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Albite from
Bessey Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bessey Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:33339
Long-form Identifier:1:3:33339:7
GUID (UUID V4):931da178-5bb6-4fc3-8f4d-e4d320277b18
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
1.2km (0.7 miles) Cummings Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) Orchard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Fletcher Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Westinghouse Quarry (Dudley Ledge Quarry; Irish Quarry; Lewis Quarry), Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) GE-SE Mine, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) Slattery Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Streaked Mountain, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mounting done all over again. SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE By NEIL JORGENSEN 247 W. Summit Ave., Haddonfield...the pegmatite region of Oxford County, Maine, near the villages of Buckfield and Paris, are the Mt. Mica...Mica, Bennett and Bessey Mines, as well as several smaller quarries. Of these, the Mt. Mica and Bennett...larger, but has been filled in with the dumping of quarry waste in the abandoned parts. Probably the mine...cucumber is green with a white center. In addition, albite, cleavelandite, orthoclase, muscovite, biotite
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mounting done all over again. SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE By NEIL JORGENSEN 247 W. Summit Ave., Haddonfield...the pegmatite region of Oxford County, Maine, near the villages of Buckfield and Paris, are the Mt. Mica...Mica, Bennett and Bessey Mines, as well as several smaller quarries. Of these, the Mt. Mica and Bennett...larger, but has been filled in with the dumping of quarry waste in the abandoned parts. Probably the mine...cucumber is green with a white center. In addition, albite, cleavelandite, orthoclase, muscovite, biotite
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
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 (issue)
Contents for March - April, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...................................................................... 135 POUND OF TEA ISLAND, MAINE. By Peter Zodac ·······················-·············...····················· 155 SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE. By N eil Jorgensen ............ 158 NEWARK............ 1 78 }ADE AND CHRYSOPRASE IN T ULARE COUNTY, CALIF . ........................................Aueciatien i14 ROCKS AND MINEMU CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY COMING EVENTS NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION
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...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...Unfortunately, very little geochemical data exist for the Maine pegmatites despite their popularity among mineral
Book (volume)
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:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
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
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
Report (volume)
quarries................................ Caledonia County ........................................................ Grout quarry............................................. Kearney Hill quarry......................................... Burke quarry .......................... ................. Newark ...................... Gibson quarry ............................................ Morrison quarry ...................35 36 37 Italian quarry............................................ Tupper quarry .................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Survey, MS 954, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA *Correspondence author's e-mail address:sara.russell@nhm...meteorites A157 © Meteoritical Society, 2002. Printed in USA. A158 Russell et al. Danby Dry Lake 34°13' N...olivine, FaO.IS-l.92, accessory clinopyroxene and albite-rich plagioclase. Mineralogy and petrology indicate...meteorites Delaware 35°17' N, 93°30' W Logan County, Arkansas, USA Found 1972 Ordinary chondrite (L4) A single...Lost Creek 39°07'27" N, 98°10'04" W Lincoln County, Kansas, USA Find 1916 Ordinary chondrite (H3.8) A single
Report (volume)
___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________...granite and finished product___'.___ 164 Carroll County ___________ ______________ 164 Con way ______
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)
Alaska glaciers, 6RI. Alaskan exploration, 6I. Albite, 1114. Albuminized felttablets formounting anatomical...professor of botany at Gottingen, 953. Beryl, 1025. Bessey, (Chas. E., a duty of botanists, 767. Beal's Grasses...Tortoise, Muhlenberg's, 672. Tory, Ch., crystals of albite, Is14. Tourmaline, therino-electricalcharacters
Book
volume. All names of valid mineral species (e.g., albite) are set in lower-case italic type. All names of...Publishing Scripta Company, Washington, DC 20005 USA. Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 1947-, Munksgaard, Noerre...Ohio 43214, USA. American Chemical Society, Journal, 1879-, Washington, DC 20036, USA. American Crystallographic...Penn- USA. American Journal of Science, 1818- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. PREFACE... PREFACE 1909 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA. Arkiv for Mineralogi och Geologi, 1949-, Almqvist
Report (issue)
...... 187 REFORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, G. H. PERKINS ........ 189 GEOLOGY OF THE TowN...... 210 REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY CF CHIT'JENDEN COUNTY, G. H. PERKINS ...... 221 GEOLOGY OF NEWPORT...Florentine Blue Marble Quarry, Rutland-Florence Company...... III. Pittsford Italian Quarry, Rutland-Florence...magna ................... Glaciated Limestone, Fisk Quarry.............................. VI. Clay Bank, Rutland...Northfield and Stowe, Merwin.................... XXII. Quarry in Green Schist, Hartford, H. H. Langill, Photo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
containing Ferich olivine veinlets usually has a high albite content (An79.0–94.0Ab5.9–20.5Or0.1–0.5; Table...in Fe-rich olivine veinlets contains much lower albite contents (An93.1–98.5Ab1.5–6.8Or0.0–0.2; Table...the sample NWA 1109 from a Canadian dealer, Dean Bessey, at the Tucson mineral show in 2002. Based on communications
Journal (issue)
Gates ' The next room is the Stone Quarry, being as natural a stone quarry as any one could find. The stone...dates back to the Paris basin, and the Cerithium quarry in the vineyard of Madame Cliquot. The making of...everything I most desired to know. When Professor Bessey read his kind, and even fatherly reply, he remarked...quote price. Aetinolite. Chalcopyrite. Gold Quartz. Albite. Chrysolite. Niceolite. Anglesite. Cinnabar. Oligoclase
Report (volume)
Mineralogical Society. Blackwell Scientific Publications. Oxford, England. XIII BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN...Society. Pergamon Press. Elmsford, N. Y .. and Oxford, England. Coastal Research Notes Tallahassee, Fla...Deep~Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. Press. Oxford, England, and Elmsford, N.Y. Pergamon Desert-...Society and the Meteoritical Society. Pergamon Press. Oxford, England. XVI SERIAL LIST Geoexploration - Geoexploration...Mechanics and Mining Sciences. Pergamon Press. Oxford, England, and Elmsford, N.Y. Internat. Rev. Gesamten
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2001 Oriental Boulevard, Brooklyn, New York 11235, USA 2Department of Earth and Planetary Science, American...History, Central Park West, New York, New York 10024, USA 3Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Department of Planetary...The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA 4Sektion Meteoritenforschung, Forschungsinstitut...New Mexico 87131, USA 8Code ST, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, USA 9Antarctic Meteorite...Geological Survey, Mail Stop 954, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA *Corresponding author. E-mail: meteorite@kingsborough
Journal (volume)
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALOGY AND PETROGRAPHY,. CHARLES E. BESSEY, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. J. H. COMSTOCK, DEPARTMENT...possible that quartz should be related to Engl. quarry, to L. quadrus, G. quader, Sw. quatersten, and...in describing the structure o ferne:—Charles E. Bessey. 7 48 Recent Literature. Karpinskir’s “ UBERSICHT...F.—Account of a well drilled for oil or gas at Oxford, O. 1887. Ext. apa From the autho Muskell, W...discovered in the Dakota sandstone, in Ellsworth county, Kansas. The impression appears to have been made
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Presithe Division of Vegetable Physiology and dent Bessey to act as such conferee. On Friday evening the..."Jfortise Rock," and Pseudon~orphsof Quartz after Albite. By B R.EMERSON. ties of the larger institutions
 
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