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Muscovite from
Willis True Quarry, Waterford, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Willis True Quarry, Waterford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:36394
Long-form Identifier:1:3:36394:5
GUID (UUID V4):cbbedcf5-0cee-49e8-a25a-f33311eb5355
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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........................................(not Gemological) Record and are happy remaining true to our niche. Readers in­ terested in gemology are...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
Journal (issue)
MONTHLY Contents for January, 1945 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................Association 2 ROCKS AND MINERALS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY TWO SPECIAL ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE We wish to call...Labrttdorite: Small (about ¼ inch) microcline, muscovite, pitchblende, tourthe 1me smoJ...-y-gray, glassy...pitchblende. The delhl. posits are worked for mica (muscovite) . ced basalt. Seymour Isl.and . F R OCKS AND...Emeraude-green appears more often io tourmalines; true emerald-green seldom appears among tourmalines.
Journal (issue)
great pleasure 1hat I learned 1ha1 1he Frederick County Rock . and Mineral Club produces a bulletin which...nclusions in Mica". with projected cleavages of muscovite being utilized instead of photographic slide ...crystal 24 by l l mm) from the Thomas Mountains, Juab County, Utah, Al­ though collecting is tedious. this lo­...by 4 cm) from the Dallas Gem mine, Son [lenito County, California. New veins of this material hove not...orange-red, J.5 by J.2 cm) from the Red Cloud mine, Yuma County, Arizona. One of the lesser single crystals found
Journal (issue)
great pleasure that I learned that the Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club produces a bulletin which...“Inclusions in Mica”, with projected cleavages of muscovite being utilized instead of photographic slides...crystal 24 by 11 mm) froni the Thomas Mountains, Juab County, Utah, Al­ though collecting is tedious/this lo­...l by 4 cm) from the Dallas Gem mine, San Benito County, California. New veins of this material have not...orange-red, 3.5 by 3.2 cm) from the Red Cloud mine, Yuma County, Arizona. One of the lesser single crystals found
Journal (issue)
makes quarry managers nervous. Col­ lectors abuse privileges, insurance companies worry, quarry managers...frequent? How much longer before there are no more quarry doors to be closed? What can we do NOW to reverse...in the geology of Massachusetts and west central Maine, where he has conducted courses in field geology...Mountain in Maine! His interpretations of the metamorphic geology of west central Maine have done much...pit, Newry, Maine, was made during the latter part of August, 1972. Dale Sweatt of Peru, Maine, was prospecting
 
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