402-404 Cerussite, South Dakota, 383 Arrojadeite...Hampshire, 162; South Dakota, 383 Chips from the Quarry, 7, 77, 149,221, 373 Chlorite-group minerals, New |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Renewed Mining at the Western Quarries of Mount Apatite, Maine Downloaded by [University of Arizona] at... D.C. 20560 Figure 1. The western quarries of Mount Apatite. A fter decades of inactivity, mining...resumed on the western slopes of Mount Apatite in the town of Auburn, Maine (see fig. 1). This is the location...location of the world-famous Pulsifer quarry, which has produced fine gem tourmaline but is best known...addition to the resumption of mining in the Pulsifer quarry, two new cuts have been made into the pegmatite |  | | 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) | | Crystals from the Flambeau Mine Near Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin Perry M. Ponshock and William S. Cordua...The Flambeau Mine, located near Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, produced nearly 1.8 million tons of...Rodewaldphoto. The 15th Maine Mineral Symposium May 2004 in Augusta, Maine Douglas E. Rambo P.O. Box...126 Claymont, DE 19703 Driving up to Augusta, Maine on the second weekend in May has become a ritual...each year at this time we make plans to attend the Maine Mineral Symposium which is an annual gathering of |  | | 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...include triphylite (to 10 cm), fluorapatite (to 1 cm), and montebrasite (to 15 cm). Both triphylite and montebrasite... 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON S...minor constituents............................. Mica................................................................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County............................................... |  | Roda-Robles, Encarnación, Pesquera, Alfonso, Simmons, William, Gil-Crespo, Pedro P., Webber, Karen, Nizamoff, James, Falster, Alexander (2020) Paragenetic relationships, geochemistry and petrogenetic significance of primary Fe Mn phosphates from pegmatites: The case study of Cañada (Salamanca, Spain) and Palermo (New Hampshire, USA) pegmatites. Lithos, 374. 105710pp. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105710 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cañada (Salamanca, Spain) and Palermo (New Hampshire, USA) pegmatites Encarnación Roda-Robles, Alfonso Pesquera...Cañada (Salamanca, Spain) and Palermo (New Hampshire, USA) pegmatites, LITHOS (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/...CAÑADA (SALAMANCA, SPAIN) AND PALERMO (NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA) PEGMATITES Encarnación Roda-Robles*1, Alfonso Pesquera2...Drive, Hebron, Maine, United States re 3 Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, Bethel, Maine, United States...geochemically. Most of the common Fe-Mn phosphates (triphylite, sarcopside, ferrisicklerite, wagnerite and wolfeite) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | exposed in a small portion of the north face of the quarry. Miaroles up to several inches iicross abound in...KUNZITEBEARING PEGMATITE IN THE PALA DISTRICT, SAN DlEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. J. Fisher, 380 Pennsylvania Ave.,...Katerina mine, Hiriart Mountain, Pala, San Diego County, California. J. Fisher specimen and photo. Heavy-mineral...MINERALIZATION OF PEGMATITES IN THE WAUSAU COMPLEX, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. S. L. Hanson', A. U. FalsterZ, W B...crystals up to 1 mm in size from Indian Ladder, Albany County, New York, were reported in a calcite vein in limestone |  | | Field Trip Notes | | Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...(1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 170. (1919)...Geology of the Schroon Lake quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 213-214....formations. The metasedimentary rocks were named the Mount Holly series by Whittle (1S94) but no stratigraphic |  | Vignola, Pietro, Zucali, Michele, Rotiroti, Nicola, Marotta, Gaia, Risplendente, Andrea, Pavese, Alessandro, Boscardin, Matteo, Mattioli, Vittorio, Bertoldi, Giorgio (2018) The Chrysoberyl- and Phosphate-Bearing Albite Pegmatite of Malga Garbella, Val Di Rabbi, Trento Province, Italy. The Canadian Mineralogist, 56 (4) 411-424 doi:10.3749/canmin.1700058 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | is given by graftonite þ sarcopside þ (minor) triphylite masses, and wolfeite was found alone at the contact...hosted by high-grade sillimanite- and garnet-bearing mica schists belonging to the crystalline basement of...diffraction data were obtained with a Xcalibur - Oxford Instruments diffractometer equipped with a CCD...processed using the Crysalis software package (Oxford Diffraction 2010). Powder diffraction patterns...Detail of the previous image showing fringes of triphylite (Tri), sarcopside, and graftonite-(Ca) crossed |  | | Report (issue) | | History of pegmatite mining inN ew England _______ _ Mica mining ______________________________ _ Feldspar..._______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________..._____________ _ Mica deposits ____ ·_________________________________ _ Kinds and characteristics of mica _________________...classification of mica ____________________ _ Strategic mica _____________________________ _ Sheet mica _______...________________________________ _ Punch mica _______________________________ _ Quality of mica ____________________________ |
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