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Actinolite from
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:520333
Long-form Identifier:1:3:520333:8
GUID (UUID V4):cb1d2f49-b742-420b-8935-64385b827859
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘKinglet Prospect, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘCrooker Gem Pegmatite Quarries, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘBell pit, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘNevel Quarry (Twin tunnels; United Feldspar Quarry), Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘScotty Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
58.1km (36.1 miles) ⓘPitts-Tenney Quarry, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
59.3km (36.8 miles) ⓘHurricane Mountain localities, North Conway, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
63.4km (39.4 miles) ⓘHeath Quarry, Casco, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
65.1km (40.5 miles) ⓘCity quarry, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
70.7km (43.9 miles) ⓘRobinson Mountain, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Profession...................184 by Paul Brian Moore Newry Maine - A Pegmatite Phosphate Locality... 189 by Vandall...by an energetic and articulate group, The Tucson Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. Tuc­ son is an attractive...motel rooms usually provide this. For example, the Maine elbaite tourmalines which were thor­ oughly discussed...for the crystal specimen quality of the San Diego County materials - both old and new. As usual, the exhibits...recent is the McDole Trophy—“Best Minerals at Tucson Gem & Mineral Show—1974”. I am travelling around the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diopside (pyroxene). Nashville, in eastern Howard County, is in S/W Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—Don Erpelding,...person's collection. "These xls are found in San Diego County on private property in an area few people have...beautiful— they also fl. a very pale green. San Diego County is in southern California. 176 xli rystalllne...radiating tremolite. Pearl, in northern Jackson County, is in northern Colorado, close to the southern...— "Throughout the fall of 1964 the old Andrews Quarry on the Portland Townline (near Portland, Conn.
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 Š1994 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, Š1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
Journal (issue)
R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...Five Tourrmline-1 the first special issue in the Gem Minerals Series Introduction Notes from the Editor... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline.........................................................365 by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan...issue (double-size!) in our projected series on the gem minerals. In this issue the focus is on tourmaline
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Virginia. Willis Mt. is in Buckingham County, not Prince Wil­ liam County. of the Pyrochlore Group" by D....Sonoma names—pyrochlore, microlite, and betafite- County and Peoples said that he found it which are modified...material sound familiar to anyone? corner of Crawford county (a generalized map is published). From these pegmatites...than 54 inch in largest di­ mension" are found. MAINE-Skip Szenics of Westwood, N.J. has sent in several...several specimens from the Havey pegmatite quarry in Poland, Maine. A capsule of small brown grains was examined
Journal (issue)
Australia: Canadian Gemmological Association: Rhodesian Gem and Mineral Society. THE JOURNAL OF GEMMOLOGY A...I V N o . 8 O C T O B E R 1975 ON GEM ELBAITE FROM NEWRY, MAINE, U.S.A. By PETE J. DUNN, M.A., F.G.A...find of gem quality elbaite (lithium tourmaline) was made at the Dunton gem mine, Newry, Maine, U.S.A...The elbaite occurs in a lenticular pegmatite atop Newry Hill. The pegmatite had long been noted for elbaite...facet-grade. Some gem pockets had been found in recent years, but the yield of gem material was small
Journal (issue)
KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...large benitoite specimen. (owner of the Benitoite Gem Mine in 1952–1967) and worked for Clarence in exchange...the different collecting locations in San Benito County. After graduating from high school, Steve went...2001, and Adam, born in 2003. Steve established a gem and mineral business (Steve Perry Gems) in 1987,
Book
ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
Catalog/List
Very nice! ••• $75.00 81B02 URANINITE, Kinkel Quarry, Bedford, N.Y. (a) Excellent micro (to 3 mm) octahedral...x 6 cm) 81B03 MACDONALDITE, Rush Creek, Fresno County, California. (a) Micro acicular white macdonaldite...masses(3 x 4 cm),.$5.00 81B04 RUTILE, Lengenbach Quarry, Binn, Switzerland.m/m single, black, bipyramid...many m/m's (a) .•• $22.50 81B08 ELBAITE, Dunton Gem Q, Newry, Maine. Classic "watermelon" crystal section...(Western Russell Brothers Quarry), near Standpipe Hill, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine. These are from the
Journal (issue)
M. Pryce and J. Chester The Amity Area, Orange County, New Y o rk ............................... 85...Geological Survey Uralolite from the Dunton Gem Mine, Newry, Maine: A Second O c c u rre n ce ...........115-year-old Oriental mine in Alleghany, Sierra County, California. In August, about five months after...1 BANCROFT AREA I BANCROFT TOURMALINES Loose gem m y xls and matrix specimens M aine to California...SILVERTON COLORADO AND SOME EXCELLENT TREMOLITE/ACTINOLITE AFTER PYROXENE FROM SALIDA, COL­ ORADO. WE ARE
Catalog/List
aupplied. Usually; the ■ine ~e ■ountain range, county and state will be furnished with speci■ens. PRIES:...Crystal Peak,CO Four Peaks Horseshoe Dam Spain Maine Carter Mine,NC Champion Mine Grants, New Hex Workman...traction Oregon Makey #3, Utah Pitcher, OK Ray Hine Maine Hyoninq Massachusetts r.ripple rk, v! Vekol Mince...Mine Haid of Sunshine Chile Ray Mine Ra; Mine . Dunton Gem lh ,Hl Anderson Mine Italy Hajuba Hill, NV Old...Robertson Hi California C.S.S.R. lJH Claims Pugh Quarry, OH -----------------~ ----r---....-----,--
Journal (issue)
although accessory minerals such as schorl, epidote, actinolite and titanite may also occur. It was from one...(Continues on page 6) Colorado MINERAL & FOSSIL SHOW GEM e MINERAL SHOW APRIL 21 - 22 - 23, 2006 Costa Mesa...fine cluster of amethyst recently mined in his quarry: arguably this may be one of the best North American...at www.dixieeuhedrals.net: also a recent Rock and Gem article may be aYailable on this same topic. The...gives special recognition at the February Tucson Gem and Mineral Show for exhibits that help explain an
Journal (issue)
from now all copies of Gems and Minerals, Rock and Gem, Lapidary Journal, Roc/chound, and so on, will be...recent is the McDole Trophy— "Best Minerals ot Tucson Gem & Mineral Show— 1 9 7 8 / Some specimens from this...hydroxyl-herderite was first described from Paris, Maine, as hydroherderite by Penfield (1894). Members of...Mountain, North Carolina, and from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine, were also studied and are probably...The only valid herderite known to us is a green gem in the Smith­ sonian collection, previously reported
Journal (issue)
vein, lnakurashi Mine, Furubira Township. Furabira County, Hokkaido, Japan, The specimens are large miniatures...pseudomalachitc i associated with olive green actinolite crystals wi th cu protungs tite coating massive...ion from the White King Mine. near Lakeview. Lake County. Oregon labe led as uranospi nite. The mineral...no sale, you arc always cord ially welcome. 3 Newry Mineral Park News RclcaseMa inc_Geological S~rvey...mineral localities, including the Dunton gem tourmaline min e. These gem deposits have been closed to collectors
Book (volume)
cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings...newer events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most
Book (volume)
cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75... His works are known to almost every collector, gem cutter, gemologist, and mineralogist. His writings...newer events to bring the history of North American gem 1nining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most...of turquoise and peridot, although for the latter gem, much larger facetable rough crystals appear with
Journal (issue)
Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil photo...rosette, with prehnite, 14 cm, from the Centreville quarry, Fairfax, Virginia. Smithsonian Institution collection...C6649; Lee Boltin photo. Fairfax Quarry, Virginia, 1967 The Fairfax quarry in Virginia is a classic locality...northeastern corner of the Fairfax quarry in Centreville, Virginia. I visited the quarry the next weekend. Nothing...(exceeding 1 inch in diameter) blackened by actinolite (byssolite) and chlorite inclusions. The rain
Book
MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described
Journal (issue)
Korowski and C. W. Notebart Quartz & Pyrite from King County, Washington......................................SILVERTON COLORADO AND SOME EXCELLENT TREMOLITE/ACTINOLITE AFTER PYROXENE FROM SALIDA, COL­ ORADO. WE ARE...arrivals list RARE MINERALS FINE MINERALS GEMSTONES GEM AND MINERAL BOOKS &Ann Frazier 1724 University Ave...November— December, 1978 Quartz &Pyrite from King County, Washington by John Medici 7272 Macbeth Drive...all-night gab session at the October ’76 Detroit Gem and Mineral Show. At that time What On Earth, Inc
Book (edition)
Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Names, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University Press, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...portion of an ore that is not economically valuable. gem A mineral that possesses intrinsic value because...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;
Book (edition)
Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...nes, 1892-1978, by P. G. Embrey and J. P. Fuller (Oxford University P ress, 1980). Acta Crystallographica...portion of an ore that is not economically valuable. gem A mineral that possesses intrinsic value because...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M
Journal (issue)
recent paper, “ Uralolite from the Dunton Gem mine, Newry, Maine: a second occurrence” (vol. 9, p. 99-101)... il colleziom sta (the collecto r) of m inerals,gem s,fossils bentley’s minerals Minerals for beginning...Gordonsville zinc mines, near the town of Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Relatively little top-qualitymaterialfrom...stone units are well-developed in parts of Smith County and adjoining areas. The average thickness of the...the drilled portion of the upper Knox in Smith County is made with the ore-bearing Mascot and Kingsport
Book (edition)
M. Hughes: Dept. of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. W. Barclay Kamb: Division of Geol. and Planetary... W. (1961), Chemical Crystallography, 2nd ed., Oxford Clarendon Press. (GL) Glusker, J. P., & M. Lewis...Trueblood (1985); Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer, Oxford University Press. (ITXC) International Tables for..., Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, New York, 1991; Hartshorn, N...Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
Book
"Mineralogy of Hyperagpaitic Alkaline Rocks" (1995), Oxford Uni,¡ersity Press. Original Russian titles of the...MS4+0 2 )0 Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Occurrence:...Monoclinic Pb 11 Ag(As,Sb ) 18 S36 Locality: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Canton Wallis, Switzerland. Ocwrreuce:...with Highway 30, 0.2 km north of Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, U.S.A. (Lat. 46°1'13.1" N, Long. 122°52'39...a new high-silica zeolite from Goble, Columbia County, Oregon. A111erica11 Mineralogist 75, 1200-1204
 
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