 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from... is a rather rare mineral in the pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as...as crystals on quartz crystals at the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals...pegma 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 |  | | 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...quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mounting done all over again. SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE By NEIL JORGENSEN 247 W. Summit Ave., Haddonfield...region of Oxford County, Maine, near the villages of Buckfield and Paris, are the Mt. Mica, Bennett and Bessey...several smaller quarries. Of these, the Mt. Mica and Bennett Mines are the best known. A few gems and a host...larger, but has been filled in with the dumping of quarry waste in the abandoned parts. Probably the mine...damourite, halloysite, lollingite, petalite, pyrite, cassiterite, sphalerite, yttrocerite and pyrrhotite. Northeast |  | | 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...Marble of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pegmatite Mineral Localities in Oxford County, Maine Oxford County The four pegmatites described in...peg matites in the Maine pegmatite belt. The famous pegmatite quarries of western Maine—Mt. Mica, Mt. Apatite...Apatite, Har vard quarry, and Bennett quarry, to name a few—have been heavily picked over for desirable...specimens. The General Electric Pollucite Quarries Buckfield The General Electric pollucite quarries are "very...Realty of Norway, Maine, and was under lease to T . C . Mining Company of West Paris, Maine. There has been |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by a committee consisting of Dr. Carl Francis, Maine Gem and Mineral Museum; Dr. Marian Lupulescu, New...histoRiC spiNElli pRospECt, glastoNbuRy, haRtFoRd CouNty, CoNNECtiCut. A. J. Albini1 and H. moritz2. 1 86...oN plaNERitE FRom mauldiN mouNtaiN, moNtgomERy CouNty, aRkaNsas. T. A. Brown1, S. L. Hanson1, and A....small Spinelli pegmatite in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, is famous for crystals of a samarskitegroup...can be found in museums and old collections. The quarry lies on residential property and is closed to collecting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting and Figure 7: Arizona...groupings and distortions found in the specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill...mill burned in West Paris in the early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery...Mica quarry, Paris; and the find of what might be the world's largest morganite at the Bennett quarry...quarry, Buckfield, in the late 1980s convinced the regional collectors that good minerals come out during |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | line on the west to the coastal plain in Lawrence County on the east. The most valuable deposits are concentrated...District, in the south eastern part of Marion County, extends for several miles along Rush Creek. The...in 1857, erected a smeltery at Calamine, Sharp County, for the reduction of zinc carbonate ores. This...of zinc minerals. The Rush Creek mines of Marion County and throughout Law rence and Sharp Counties are...wide, that runs from Lawrence County on the east to Washington County on the west. Although mineralization |  | | 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) | | DISCOVERIES AT THE BENNEll QUARRY, BUCKFIELD, MAINE. W B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, State House... The Bennett quarry is located in a complex granite pegmatite in the town of Buckfield, Oxford County...County, Maine. This locality received much publicity in 1989, when it produced a 3 k m crystal of gemmy morganite...morganite beryl known as the Rose of Maine. In 1990, Ronald and Dennis Holden opened a chain of pockets...cleavelandite unit along the north side of the quarry, producing additional morganite and large quartz |  | | 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...pink, rubellite variety of elbaite tourmaline. Cassiterite crystals while rare, have been found em bedded...tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has...no further description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Natural History, 1957. PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary...beryllonite at Newry; also found at Paris, Rumford, and Buckfield. It occurs as crystal aggre (continued from May...Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE, one of the trimorphs of Quarry at Buckfield. titanium...RHODOCHROSITE, manganese car ago at the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham...Topsham, but none has been found at Auburn, Buckfield, Poland, and Rum in recent years. ford, but not |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | beryllium phosphates from the Collins Quarry, Georgetown, Maine - J. W. Nizamoff, A. U. Falster, D. Leavitt...largest reddingite crystal from the Bennett Quarry, Oxford Co., Maine? - M. Felch, A. U. Falster. & W. B...historic Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut - A. J. Albini & H. Moritz. 2:30...warwickite, and dissakisite-(Ce) from New York State, USA - M. V. Luoulescu. R. Rowe, D. G. Bailey, & M. Hawkins...crystals in the Lockport Dolostone, Cicero, Onondaga County, NY - S. C. Chamberlain. D. G. Bailey, & R. Lyons |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mounting done all over again. SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE By NEIL JORGENSEN 247 W. Summit Ave., Haddonfield...region of Oxford County, Maine, near the villages of Buckfield and Paris, are the Mt. Mica, Bennett and Bessey...several smaller quarries. Of these, the Mt. Mica and Bennett Mines are the best known. A few gems and a host...larger, but has been filled in with the dumping of quarry waste in the abandoned parts. Probably the mine...damourite, halloysite, lollingite, petalite, pyrite, cassiterite, sphalerite, yttrocerite and pyrrhotite. Northeast |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cookrob@auburn.edu Beryl, Variety Morganite San Diego County, California O ne of the most popular of all collectible...so well known from the pegmatites of San Diego County, has been nominated for this issue’s Connoisseur’s...the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 11-cm specimen is in the Bob and...from the Stewart mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. The 5 × 4 × 3.5-cm specimen is in...the White Queen mine, Pala district, San Diego County, California. Fisher-Kureczka specimen, Jesse Fisher |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minot, Maine, is a real "downeast" native for he was born in the town of Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine...three-quarters of a mile north of the famous Paul Bennett feldspar mine which has yielded many fine and rare...from the farm of his maternal grandfather in Buckfield to Livermore and located near the residence of...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., USA With 4 Figures Received October 19, 1993; accepted...localities Sample No. Locality Mt. Mica Bennett-19 Bennett-82 Bennett-R 12 BMT-2 BMT-5 BMT-46 BMT-81 BHavey-19...Paris, Maine Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Maine Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Maine Bennett quarry, Buckfield...Buckfield, Maine Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine...Mountain, Rumford, Maine Berry-Havey quarry, Auburn, Maine Greenlaw quarry, Auburn, Maine Chandler mine, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dale, N. C. 1924. The box-vein of Lyomdale, Lewk County, New York. New York State Museum Bulletin 251:134-48...Quebec. The sill is well exposed in the Varennes quarry, which has been operated continuously for crushed... just off Route 109, there is an old pegmatite quarry known locally chiefly for its occasional production...documented, if at all. Most of the material from the quarry was evidently used in the construction of an adjacent...section of a 1.6cm graphite sphere from Sussex County, New Jersey, showing a radial texture and smooth |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. N. Alves Mineralogy of the Bennett pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine ................................./# 6 C alifornia Issue B enitoite, G old, L .A . County M useum , H im alaya m ine $7 Circulation Manager...Record, volume 25, May-June, 19 Figure 4. Cassiterite/tapiolite (formerly “ staringite” ) crystal group...Gerais (Cassedanne and Alves, 1992). Cassiterite Sn02 Cassiterite is rather rare at Jaguara^u, as small...Groat et al. as a submicroscopic mixture of cassiterite and tapiolite) occurs as apparently well-formed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | headed north for a week's collecting mostly in Oxford Co., Maine. Included in the group were Mr. and Mrs. Philip...our way to the Snow Falls Cabins in West Paris, Maine, which was to be our headquarters. On arriving there...Talamini. Tuesday morning we visited Mt. Newry, Maine, and spent the entire day there. I had heard reports...Muscovite, Spodumene, Amblygonite. M t . Marie, Paris, Maine. 1—Albert S. W h i t e ; 2 — 4 — A r t h u r Morison;...MINERALS Wednesday was spent at the Wardwell Quarry in Albany, Maine. I believe we found our most interesting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Minerals in Keweenawan Basalt, South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, W. S. Cordua, 412-415 Anatase...wulfenite, 58-61 Columbite: New Hampshire, 346; Maine, 503 Coming Events, 79, 169, 363, 466, 549 Cook...Minerals in Ke weenawan Basalt, South Range Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, 412-415 Covellite, Colorado...California, J. A. Bartsch, 42-48 Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, T. Rosemeyer, 114-149 Cares, J . W....Findlay Arch and Serpent Mound Districts, 512-540 Cassiterite, New Hampshire, 290, 343 Celestite, Ohio, 512-540 |  | Francis, Carl A., Felch, Myles, Falster, Alexander U., Bailey, Douglas A. (2016) Aquamarine from Stoneham and Vicinity, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 91 (1) 28-35 doi:10.1080/00357529.2016.1099131 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Stoneham and Vicinity Oxford County, Maine Downloaded by [Penn State University] at 01:41 12 December...fALSTeR DoUGLAS A. BAILeY Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Po Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis@mainemineralmuseum...came from Stoneham, Maine—a century apart. Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem Museum...MINERALS Dr. Carl A. Francis is curator at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum and an executive editor of...at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. Alexander U. Falster is research technologist at the Maine Mineral |  | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | open-pit Gold Quarry Mine, Eureka County, Nevada. from the Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana...small wulfcnite crystals found at the Broadwater County, Montana (Sec. 28, T 5 N, R 1 W), some interesting...the Allegheny Plateau (from Georgia to central Maine). The NYMC membership is primarily amateur, and...F. Kunz Competition Papers, four articles on NE USA mineral occurrences. 73 pages, 55 illu tra1ions,...George F. Kunz Competition Papers, six articles on NE USA mineral occurrences, 84 pages, $ I 0.00 Add $3.00 |
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Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA