| | Journal (issue) | held to the Wolverine #2 mine, Kearsarge, Houghton County, Michigan. The collecting guides for the 2022 field...13 July 2022. Kyanite from Balsam Gap, Buncombe County, North Carolina Tony Nikischer tony@excaliburmineral...Tristan Jordan Feldspar Mining Topsham pegmatite field, Sagadahoc County, Maine Mark Ivan Jacobson 1714 S...objects, is in pegmatites. The Topsham pegmatite field in Sagadahoc county, Maine provided these raw materials...sources ended the mining of feldspar in southern Maine. The original mines, prior to 1910 supplied crude | | | Journal (issue) | typically contains three minerals: kaolinite, mica and quartz. The SRM consists of 60 grams of air-dried and...6 (Right) - Sheet Copper – Flambeau Mine (Rusk County, WI) Figure 2—Dr. Weis’s Personal Memorabilia... If you have ever had the desire to detonate a quarry blast or create an earthquake you will be able...Figure 7—Manganoan Calcite – Montreal Mine (Iron County, WI). Figure 3 (left) - “Wonderful World of Agates”...mineral specimens from the Montreal Mine (Iron County, Wisconsin). Most of the specimens came from the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Massachusetts 02138 MAINE Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District Topsham • Topsham, Maine's underappreciated...the Andros coggin River from Brunswick in Sagadahoc County. A mile-wide belt of granitic pegmatites runs...Androscoggin River, north-northeast through the town of Topsham. The belt extends southward into Brunswick and...but only the pegmatites actually in the town of Topsham are covered in this review. There are thirty or...named quarries and numerous unnamed prospects in Topsham. The quarries, all inactive, are usually named | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 11:44 20 December 2017 Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Po Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis@mainemineralmuseum...afalster@mainemineralmuseum.org Muzo-habit Quartz Zigras Mine, Garland County, Arkansas Q uartz, the best known...anorthite, constitutes 39 percent of the crust. Quartz at 12 percent is tied with potassium feldspar (microcline...K-feldspar plus quartz), whereas oceans are underlain by basalts (plagioclase plus pyroxene), so quartz can be...considered a signature mineral of the continents! Quartz occurrences are so numerous that they cannot be | | | Report (volume) | PEGMATITES AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON................................... Origin of the Maine pegmatites........................................Larsen............................. Application to Maine pegmatites............................... Eutectics.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County.................................................................................... Maine Feldspar Company quarry and mill................... Turner feldspar | | | Report (issue) | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Maine ............... 16 Table 5 Uranium occurrences in...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Maine................^..............i.29 Figure 6. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Maine.................................30 Figure 7. Uranium...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a | | | 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 | | | 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...tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by | | | 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) | from Oregon to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. What you cannot collect in person...gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized | | | Report (volume) | 23 Maine............................................................... Androscoggin County............................................... Lincoln County ............................................................-...:.....-................. Oxford County........................;.................................................................. Sagadahoc County.. '...... ............................................................................... Topsham .............................................. | | | 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...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...several locations includ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Second Edition Topaz and Herderite at Topsham, Maine "Second Edition" is a feature that reruns pertinent...the Carl A. Francis article, "Minerals of the Topsham, Maine, Pegmatite District, "found on pp. 407-16 in...southwest entirely across the town of Top sham, Maine. This ridge is cut by a great many pegmatite dikes...chief interest lies wholly within the town of Topsham. The territory has been surveyed by the U . S ...mineralized zone of the entire region is the Fisher Feldspar quarry, which consists of a deep cut running nearly | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | in pegmatites. It has been found at the Andrews quarry, Portland, Connecticut; with monazite crystals...New York City, N.Y. ; at the Dake mine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; with tysonite in Cheyenne Canyon...Springs, Colorado; and with rutile in Alexander County, North Carolina. MONAZITE, is essentially a phosphate...half inches in size at the Dake mine in Mitchell County. It occurs also in crystals at the Ray mine near...Burnsville and the Ramsey mine near Toledo in Yancy County, North Carolina. Large masses of Monazite occurred | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By DAVID M. SEAMAN 36 Winter Street, Norway, Maine 04268 (continued from...pegmatites of Maine. Always a secondary mineral, it has been noted as crystals on quartz crystals at the...the Bennett Quarry at Buckfield. Yellow, scalenohedral calcite crystals have been noted at the contact...pegma tite with the wall rock at the Tamminen Quarry in Greenwood. C A S S I T E R I T E , tin oxide...noted in small amounts in a number of pegmatites in Maine, chiefly in the lithium replacement zones. It is | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | CHOICE CARL A. FRANCIS Maine Mineral and Gem Museum PO Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217 carlfrancis62@gmail...Minerals, is curator at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum in Bethel, Maine. Dr. Robert B. Cook, an executive...as small (generally less than 2-mm) crystals on quartz crystals found in small greisen deposits in the...the Badger Flats–Lake George area, Park County, Colorado. In the COLOR SPONSORS for the Connoisseur’s Choice...associated with bertrandite, fluorite, muscovite, and quartz. Specific occurrences include the Boomer, Mary | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Silica and Silicates ( 107 ) from the pegmatites at QUARTZ, silica, Si02, is an essential mineral in the granite...pegmatites. Massive, white, or smoky colored crystalline quartz often makes up the greater bulk of the mass of...are of pink or the rose quartz variety. Rock crystals, or the colorless quartz crystals, are often found...found as well as are smoky quartz crystals in the cavities of druses which occur in many pegmatites. Amethyst...Amethyst, the purple colored variety of crystalline quartz, usually is found in crystals in cavities or pockets | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...our intruding." ARKANSAS—"Enclosed is a very odd quartz crystal (s). It seems to be above 7 in hardness...hardness. It will make a mark on any average quartz crystal. What do you think of it? It comes from about 7...more like the average epidote group than quartz but it is quartz."—letter dated March 27, 1958. from Capt...specimen is a lxlí'2-inch, flat, platv, colorless quartz (rock crystal), doubly terminated but instead of | | | 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...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515 | | | Journal (issue) | Robert B. Cook Auburn University, Al Carl A. Francis Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, ME John Rakovan New Mexico...I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Southwood Melbourne, Australia Woodrow B. Thompson, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, ME John S. White, Stewartstown | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Photographs January/February: Gold and quartz, Eagle's est mine, Placer County, California. Tana Daugharthy specimen...Circle Cement quarry, Weardale, England. Jesse Fisher and Joan Kureczka specimen, Jesse Fisher photo. Abstracts...Q. Wight, 13S China, quartz. 118-23; Yaogangxian mine, 258 Chips from the Quarry, M. E. Huizing, 5, 85-87...49 Collecting the KellerLakePegmatite, Waupaca County. Wisconsin: A New Site for Gadolinite-(Y), T. W...Note, Collecting the KellerLake Pegmatite, Waupaca County, Wisconsin: A New Site for Gadolinite-(Y),T. W | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of Natural History, 1957. PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE phosphate, has been located as a rare, secondary...mine at Newry. Quarry at Poland; also at the Bennett RUTILE, one of the trimorphs of Quarry at Buckfield...the Consolidated No. 1 Quarry bonate, has been noted as a rare mineral at Topsham, but none has been found...ago Rumford many years ago. at Standpipe Hill in Topsham along with ROCKBRIDGEITE, a hydrous, iron, monazite...has been noted at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry Maine. SCHEELITE, calcium tungstate, has together with | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | MA Y-JUNE, ORIGIN 1910 OF THE PEGMATITES OF MAINE' EDSON S. BASTIN U.S. Geological Survey During...study in some detail the pegmatite deposits of Maine, and at intervals during succeeding years have been...this work. The pegmatite deposits in the state of Maine all belong to the type commonly known as granite... the dominant ORIGIN OF THE PEGMATITES OF MAINE 299 pegmatite minerals are those characteristic...characteristic also of the normal granites; namely, quartz, orthoclase and microcline, albite or oligoclase, muscovite | | | Journal (issue) | o,,t.,,u jo,i /u,.., 1911,:1. CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ·······································-·····················.... . . . . 20'.5 199 204 STANDPIPE HILL, TOPSHAM, MAINE. By Leo N eal Yedlin .... PYRITE FROM GLENDON...Aaociatio11 198 ROCKS AND MINERALS Chips from The Quarry I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I...grounds in the vicinity of Lockport. In Monroe County, the Pike and Nellis quarries and rock exposures...and west across the north central part of Monroe County in a layer approximately 170 feet thick. Anala | | | Journal (issue) | July 1943 PUBLISHED MONTH LY CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................a large collecti?n of iris agate and asteriated quartz. Pictures of the two exhibits mentioned above are...White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...pegmatites the crystals and grains of these minerals ; quartz, feldspar, mica, etc. ha,·e gro,vn to much larger |
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