 | 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 |  | | 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...several locations includ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield |  | | 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) | | OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE: THE PLACE TO GO By F R A N K W A R D 2 Mildred A v e n u e , Rye, N . Y . 1 0 5...bring to light numerous specimens labeled Oxford County, Maine. M y own collection boasts quite a few that...collected from the numerous mines and quarries of Oxford County over the past five summers. A scattering of...come to Oxford County. T h e pegmatites that comprise the min eralized zone of Oxford County are in many...however, some minerals that are unique to O x f o r d County alone and these aren't as rare as the collector |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...graphic granite.) Typically, smoky quartz, albite, muscovite, and microcline line the cavity walls, and aquamarine...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...8 cm long), Blue Lady mine, Aquanga, San Diego County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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...crystals, oookeite, spodumene, lepi dolite, muscovite crystals with borders of lepidolite, goshenite...tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has...further description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | small hand in forming a mineral club in Nassau County, New York now called the Nassau Mineralogists....very deformed quartz xls, from the wall of a small quarry above the main cut. I did not spend much time on...print. The rest of the day we spent at Gillette Quarry in Haddam Neck, Connecticut. Did not find anything...I returned to Gillette Quarry. I spent the morning looking through the quarry not finding anything. Then...Strickland Quarry at Portland and then we went to the old cobalt mines and pegmatite quarry at Cobalt |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | we cherished. There were a few quarries in the county, but not until we got bicycles was it possible...Fame JANET CARES Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 E A C H Y...babingtonite specimens in the Blueberry Mountain quarry, Woburn, Massachusetts. It was the first time any...were long rides in cars, buses, and trains up to Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. The following spring...it is necessary to dig down several feet in the quarry dumps. near his place. Here we found more fluorapatite |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Maine ............... 16 Table 5 Uranium occurrences in...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Maine................^..............i.29 Figure 6. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Maine.................................30 Figure 7. Uranium...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*, Cathleen D. Brown Department...two-mica granite situated in the Oxford pegmatite field, southwestern Maine. Surrounding the pluton is an...K-feldspar (K/Rb ≈ 17, K/Cs ≈ 90, Rb/Tl ≈ 75), muscovite (K/Rb ≈ 6.6, K/Cs ≈ 14.8, Rb/Tl ≈ 127), beryl...chemistry, petrology, geochemistry, Sebago, southern Maine Received: 1 October 2009; accepted: 30 March 2010;...Introduction The granitic pegmatites of southern Maine represent one of several major pegmatite regions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | three feet in length have been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds...pounds was found about 1925 at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, Maine, together with others over three feet...found at a number of places: Paris and Rumford, Maine; Alstead, Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire;...cleavelandite at Newry, Maine. Rose quartz crystals have also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New...Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...crystals are severely flattened when included in muscovite. Almandine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered... kyanite, andalusite, sillimanite, chlorite, muscovite, biotite, and the plagioclase, amphibole, and...near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe Hill quarry where crystals such as Harvard |  | | 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) | | we cherished. There were a few quarries in the county, but not until we got bicycles was it possible...babingtonite specimens in the Blueberry Mountain quarry, Woburn, Mass. It was the first time anyone ever...were long rides in cars, busses and trains up to Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut. The following spring...it is necessary to dig down several feet in the quarry dumps. 203 At this point it might be well to...question whether the locality is a mine or a quarry. A quarry is an open digging regardless of what is taken |  | | Journal (issue) | | July 1943 PUBLISHED MONTH LY CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...of South Dakota ; the huge beryl crystals at Albany, Maine ; a black tourmaline crystal 3x3x8 feet in the...the Luella Mine near Avon, Latah County, Idaho ; and etc. Origin The crystals have reached their large |  | | Journal (issue) | | After receiving comments that the Goodall Farm Quarry, also known as the Sanford vesuvianite locality...following encouraging information on the locality from Maine collector Duane Leavitt (Skarnrx@megalink.net)....News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea... Y.T., and Foord, E.E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine: Maine Geological Survey, p. 292. Rutherford, R.L....V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches...specimens in the world are found in the limestone quarry in Legrand, Marshall Co., Iowa. The most noted...well worth a visit to see and look at and marvel." MAINE — A letter, dated July 27, 1952, was sent by Wallace...are some of the specimens collected: "Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Maine—Rose quartz, beryl xls (and massive) |  | | Journal (issue) | | , CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1945 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ......... :.................................................. ANOTHER MINERALOGICAL VACATION IN MAINE. By E. L. Sa1npter HOBBIES. By George F. Hi/J ................................ . CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY This is indeed a Merry Christmas for the world...the east. (Copperopolis is in southern Calaveras County) . When I went to San Francisco in 1941 and resided...specimens are Dr. le Strange, Mokelumne Hill, Calavaras County, California, and H. Goudey, formerly of Jamestown |  | | Report (issue) | | _______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...characteristics of mica _________________ _ Properties of muscovite _____________________ _ Structural imperfections...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for Novem ber - December, IQ50 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................undersigned, being all of the officers of rhc Clark County Gem Co!l~tors, Inc., most sincerely wish to convey... T48N-R29W N 5 6 ONE MILE VAN RIPER 0 j COUNTY dil otl id1 X X 7 X JS IO 29 4 X 3 qt...grunerite, cumrningtonite, chloritoid, clinochlore, muscovite, biotite, anhydrite, and bismuthinite. The Phenix...editorial advice. Thanks are also due to the Marquette County Road Commission who supplie.d a base map from which- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (1923) commenced to to difficult extremely and quarry was made inside a single feldspar crystal. And...(1968,p.14)thus ". . . in the Ural Mountains a quarry (1968,p.197).Each of the and the listed separately...one 12.70 x 8.89 x 6.35 cm from Maybee Quarry, Monroe County, Michigan, U.S.A. and which is in the Cranbrook...Dike No. I the wall zone of cleavelandite-quartz-muscovite pegmatite contains"Columbite, commonly in thin...minesnear the pennsyl_ vania-Maryland border, Lancaster County, lennsyl_ vania; crystals to 7,, (12.8 cm) acrosshave |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway |
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Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA