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Vivianite from
Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Vivianite
Formula:Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Comments:Tiny dark blue glassy terminated crystals (<<1 mm) in earthy goethite near manganoan apatite.
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vivianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:514062
Long-form Identifier:1:3:514062:6
GUID (UUID V4):f61570ad-a957-40a9-9945-068ed62de9f4
Nearest other occurrences of Vivianite
7.0km (4.3 miles) Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) Noyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Morgan Quarry (Upper Noyes Mountain Quarry; Upper Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) B.B. No. 7 Quarry, Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) Cole Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) A.C. Perham Quarry, West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
16.8km (10.5 miles) Lord Hill Quarry (Lord Hill Mine), Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) Crooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Maine Articles Published in Rocks and Minerals AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DANIEL BEHNKE 2981 Landwehr...Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the dean of Maine minerals," Charles...of Buckfield, Maine. Bailey, E . M. 1929. A catalog of minerals found at Rumford, Maine. Rocks and Minerals...Barker, D. S. 1955. The Union Limestone quarry, Union, Maine. Rocks and Minerals 30:365-66. Short description...several locations includ­ ing: Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield
Report (edition)
BULLETIN 41 Third Edition A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities by Woodrow B. 7KaSVRQ Donald...Vandall T. King Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources Information...OF CONSERVATION 1998 Copyright © 1998 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining
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 (article/letter/editorial)
PEGMATITE MINERALS OF MAINE By D A V I D M. S E A M A N 36 Winter St., Norway, Maine 0 4 2 6 8 INTRODUCTION...of minerals have been found in the pegmatites of Maine since the discovery of Mt. Mica near Paris H i l...tourmaline find at the Dunton Gem Mine at Newry, Maine of watermelon and green, elbaite tourmaline, has...further description here. The Bennett Quarry at Buckfield, Maine, was also worked by Mr. Robert Eastman...noted but rarely and then as cleavages. The Orchard Quarry, also located on the Bennett Farm at Buckfield
Book (edition)
HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION...a week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...field trial of the hambook during our ''Week with Maine Minerals" furnished additional information end resulted...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside...minerals. The geology of pegmatites, in general, and Maine pegmatites, in particular, is summarized briefly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell...mind. We have only one small rock outcrop in my county (Orange) at Rock Springs near Apopka. "The beaches...the cavities, also a faint film of bluish-gray vivianite. In his letter, dated July 5, 1952, Mr. Reeves...specimens in the world are found in the limestone quarry in Legrand, Marshall Co., Iowa. The most noted...well worth a visit to see and look at and marvel." MAINE — A letter, dated July 27, 1952, was sent by Wallace
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock 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 floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...(banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N of Calloway
Book (volume)
0 n101ercai o of Maine j f·~ ....__ :,,. . - .._"' ..;. .. ~ L-- -~ \. • .J_..::.; I Volume...History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King Maine Geological Survey DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Robert...Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology Edited by...Resources Information, Maine Geologi,cal Survey Robert G Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey...DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 2000 Copyright ©2000 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All
Report (issue)
_______________________ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Maine __ :. . _____ _ Metamorphic rocks _________________________...__________________ _ Maine ________________________________________ _ Androscoggin County ______________________...______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County _______________________ _ LaChance...LaChance mines _______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect...prospect __________________ _ Bennett feldspar quarry ________________ _ Black Mountain area ___________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1923) commenced to to difficult extremely and quarry was made inside a single feldspar crystal. And...(1968,p.14)thus ". . . in the Ural Mountains a quarry (1968,p.197).Each of the and the listed separately...one 12.70 x 8.89 x 6.35 cm from Maybee Quarry, Monroe County, Michigan, U.S.A. and which is in the Cranbrook...minesnear the pennsyl_ vania-Maryland border, Lancaster County, lennsyl_ vania; crystals to 7,, (12.8 cm) acrosshave...P . 4 7 2 ) l{ood's and lpw's Mines, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.s.A. el - Brucite Me(ffi) 0
Journal (issue)
PETER ZODAC Contents for June, 1940 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................by the author.) By LEO NEAL YEDLIN Cedar Grove, Maine. ged uch •uld Evil the 1n. I a own :ling e...interpreter, and I, rather competent ballast. At Albany, Miss Winifred Gold ring, State Paleontologist...collect specimens of the world's largest garnets. The quarry is atop Gore Mountain ( a certified slci run in...miles from DeKalb Junction is an abandoned feldspar quarry. Investigation showed extensive dum ps and a fine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bolivia. A trip was planned to the Kibblehouse Quarry at Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania. At the July meeting...July 8th, 1951, to French Creek Mines, in Chester County, Penn. When sixty-one rockhounds pounded the old...rewarding. The next trip will be to Kibblehouse Quarry on August 19th. Mrs. Otto Karl Bauhof 352 Church...Malachite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite and a brown radiated Vivianite were found. It was a lovely day and we enjoyed...minerals were most common. The West Cheshire trap quarry yielded specimens of natrolite and other minerals
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
series of pegmatite dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles
Journal (issue)
Keith The Minerals of the Zinc Hill Mine, Inyo County, California......................................Hiddenite and Emerald mine, near Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina. Found in 1971, this group of crystals...intimately associated with the pegma­ tite belt of Maine than that of the Perhams. Frank’s grand­ father...north Norway, Maine, and came to fame as the “mineral man at Trap Corner” in West Paris, Maine, where he...obtained a geology degree from Bates College in Maine, and proceeded to learn Maine’s pegmatites by mining
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Book
I have ever visited was exposed by the Francon quarry on Montreal P L AT E 1 4 Pyrochlore crystals...technology. P L AT E I S Weloganite. Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec. 4.s-cm crystal. Named for W...Unlike most carbonatites, those in the Francon quarry occur assills. A sill is a flat, sheetlike intrusion...example. Because the carbonatites in the Francon quarry formed sills, when the magma intruded the enclosing...identified asspecies new to science. At present the quarry is being reclaimed as a landfill site, but the
Field Trip Notes
Hampshire Field Trip No. 2, Outstanding pegmatites of Maine and New Hampshire 73 Geology of the "Chelmsford...the present trip lies mainly in this belt from Albany to Stop 9 lying on one or the other side of the...inplace theory for the southern part, as in Dutchess County, New York. Whether such a combination of theories...State Museum, Albany. Miller, W. J. (1914) Geology of the North Creek quadrangle, Warren County, New York...Geology of the Schroon Lake quadrangle, Warren County, New York, New York State Mus., Bull. 213-214.
Journal (issue)
for Sept:e m ber - October, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...... .. .. ............. ......................'-' ,._ - .., - - - - - - '-' CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY --- - ....... ..,...,.,.._ .... ....... .......Boulder Bec!ch on Lake Mead. Nevad~ The Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc. (Paul 0 . Drury, Publicity...northern outskirts of Asheboro, the county seat of Randolph County, N . C. It may be reached by goi ng...headed north for a week's collecting mostly in Oxford Co., Maine. Included in the group were Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Journal (issue)
........... 858 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................7-3185> ROCKS AND MINERALS 801 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY A POST CARD FROM HELL ! Hell Joes exist and R&M...San Antonio Rock & Lapi­ dary Society and Bexar County Mineral Hobby Club. Chairman; Fred Stevenson, P...Monroe, Peru, Indiana. April 30, May 1. 1966—Dallas County' Rock Club will hold its Rock Club Showcase at...Federation of Mineralogical Societies. Host: Clark County Gem Collectors, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las
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........................................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...vol. 8, no. 6, p. 475.]* The best of San Diego County (by W. Larson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 507-515
Journal (issue)
............. 554 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................505 511 514 532 533 551 551 553 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY GEOLOGIC HAZARDS COMMITTEES NAMED Clarence Allen...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...Coastal Maine Mineral Club presents its 3rd Annual Rock Swap at Jo Scholl's Place, North Gorham, Maine. July...and Mineral Fair will be held at the Jefferson County Fair Grounds west of Denver, Colo., on U. S. 6
Report (issue)
from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana (USA), with the lowdown on beryl mineralogy An ancient...crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455 kilograms...8.4m: The largest beryl crystal at the Bumpus quarry in Maine was 8.4 meters long, 1.9 meters in diameter...number of Brazilian states (page 84); San Diego County, California (page 32) in the United States; Canada...adjacent to the famous Bennett quarry in Oxford County near Buckfield, Maine. In 1998, they opened a football-sized
 
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