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Beryl from
French Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view French Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:50938
Long-form Identifier:1:3:50938:9
GUID (UUID V4):c65dd7e7-bfdb-4789-9e47-0f04d641f754
Nearest other occurrences of Beryl
0.3km (0.2 miles) Burroughs beryl prospect, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) Blister Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Beauregard Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Island Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
0.9km (0.5 miles) Nichols Quarry, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Big Mine, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Kirk No. 2 Quarry, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
2.8km (1.8 miles) Britton Quarry, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) White Quarry, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Kirk No. 1 Quarry, Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Report (volume)
Bulletin 931-P MICA-BEARING PEGMATITES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY J. C. OLSON Strategic...district...................................... Alstead area, Keene district......................... Mica-bearing...Plate 61. Geologic map of the Alstead area, Keene district , New Hampshire........................ 62....and feldspar mines of the Grafton district, New Hampshire ....................................... 63o...of the Keene district, New Hampshire.. Figure 38. Index map of New Hampshire showing locations of the
Report (issue)
given in New Hampshire by Samuel Cordick, superintendent of the General Electric Co.'s mine; Andrew T...Mica Products Co.; C. W. Bryant, of the Standard mine; L. R. Brown, of Canaan; G. N. Bicker, of Canaan...general information on a number of mines in Grafton County and extended other kindnesses; M. M. Kilton, of...Leon Alien, of Keene; and Edward Howard, of East Alstead; in Virginia by P. Lippert and Capt. McCray, of...large sheet mica. The average price paid for run of mine mica, not split or sorted, ranges from $50 to $200
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in weight have been...and Rumford, Maine; Alstead, Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire; Bedford, New York; the Scott and...been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and Mesa Grande, California...crystal localities are near Milan and Berlin, New Hampshire; Deer Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North Carolina;...Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities near West Chester
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
observation. This has already been done by Foyes in New England. Pn'cuatrtos Tun Pne-C.q.MBRrAN Pegmatites...radioactive minerals in the metamorphic rocks of southern New England: Am. Jour. Sci. (5) vol. 28,pp.I27138, 1934...Llano County (Texas), Minas Geraes(BraziI), Ytterby (Sweden), Tanganyika, and India; and the beryl pegmatites...activity. One of the best regions illustrating this is New England and the Paleozoic Appalachians to the southwest...7The famous Bedford pegmatite in WestchesterCounty, New York, intrudes the Ordovician Hudson schist.s The
Book (edition)
OPALS • AOATI • • AMETHYST URINE • • BERYL MOONSTONE CITRINE GEM HUNTERS GUIDE by Russell... TYPICAL CRYSTAL FORMS OF PROMINENT MINERALS BERYL CHIASTOLITE a\ DIAMOND CRYSTALS DIOPSIDE EMERALD...which make a almost price- merely an ore of beryl, is beryllium worth a few cents a pound. Pattern... stones, such as quartz amethyst, tourmaline, beryl, topaz and spodumene. crystals, Areas in Maine...feldspar quarries in pegmatite deposits, mines and mine dumps, and from "float" deposits, minerals loose
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 ________________________________...quality __ AnalyHis of the wartime mica industry of New England ________________________________________..._______________________________ _ Beryl deposits _____________________________________ _ Beryl ___________________...uses of beryllium _________________ _ Types of beryl deposits _________________________ _ Comparison
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
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 _______________________________
Book
W. H. Smith Publishers Inc. 112 Madison Avenue New York City 10016 This edition first published in... H. Smith Publishers, Inc., 112 Madison Avenue, New York 10016 © 1990 Dragon’s World Ltd © 1990 Text...Smith Publishers, Inc., 112 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016. (212) 532-6600. Editor: Michael...museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar
Report (issue)
Beryl and Its Color Varieties Page 4 Mineralogy of Beryl and the Beryl Group William "Skip" Simmons...Peak of Colorado Beryl Collecting Mark I. Jacobson Page 14 Crystal Structure of Beryl and Pezzottaite...Page 28 New England Gem Beryl Bruce Jarnot Page 16 Bazzite of the Alps Stefan Weiss Page 32 Beryl from...Page 22 Beryl Color Varieties William "Skip" Simmons and Alexander Falster Page 49 Gem Beryl from Russia...Breithaupt's Beryl Seal Mineralogist Friedrich August Breithaupt had his seal carved into a beryl crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES Items On New Finds Are Desired. Alabama—J. R. Lee of Bridgeport...pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, 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 qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fishbearing strata were obtained. When the building of the new library was being started, (on the site of the old...sunset, was like many other good intentions of the New Year, forgotten and completely ignored by the majority...Sportsmen Show held December 2, 3, and 4 in the County Center m White Plains. Mr. David Seaman showed...shown by Mr. Waller Morgan were from Westchester County, while Mr. Ted Schoen's were uranium rocks and...exhibits. On December 8, 1955, at a regular meeting a new slate of officers were elected. President, Mrs. Mayzette
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gave a short talk on a Germanium specimen, Mr. French Morgan talked about the Selenite locality at Fort...Trip on Sunday, July 8th, 1951, to French Creek Mines, in Chester County, Penn. When sixty-one rockhounds...the remaining members of the group adjourned to French Creek Park and told "rock tales" in the cool shade...trip to the clay pits of Sayreville and Parlin, New Jersey, to collect Pyrite and Marcasite nodules....Newark Museum for a collecting trip to the Siderite mine at Roxbury and the Kyanite diggings at Judd's bridge
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...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...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...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...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;
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
meaning golden and (iripuyyos (beryllos) meaning beryl. The mineral first was described and named by Werner...cat's-eye. Cat's-eye was first named cymophane by the French scientist, Abbe Rene Just Hauy, in 1789, from the...Topsham district, Maine Grafton district, New Hampshire Greenfield, New York Middletown district, Connecticut...mailed (Hauy, 1811; Seybert, 1824). Dr. Bruce, a New York City physician, should be remembered as an avid...crystals up to six inches in diameter, albite, green beryl, columbite, muscovite, and black tourmaline (Seybert
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...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...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...(near) Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Malachite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl *"» Agate ** Jade =p Amethyst ^ X ) y '...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
Book (edition)
illness or death in the family; some are sold, and the new owners may not always permit digging. It is a good...lbs., 400/lb. over 100 lbs. Black Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine...Phone (501) 262-2058. Fee: $2.00. Coleman Crystal Mine, Jessleville. AR 71949. Fee: $2-00. Under 12 yrs*...year. Free camping. **John Moundy, Mt. Ida. AR. Mine on High Peak Mountain. Ocus Stanly, P.0. Box I63...Adults $2.00;6—16$1•00, under 6 free. **Rush Zinc Mine, Fred Dirst, Guide, Yellville, AR 72687. Black
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1t/&Ud AteuA¿ OH Mlttelal Õccutienceá. Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations:...are interesting specimens. Centreville is in Bibb County, in the central part of Alabama. Near Odenville...carries a large picture of the famous lead-zinc mine at Tiger, Ariz. This caption reads: "This is Tiger—mining...community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County which probably will become a ghost town when the...and Development Company shuts down its lead-zinc mine (on hill at left). Company officials say development
Book
world mineralo- authority provides cultural beryl: and mineral collectors. here sciences, yet...material causes of to jewelry on the and beryl uses the techno- fora mineral only for and...cultural mineralogical once events. languages for beryl emerald logical to and part, Sinkankas explores...jewels—and relatives, beryl is a of the ago, the fabled Table golden beryl medicine years of...Queen 5500 Egypt the part is anywhere an beryl deposits, of fine crystal Sinkankas has in the
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...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;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
 
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