 | | Report (volume) | | Geodes______________________________ 51 Secondary quartz on joint faces______________ Veinlets of zeolite_______________...quarries and their product Continued. Litchfiekl County Continued. Page. Warren _______________________...Comstock prospect ____________ ____ 76 Middlesex County-_ _______ 70 Middietowu_______________1___________...76 Ben venue quarries____________ _ 76 New Haven County - __________ 78 Ansouia _______________________...Guilford _______________________________ S7 Leete Island quarry______ 87 Sachem Head quarry.._______________ |  | | Report (volume) | | relations_____________________ 84 84 85 88 88 89 Waterford, Conn____________________ 89 Waldoboro, Mai...___ Groton____________________________ Oriinge County __________________________ Topsham___________________________..._ Randolph ___________________________ Orleans County- _______________________ Derby Barton _ _________...granite and finished product Continued. Washington County _____________________ 121 Barre and Williamstown________________...______ Windham County ___. .________ ± ________ Dummerston___ ____ ____________ Windsor County __._.____________________ |  | | Book (edition) | | 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...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Report (edition) | | cover photograph: Pink tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...accompanied by scale bars graduated in feet and miles. North is toward the top of the page in all cases. The...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...are the same minerals that fonn ordinary granite: quartz, feldspar, and mica. Concentrations of high-quality |  | | Book | | of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...Professor of Chemis(O-) try, &c. in the University of North Carolina. INDEX, ERRATA. Page " " " 11 under...under JOHNSON, and 87 under DENCE, and 91 under SMITHFIELD, for Steatite read line 11 from the top, for...from the top, for north read mouth. " 8 from the top, add T. JV. after copper. NORTH PROVIPotstone. MARKET...less to 5 in m. a coarse grained granite, of North Yarmouth, W. Garnet, manganesian, massive, at |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Marble Peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, in Pima County, Arizona. A note from him reads: "I have done some...taken from the Cherokee district placers in Butte County, California. Mineral Information Service, July...aegirite is the abandoned Flatrock granite quarry at Waterford, New London Co., Conn. Trie aegirite occurs here...Littlefield of Stonewall in old Campbell County (now Fulton County), sent in an interesting specimen of rutile...localities for selenite. Locality No. 1 is about 4 miles north and a little west of Granger, Dallas Co., Iowa, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | activities, month by month. NEW JERSEY The Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology Society, Paramus, either...dary Society heard Vincent Vozza of the Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleon tology Society speak on...chrysotile and antigorite at the 272nd meet ing of the North Jersey Mineralogical So 242 ciety, Upper Montclair...Society of North Jersey. Each month the Club calls for a display of one mineral by its members. NORTH CAROLINA...Zea land to South Africa when speaking to the North Shore Rock and Mineral Club, South Lynfield The |  | Francis, Carl A., Felch, Myles, Falster, Alexander U., Bailey, Douglas A. (2016) Aquamarine from Stoneham and Vicinity, Oxford County, Maine. Rocks & Minerals, 91 (1) 28-35 doi:10.1080/00357529.2016.1099131 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from Stoneham and Vicinity Oxford County, Maine Downloaded by [Penn State University] at 01:41 12 December...Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis@mainemineralmuseum.org North America’s two largest aquamarine gemstones came...the finest specimen that has been found in any North American locality, and the crystals, unbroken, would...foreign crystals known” (Kunz 1892, pp. 92–93). North America’s finest and largest aquamarine gemstone...the north by the Androscoggin River, by Bethel south to Waterford on the east, and by Waterford west |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 04:13 19 December 2014 Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado A s virtually every collector knows...are found in certain pegmatites, granite bodies, quartz veins, and metal deposits. The pockets of pegmatites...and some districts, such as those in San Diego County, California, and many of those in Minas Gerais...premier aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted by Jacobson and Lees...localities, and, when colorless, phenakite can resemble quartz. Phenakite exhibits a Mohs hardness of 7.5–8 and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals are a traditional...3-cm-tall wavellite from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas; kevin Brown specimen, Joe Budd photo...Limestone Company quarry, Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5-cm specimen...Township, Saratoga County, New York; another at Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island; and one in Carroll...Carroll County, New Hampshire. Several important wavellite occurrences are in Pennsylvania (Gordon 1922) |  | | Book (volume) | | gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur...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: |  | | Book (volume) | | greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...the United States. North Carolina is a source of true emeralds and outstanding quartz crystals. New Hampshire...San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite district in North America....1975, Minerals of Washington: Cordilleran, Mercer Island, Washington, 184 p. Deliens, M., Piret, P., and |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G....Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle...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; |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........187 by P. B. Moore The origin of faden quartz .................................................wide range of interests, from pyroluminescence in quartz to extensive studies on contact metamorphism in...Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...INTRODUCTION The defining characteristic of faden quartz crystals is the presence of a white thread-like...“ fah-den” ), which means “ thread.” 1 Fa den quartz crystals are usually tabular due to uneven development |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Florida] at 20:26 08 August 2017 September 1-3—Jekyll Island, Georgia. 7th An nual Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show...Information: Charles Wood, 544 Marsh Circle, St. Simons Island, GA 31522; 912/638-3699. September 1-4—Murfreesboro...71958; 501/285-2722. September 2—Hendersonville, North Carolina. 1st Annual Southeastern States Micromounters...the McDonnell Douglas Gem and Mineral Society. North Co. Recrea tion Complex, Veteran Memorial Park... Rte. 2, Box 78, September 2-4—Hendersonville, North Carolina. Blue Ridge, Texas 75004; 214/752-5192 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | was used for a prison; the Allyndale quarry in North Canaan, from w h i c h came the marble for the Connecticut...millstones started in 1737 at M i l l stone Point, Waterford, and resulted i n two quarries. A t one time,...south through Watertown and north through Thomaston, revealing calcite, quartz, pyrite, and zeolites. Fairfield...l l Road exit: albite, bertrandite, columbite, quartz, schorl. Nearby in schist: dravite. B o o t h '...Station Road: albite, bertrandite, beryl, quartz, including var. smoky. D a n b u r y , White Factory, White |  | | Catalog/List | | (Ce) Ce Al PO/ browncrystal sections and grains in Quartz. Best seen with X 10 ~ag. (Sopron, SopronMountais...to 3 mmon rock. (WestforkMineReynodsCo. liissouri USA)a) with 2 or 3 crystals E 3 7 POLY Y.ITE i I" S...Carbide Hine, WilsonSprings G rland Co nty, rk nsas USA) lx E4 lx2 E7.50 497 TELLURITE /2 god yellow crust...brownmetallic (Herbb E2 Hine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lem E6 • , * 0 • 1 • 068 BOTALLACKITE...minerals on matrix. (30'level Gold Hill Mine Utah USA) lem E4 309 PLANCHEITE Cu/8 Si/8 0/22 pure dark blue |  | | Report (volume) | | ASSOCIATED ROCKS OF MAINE INCLUDING FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, MICA, AND GEM DEPOSITS BY EDSON S. BASTIN WASHINGTON.............................. 1.... Androscoggin County..................................................................................... Cumberland County..................................................... Hancock County...................................................... Lincoln County....................................................... Oxford County............................................... |  | | Report (volume) | | ......... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota................................................. Rhode Island...............................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892...World's Fair edition, 1904. Genth, F. A., Minerals of North Carolina: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 74, 1891. Shannon |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯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...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | grading to 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper...⎯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...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (issue) | | ... 341 COVER: CREEDITE crystal, 3.7 cm, on smoky quartz from the Aktschatau tungsten mine, central Kazakhstan... Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ MINERAL...art Two! COME BACK TO RHODE ISLAND October 28, 29 and 30, 1988. Rhode Island Mineral H unters is proud...at Community College of Rhode Island (CCRIO Knight Campus, Warwick, Rhode Island, (exit 12B off 1-95) ...Natural History are expected to participate. From Rhode Island-am ethyst scepters; from Connecticut-dinosaur |  | | Catalog/List | | mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x H £2.50 1x1 £4 040 BITYITE Li and Be...white cleavages in Muscovite. (Harding Mine,Taos County, New Mexico) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £7 097 CHLOANTHITE (variety...micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 151 LEUCOSPHENITE Ba Na Ti B SiO Blue massive...possible Molybdenite. About l/2ins size. (Wolfram Camp North Queensland,Australia) £12 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0... About 7mm mass (Bulldog Mine, Creede, Mineral County,Colorado U.S.A) £4 439 STRACZEKITE Ca K Ba V 0 |  | | Catalog/List | | Arsenopyrite and Pitticite (brown) (Nagyborzsony,North Hungary » ins £3 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good greenish...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO...(Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 497 TELLURITE Te 0/2 good...brown metallic (Herbb £2 Mine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lcm £6 314 PYRARGYRITE Ag/3 SbS/3 pure crystalline...masses, well coating matrix. (Dooneen Mine Allihies, County Cork, S.Ireland) . lxl £3.50. 1x2 £6.50 2xl.5ins |  | | 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...Womble) Quartz (clear crystals) CRYSTAL SPRINGS Quartz Crystals DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals)...GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE |
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