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Bertrandite from
Greenlaw Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Bertrandite
Formula:Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bertrandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Greenlaw Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:33208
Long-form Identifier:1:3:33208:8
GUID (UUID V4):3b4a61d2-672a-46f0-81db-7b55915ad28d
Nearest other occurrences of Bertrandite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Maine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Wade Quarry (Androscoggin Tourmaline prospect), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry; Berry Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) Mount Marie Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
24.4km (15.2 miles) Slattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
24.8km (15.4 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
25.2km (15.6 miles) Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
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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...mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently in
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 (volume)
0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT...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)
lie some of the oldest crystalline rocks in the East, both igneous and metamorphic, strongly mineralized...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...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
who collected it from a river near the base of Mount McKinley, an area since encompassed by Denali National...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 burned...burned in West Paris in the early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery...in Sweden; the resumption of activity at Mount Mica quarry, Paris; and the find of what might be the
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...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
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Baltimore Beltway, Interstate Route 695, and is Y> mile east on Route 140. (Reistertown Road). There is plenty...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Maryland, Wheaton, was one by John Greisback on...specific gravity, and films on diamonds and diamond mining provided an enjoyable program for the members of...quartz crystals, unakite and possibly gold in Moore County was enjoyed by members of the Charlotte Rock and...of Kingsport, Tennessee, to visit the Copperhill mining area. FLORIDA The Tomoka Gem and Mineral Society
Journal (issue)
Cryolite Mudstone Liparite Peperino Stilblte Apatite — XL Garnet — XL Topaz — XL Chlorite Phylllte Gllsonite...548 558 560 563 570 572 Tumbling — Robert W. Greenlaw ................................. Fossil — A....to be held at the John Jay High School; Route 52. East Fishkill, N. Y. Contact: Robert E. Lynch, 214 Wilbur...the Mother Lode Mineralites of Auburn. 20th District Fairgrounds, Auburn, Calif. Show Chairman: Frank Car­...Mineral and G m Show (5th Annual) of the Rockland County Min­ eral & Gem Society, Inc., to be held at Rosary’
Report (issue)
3: Tourmaline Publisher Lapis International, LLC; East Hampton, CT Concept & Design Maximilian Glas, Stamberg...Lapis International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...78 Australia ......................... 82 Europe (east) ...................... 83 Europe (west) .........important find of gem tourmaline was made at Mount Mica in Paris, Maine, though only small quantities were uncovered
Book (edition)
Georgia Kentucky Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine Mississippi North Carolina...only in America. Others, like the tourmalines of Maine and California, rival specimens found in better-known...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddénjte: 12 + The...treasure chest to be gems like the tourmalines of Maine and California and the sapphires of Montana, gems...Elijah Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys
Book
ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
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Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine Mississippi Maryland...Safety Precautions ........0.0... 0000 cece sees Mining Techniques - serena cere one ee Notes on Gem Faceting...only in America. Others, like the tourmalines of Maine and California, rival specimens found in better-known...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...treasure chest to be gems like the tourmalines of Maine and California and the sapphires of Montana, gems
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fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...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...Axinite, Microlite, Stibiotantalite, Beryllonite, Apatite, Amblygonite, Brazilianite, Lazulite, Cassiterite
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Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller + GEMSTONES OF AFGHANISTAN...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...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete
Book (volume)
Cultural Art Santa Ana, California GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller GEMSTONES OF AFGHANISTAN...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...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout... most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning
Journal (issue)
descriptions will be found on our latest free list. APATITE CRYSTALS, Durango, Mex. Very choice gem quality...COPY TODAY. MINIMUM ORDER $2.00. HARRY SERING 1705 EAST MICHIGAN STREET INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA • 46201 ...742 748 751 762 774 776 794 722 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185) i ROCKS AND MINERALS 72! CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY “I AM A MINERAL COLLECTOR” “HUH?” By ANNA MARIE...saying—Boy, what a bunch of junk.) A visitor from Maine: "New York state has all the fabulous collecting
Report (issue)
501. During fiscal 1963, numerous Federal, State, County, or Municipal agencies listed on page A247 have..._. Federal agencies.___________________ State, county, and municipal agencies. 247 247 247 U.S. Geological...into (a) district and regional studies and (b) commodity and topical studies. The district and regional...of silver in the early history of many western mining districts. All the major silver districts were...find that magnetic anomalies in the Marquette district are related to four groups of rocks: (1) prominent
 
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