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Almandine from
Lookout Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lookout Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:616143
Long-form Identifier:1:3:616143:9
GUID (UUID V4):ab5b035e-9ec3-4c3a-ac32-dd912a7e5504
References
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Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...on the gem resources of our land. "Do you, Mr. Maine," he continued, "know that some of the finest tourmalines...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are found in Canada and...strike gem tourmaline by the bushel basketful in Maine and California; emerald in North Carolina, a big...all challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...from Alaska to the Mexican border and eastward to Maine and Florida. Still others are to be found in Canada...in cavities in the dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South...affording a challenge to the collector, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia...to visit in the summer. winter comfortable in Maine or Montana. In hot is more comfortable morning
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
amphiboles from camptonites, 913 Heroes and FeCy, almandine pseudomorphous after plagioclase in a metadolerite... hydrobasaluminite, basaluminite, 931 Merebead quarry, Somerset, mendipite, chloroxiphite, 9o i St. Austell...Valle Vigezzo, Prov. Novara, vigezzite, 459 Osa quarry, Rome, gismondine, 84 I Sasso della Mantesca and...halite, trona, 34 I Sfibren-kalaalan Eskisehir county, deerite, 25i Iraq Sinjar, Mosul, sinjarite, 643...INDEX lO83 Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex county, New Jersey, sarkinite, 68 I Victory mine, Custer
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)
Largest Reddingite Crystals Found at Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine Van King PO Box 90888, Rochester, NY 14609...(newryqs@rochester.rr.com) Jim Mann 57 Main Street, Bethel, Maine 04217 (m tm ann@megamlink.net) Reddingitc is a late-stage...locality for reddingite is the Abidja N. Fillow Quarry, Branchville village, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut...reported the first rcddingite from the Bennett Quarry and provided a bulk, wet-chemical analysis: MnO...Leaseman, an optometrist formerly of Portland, Maine. In the collection was a specimen which at first
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side...CHABAZITE, LEVYNE, PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular...across, Highway 95 road cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. FIgUre 5 (right)...across, Highway 95 road cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Volume 70, July/August
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...are 100 maps geared to leading the "hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...knapsack you can use a mountaineering bag or a mili- quarry or mine where a permit tary bag; make it it...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vulcan Materials quarry in Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and...zircon), particularly in the Wausau area of Marathon County (Falster 1987). Middle Proterozoic quartzites (1...River Falls from 1969 to 1986. Coarse crystalline almandine, talc, magnetite, and various amphiboles came...Wisconsin mineralogy. The index is arranged county by county (fig. 1). Where possible, township and range...for any I may have omitted. Adams County Hamilton Mound. A quarry is located in the NE 1/4 sec. 36 T*20N*R
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Southeru Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA Abstract. Stability relations of F c - M g cordierite...temperatures Fe cordierite breaks down alone to almandine, sillimanite, quartz and water at pressures above...and (3) the reaction which forms cordierite, almandine, and K feldspar is a possible melt-forming reaction...and S.M. Lee aluminum silicate, staurolite and almandine (Turner, 1968). With increasing temperature, these...cordierite-K feldspar, and (3) cordierite-K feldspar-almandine assemblages. The main purposes of this report
Journal (issue)
140 Years Steve Voynick 30 GEMS AND MINERALS OF MAINE (PART II) An Annual Conference and a New Museum......6 Bench Tips ........................16 36 Maine Mineral Attraction Earth Science In News............47 Rock Science .....................48 37 Maine Mineral Attraction What to Cut ....................70 On the Rocks......................78 Dig Maine Gems 38 Antoinette Rahn SUBSCRIPTION QUESTIONS...BD10 Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: • All cast aluminum tank, table
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection. An ideal and inexpensive...“The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust 2001 issue...most notable ones. The localities are listed by county and then in alphabeticnl order. Where numerous...names are from Hausel (1986). Localities by County Albany County Allanite pegmatite, 12 miles W of Bosler...s, ColoradoWyoming State Line district, Albany County: largest crystal is approximately 0.Y carat. Karl
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
such as the Rocky Hill PT granodiorite in Tulare County, California (Putman and Alfors, 1969), the Cathedral...U.S.A (Higgins, 2017), the Northport granite in Maine, U.S.A. (Hogan, 1993), the mafic dykes CE from...euhedral garnet (monocrystalline or twin, mainly almandine) occasionally inset the edge of the plagioclase...2 to 1m2 area) were firstly taken in the field quarry. The selected photographs were subsequently scaled...are T mainly composed of a solid solution of almandine-grossular, which constitutes 83% to 89% of the
Book
100 maps geared to leading the " hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in...easier for you If you plan to vIsIt an operating quarry or mine where a permll Is required make the necessary...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...be discovered by locating the porous layers In a quarry or other exposure and following them along the...been washed into the stream ,tselt. Southwestern Maine around the town of Pans. and the rugged area north
Book (volume)
Co1mecticut Delawar District of Columbia IUinois Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New...only in America. Others, like the tourrnaunes of Maine and California, rival specimens found in better-known...exclusively i.n the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...ME); Perhams (West Paris, ME); and Gem Mountain Quarry Trips (Spruce Pine, NC). Knowing What You 're...hats-may be mandatory if you are visiting an active quarry or mine; suggested near cliffs. lntmduction 29
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, USA Abstract. Recent experimental, theoretical, and...+ quartz = anorthite + enstatite grossular + almandine + quartz = anorthite + ferrosilite Introduction...Nain Province, Labrador Otter Lake, Quebec Qianxi County, China 11.2 9.5 12.6 4.7 8.0 8.9 12.0 5.4 10...of reaction (1), involving grossularanorthite-almandine-ferrosilite (referred to as "the Fe-reaction")...also be used as a geobarometer: grossular + 2 almandine + 3 quartz Ca3AlzSi3012 + 2 Fe3AlzSi3012 + 3 SiO
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 14:12 03 February 2015 Bernalillo County Cerro Colorado, W. of Albuquerque: carnotite. Placitas...Milagros mine): copper, cuprite, malachite. Catron County Apache Creek, N. of Reserve: quartz (chalcedony)...Library] at 14:12 03 February 2015 Chaves County DeBaca County Bosque Draw, E. of Roswell: gypsum, pyrite...Fort Sumner: quartz (“Pecos diamonds”). Cibola County Bear Canyon district, San Andres Mountains. Stevens...mines: barite, fluorite, malachite. Doiia Ana County Figure 2: Spessartine and topaz, 1-cm specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Significance of Garnet and Cordierite from the Sioux Lookout Region of the English River Gneiss Belt, Northern...gneiss belt, which lies to the northeast of Sioux Lookout, mapped by Skinner in 1969 [2]. 2. General Geology... and concluded that metamorphism reached the almandine-amphibolite facies. This conclusion was based...essentially part of the almandine-pyrope solid solution series (Table 1). The almandine component varies between...grade between the Manitoba region and the Sioux Lookout region of the belt is at variance with Dwibedi's
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
comprehensive listing, including detailed spot locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can...The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can be obtained from the North Carolina...Carolina 27611 B. J . M C K E N Z I E Alamance County Pyrophyllite, cacoxenite, diaspore, sericite, pyrite...hill, 0.2 mile from the road. Alexander County Alexander County is a renowned mineral collecting area in...following are mineral collecting sites in Alexander County: 1) Emerald, rutilated quartz, smoky quartz, and
Report (issue)
raetadolomite Sugarloaf Quartzite^' Massive quartzite Lookout Schist ' Laminated schist with Libby Creek Groui...deposits and highenergy marine shoreline deposits), Lookout Schist (interlayered quartzite, phyllite, and schist...iron-formation are present at the base of the Lookout Schist), Sugarloaf Quartzite (high silica orthoquartzite...the Nash Fork Formation and Wilson (1975) on the Lookout Schist, and these formations are currently being...succession. The most reliable metamorphic date for the Lookout Schist is a Rb/Sr whole-rock age of 1,71(H60 m
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...the different collecting locations in San Benito County. After graduating from high school, Steve went...field collecting and a specific love for San Benito County and the minerals of the Clear Creek Management...mined commercially for pegmatite minerals in the Oxford Hills area while also working as a drilling and
Book (volume)
QUADRANT Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text...(in soil, matrix, road cut, pegmatite, shoreline, quarry, gravel pit, prospect, mine, etc.). Let’s take...under the heading of Nebraska, on the map of Sioux County, the site x How to Use This Book indicated
Book (volume)
fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana, and the...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...Mt. Mica Largest crystal from Mt. Mica Eh Towne Quarry 180 Tourmaline Queen Mountain IgI Tourmaline crystal...Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garnet crystals Almandine from Wrangell Spessartite matrix specimen Spessartite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pushed westward from Camp Fortune to Champlain Lookout. Its cement matrix contained up to 5 wt.% pyrochlore...dikes in McCloskey’s 1 Field, north of Champlain Lookout, were termed ‘‘dolomitic veins’’ by the investigator...ML15 (formerly Vn 127). 350 m north of Champlain Lookout. A REE-Ba-calciocarbonatite with layers of baryte...ML26 (formerly Vn 26). 1 km west of Champlain Lookout. Baryte-calcite, rare-earth mineralization, calciocarbonatite...Fortune Lake breccia, 3.7 km east of Champlain Lookout, 72 m long and up to 20 m wide, mainly in monzonitic
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...to Hot Springco., Arkansas, in the Point of Rock quarry, pearly. Clea,¡age {001} perfect. {100} and {010}
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carbonaceous schists overlie />ara-schists of almandine grade. (i) . Outcrop not located. Known only as...Trinity Peninsula, (q) Ortho- and /;ara-gneisses of almandine grade in the Marguerite Bay region. Strike N.E...by carbonaceous schists or phyllites without almandine and twenty miles further west the Inaccessible...island (Lookout Harbour):— These are mica-schists, /rara-amphibolites and marbles of almandine grade....has concluded that the high grade schists of the Lookout Harbour group were originally sediments containing
 
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