 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 07:22 29 December 2014 Wavellite Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas P hosphate minerals...first phosphate specimen was a wavellite from one of the traditional Arkansas localities, for these have...recently been the source of some of the finest wavellite ever found, and, consequently, one Dr. Robert...selected as this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Wavellite is an often-colorful mineral, ranging from white...hardness is 3.5–4, and its measured density is 2.36. Wavellite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (2/m2/m2/m) |  | | Book | | Collecting Arkansas JVlinerals A Reference and Guide By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. ,'T Collecting Arkansas...Box 2043 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83816-2043 iii Arkansas Counties 1 \ I •( 11 o •« c »««ou cxi ju4«iO«J...573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal...Quadrangal Map index. V Contents and Locality Index Arkansas Quartz Crystal Deposits Special Quartz Types..... Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arkansas Phosphate Minerals A R E V I E W AND UPDATE The abundance and quality of Arkansas phosphate...phosphate minerals—especially wavellite and variscite—have led collectors to seek them for over one hundred years...N R Y L . BARWOOD Arkansas Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Arkansas Tech University Russellville...Russellville, Arkansas 72801 H E N R Y DELINDE 6 Homestead Court Mabelvale, Arkansas 72103 H A R D L Y...emerald-green crusts of variscite crystals from Arkansas. The abundance and quality of these specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | Collector's Newsletter $3.00 2008 Arkansas Aluminum Phosphates: Wavellite with Variscite and Planerite Arthur...Houston, TX 77036 Introduction Wavellite has been collected in Arkansas since the middle of the 1800s...drawing of a typical wavellite specimen is included in Harvey ( 1886), Arkansas' first state mineralogy...quartz with only sporadic commercial production, wavellite is undoubtedly the second most commercially collectable...specimens in Arkansas. Dug Hill in Garland County was the source of most early wavellite specimens despite |  | | Journal (issue) | | testing gold. Major areas covered include Southeast USA, California, Australia, Canada to Alaska, Britain...locality of "Paterson" rather than assign a specific quarry as was often done in the time period in which he...edge textureof radiatingcavitiesandthe Street quarries, especially concaveundersideriddledwith tiny Lower...to Paterson New Jersey in general but the exact quarry cannot be specified. In summary, three h• h h Thestepped-oriented...nine-pound garnet and a 34-carat diamond - all from the USA ? Maybe you're more interested in Czech opals, minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (top). Digging at de Linde Pit No. 1, Garland County, Arkansas, in the early stages of exploration. Photo...William Besse. Figure 3 (below). A handful of wavellite breccia uncovered on the first day’s dig, 28 June...diggings in Arkansas prior to 1870. The location was generally listed as being in Montgomery County because...the diggings were. Garland County was formed in 1873, but Montgomery County persisted on the labels after...1873 date is correct for the formation of Garland County, the townships of Buckville (including Avant), |  | | Journal (issue) | | Notebook: The New Wavellite Find at the State Pit Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas Art Smith...of wavellite from Mauldin Mountain located about 2 miles north of Mount Ida in Montgomery County. Arkansas...History The Mauldin Mountain wavellite locality has been producing most of Arkansas' wavellite specimens...from the County Continued on page 4 Fig. 1 Planerite with colorless wavellite, State Pit, Mauldin Mountain...Mountain, Arkansas, photo by Art Smith. New Finds and other News from the Tucson Shows - February 1999 Lanny |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...continued with mining in north ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove during the Civil War, and peaked...in full swing and the demand for and price of Arkansas quartz crystals has skyrocketed. In October 1987...exploited. Continued interest in and study of Arkansas minerals, par ticularly the microminerals, will...for their good companionship during my years of Arkansas collecting. Particular thanks goes to these hardcore |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | histoRiC spiNElli pRospECt, glastoNbuRy, haRtFoRd CouNty, CoNNECtiCut. A. J. Albini1 and H. moritz2. 1 86...NEW data oN plaNERitE FRom mauldiN mouNtaiN, moNtgomERy CouNty, aRkaNsas. T. A. Brown1, S. L. Hanson1...small Spinelli pegmatite in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, is famous for crystals of a samarskitegroup...can be found in museums and old collections. The quarry lies on residential property and is closed to collecting...samarskite-group A quarry for fill on the south face of Mauldin Mountain in Montgomery County, central Arkansas, is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on this fascinating problem. UNITED STATES Arkansas Wavellite Mr. Arthur Smith of Houston, Texas, sent...was found in abundance at the County Gravel Pit at Mauldin Mountain. Mauldin Moun tain is a typical Ouichita...is of Ordovician age. The gravel pit (actually a quarry) is 3 miles north of Mount Ida off U.S. 270 near...but on its south flank. The wavellite is typical of other Montgomery County Locations which differs from...common Dug Hill material from near Avant in Garland County. Here it occurs in various shades of light green |  | | Journal (issue) | | Colorado-Utah Minerals Crystal-Linn International Mountain Minerals International Williams Minerals Martin...Aluminum phosphate minerals from Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, A rkansas......................... Aluminum phosphate minerals from Mauldin Mountain Montgomery County Arkansas Arthur E. Smith Jr. 9118 Concho...phosphate minerals (primarily wavellite and variscite) were discovered in Arkansas during the early 1800s....(Chester, 1878). Studies of variscite from Garland County by Cech and Slansky (1965) show it to be a Lucin-type |  | | Report (issue) | | and groups of amethyst from Maquar, Zarkashan Mountain, Qarabagh district, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan...==== Amethyst, 6 cm, from Maquar, Zarkashan Mountain, Qarabagh district, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan...its type locality of Wannigletscher, Cherbadung Mountain, in Canton Wallis, Switzerland (but right on the...the border with Piedmont, Italy, where the same mountain is called Monte Cervandone). Mike’s loose crystals...Cafarsite, 1.1 cm, from Wannigletscher, Scherbadung Mountain, Wallis, Switzerland. Marin Mineral specimen and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Treats Provided by the Fossil Group MEMORIES OF ARKANSAS: COLLECTING PHOSPHATES AND BAUXITE Mike Nelson...Nelson csrockguy@yahoo.com I have fond memories of Arkansas. Applied for a few jobs in universities and turned...suspect many CSMS members have been to the State of Arkansas on a collecting trip, most likely to collect quartz...are many other really interesting minerals in Arkansas that offer some collecting opportunities. One...as small to large oolites; and 4) is mined in Arkansas. I learned all of these facts in a grade school |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | secondary beryllium phosphates from the Collins Quarry, Georgetown, Maine - J. W. Nizamoff, A. U. Falster...world’s largest reddingite crystal from the Bennett Quarry, Oxford Co., Maine? - M. Felch, A. U. Falster....historic Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut - A. J. Albini & H. Moritz. 2:30...warwickite, and dissakisite-(Ce) from New York State, USA - M. V. Luoulescu. R. Rowe, D. G. Bailey, & M. Hawkins...crystals in the Lockport Dolostone, Cicero, Onondaga County, NY - S. C. Chamberlain. D. G. Bailey, & R. Lyons |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Box 25046 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, USA AND JOSEPH E. TAGGART, JR. M.S. 973, U.S. Geological...Box 25046 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, USA The turquoise group has the general formula: Ao...with one unpublished analysis of p[anerite from Arkansas, are given in Table 2. Every effort was made to...accuracy of the TGA apparatus, reference samples of wavellite, paravauxite and vivianite were also analysed...agreed well with the ideal total water content. Wavellite loses molecular water at 225~ and OH at 335~ paravauxite |  | Huizing, Terry E., Richards, R. Peter, Clifford, Janet H., Cook, Robert B. (2017) Connoisseur's Choice: Calcite from the American Midwest, Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee. Rocks & Minerals, 92 (1) 46-63 doi:10.1080/00357529.2017.1241690 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | American Midwest Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee C alcite is ubiquitous in the American...Tennessee Lead-Zinc district near Carthage in Smith County. Calcite from this locality is noted for high luster...chalcopyrite, 8 cm tall, from the Ben Hogan quarry in Lawrence County, Arkansas. Terry Huizing specimen (No. TEH...specimens. Arkansas Calcite crystals occur in veins and vugs in dolostone at the Black Rock quarries of the...the Lawrence County Zinc district. Specimens often feature calcite perched on pink, saddle-shaped crystals |  | | Journal (issue) | | TV-zenders, zoals VRT, VTM, RTBF, ATV. Ook in de USA haalde het nieuws talrijke TV-stations, zij het dan...- Marmor aus Italien - Bildersandstein aus Utah/USA 14-20 Pietra Paesina 21-23 Landschafts-Sandsteine:...in Rock, Illinois, USA 1-4 Denver shows 2001 5 Pea Ridge mine closes (Missouri, USA) * DER AUFSCHLUSS...zaccagnaite, two new minerals from the Carrara marble quarries. * MINERALIENFREUND 39(4), 11.01 1-6 Mineralienbörse...Liguria, Italy 393-400 The Shirley Ann claim, Inyo County, California 403-405 Microminerals 413/416 New minerals |  | | Report (edition) | | STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 S P EC I ES O F A RKA N SA A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard \ 1987... / ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist s·' , STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...23 SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION...State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman...Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by Mike Howard of the Arkansas Geological Commission |  | | Report (edition) | | STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 MINERAL SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised...Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised 2007 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL...Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F...Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by Mike Howard of the Arkansas Geological Commission |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........... 3 Wavellite, Variscite, and Other Aluminum Phosphate Minerals in Arkansas .................organization it is. Wavellite, Variscite, and Other Aluminum Phosphate Minerals in Arkansas Program Presented...occur in the Ouachita Mountains of west central Arkansas. Most of this mineralization is restricted to...also been found in the Arkansas Novaculite and other Paleozoic rocks. Wavellite Crandallite Gorceixite...The most important mineral for the collector is wavellite. It often occurs with variscite, metavariscite |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...mineral localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, G eorgia...............................Simmons & F. J. Wicks Calcioferrite from the Moculta quarry, near Angaston, South Australia ................. from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection of Maudine and Bob Sullivan;...York Mineralogical Club field trip to Penitentiary quarry, Snake Hill, New Jersey, on September 4, 1893 (photo |  | | Journal (issue) | | Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of...the dominant exposed bedrock in this part of the county. Excavated near the tum of the 20th century, the...JohnA. Jaszczakphoto. October 12-18, 2007 Trip to Arkansas Art Smith artsmithite@msn.com Having a need to...away and see some rocks and minerals, a trip to Arkansas was scheduled and being the weekend of the Mt...obvious even when visiting some of the Garland County mines. I also planned to do some Magnet Cove collecting |  | | Report (issue) | | 4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses... Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...Philadelphia: Fairmount Park, Frankford, and Rit- enhouse quarry. SCOLECITE CaAl 2 Si3 Oi .3H 2 O MONOCLINIC ...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | states at its 2017 February show (add Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee); hence, they will all...states— Michigan, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Arkansas—at the periphery of the area tally over three...near the surface and includes minerals found in quarries and mines but eliminates those listed from drill...inclusions or mixtures (e.g., yellow smithsonite from Arkansas), or bizarre growth habits (e.g., twists and elongations)... Marion County, Tennessee Shepard 1835 1835 Nitromagnesite Nicajack Cave, Marion County, Tennessee |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hunting Hill Quarry SUNDAY May 4th: May's field trip is to the Rockville Crushed Stone Inc Quarry for grossular...email Robert or call Robert at 703-431-8547. The quarry manager has set a limit of 20 participants. There...attend. To our club members signed up for the Montgomery County Club field trip on May 18th, please be considerate...field trip only to open up space for our non-Montgomery club folks. New club members must supply your...a parent or legal guardian. This is a hard rock quarry and you will need heavy boots, hard hat, safety |
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Montgomery County Quarry, Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA