 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to amber, on white limestone, occurs in Miller's Lime Pit at Samson, Geneva Co., Ala., so we have been...in the copper mines at Sulzur, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. ARIZONA—"Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz.,...admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I...been found in the Appalachian Minerals Company quarry near Monticello (Jasper Co.), Ga. IDAHO—"I am enclosing |  | | Book | | like this piece, as most of the fluorites from the quarry are green, and this one is truly atypical. After...COVER: gold on quartz, 4.5 inches tall, Placer County, California Dedication This book is dedicated...Doris L. Behnke, Walter A. Behnke, Lawrence H. Conklin, C. Melanie Duque, Joseph A. Freilich, Michael...Group, Inc., 650 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA, www.maplegatemedia.com Library of Congress Control... Treasured Minerals Amethysts from Rhode Island Rhode Island is not generally known for its minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry—Esmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | , or higher oxides (pyrolusite, cryptomelane,manganite, psilomelaneetc.), the lowtemperaturesilicates...stablephasesare pyrolusiteand cryptomelane,but manganite,nsutite and birnessitemay alsoform by restrictedoxidationof...prototesandore deposits, is basedonlyon metamor- and Conklin(1963) and Hewett (1964) havegiven phosedequivalents...Hewett and Fleischer,1960; Larson, Fleischer and Conklin(1963) andHewett (1964), 1964; Prinz, 1967). At... (Mn,Ce) Mn$07.2H20(LARSON, 1962) •e. MnOOH MANGANITE HYDROXIDES •' - MnOOH(BRICKER, 1965) FEITKNECHTITE |  | | Report (issue) | | Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico--------------------------------Luis Lopez district, Socorro County, New Me...Riverside County, California ------ -----------------------Aguila district, Maricopa County, Arizona -Conclusions...noteworthy amounts of silver (Hewett, Fleischer, and Conklin, 1963; Hewett, 1964). In the United States, mo...rhodochrosite in a wide zone in which the country rock was altered to chalcedony, clay, and adularia. Sparse...deepest workings are at the New Ross mine, Lunenberg County, Nova Scotia; here one shaft is 265 feet deep and |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |  | | Journal (issue) | | Tucson USA Visit us at these international shows: Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany...and Riverpark Inn Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, USA, 10 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco...rhodochrosite in 1977; very fine specimens of manganite, calcite, hydroxyapophyllite-(K) 1 Geology Department...topographic prominence is an isolated hogback called Black Rock—the only natural ore outcrop in the near vicinity...“manganese” cropped out on the hogback called Black Rock Hill. But the area of what would be the Kalahari |  | | Journal (issue) | | mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California ............269 by A. C. Roberts, M...howieite, and zussmanite at the Laytonville quarry in Mendocino County, California. He brought the minerals...area to be responsible for (as, for example, a county or state museum), but there would be no particular...chief chef for a hospital (I believe in Sonoma County), was an expert on rare conifers of the California...under datolite in the hydrothermally altered wall rock of the open cavity in the upper part of the Main |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California......................................................................369 by L. H. Conklin Letters to the editor ........................... 8th Friday, Oct. 9th BEY'S ROCK SHOP GRAYSON LAWRENCE H. CONKLIN PICKENS GRENVILLE MINERALS ...learned to transform intractable masses of hard rock into works of great beauty. The People’s Republic...gem fields. Sapphire deposits on windswept Hainan Island are under in vestigation. In 1976 the first major |  | | Journal (issue) | | Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...minerals are leached from the surrounding country rock during metamorphism. Ramsay and Huber (1983) suggest...such as pegmatite veins or cavities in sedimentary rock. The localities for faden quartz are numerous, and...repeated cracking and healing of grains in the country rock, which are broken and exposed when the fissure grad...the stretched crystal fiber hy pothesis, when the rock first fractures, crystal grains are broken, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ORTHORHOMBICDIMORPH OF PYROLUSITE 49 made by Nancy M. Conklin in 1959of another sample from Lake Valley; she...the conversion of manganite to pyrolusite. Pseudomorphsof pyrolusite after manganite (MnO(OH)) are well...controlling structural relationship exists between manganite and pyrolusite. Such an alteration processmay...Frc. 4. (Right) Pyrolusite pseudomorph after manganite, Lake Valley, New Mexico. Drawing by Evans. The...occurrencesof ramsdellite are. U.S.A.: Lake Valley, Sierra County, New Mexico; Monroe-Tener Mine near Chisholm, Minnesota |  | | 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...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Journal (issue) | | color. Prices on request. ANALCITE CRYSTALS, Lincoln Co., Oregon. A very limited supply of choice translucent...weigh ing 20 to 30 lbs. or more. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock. III. Choice medium to deep purple crystals averaging...available. Prices on request. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock, III. Choice me dium to deep purple xls with other...DOLOMITE CRYSTALS IN PENN.—Richard Haefner.... 808 RHODE ISLAND HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOIL—Gardiner E. Gregory............... 858 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .............................................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................. MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................FIND IN COWEE VALLEY, N.C.—Paul E. Lockwood THE ROCK BRIGADE—Rudolph J. Bland, Jr......................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 641 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A RUSH TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA On Tuesday, August...headed northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached...30th St., Bellevue, Wash. 98004. Oct. 2, 1965—1st Rock Swap of the West chester Mineral & Gem Society |  | | 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...craft room and taking apart a large chunk of vuggy rock, looking at the freshly exposed voids under my microscope...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copyright © 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/00 $20.00 ⫹ .00 Pergamon...Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford, CA 94309 USA Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution...Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093-0202 USA 3 Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, P...210011, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011 USA 2 (Received September 8, 1999; accepted in revised...products isolated at the end of the reaction, manganite (␥-MnOOH), groutite (␣-MnOOH), feitknechtite (〉-MnOOH) |  | | Journal (issue) | | ....................................465 by L. Conklin Microminerals: Photography of microminerals ....thetically suspect examples as galena, stibnite, and manganite. And think of the rage for cavansite; I have one...353-7285 M any o f us have lists, others Cave-in-Rock fluorite & are open by appointment or associated...specimens Natural History Museum o f Los Angeles County C urator (mineralogy): Dr. A nthony R. K am pf...PUBLISHING P.O. Box 37072, Tucson, Arizona 85740 USA Richard A. Bideaux, General Partner (602) 297-4862 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | varying oxidation state ranging from Mn(III) (e.g., manganite) and Mn(III/IV) (e.g., birnessite, todorokite)...2 mg/L Mn (e.g., Shade Mining site in Somerset County [25]). In a review of passive systems for manganese...of manganese in coal mine drainage in the Durham County (UK), where Mn(II) was present at low concentrations...amorphous Mn oxy-hydroxides likely consisting of manganite and pirolusite. More recently, Teixeira et al...from the solutions in treatment plants by adding lime or sodium hydroxide. Besides, Minerals 2019, 9 |  | | Catalog/List | | mined from Balmat, New York. • A world-class Manganite from Ilfeld in the Harz Mountains of Germany,...Minerals & Gems Auction 3 52001 HEMATITE Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy If there was...specimen was collected in the Iron mines on the Island of Elba, possibly around 1790, where it was plucked...for this confection is a thin flake of the country rock liberally frosted with small white Calcites, as...District (Summit Valley District), Silver Bow County, Montana, USA First discovered in 1886, the polymetallic |  | | Book (volume) | | Duane L. Leavitt The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine . ........................................permanent photographic exhibits in the northeastern USA. The Shaubs have been active in ornithological research...gratefully dedicated. Gene Foard (right) at Swamp #1 quarry, Topsham. Gene Foard speaking with Frank Perham...Gene Foard with Yan King, 1994 (left) at Nevel quarry, Newry. In Memoriam Gene Foord Gene [Eugene Edward]...tourmalinebearing Himalaya pegmatite at Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Most recently, Gene was gratified |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, G eorgia....................................Simmons & F. J. Wicks Calcioferrite from the Moculta quarry, near Angaston, South Australia ................. from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection of Maudine and Bob Sullivan;...York Mineralogical Club field trip to Penitentiary quarry, Snake Hill, New Jersey, on September 4, 1893 (photo |
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