 | 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...fALSTeR DoUGLAS A. BAILeY Maine Mineral and Gem Museum Po Box 500 Bethel, Maine 04217 cfrancis@mainemineralmuseum...came from Stoneham, Maine—a century apart. Figure 1. Aldrich quarry beryl. Maine Mineral and Gem Museum...MINERALS Dr. Carl A. Francis is curator at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum and an executive editor of...at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. Alexander U. Falster is research technologist at the Maine Mineral |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...iron-rich minerals, such as black tourmaline, biotite, pyrite, magnetite, triplite, and triphyllite. The best...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...Aquamarine (8.8 cm long), Black Panther mine, Riverside County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil...8 cm long), Blue Lady mine, Aquanga, San Diego County, California. Bill Larsen specimen; Jeffrey Scovil |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | small hand in forming a mineral club in Nassau County, New York now called the Nassau Mineralogists....very deformed quartz xls, from the wall of a small quarry above the main cut. I did not spend much time on...boulder which contained very large phlogopite plates, pyrite, pyrrhotite, small rutile xls., and apatite xls...print. The rest of the day we spent at Gillette Quarry in Haddam Neck, Connecticut. Did not find anything...I returned to Gillette Quarry. I spent the morning looking through the quarry not finding anything. Then |  | | Report (issue) | | Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Maine ............... 16 Table 5 Uranium occurrences in...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of eastern Maine................^..............i.29 Figure 6. Uranium...occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of western Maine.................................30 Figure 7. Uranium...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | enjoyed talk on minerals from an area in Tallapoosa County by Mr. Arthur Dunning, illustrated by specimens...and massive pyrite, and garnets galore. The Pine Tree Gem and Mineral Association, of Maine, are busy with...visit to an old abandoned lead mine in Frederick County for galena was postponed until April. Red and white...Mining at the Crestmore Quarry, of California, to speak on the Crestmore Quarry. The Westminster Mineral...The following areas were visited: Rollstone Hill Quarry in Fitch burg, Mass.; Mt. Grace in Warwick, Mass |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | we cherished. There were a few quarries in the county, but not until we got bicycles was it possible...Fame JANET CARES Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 E A C H Y...babingtonite specimens in the Blueberry Mountain quarry, Woburn, Massachusetts. It was the first time any...were long rides in cars, buses, and trains up to Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. The following spring...it is necessary to dig down several feet in the quarry dumps. near his place. Here we found more fluorapatite |  | | Journal (issue) | | y, CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER, 1946 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ...................:.............................FRANKLIN QUARRY, FRANKLIN, N. J. By Peter Zodac ................................ 760 HERKIM ER COUNTY ''DIAMONDS''...the southwest face of the Cedar Mountains, Tooele County, Utah. Its geo- graphic position, as indicated...Lower Manhattan Island old stamping grounds-Oxford County, (New York City ) After many Saturday afternoon...members of the tions of the many new buildings being Maine Mineralogical Club, with whom erected on the island |  | | Journal (issue) | | , CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1945 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ......... :.................................................. ANOTHER MINERALOGICAL VACATION IN MAINE. By E. L. Sa1npter HOBBIES. By George F. Hi/J ................................ . CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY This is indeed a Merry Christmas for the world...the east. (Copperopolis is in southern Calaveras County) . When I went to San Francisco in 1941 and resided...ashtrays and cabochons, especially when studded with pyrite. There is a small village at Copperopolis, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 14:35 04 June 2016 New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group...representative of a garnet from Deshong’s quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, that can barely be considered...near Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine, particularly the Standpipe Hill quarry where crystals such as Harvard...Mount Apatite near Auburn, Androscoggin County; and the Bumpus quarry, ROCKS & MINERALS 244-253 Conn Choice...John Betts photo. Albany, the Hayes Ledge quarries, Greenwood, the Hedgehog Hill quarry, Peru, and the Melrose |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | we cherished. There were a few quarries in the county, but not until we got bicycles was it possible...babingtonite specimens in the Blueberry Mountain quarry, Woburn, Mass. It was the first time anyone ever...were long rides in cars, busses and trains up to Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut. The following spring...it is necessary to dig down several feet in the quarry dumps. 203 At this point it might be well to...question whether the locality is a mine or a quarry. A quarry is an open digging regardless of what is taken |  | | Journal (issue) | | of line tungstenite (Figs. 1-2), unusual small pyrite crystals (Figs. 3-6), and other minerals. Mina...After receiving comments that the Goodall Farm Quarry, also known as the Sanford vesuvianite locality...following encouraging information on the locality from Maine collector Duane Leavitt (Skarnrx@megalink.net)....News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea... Y.T., and Foord, E.E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine: Maine Geological Survey, p. 292. Rutherford, R.L. |  | | 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...with pyrite xls in dark green chlorite have been found at the Little Bob Mine—an 487 old pyrite mine...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | July 1943 PUBLISHED MONTH LY CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...of South Dakota ; the huge beryl crystals at Albany, Maine ; a black tourmaline crystal 3x3x8 feet in the...the Luella Mine near Avon, Latah County, Idaho ; and etc. Origin The crystals have reached their large |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for Novem ber - December, IQ50 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................undersigned, being all of the officers of rhc Clark County Gem Co!l~tors, Inc., most sincerely wish to convey...can be seen without recourse to a microscope. PYRITE-Pyrite is fairly common on the dumps. Most of the specimens...which are slightly modified by dodecahedrons. The pyrite is associated with quartz, tourmaline, chlorite...iridescent yellow by the oxidation products of the pyrite. One specimen of rose-colored quartz was found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Museum Notes A new museum, the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum (MMGM), is scheduled to open in summer 2012...2012 in historic Bethel, Maine. Focus of the nonprofit museum is on the state’s mining heritage and includes...topaz, and rose quartz, Photo courtesy Jim Mann. MAINE MUSEUM PLANNED These two historic buildings on...on Bethel’s Main Street will house the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. COLOR SPONSORS for the Museum Notes...activities. MMGM’s campus complex includes the Bumpus mine. Founders are Dr. Lawrence Stifler, Mary McFadden |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*, Cathleen D. Brown Department...two-mica granite situated in the Oxford pegmatite field, southwestern Maine. Surrounding the pluton is an...chemistry, petrology, geochemistry, Sebago, southern Maine Received: 1 October 2009; accepted: 30 March 2010;...Introduction The granitic pegmatites of southern Maine represent one of several major pegmatite regions...Unfortunately, very little geochemical data exist for the Maine pegmatites despite their popularity among mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | eont2--'4 /""' -Aur;u4i, 191/-1 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................for the mine or quarry operators' rights by mineral Jllectors and individuals. In Maine, where I am most...closed to all collecting. Berry quarry admission only on fee. Bennett quarry closed except on fee and under...circumstances. Mr. Tragiano, who operates the Black Mt. quarry, has been extremely kind and helpful to colJectors...Paris Hill are dosed. Several years ago Mr. Bumpus of the Bumpus quarries was extremely annoyed by a collector |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite and some Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state...state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59, 5 mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE...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: |  | | Report (issue) | | ----5. Structure cross sections of the Gulf of Maine ------------------------------------------6. Maps...-13. Distribution of sand in the inner Gulf of Maine and Massachusetts Bay -----------14. Distribution...----15. Distribution of gravel in the inner Gulf of Maine and Massachusetts Bay ---------16. Offshore distribution...except for basins deeper than 200 m in the Gulf of Maine. Below the shelf break, finer and more carbonate-rich...promising in surficial deposits. In the Gulf of Maine the existence of ores beneath glacial deposits remains |  | | 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 |  | | 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....Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford |
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