 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln in northeastern...northeastern Rhode Island offer col lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone quarry, the...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S H...U M B E R L A N D at the northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland...there is enough interest ing in this town and in Lincolnâthe adjacent town to the southâto warrant a field |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of Amado, on the...inches in length. They come from Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado (altitude of pocket where found over...inches in size, comes from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Microcline {feldspar). Nice loose xls, averaging...received. These come from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Garnet (spessartite). Small but gemmy, deep...Locality is Ruby Mountain near Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colo. Topaz: Small, colorless gemmy xls in cavities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Little Falls dolostone at exposures in Herkimer County, New Y o r k , and elsewhere. Despite their popularity...complexly zoned, Li-rich pegmatite in Florence County, Wisconsin, has revealed an unusual phosphate assemblage...a quartz vein on Stone Hill in Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont ( H M M #128449). 2. Stubby black crystals...cordierite crystals, at the soapstone quarry in Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire ( H M M #123104)....in amphibolite on Mt. Grace in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts ( H M M #123555). 4. Ferrian dravite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Figure 47 (above). Orthoclase with quartz and adularia from Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn. 6 Ă 9 cm, ex...was collected in May 1970 by Dietmar Stitz from rock excavated for a bank-building foundation on South...a very aesthetic specimen (fig. 19). On Staten Island an excavation at the foot of the Verrazano-Narrows...on Staten Island, dark red almandine crystals to 20 mm across were found in the 1960s in rock excavated...that was collected at College Point, Queens, in rock that was dumped there from the excavation of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | .. 1445 1447 1447 1449 1449 1449 K-feldspar(adularia?) ...................................... 1449...opencut .......................................... Rock from Alderman mine, Browns Canyon, Colorado ......secondpaper publishedin 1963, Hewett, Fleischer, and Conklin, using many spectrographicanalyses of the oxidesfound...the widespread presenceof a potassiumfeldspar (adularia?), generally formed by replacing the sodium-calciumfeldspars...middle Tertiary age; (5) persistent alterationof the lime-sodafeldsparsin the hostrocksto a K-feldspar (adu- |  | | Book | | [Sweden] 10:215-217 ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J....Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | 115 by B. Kitt, P. K. M. Megaw & B. Lees Larkin's quarry, Connemara, Ireland .............................$324/ three years, (Canada) $196/ one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription...Forrest was born April 21, 1932 in Willits, Mendocino County, California, the son of Helen and Forrest E. Cureton...produced by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Curetonite, a new mineral from Nevada, was discovered...TOURMALINE Tourmaline with Quartz Pala, California, USA I 28.5cm Dallas, Texas I Shanghai and Guilin , China |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California......................................................................369 by L. H. Conklin Letters to the editor ........................... 8th Friday, Oct. 9th BEY'S ROCK SHOP GRAYSON LAWRENCE H. CONKLIN PICKENS GRENVILLE MINERALS ...learned to transform intractable masses of hard rock into works of great beauty. The Peopleâs Republic...gem fields. Sapphire deposits on windswept Hainan Island are under in vestigation. In 1976 the first major |  | | Journal (issue) | | Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...mineral assemblage, which typically includes albite, adularia, calcite, chlorite minerals and anatase (Campbell...minerals are leached from the surrounding country rock during metamorphism. Ramsay and Huber (1983) suggest...such as pegmatite veins or cavities in sedimentary rock. The localities for faden quartz are numerous, and...repeated cracking and healing of grains in the country rock, which are broken and exposed when the fissure grad |  | | Report (issue) | | Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico--------------------------------Luis Lopez district, Socorro County, New Me...Riverside County, California ------ -----------------------Aguila district, Maricopa County, Arizona -Conclusions...noteworthy amounts of silver (Hewett, Fleischer, and Conklin, 1963; Hewett, 1964). In the United States, mo...chalcedony, and the wallrocks show alteration to adularia, which is also common in the deeper sulfide mineral...zone in which the country rock was altered to chalcedony, clay, and adularia. Sparse barite veinlets were |  | | 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...Annual Rock Swap at Jo Scholl's Place, North Gorham, Maine. July 26-31, 1965 â Charlotte Rock and MinÂ...sponsor the 25th Annual Convention and Silver Jubilee Rock and Gem Festival of the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical |  | | Journal (issue) | | BONANZA Rock collecting, sightseeing and a look at history in Colorado by Steve Voyn ick CONKLIN QUARRY...QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page 122 A PICTURE...Vanguard blade. aluminum oxide wheel for sharpening rock picks, chisels, etc. Use fine grit âą Handy, adjustable...CENTER CADILLAC OF ROCK GRIPPERS _ __._..__._....., SHIM The new 4 POINT SOVA ROCK VISE Designed and...This toot puts four equal pressure points on your rock. holding odd shaped pieces solidly for accurate |  | | Journal (issue) | | in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among... HI STORY_....,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _......., J COUNTY MAp o, '1~AAa M'Al.t.OFM.11.ES An 1870 map of...the official state gemstone of Texas. (The state rock, established that same year, is petrified palm wood...Barber's Hili salt dome at Mont Belview, Chambers County, on the Texas Gulf coast, small but sharp tetrahedral...Mountain and near Kingsland in Llano County. A northeastem Gillespie County locality known as Amethyst Hili |  | | Journal (issue) | | understanding of important issues. NOTICES Died, Willard Lincoln Roberts, 64, of heart failure, in his offic at...the other, of 426 square meters in total area. The rock collection is kept in a steep space under the roof...-A u g u st, 1987 263 Figure 1. La Facciata quarry. Bracci photo. Roman conquest of the Apuan territory...stacked one over the other by overthrusts, are: 266 quarry phase all of the pre-existing structures were...techniques, being very efficient, produce much less waste rock than the ancient methods and leave less for the |  | | Journal (issue) | | severe injury. Typ *Reprinted by permission from Rock & Gem, September 1988. 178 ically, old shafts contain...both continuous chemical oxidation and physical rock stress. Historically, roof collapse in caves is...compromises the effectiveness of any ground support. Some rock, or âground,â such as that near fault zones or certain...timbers can be as deadly as the rock fall which will probably follow. Rock boltsâsteel rods two to ten feet...achieve support by locking fractured rock sections together. Rock bolts are also used to suspend compressed |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunterâs visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |  | | Journal (issue) | | color. Prices on request. ANALCITE CRYSTALS, Lincoln Co., Oregon. A very limited supply of choice translucent...weigh ing 20 to 30 lbs. or more. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock. III. Choice medium to deep purple crystals averaging...available. Prices on request. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock, III. Choice me dium to deep purple xls with other...DOLOMITE CRYSTALS IN PENN.âRichard Haefner.... 808 RHODE ISLAND HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOILâGardiner E. Gregory............... 858 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .............................................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | supernatural event that occurred on Michipicoten Island in eastern Lake Superior. Four natives, after gathering...particular, âa boulder of pure copperâ imbedded in rock on the Ontonagon River. The âOntonagon Boulderâ...and a Mineral Agency was established on Porterâs Island at Copper Harbor. A few prospectors were already...exploiting âfis sure depositsâ in Keweenaw or Ontonagon County. Prime targets were large veins of solid copper...Keweenaw County; also important were the Minesota [sic] and National mines in Ontonagon County. The Cliff |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado County, California, and a little of its history ........................................ 325 by L. H. Conklin T1 mM!NERA!. =!CAL RECORD The Newmont Azurite:................................... 333 by L. H. Conklin Postscript: Hessonite with apatite, Mount Avie..................... 248 Obituary: Lawrence H. Conklin (by W E. Wilson) What's New in Minerals Tucson...the Editors Died, Lawrence H. Conklin, 82 Lawrence Henry "Larry" Conklin, Jr., well-known New York mineral |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...Cassiterite and Hematite Stephanite Chalcophyllite and Adularia Mount Potosi Marcasite on Barite Cinnabar Mcguinnessite...Descloizite Cuprite on Copper Nevadaite, Gold Quarry Mine Vanadinite, Ruth Mine Epidote Opal after |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioâs Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...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.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohioâs Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...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.âŻcone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Toddâs Ford, a mineral depositâŻHematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite from the type locality near Warwick, Orange County, New York. The large crystal is 5.5 cm long. Oren...across, from the type locality near Amity, Orange County, New York. New York State Museum specimen 2290...type locality in the Town of Dekalb, St. Lawrence County, New York. Field of view 1.8 mm across. Adam Geer...from the Sterling mine near Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York. This specimen has a long history. It...Robert Hesse, Richard Hauck, M. Stanley Kron, Larry Conklin, Carter Rich, and Steven Chamberlain. Steven C |  | | Report (volume) | | difficult. The effects of added potassium, indicated by rock analyses with excessive K20, and elevated temperature...with stairstep patterns that indicate growth of adularia as late as ~20 Ma. Biotite dates from Ragged Ridge...geochemical phenomenon that has affected Tertiary volcanic rock chemistry at detachment faults, in calderas, in...described as the transformation of one mineral or rock into another of different chemical composition (Lindgren...which may be incipient to pervasive, is indicated by rock analyses with excessive K20 content, anomalously |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Thomas P. Moore Niantic, CT Joe Polityka Staten Island, NY Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Pierre-Nicolas...after paralstonite, a new pseudomorph from Cave-in-Rock, I llin o is .................................443...Kingsbridge, an early quarrying district on Manhattan Island ............................................................................457 by L. H. Conklin Ernstite and eosphorite from Minas Gerais, B razil.. |
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