 | | 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...15:414-15. Short but informative description of Mt. Newry and Black Mt., the specimens found as well as description |  | | Journal (issue) | | Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...by an energetic and articulate group, The Tucson Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. Tucยญ son is an attractive...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thorยญ oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...recent is the McDole TrophyโโBest Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Showโ1974โ. I am travelling around the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from...pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as crystals on quartz crystals at the...the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals have been noted at the contact...pegmaยญ tite with the wall rock at the Tamminen Quarry in Greenwood. C A S S I T E R I T E , tin oxide...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By D A V I D M. S E A M A N 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 0 4 2 6 8 INTRODUCTION...of minerals have been found in the pegmatites of Maine since the discovery of Mt. Mica near Paris H i l...for gem tourmalines and some new pockets have been found there which have produced not only gem tourmalines...collector many excellent specimens of minerals: gem and colorful tourmalines in various colors including...a few waterยญ melon tourmalines, clear and smoky quartz crystals, oookeite, spodumene, lepiยญ dolite, muscovite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | would frequently collect; these included Weldon's quarry, as well as the Summit, Bound Brook, and Millington...he had special free access to the Prospect Park quarry near Paterson where he attended nearly every blast...Key opened Crystal Gems Company, his first retail gem and mineral business. This business, located in Little...consequence in New Jersey. It had a good inventory of gem and mineral specimens, lapidary equipยญ ment, and...methods for enhancing the beauty and quality of gem materials. At first, he became interested in the |  | | 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... It is found frequently in the gem pockets in the pegmatites of Maine, formed by the weathering or hydrothermal...Berry Quarry in Poland; also as one of the rare secondary phosphates found at the Dunยญ ton Gem Mine at...at Newry. LA UEITE, another hydrous, mangaยญ nese, and iron phosphate, has been found as a rare mineral...Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, the Dunยญ ton Gem Mine at Newry, and at Black Mt. at Rumford in Maine. Its crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 23:14 30 March 2016 Frank C. Perham, Adventures in Maine Pegmatite Mining by Karen L. Webber and Raymond...the Oxford County pegmatite district in western Maine, including the gem tourmaline mines at Newry and...videotapes of Perhamโs talks at the Maine Mineral Symposium, Maine Pegmatite Workshop, and New England...his own words, about growing up in West Paris, Maine, and collecting minerals at quarries belonging to...Frankโs specimens supplied the well-known Perhamโs Maine Mineral Store that was founded by his father in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary phosphate with beryllonite at Newry; also...secondary phosphate at the Berry at the gem mine at Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE...RUTILE, one of the trimorphs of Quarry at Buckfield. titanium dioxide, was noted many years RHODOCHROSITE,... manganese carยญ ago at the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham...manganese phosphate, has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | berylliยญ um phosphate, is a very rare mineral. However, gem crystals were found over an inch in length at the...the only iocality known for gem crystals. Even in recent years a few gem crystals of beryllonite have...crystals to three inches in diameter at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry. BETA-URANOPHANE, a hydrous, calcium,...been noted as one of the rare minerals found at Newry. It occurs as yellowish coatings there. BIOTITE...fluorine; is a common mica in many of the pegmatites of Maine. Huge, black crystals to over three feet across |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 17:29 02 April 2016 Frank C. Perham, Adventures in Maine Pegmatite Mining by Karen L. Webber and Raymond...the Oxford County pegmatite district in western Maine, including the gem tourmaline mines at Newry and...videotapes of Perhamโs talks at the Maine Mineral Symposium, Maine Pegmatite Workshop, and New England...his own words, about growing up in West Paris, Maine, and collecting minerals at quarries belonging to...Frankโs specimens supplied the well-known Perhamโs Maine Mineral Store that was founded by his father in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gardena Blvd., Gardena Coltf. 90247 The Leading GEM and MINERAL HOBBY Magazine P.O. Box 687, Mentone...ยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 14 OUR COVER, A Gem Of A Horse ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 30 Al>c,ut Gem Cutter's Handbook ยทยทยท-ยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท...ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 30 Gem Cutter's Handbook - The Core ond Feeding of Grinding Wheels...NORTHWEST FEDERATION The fomous Pegmatites of Newry, Moine by Gordiner Gregory ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยท |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gray quartz enclosing a dark green mass of diopside (pyroxene). Nashville, in eastern Howard County, is...person's collection. "These xls are found in San Diego County on private property in an area few people have...beautifulโ they also fl. a very pale green. San Diego County is in southern California. 176 xli rystalllne...massive quartz. No. 3โpale green fibrous radiating tremolite. Pearl, in northern Jackson County, is in...โ "Throughout the fall of 1964 the old Andrews Quarry on the Portland Townline (near Portland, Conn. |  | Simmons, William B., Falster, Alexander U., Nizamoff, James W., Freeman, Gary (2019) Giant spodumene and montebrasite crystals from the Plumbago North pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine. The Canadian Mineralogist, 57 (5) 795-797 doi:10.3749/canmin.ab00024 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CRYSTALS FROM THE PLUMBAGO NORTH PEGMATITE, OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE WILLIAM B. SIMMONSยง AND ALEXANDER U. FALSTER...FALSTER 2 MP Research Group, Maine Mineral and Gem Museum, Bethel, Maine, USA JAMES W. NIZAMOFF 64 Mineral...Hebron, Maine, USA GARY FREEMAN Freeman Resources, LLC, 48 Lovejoy Road, South Paris, Maine, USA Keywords:...crystals, spodumene, montebrasite, Plumbago North, Maine. INTRODUCTION A new spodumene-bearing pegmatite...on the north side of Plumbago Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. The pegmatite is spodumenerich and is potentially |  | | 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 ยฉ1994 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, ยฉ1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Five Tourrmline-1 the first special issue in the Gem Minerals Series Introduction Notes from the Editor... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline.........................................................365 by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan...issue (double-size!) in our projected series on the gem minerals. In this issue the focus is on tourmaline |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MAINE TOURMALINE STRIKE By BRUCE W . B U C K L E Y 6 3 5 Essex Street, Beverly, Massachusetts 0 1 9 1...second trip of the summer to Plumbago Mounยญ tain, Newry, Maine. W e left Jordan's camp on Brandy Pond early...through the woods to the outยญ crop known as the Dunton G e m Mine or the Nevel Pit. Jamison from a Long...against the eastยญ ern wall of the pit. Horace C . Dunton first opened this area i n 1903. H e mined out...FIG. I Twin tunnels of the Feldspar Mine, (Lower Newry). 3 0 8 ROCKS A N D MINERALS was a hexagonal |  | | Book (volume) | | 0 n101ercai o of Maine j fยท~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. โข .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 ยฉ2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All |  | | Catalog/List | | TELLURIUM quite a rich piece of grey masses in quartz, ยฝxยฝ ยฃ9 Bambolla mine , Moctezuma, Mexico 8. NATIVE...surface. overall about 2x2 Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona USA ยฃ20 10. NATIVE SILVER thin sheet about...cerussite is about 40% of the piece. Flux Mine, Arizona USA ยฃ20 23. STRONTIANITE fairly rich green masses with...matrix, with previous collectors label. Hingston Quarry Cornwall ยฃ7 .50 40. CASSITERITE rich brown masses...mass with minor matrix. Collected late 1978, Dean Quarry ,second level, Lizard Cornwall 42. PECTOLITE Area |  | | Journal (volume) | | Paul F. Bechberger Their invisible world 20 Dunton Gem Mine and Its Tourmalines by Benjamin M. Shaub...that they organize indeยญ pendent metal, mineral and gem industries to attain a position that would enable...command to help I t.a-::z. ๏ฟฝ ๏ฟฝ COME TO THE GEM AND MINER.AL FAIR_! Invitation to the Mineral Kingdom...great malachites, extraordinary sulfurs, amazing quartz groups, calcites, rhodochrosites, galena, lapis...Benjamin M. Shaub, M.E.. M. Sc., Ph.D. ("The Dunton Gem Mine and its Tourmalines") hos hod on amazing |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ 7 by Arthur Montgomery Gem Tourmaline Rediscovered at N e w ry .....................14 by Dean A. McCrillis Elbaite From Newry, M a in e ............................................makes quarry managers nervous. Colยญ lectors abuse privileges, insurance companies worry, quarry managers...frequent? How much longer before there are no more quarry doors to be closed? What can we do NOW to reverse...recent is the McDole Trophyโ โBest Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Showโ1974โ. I am travelling around the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Elbaite ........... p. 2 Program: Tourmalines of Maine ........ p. 14 Presidentโs collected thoughts ....hues of green from MaineโPoland, Androscoggin County (left) and Greenwood, Oxford County (top). Photos: Bob...Mineral Newsletter March 2021 4 Elbaite on quartz (top and right) from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Photos:...white quartz or cleavelandite. The complex conditions required to create elbaite (or other gem or top-quality...economic viability of production from deposits of gem and specimen-bearing pegmatites is usually intermittent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the high cost of diamonds, however, a substitute gem has frequently been sought. One substitute has been...component colors. It is the " f i r e " in a good gem. Rhinestones V A N D A L L T. KING Ward's Natural...competitive manufacture o f C . Z . The Russian gem boules are made from molten zirconia ( Z r 0 ) ,...specimen material was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Mounยญ tain...is of Ordovician age. The gravel pit (actually a quarry) is 3 miles north of Mount Ida off U.S. 270 near |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | handful and have yielded only minute quantities of gem-quality material. Chrysoberyl is probably not as...ConneMaine Topsham district, Maine Grafton district, New Hampshire Greenfield...twins are rare. Associated pegmatite minerals are quartz, plagioclase, orthoclase(?), black tourmaline,...here as individual twinned Chrysoberyl, Topsham, Maine. The crystal similarity to the chrysoberyl from...1884. .i โข Chrysoberyl, Porcupine Hill, Topsham, Maine. Specimen is an untwinned crystal 3 inches long |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | hydroxyl-herderite was first described from Paris; Maine, as hydroherderite by Penfield (1894). Members of...Mountain, North Carolina, and from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine, were also studied and are probably...The only valid herderite known to us is a green gem in the Smithsonian collection, previously reported...by Genth (1884), both on material from Stoneham, Maine. In light of the above observation that, of 36 specimens...Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, Califomia (2). Poland, Maine (3) Stoneham, Maine (6) Fletcher mine, Groton |  | | Journal (issue) | | Australia: Canadian Gemmological Association: Rhodesian Gem and Mineral Society. THE JOURNAL OF GEMMOLOGY A...I V N o . 8 O C T O B E R 1975 ON GEM ELBAITE FROM NEWRY, MAINE, U.S.A. By PETE J. DUNN, M.A., F.G.A...find of gem quality elbaite (lithium tourmaline) was made at the Dunton gem mine, Newry, Maine, U.S.A...The elbaite occurs in a lenticular pegmatite atop Newry Hill. The pegmatite had long been noted for elbaite...facet-grade. Some gem pockets had been found in recent years, but the yield of gem material was small |
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Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA