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Beryl from
Slattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Slattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:29074
Long-form Identifier:1:3:29074:6
GUID (UUID V4):1af4a2ec-8d4b-49e0-a2fd-6ccf294fa647
Nearest other occurrences of Beryl
1.2km (0.7 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Irish Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Cummings Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) Bessey Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) Mount Marie Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) GE-SE Mine, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Fletcher Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...issue of 1956. While there we made three plaster of paris prints: a pair of small prints, another of the same...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LETIN EDITORS' CONTEST A letter from Mrs. Elza Slattery, mem­ ber of the Eastern Federation committee...mine, an historically important gold mine in Pinal County, Arizona. Merrill Matson demonstrated casting for...the Mineral Hill Quarry. The Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince George's County saw a demonstration...demonstration of sphere-making for the Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club. NEW J E R S E Y Jack Clark...Spring, Md. 2 0 9 0 1 new Hall of Minerals. "Beryl and Beryl Gems" was the subject of a talk by Dr. Richard
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)
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...potassic pegmatite pods hosting rare tourmaline, beryl and columbite–tantalite. Over 100 granitic pegmatite...muscovite (K/Rb ≈ 6.6, K/Cs ≈ 14.8, Rb/Tl ≈ 127), beryl (Na/Li ≈ 1.77, Cs2O ≈ 3.15 wt. %), garnet [Mn/(Mn...chemistry, petrology, geochemistry, Sebago, southern Maine Received: 1 October 2009; accepted: 30 March 2010;
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...Malachite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada... TYPICAL CRYSTAL FORMS <^ bi ^P CHIASTOLITE BERYL EMERALD FELDSPAR EPIDOTE ^?^ (& \ ^^ GARNET...with their six-faced flat-terminated prism of beryl belong here, as well as the variations that calcite
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
Book (volume)
occur in pegmatite exposures, such as Aquamarine, Beryl, some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE, area gravels along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER,...inside the Co. line in a Hornblendegneiss exposureBeryl, black Tourmaline. 146 A Location Guide for Rock
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
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Malachite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y '...on the gem resources of our land. "Do you, Mr. Maine," he continued, "know that some of the finest tourmalines...hundred yards from your doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are found in Canada and
Journal (issue)
By M. Vonsen. HUGE BE11YL C RYSTALS AT ALBANY, MAINE. By E. K Gedney and Harry Berman. CAVERNS dP PENNS............................ 77 Huge Beryl Crystals at Albany, Maine. By E. K. Gedney and Harry Berman ...which is devoted to quarry management, written by quarry managers, edited by a quarry manager, and controlled...everything directly and indirectly relating to quarry management, and its readers are consequently kept...why it has subscribers in every continent. The Quarry !tfanagers Journal comes out monthly and is published
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...knapsack you can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic
Book
100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...easier for you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...be discovered by locating the porous layers In a quarry or other exposure and following them along the...been washed into the stream ,tselt. Southwestern Maine around the town of Pans. and the rugged area north
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....(1936) Structural and petrologic studies in Duchess County, N. Y., Part I. Geologic structure of sedimentary
Book
commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...granite which was pushed up from great depths. Maine), New California The gem Jersey, show pegmatites...will help you prospect and explore any state and county. etc., for mineral deposits in Finding Suitable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tourmaline of schorl type, biotite, zircon, monazite, beryl, cassiterite, and Nb-Ta oxide minerals. A detailed...Figure 6 as are other minerals. These are mainly beryl, phosphates, such as apatite, xenotime, and monazite...T8 Quartz Albite Microcline Muscovite Kaolinite Beryl 7 60 7 20 4 2 14 41 21 20 4 10 51 23 14 2 - ...; Society of Economic Geologists: Littleton, CO, USA, 2005; pp. 337–370. Minerals 2018, 8, 151 7. 8...of Mineral Dressing; McGraw-Hill: New York, NY, USA, 1939. Butcher, A.R. A practical guide to some aspects
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Buchko 1027 Structure and age of the Fluorite-Beryl Raduga deposit (West Sayan Mountains): Problem of...Gao, Cristiana L. Ciobanu, Nigel J. Cook, Ashley Slattery, Fei Huang, and Dan Song article 513 Experimental...Chub Lake-type hematite deposits in St. Lawrence County, NY—Steven C. Chamberlain, Marian V. Lupulescu
Journal (issue)
Derbyshire Cambridge Dr J.E. Shigley Santa Monica Paris E. Stern London Tokyo Dr M. Superchi Milan London...spectrophotometry, X-ray fluorescence in 1974 from Gerards, the Paris jewellers analysis and X-ray (personal communication)...Freshwater mussels Quantity Origin Pearls China Japan USA yes yes yes Anodonta plicata Hyriopsis schlegeli...Weiner, S., 1989. On biomineralization. Oxford University Press, Oxford Meyer, E., 1992. Atomic force microscopy...the XXIV International Gemmological Conference, Paris 2-15 October 1993 Barot, N.R., Harding, R.R., 1994
Report (issue)
INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation...Illustrations . Plate 1. Mineral resources map of Elko County. Figure 1. Index-map of mining districts 2. Exploratory...petroleum, through 1973 9 Temperatures of some Elko County hot springs- -- 12 Distribution of mineral deposits...ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith ABSTRACT Of the 66 named mining districts in Elko County, 56 have...Elko areas. INTRODUCTION Mineral deposits in Elko County were described in Nevada Bureau of Mines Bulletin
Conference Proceedings
(1955), Munich, Germany (1956), Oslo, Norway (1957), Paris, France (1958), Milano, Italy (1960), Helsinki,...(1970); Vitznau, Switzerland (1972); Washington D. C., USA (1975), The Hague, The Netherlands (1977), Idar Oberstein...(1987), Tremezzo, Italy (1989); Stellenboch (1991), Paris, France (1993); Bangkok, Thailand (1995); Idar Oberstein...Chen Quanli, Liu Xianyu: Turquoise from Zhushan county in Hubei province of China Elizabeth Su: The vivid...Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, Paris, France 3– MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University
Journal (issue)
Glasgow DrJ.EShigley Santa Monica Cambridge London Paris E. Stern Milan Tokyo Dr M. Superchi London Any...Korzhinsky, 1970. Theory of metasomatic zoning. Oxford University Press, London, pp. 1-159 Kuznetsov,...Abstract The quarries at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, have been visited by mineral collectors...Saint-Hilaire lies about 40 km east of Montreal in Rouville County; it is one of J. Gemm., 1996, 25,1 the ten Monteregian...(Figures 3 and 4). Access for collecting in the quarry is strictly controlled, with regularly scheduled
Journal (issue)
INVESTIGATION OF THE PRAIRIE CREEK DIAMOND AREA, PIKE COUNTY, ARK. by J. R. Thoenen, Robert S. Hill, E. G. Howe...the Gulf of Glacial Molding George H. Chadwick Maine Natural Limestone Walls of Okinawa— Delos E. Flint...Raton Mesa field in Colfax County. Some of the bituminous coal in Colfax County possesses coking properties...SCIENCE DIGEST classified according to coal field, county, and geological formation in which the coal occurs...Robert SCIENCE THE PIKE DIGEST 3 PRAIRIE COUNTY, S. Hill, E. G. Howe, and CREEK ARK.: S. M
Journal (issue)
doublets, all the versions of opal doublets, beryl on beryl doublets and some I have forgotten, but never...colours. Anderson points out that in the case of beryl the fluctuations in density are due to the presence...Wyoming. M.O'D. BROWN (G.). The absorption spectra of beryl. Wahroongai News, 27-32, Feb. 1980. An extensively...using it. R.K.M. PERHAM (J.). New adventures in Maine tourmaline. Lapidary Journal, 33, 10, 2114-52, 10...been located at the classic Mount Mica site in Maine. M.O'D. PFAFFL (F.). Böhmische Granate. (Bohemian
Report (issue)
31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...Descloizite Cuprite on Copper Nevadaite, Gold Quarry Mine Vanadinite, Ruth Mine Epidote Opal after...Humboldt County and the crystalline quartz collecting area on Petersen Mountain in Washoe County, permission
 
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