 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EMSTONES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE A variety of New Hampshire's beautiful gemstones are represented and private... JOHN J . BRADSHAW P. O. Box 7467 Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 Photographs by Tino Hammid except a s...R E L A T I V E L Y S M A L L I N A R E A , New Hampshire has provided a considerable variety of fine...the discovery of a variety of gemstones. Beryl, quartz, 300 ROCKS & MINERALS in museum and fluorite...well as new sources to provide the mineralogical world with both specimen and gem material. New Hampshire |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Newcastle, Australia] at 15:01 05...entrance and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob...Bob Whitmore. 242 ROCKS & MINERALS lthough New Hampshire, the Granite State, is one of our smaller states...reading Jackson (1844) on the mineralogy of New Hampshire that even at this early date there was already...activity produced new localities, renewed some old localities, and resulted in new minerals being discovered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | North Groton, New Hampshire and to an inch in diameter at the Smith Mine, Newport, New Hampshire. It also...Scorzalite occurs at the Victory mine near Custer, South Dakota with quartz, albite, muscovite, black tourmaline...dickinsonite occurs sparingly at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut. FAIRFIELDITE, a hydrous phosphate...noted as a rare mineral at Branchville, Fairfield county, Connecticut from which it was named; and also...Buckfield, Maine; and from Center Strafford, New Hampshire. REDDINGITE, a hydrous manganese phosphate occurred |  | | Journal (issue) | | Minerals 1998: What's New Dan Weinrich www.danweinrich.com China One of the exciting new finds from China...small black micro crystals of manganbabingtonite, quartz, calcite, datolite, and inesite (identity confirmed)...(8 cm) tall, and J5/g inches (4 cm) thick. The quartz from here can also be nice; I had one large clear...specimens belong. A more recent find involves a new locality for spessartine 1998 California Show at...more than the kids, and hopefully may have started new "collecting families." 2 Mineral News I found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and will stop in for a chat. Should you be up in New England hunt me up.' I live on Long Island in Lake...you at the July meeting of the Micromounters of New England to be held at my home. Many of us Thumbnail...favorite places to hunt are the Ruggles Mine and Palermo. New Hampshire has many fine areas to hunt which produce...produce some excellent specimens. Fletcher Mine, Valencia, Charles Davis, Nancy 1 and 2 are all good...good producers and all are in Groton, Grafton Co. along with the Palermo and Rice and all near together. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | WILL FIT WITHIN A ONE INCH CUBE COLLECTING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE As we are nearing the period of fall and the...the northeast, many like to plan a trip to New Hampshire. There are a num ber of key mineral localities...in Palermo Mine in North Groton. Several other good mines are in the same area—Rice, Fletcher and Valencia—all...whitmoreite, and geodkenite 438 Ruggles Mine in Grafton, New Hamp shire is a very popular area for collectors...speci mens of the uranium mineral family from this mine. Pods which are composed of gummite, uraninite, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | )(OH) «H 0, from the Palermo No. 1 mine, near North Groton, New Hampshire, is orthorhombic. It occurs as...on quartz crystals and childrenite that line cavities in dense masses of montebrasite and quartz. Another...name this new mineral after Mr. Forrest F. Fogg of Penacook, [he now lives in Dunbarton, N.H.] New Hampshire...micromounter. Fogg's career began with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department with which he was affiliated...moving to New Hampshire, he met his wife Vera (nee Fitt), whom he married in 1951 in Concord, New Hampshire |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE. DESIRED PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations: x l - crystal...the pebbles we found red jasper, brownish quartz, milky quartz, whitish chalcedony, black basanite, gray...massive smoky quartz which is stained green by green malachite. COLORADO — "At the Longfellow mine in Red...tractor has scraped and turned over many schists and quartz rocks which contain kyanite xls and ilmenite. P...the Gulf of Mexico. Key West is the county seat of Monroe County. The name, Key West, is said to be a |  | | Journal (issue) | | amazonite - a blue-green colored microcline, and smoky quartz throughout the world. Whitmore allowed collectors...fonner Martha Philinda Fletcher, was born November 3, I 853 in Fairfield, Ohio (Fletcher I 88 I, p. 44 I)....other siblings were Charles Henry (b. I 850), John Fletcher (b. 1856), Walter (b. I 859), Mary Ella (b. 1866)...Antelope Basin Mine; Burro Basin Mine; Horseshoe Basin Mine; and the Tunnel Hill Mine. Diatomite beds...1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Pershing County, Nevada, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Bulletin |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington |  | | Journal (issue) | | you wish to receive a copy. Please request our new arrivals list Dealers in: • rare minerals • fine... Paul Brian Moore Wyllieite, Na2Fe2AI(P04)3, A New Species........ Paul B. Moore Jun Ito Richard V...Scarsdale, New York, measures 8-1/2 by 10 inches. Photograph by HenriJansen, Ardsley,New York. Editorial...appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: RUTILE from Graves M tn...TOURMALINE from Pala, California We w ill offer fine new material from Europe and A frica fo llo w in g our |  | | 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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | 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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...landsvertebrate fossil remains; Pine Ridge, areaQuartz concretions, agates, petrified wood, fossils, etc |  | | Report (volume) | | Director Bulletin 738 THE COMMERCIAL GRANITES OF NEW ENGLAND BY T. NELSON DALE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...expansion____^_________________ Geographic distribution of New England granite quarries____ Descriptions of the...___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________ |  | | Report (volume) | | .............................................. Quartz monzonite .............................. ........quarries................................ Caledonia County ............................................................ Groton ...................................................... Orange County................of the granites and quarries Continued. Orleans County ................. ............................................................... 46 Washington County .............................................. |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright ©...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and has a vast knowledge of the minerals of New Hampshire and is well of minerals common to this area...to tell about minerals public meeting of the New Hampshire and the experiences he has had in collect Mineralogical...and see David Thompson. He was to the Rice Mine in North Groton. took us out onto Long Island to see a Mr...try my luck while Paul returned Fletcher Mine, also of North Groton, to the car. When I got to the area...became a training ground for me. I found I felt the mine was located, it was covered beryl, herderite, apatite |  | | Report (issue) | | Pegmatite Investigations 1942-45 New England By EUGENE N. CAMERON and OTHERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL..._______ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of New Hampshire_ Rock units ________________________________...pegmatites ___________________ _ Pegmatites of the Grafton and Keene districts __ _ Sources of pegmatites...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___ |  | | Report (issue) | | VARIEGATED MARBLE SOUTHEAST OF CALERA, SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA. By CHARLES BUTTS. About 3£ miles a little............. Sandstone (quartzite?) coarse, with quartz veins................ Feet. 20± 20± 25± 50± The... and here and there by thin stringers of small quartz grains. The variegation gives to the rock a highly...is great, and it would not be easy to establish a new enterprise in that line on a paying basis except...in Bulletins 313, 404, 430, and 484, on the other New England granites. The following scale of shades and |  | | Report (volume) | | General features____________________________ Coosa County _________ ____________________ Randolph County...Cherokee County_____________________________ 72 Elbert County _____________________________ 75 Hall County__...County_______________________________ 76 Hart County. ___ __ __________________ 77, Lumpkin and Union counti...___________ S3 Pickens County _______-______________________ 83 Rabun County-_____________________________...____________ 86 Troup County ________________________________ 86 Upson County _______________________________ |  | | Field Trip Notes | | //' . GUIDEBOOK FOR FIELD IN ''fy,.'t:J TRIPS NEW ENGLAND NOVEMBER 10-12, 1952 Organized by the...Before visiting any of the sites described in the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference guidebooks...Highlands of East-Central New York, Southern Vermont, and Southern New Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding...Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford Granite" 103 Field Trip...OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW YORK, SOUTHER Leaders: VERJ-IONT, AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE Marland P, Billings |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...it a veritable not just a picof informa- is mine tion, telling everything the collector needs to...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...MINERALS AND GEMS Russell P. MacFall THOMAS Y. New CROWELL COMPANY York ! Established 1834 Copyright...Boscardin. published in Italy in 1973 by Fratelli New Fabbri Editori. material has been added for this |  | | Journal (issue) | | DEALER . ARTHUR CHAMBERLAIN , Editor . Member of the New York Mineralogical Club and of the Brooklyn Institute...ROLLED BALLS OF CLAY VS . CLAYSTONES , Calcite , New HAMPSHIRE BERYLS , PHLOGOPITE , CELESTITE , The JUMBO...BY THE MINERAL COLLECTOR COMPANY , 26 John St . , NEW YORK THE MINERAL COLLECTOR . . D F1 REMOVAL . Scientific...in any similar establishment in the world . THE NEW LOCATION is in the heart of the business section...COLLECTOR. THE [Entered as Second-Class Matter at the New York, N. Y., Post Office, March 19, 1894.] Vol. III |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Brazilian localities, Virgem da Lapa and the Golconda mine, have produced remarkable crystals of hydroxyl-herderite...reliable analyses, coupled with the discovery of new occurrences not yet described in the literature,...Company spodumene mine, near Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine,...Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil (3)* Golconda mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil (6) Waldstein, Fichtelgibirge...Chihuahua mine, San Diego County, Califomia (2). Poland, Maine (3) Stoneham, Maine (6) Fletcher mine, Groton |
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