 | | 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 (issue) | | large pegmatite boulder from the famous Gillette quarry in Connecticut yielded some nice beryl samples;...goshenite were usually tabular while aquamarine and heliodor were generally more or less prismatic. More recently... Also, I once owned a tabular green beryl from Maine. Perhaps exceptions help support rules; many examples... . y/ ~ ' ~- ..-. ~-.•• 1.0cm Beryl,yar. Heliodor,ConselheiroPena;MinasGerais,Brazii.Photographic...beryl from the variety known as red beryl, which Maine really an aqua? Are the zoned was called bixbite |  | | 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 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE GEM COLLECTOR Conducted by Bill Cole 408 Dickinson, Chillicothe, Mo. Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY]...gem Beryl such as Morganite, the pink variety, Heliodor, the golden yellow variety, and Aquamarine, the...green color. The chief source of Morganite and Heliodor is Africa. Aquamarine is usually associated with |  | | Journal (issue) | | Nuristan, Afghanistan; Neptunite from San Benito County, California; Spinel from Mogok, Burma; and Emerald...Colombia. OUTSIDE BACK COVER: Beryl crystals: heliodor (left), 5.4 inches, from Joerania, Minas Gerais...world. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County was particularly interesting among the museums...minerals at the Tourmaline Queen mine in Sz Diego County, California. By 1978 he had accumulated a hu£ Tourmaline...Postage Stan Tourmaline) into a general San Diego County pegmatite collectic of nearly 200 superb specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | Benitoite Gem mine, USA Editors: Tomasz Praszkier (Poland) Scott Werschky (USA) GEOLOGY Northern Sweden...is situated near the southern tip of San Benito County about 30 km to the north and west of Coalinga,...other than Associated photographer: Jeff Scovil (USA) Contact: tom@spiriferminerals.com www.MinersLunchbox... 2 M I N E R A L S ISSUE #3 BENITOITE GEM MINE, USA by a privately owned chip sealed road, is via a...the area in Sa USA Gonzales Sa nF ra nc is Lo co sA ng e Ottawa Soledad USA les M Washington |  | | 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 | | copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular. Lake Superior, USA, the largest being 15 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23 x...occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law twins up to 5 cm in size and...Keweenaw Peninsula near Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from...of gold found in many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine...very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets of crystallized gold occurred |  | Gatta, Giacomo Diego, Adamo, Ilaria, Zullino, Andrea, Gagliardi, Valentina, Lorenzi, Roberto, Rotiroti, Nicola, Faldi, Ludovica, Prosperi, Loredana (2022) A Multi-Methodological Investigation of Natural and Synthetic Red Beryl Gemstones. Minerals, 12 (4) 439 doi:10.3390/min12040439 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a natural (from the Wah Wah Mountains of Beaver County, Utah) and three synthetic (hydrothermally grown)...varieties of beryl are the pink morganite, the yellow heliodor, and the red beryl [1]. Beryl occurs worldwide:...and Zambia, whereas aquamarine, morganite, and heliodor varieties mainly come from Brazil and Africa (e...Violet Mine, Wah Wah Mountains of south-western Utah, USA [21,22]. The rarity of the red color in natural beryl...sample comes from the Wah Wah Mountains of Beaver County, Utah, the only mine worldwide of gem-quality red |  | | Journal (issue) | | 591 593 602 614 618 619 634 562 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS i 561 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A CALIFORNIA FIRST! GOLD: Official state mineral...and Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6...1965—5th Annual Swapping Bee and Picnic of the Fulton County Mineral Club will be held at John Boyd Thacher...International Rock Swap sponsored by the Jefferson County Rock & Mineral Club on the ranch of Leslie Rose |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bethesda, Maryland Joseph Urban Tucson, Arizona Ruth Cole Wertz Silver Spring, Maryland PHOTOGRAPHIC EDITOR...September 2 7, 1974 4 fr marble bl ocks 25 fr marble quarry May 7, 1976 25 fr aragonite 50 fr petrified wood...l 0 c diamonds 20 c topaz SO c tourmaline 1 r heliodor June l , 1960 S c + 5 c smoky quartz 10 c + 10...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bethesda, Maryland Joseph Urban Tucson, Arizona Ruth Cole Wertz Silver Spring, Maryland PHOTOGRAPHIC EDITOR...September 2 7, 1974 4 fr marble bl ocks 25 fr marble quarry May 7, 1976 25 fr aragonite 50 fr petrified wood...l 0 c diamonds 20 c topaz SO c tourmaline 1 r heliodor June l , 1960 S c + 5 c smoky quartz 10 c + 10...HiJI community is located in northeastern Kershaw County, South Carolina. [n the past few years dark, gemmy...encompasses south central Lancaster County as well as northeastern Kershaw County {Fig. I). These areas are sparingly |  | | Book | | copper are in the Keweenaw Peninsular, Lake Superior, USA, the largest being I 5 x 7 x 3m (approx. 50 x 23...occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law twins up to 5 cm in size and...Keweenaw Peninsula near Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Wires, up to 100 mm (4 in) long, come also from...from Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. Fine crystals were also found in Berezovsk, Ural...were found in Klondike, Alaska; Tuolumne County, California, USA and in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Fine |  | | Book | | recovered from stream gravels at Rock Creek in Montana, USA, by hand-sieving gravels concentrated in the placer... Australia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada, and the USA. The world’s largest producer of silver is Mexico...1in (2.5cm) across have been found in California, USA. Crystals are typically octahedral and dodecahedral...PIKE’S PEAK OR BUST Gold was discovered in Colorado, USA, in the 1850s, in the area of Cripple Creek, on the...Africa; _ a and bes ring Montana and Alaska, USA; ; ve ee by with rubies, was designed Canada; and | | | 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........................................... |  | | Journal (issue) | | minerals Number of forms HA ’S CR STAL MODELS cole des Mines The Mineralogical Record, volume 39...compos s des lames d croissantes d croissements W cole des Mines W Trait de Min ralogie primitives ...Collection at Teyler’s Museum Teyler s Museum W cole des Mines, COLLECTIONS OF HA ’S CR STAL MODELS...September–October, 2008 cole des Mines Mus um national d histoire naturelle cole des Mines Mus um national...national d histoire naturell cole entrale du Puy de D me Mus um W simples Liste des rystau , W Figure |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Society, supported gem and mineral shows around the county as a museum exhibitor and speaker, and served on...up to 800 grams and morganite, aquamarine and heliodor beryl with cuttable “eyes” (gem quality areas)...near the Itamarandiba River. Nearby there is a quarry for experimental exploration of ornamental pegmatite |  | | Journal (issue) | | twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Fluorapatite, 2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan...5-mm view, from the Mohawk mine, San Bernardino County, California (#1869). Jerry Cone photo. Aurichalcite...sphalerite, 20 cm, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Paul Bordovsky photo. Wire silver...silver, 7.5 cm, from the Hongda mine, Lingqiu County, Shanxi, China. Paul Bordovsky photo. Calcite, 9 cm, |  | | Journal (issue) | | three years, (Canada) $180 / one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...and their "poster" vesuvianite from the Jeffrey quarry to Marco Amabili. WEW 222 Dona Dirlam Retiring...mining history of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey. Despite his 70 scientific papers on...superb thumbnail mineral specimens (her Pulsifer quarry purple fluorapatite was the envy of TN collectors...ajoite-in-quartz cluster from Messina, a 33-cm heliodor crystal from Volodarsk, a 25-cm amblygonite twin |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...developed an interest in minerals during a visit to a Maine mineral shop in 1960; she soon became an avid collector...micromounter. Following her first visit to that famous quarry in the mid-1960’s, she missed few opportunities...Cannon (Cannon Micro probe, Seattle, Washington, USA) provided some preliminary microprobe work. 219 ...David I. Green Manchester Museum The University, Oxford Road Manchester, England, M l3 9PL David McCallum |  | | Journal (issue) | | KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...by C. J. Stefano & J. Betts The Irving Materials quarry, Anderson, Indiana ..............................Stefano Giroux Point, the Bagdad mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................$278/two years, (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...enjoyed special free access to the Prospect Park quarry near Paterson, New Jersey, and built up a fine |  | | Journal (issue) | | and several examples of aquamarine and yellow heliodor, and very rarely emerald, have been seen by the...Hoover, D.B., 1992 Topaz. Butterworth-Heineman, Oxford Koivula, J.I., 1987. The rutilated topaz misnomer... 451 464 Figure 3: View looking north of the quarry workings. Photo by Douglas Nichol. The host contact... / o " / / QUARRY ° o /C^N y^ i w ) ^ *r**y u sx ' iS f \ j ) * QUARRY J BOREHOLE NEPHRITE...Jordanow Slaski occur within an old serpentinite quarry originally established for the extraction of rock |  | | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil photo...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...15 feet to the left, parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to 2 feet wide |
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