| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | W. C A R E S 18 Singletary Lane Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 MASSACHUSETTS Figure J. Vermont political...also a commonly associated mineral. Quartz and calcite veins cutting the slate are the only hope for collector-quality...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 | | | Book | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...the first to have seen it, even though these six-lane roads have been traveled since the 1950s and the | | | Book | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Alabaster GRAND CANYON, (N. side), Mohave Co. •Calcite AMERICAN MINERAL GUIDE TO NOTABLE COLLECTING...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | alpine fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet,...stilbite, heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often...matrix for one or more of these species. In Massachusetts, datolite fills veins and open cavities in trap...localities such as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite...mid-twentieth century at the Lane quarries at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary Lane Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 ONE...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes...Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls and pipes; red and yellow ochre | | | Report (issue) | The American Philosophical Society by Benjamin Franklin in 1743; The American Academy of Arts and Sciences...geology in 1816. Amos Eaton had surveyed Rensselaer County, N. Y., and the route of the Erie Canal; further...Both of these undertakings were short-lived. Massachusetts established her survey in 1830; she was the...OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST In Troy, Orleans County, titaniferous magnetite had been discovered in...value as a building stone." He notes that Essex County is practically all granite and gneiss. Gneiss he | | | Journal (issue) | Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies Saugus, Massachusetts John Hanahan Jr. Chainnan, Science Division...Christian University Margaret A. McBrien Lynn, Massachusetts Fred Fortess Philadelphia College of Tex tiles...Cincinnati, Ohio Ben M. Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of N... ~ COVER STORY: BIGGS JASPER from Jack Beer's Quarry in Biggs Junction, Oregon. This picture jasper...Prairie Creek j ust 10uth of Murfree• boro, Pike County, Arkansas. The near-oval shaped area is an enclosed | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | oolitic limestone has been quarried near Rockwood, Franklin Co., Ala. ARIZONA—Small purple amethyst xls with...the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...rocks." CALIFORNIA—Some few months ago Thomas D. Lane, 1253 Glenn Ave., San Jose, Calif., sent us a sample...collector are natrolite, lepidolite, cinnabar, calcite, olivine, bitumens, and so on. I am sending you...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples | | | Book (volume) | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N of Calloway | | | Report (volume) | minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by some unusual...Michigan..........Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane, Tufts College, Mass. Minnesota........Prof. W....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 | | | Journal (issue) | Jersey Zinc Company, 1906-30. JOURNAL of the FRANKLIN-OGDENS6URG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. FALL 1988...Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The FRANKLIN-QGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, Inc. The Officers...William Trost First Vice President 10 Bumble Bee Lane, Norwalk, CT 06851 Omer S. Dean Second Vice President...Branchville, NJ 07826 Maureen Woods Treasurer 309 Massachusetts Road, Browns Mills, NJ 08015 Chester Lemanski...* * * * * * * PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PRICE TITLE | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of vanadinite and wulfenite, is located in Pima County, Ariz., about 15 miles N . W . of Tucson. Although...fenced in. I managed, however, to get specimens of calcite, biotite, protovermiculite, perovskite, aegirite...Lithium-bearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California" has just been released by the Division...specimen comes from near Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado. "We find this pectolite high on a cliff...several houses, a general store, and a STONE QUARRY. This quarry is operated by the Morris Stone Company and | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | a green rock found in Fairplay, Colo., in Park County. Would you please identify it for me?—asks Elizabeth...it is a very nice one. Fairplay, in western Park County, is in central Colorado. C O N N E C T I C U T..."The Berry Construction Materials Quarry, (formerly Paul Frank Quarry) in middle Devonian limestone is...The classic go'den, round, complex rhombohedral calcite crystals are coming out again, up to tennis ball...work very hard for them or be lucky scouting the quarry floor and blastdown. Scalenohedral (trigonal) forms | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | a group of private mineral col Chips from the Quarry G R E E T I N G S : We begin the New Year with...e , Wolfgang Mueller collection May-June 1983: calcite and copper, Cranbrook Institute March-April 1984:...Post, 965 Center Road. Chairman: Houston, Texas; calcite, Santa Eulalia, Jerry Bastedo, S-5215 Orchard Avenue...Georgia. 10th Annual England; annabergite and calcite, Show sponsored by the Rome Georgia Mineral Society...Drive. Chairman: Floyd J . Halcin, 1732 Balfour Lane, Charlotte, North Carolina The Mineral Study Section | | | Journal (issue) | Articles The Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Id a h o 339 by N. Radford and J. A. Crowley...Gagnon Minerals of the Yates uranium mine, Pontiac County, Quebec . 359 by D. L. Leavitt Shavano Peak ....following people: England: Roger S. Harker 2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire LE7 7Qb Canada: Mrs. J...Pest-Proof and Air Tight Seal • Double Panel Door Lane S c ie n c e E q u ip m e n t C orp ., D ept. MR...Hinge | P le ase send co m p le te d e ta ils on Lane G eology and M in era lo g ic a l S pe cim en C | | | Report (volume) | MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES MASSACHUSETTS BENJAMIN KENDALL EMEKSON.... 11 LLUSTRATIONS PL. I. A. Psendomorpli in calcite of skeleton crystals of salt ....................Geological Survey, a inineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass. This lexicon...States Geological A MINERALOGICAL LEXICON OF FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE, AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES, MASS. By B....within the area of the three river counties in Massachusetts. Each citation from the original documents is | | | Report (issue) | 1933- 1934 ColREcTIox ShEET Page 12 \VELLS-LAM SON QUARRY COMPANY, INCORPORATED Main office, Barre. Officers...considerably kaolinized and micacized, and with plates of calcite; (4) biotite, some of it chioritized and associated...white mica, calcite, epidote, chlorite. Exceptionally there are minute veins of quartz, calcite and epidote...and zoisite in some abundance, and very little calcite. The nordmarkite has been described by Daly' as..."a handsome dark green syenite, in this place (quarry on the flank of Mt. Ascutney, Windsor) characterized | | | Report (volume) | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRANKLIN K. LANE, Secretary UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH............................................. Massachusetts...............:...............................that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that by reason...STATES. Emerson, B. K., A mineralogical lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, Mass.: U. S...Michigan____Mr. R. A. Smith, Lansing. Dr. A. C. Lane, Tufts College, Mass. Minnesota____Prof. W. H. Emmons | | | Report (issue) | Beividere, in Eden and Lowell townships, Lamoille County. (See the Jay Peak quadrangle of the F. S. Topographical...examined by Professor F. H. Norton, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who reports that it...and by him to Professor F. H. Norton, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who reports that they...Clay Companies FRANK E. BUSHEY AND SONS Office and quarry at East Monkton, Vt. Post Office address, Bristol...over 1938, it is still in a depressed condition. Quarry men estimate that the industry is operating at | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | during the preparation of this chapter by A. C. Lane and J. P. Marble 2Holmes, Arthur, Radioactivity...Council, The Age oJ the Earth,pp. 124-459,1931. Lane, Alfred C., Nat. ResearchCouncil, Rept. of the Committee...Measurement oJ Geologicol Time,1933. 3 Foye, W. G., and Lane, A. C., Correlations by radioactive minerals in...North America; the rare earth pegmatitesb of Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden)...the Blueberry Mountain pegmatite at Woburn, Massachusetts,are Devonian in age.7The famous Bedford pegmatite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES HA,MPDEN 'COUNTY (PART FOUR) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...will be amended in a later issue. NOTE: (ESSEX COUNTY, was erroneously listed as part three in caption...Catalogue of Massachusetts Gemstones." Readers please note the correct County to be BERKSHIRE COUNTY.) AGATE...outcrops of basalt. Hampden County The chief occurrence of agate in Massachusetts is a number of ancient lava...basalt. in Hampden and Hampshire Counties Westfield, Lane Company traprock Choice examples of vein and nodule | | | 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 | | | Report (edition) | Geologist Supervisor Douglas J. Aden, MS, Geologist Franklin L. Fugitt, BS, Geologist Lee M. Sorrell, MS, Geologist...ls, Inc., Auglaize quarry (formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is...Auglaize quarry near Junction, Paulding the Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two County, Ohio...ineralogical and Lap idary Society of Michigan Stark County Gem & M ineral Club Summit Petroleum, Inc. $1-$100... .. .. BuLke,e rurnace Stale Memorial, Jackson County .... Loc.:ition ....... ...................... | | | Catalog/List | crusts on Hidalgoite (Gold Hill Mine Tooele County Utah USA) lxl f2.5O lx2 f5.OO 2x2 flO C263 AXINITE...to dark brown masses (Monumnt No 2 Mine Apache County 1/2 x 1/2 f3.5O lxl f5 C266 DEFERNITE 37 Km east...mineral has only been found in The Mendips. (Merehead Quarry Mendips Somerset) f3.50 C273 COLORADOITE Mine... C276 FOSHAGITE creamy white masses Riverside County, California, lxl t2.5O lx2 f5 C277 GISMONDINE...GISMONDINE chalky white 2mm size crystalline Magee,County Antrim, Northern Ireland) lem f2.5O lxl f5 (HgTe) Creek |
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Lane Quarry, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA