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Almandine from
Stearns Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stearns Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:33131
Long-form Identifier:1:3:33131:7
GUID (UUID V4):3fa186e3-5fca-42b4-98ed-ecfa391ea98a
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
1.7km (1.1 miles) Wentworth Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Wardwell Quarry (Pechnic Quarry), Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Chester Holt prospect, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Noyes Mountain outcrops, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) Morgan Quarry (Upper Noyes Mountain Quarry; Upper Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) Hayes Ledge Quarries (East and West), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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
Book (edition)
from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine, Connecticut and California, and Madagascar, are...between The mountain regions in the east from Maine down through Georgia and westward to Tennessee...summer; neither is it wise to prospect in Montana or Maine in the as the winter. An scope, and automobile...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887
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)
included the Gillette quarry (elbaite), Roe­ bling mine (beryl), and Slocum quarry (beryl). Harte (1944)...Seldom can a characteristic hue (as seen with some Maine tourmalines) or distinctive inclusion be indicative...Elbaite Schairer (1931) states: "Connecticut rivals Maine and C a l i ­ fornia in the excellence of gem tourmalines...locality for gem tourmalines is the Strickland quarry, Portland. T h e author [Schairer] has seen a deep...Strickland quarry tourmalines, Shannon ( 1 9 2 0 ) notes that gem tourmalines found during quarry operations
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 (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South...affording a challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia...to visit in the summer. winter comfortable in Maine or Montana. In hot is more comfortable morning
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals found in Ver­ mont slate. Figure 2. Slate quarry, Poultney; photo by Roger Bacon. The granite industry...decorator tiles. The Belvidere Mountain quarry, Low­ ell (Orleans County) is the most signifi­ cant locality...producers. The nearby hamlet of Eden Mills (Lamoille County) is the commonly given but incorrect name for the...the locality; it is near­ er to the quarry than the village of Lowell and is the last set­ tlement seen...locality from the south. The Belvidere Mountain quarry has produced worldclass crystals of grossular (the
Book (volume)
cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...on the gem resources of our land. "Do you, Mr. Maine," he continued, "know that some of the finest tourmalines...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are found in Canada and...strike gem tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big...all challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia
Journal (issue)
from page I) History Born in Waterville, Oneida County, New York, on January 16, 1863, William Phelps...tourmaline crystals from the Himalaya mine in San Diego County, California. He also had one small flat of slightly...Tourmaline crystals from the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California. The specimen on the left is 5 x 8...Mg3Al2 Si3 O8 Previously known as tetragonal-almandine-pyrope-phase ("T APP"),jeffbenite has been characterized...J., Gunter, M., Kohn, S.C. (2016): Tetragonal Almandine-Pyrope Phase. TAPP: finally a name for it, the
Book (volume)
cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy... 15 Figure 6. Dallas Gem Mine in San Benito County, CA...........................................
Book (volume)
fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Mt. Mica Largest crystal from Mt. Mica Eh Towne Quarry 180 Tourmaline Queen Mountain IgI Tourmaline crystal...Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garnet crystals Almandine from Wrangell Spessartite matrix specimen Spessartite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
93106, USA (staciag@unr.edu) 2 Department of Earth Science, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA 3 WiscSIMS...53706, USA 4 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA 5 Geowissenschaften...Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA  2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd granulites with...1c, Robinson et al., 2007; McGraw et al., 2010; Stearns et al., 2011). A variety of  2012 Blackwell Publishing...Publishing Ltd 900 °C 00 Fig. 3. (a) Grossular–almandine–pyrope compositions of garnet. Arrows show core
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
amphibolite- to D granulite-facies samples from the east Albany-Fraser Orogen of Western Australia. Chondrite-normalised...garnet growth; AC CE PT E D MA NU SC RI PT Albany-Fraser Orogen 2 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 1 Introduction...temporal variability in fluid composition. Similarly, Stearns et al. (2015) used the occurrence of spatial variability...such as allanite or monazite. The Mesoproterozoic Albany-Fraser Orogen of Western Australia provides an...(re)crystallisation, rather than thermal diffusion. Stearns et al. (2015) and Schwartz et al. (2016) similarly
Report (issue)
International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...gem tourmaline was made at Mount Mica in Paris, Maine, though only small quantities were uncovered there...the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA. D. Sterrett photo provided by Jesse Fisher...tourmaline was found in the pegmatites of San Diego County, California. The Advent of Chemical Analysis
Book (edition)
from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Pocket in pegmatite, Newry, Maine 34. Loading pocket contents, Newry, Maine 35. Large tourmaline crystal...of tourmaline crystal forms 38. Map of San Diego County, California gem sources 3 9. Stewart Lithia· and...View of Clear Creek, San Benito County, California 55. Monterey County jade-producing shoreline, California...California 56. Rhodonite quarry, Salt Spring Island, Vancouver Island 57. Drawing of garnet crystal forms
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fe3Al2Si3O12 + 3K(Fe2Al)(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2 + 4SiO2 almandine siderophyllite quartz = 3KFe3(AlSi3)O10(OH)2 +...is used. The excess chemical potential of the almandine and pyrope components in garnet, after rearrangement...3a). In the Augusta quadrangle, south-central Maine, USA, metapelites contain garnet, biotite, muscovite...contact metamorphic aureoles of west-central Maine, USA, cover a large area. Five regional contact metamorphic...carboniferous metamorphism in west-central Maine: the muscovite-almandine geobarometer and the staurolite problem
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Drive, Slawson Hall, Lawrence, KS RI c 66045, USA Corresponding author. SC * NU Abstract Combining...2011; Spencer et al., 2013; Bonamici et al., 2015; Stearns et al., 2015; Kirkland et al., 2016; Garber et...MANUSCRIPT Garnet crystals from these samples are almandine-rich (XAlm = 0.50 - 0.60) (Fig. 4). Grains larger...larger than 0.5 mm usually have cores with higher almandine contents (XAlm = 0.55 0.60) and a somewhat lower...030) to rims (XGrs = 0.28 - 0.30). The lower almandine and grossular contents in the outer PT rims
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
polished tumbled agate, jasper, etc., postpaid in USA for only $5.00. George W. Owens, 150 III. Dr., Jacksonville...Richey, Florida. CHOICE BARITE ROSES-From Cleveland County, Oklahoma. 2-inch size 75i postpaid. W.L. Hiss...(mini- M A I N E MINERAL SPECIMENS-Priscilla Stearns Bryant, Winthrop Mineral Shop, Case Road, East...CHOICE FLUORESCENT TUNGSTEN ORE-Scheelite from Inyo County, California, hand-picked for brilliance. add 4...g u a r a n teed for fortifications. Postpaid in USA. The Breitweisers, 510-B N. Division, Powell, W y
Report (volume)
Louisiana........Prof. Gilbert D. Harris, Baton Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland....New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland, State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
various metallic elements. What does one do with almandine garnet (Fe3Al2Si3O12)? Berzelius simply classified...only 1% of all of that have ever existed (Stearns and Stearns 2000). The Tree of Life is thus about 200...A. (2013) Early Days of X‑ray Crystallography. Oxford University Press, U.K. Asfaw, B., Gilbert, W.H...through 1919. Unpublished monograph. Stearns, B.P., and Stearns, S.C. (2000) Watching, from the edge
Journal (issue)
Mineral and Fossil Show; 500 Earth Sciences; Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds; 620 N. Apple; Fri. 10-7, Sat....specimen from the Hansonburg district (Socorro County, New Mexico). brain, nervous system, liver and...triphosphate (ATP) molecules. Be­ Lovelock (Pershing County), Nevada, was the site of a very small cin- from...ponent of stibnite. The Manhattan district in Nye County, Nevada, collecting and handling any po- produced...AMEX, CHECKS, Money Orders are welcome. S&H $5.00 USA, 7.25% sale tax for CA residents without valid sale
 
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