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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Central and Western New York State
M
inerals of the Silurian Lockport Group of New
York State have been...observed during the
initial settlement of western New York, it was the construction of the Erie Canal in...Beck’s (1842) Mineralogy
of New York, James Hall’s (1843) Geology of New York, and
James Dana’s (1848) Manual...exposed along the Niagara Escarpment of
western New York as the “Lockport limestone.”† His choice
of Lockport...of dolomite-rich sedimentary rocks
of western New York and southwestern Ontario (Shaw 1937). Terminology | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gait, Royal Ontario Museum; Dr.
William Kelly, New York State Geological Survey; Dr. Robert J. King, Tewksbuty...MORPHOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF
GRAFTONITE FROM PEGMATITES IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE M.A. Wise, Dept. of Mineral Sciences,
Smithsonian...Graftonite-bearing pegmatites are not uncommon in New
Hampshire and are characterized by an enrichment...Rb, and
Cs. Graftonite from seven localities in New Hampshire were
examined as part of an ongoing study...of the graftonite-beusite series.
Graftonite from New Hampshire always occurs intergrown
with triphylite | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2014
Figure 1. County map of New York State,
prepared by William Besse.
MAJOR NEW YORK STATE
M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S
N
ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in
1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence
Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized
into three groups based on | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pohwatp@si.edu
FLUORITE
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
R
egular readers of this column will...sphalerite,
8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood
mine, Smith County, Tennessee.
Note the gemmy corners of the
cube...pieces are
all from the fluorspar district, Hardin County,
Illinois. Cincinnati Museum Center specimens,...cubes
from Trestia, Transylvania region, Maramures County, Romania, appears to be a complete replacement...example, Dunn
(1995) reported that some Franklin, New Jersey, fluorites
fade when exposed to light. Other | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Los
Angeles County Museum of Natural History specimen, Harold and... near Badger
Creek, north of Coaldale, Fremont County,
Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Treasure Mountain Diamond
mine, near Little Falls, New York. Uli Bahmann specimen, Jeff Scovil photo.
SepteniberlOctober:...manganoan, Argentine vein, Idarado mine,
San Miguel County, Colorado. Dave Bunk
specimen, Ed Raines photo...Maine, 412
Birnessite, Utah, 245
Blackburn, W. H., new columnist. 83
Blakeite, Nevada, 128
Blatonite, Utah | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Technical University] at 13:29 19 October 2014
The New York State Museum has been a vital part of the history...and mineralogy in America and the world.
T
he New York State Museum is the oldest and largest state museum...United States. It is the
direct outgrowth of the New York State Geological
Survey, which was formed in 1836...Beck, was also named, and his
exhaustive work on New York mineralogy has yet to be
equaled. The original...1870
the State Cabinet was officially renamed the New York State
Museum of Natural History. James Hall (fig | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gait, Royal Ontario
Museum; Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geological Survey; Dr. Robert J. King, Tewksbury...CONNECTICUT. J. H. Betts,
215 W. 98th St., #2F, New York, NY 10025.
Mineral collectors are steadily losing...Future collecting will, of necessity, be done in new places or in
forgotten, lost localities that are...the Simpson quarry on the south,
the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on
the north...summer of 1996, the author
mapped the trails and quarry locations using an altimeter, a
Global Positioning | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Gait. Royal Ontario Museum: Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geological Survey: Dr. Robert J . King....'Dept. of Geolog-y arid Geophysics, University of New Orleans. LA 70148.
Cary Mound is a low hill that...exposed in a small
portion of the north face of the quarry. Miaroles up to several
inches iicross abound in...& MINERALS
RHODlZlTE FROM MADAGASCAR: NEW LOCALITIES AND NEW CHEMICAL DATA.A. U.Falster', E Pezzota2... of Geology
and Geophysics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans,
LA 70148; 2Museo di Storiu Naturale | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | quartz, metal sulfides (hydrothermal); calcite,
celestine, gypsum, quartz (sedimentary); talc, serpentine...Mexico. In the USA, in New
York, from Lockport, Niagara Co., eastward to Walworth, Wayne Co.; at Stony | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralogy at Michigan
Technological University. A native New Yorker, he has had a
lifelong interest in the minerals...of the state and is a research
associate at the New York State Museum.
458
ROCKS & MINERALS
Dr. Steven...minerals of New York State and is coordinator of
the Center for Mineralogy at the New York State Museum...University] at 04:12 29 December 2014
The GEMS of
NEW YORK
State
J
ust what constitutes a gemstone has...such as
opal, aquamarine, or tourmaline. Although New York State is not known for its traditional precious | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri.
Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...Himalaya mine,
Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine,
Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave
Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal
mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John
Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...on quartz, 54-56
Altaite, Missouri, 96
Analcime, New Jersey, 324; Washington, 273
Anglesite, Bolivia, | 👁 Image
| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | white
bladed celestine, 4 cm tall, from the
White Rock quarry at Clay Center,
Ottawa County, Ohio. Don...Michigan, and Indiana
Figure 3. Pugh quarry, Custar, Wood
County, Ohio, included in the Findlay
Arch area;...specimens collected at the Graymont
Dolime quarry, Genoa, Ottawa
County, Ohio, part of the Findlay
Arch area...in a warm bed. Be that as it may,
the gracious quarry management had agreed to allow us to enter
the...and hunt for “worthless sparkly baubles” (as one quarry
superintendent called them) on this particular | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | southeast of State College in northern Huntingdon
County, has many activities including historical ones...principal deposits, one near
Belleville, Mifflin County, and ores located near the
furnace. These latter...State College, PA. Election of
officers, a vote on new bylaws, and other business will be
conducted. To...would prefer not to be a candidate, and “We need new
blood.” Volunteers and nominations are welcome, and...p. 4).
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Meckley’s Quarry
Annual Open House
Collector-friendly Meckley’s Quarry will have their
annual | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by Terry Szenics; Jeff Scovil...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...15 feet to the left,
parallel to the wall of the quarry. This tube varied from 6 inches to
2 feet wide | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | Slyotovremembershis travels to Shurab,Tajikistan,for celestine; second, MikhailV.Tsygankowith colleaguestells...Evseev Victor K. Garanin Boris Z. Kantor Bryan Lees (USA) Michael B. Leybov Yurii B. Marin VladimirI. Pavlishin...LydieTouret (France) Victor T. Trofimov John S. White (USA) Managing Editor ScienceEditor Editors of the issue...Editor of English (Style) John S. White (USA),Peter Modreski (USA) DesignIdea DmitriiA. Kilpio Coverand...Mineral-Almanac Ltd. 10896 W. Beloit Pl. Lakewood,CO80227, USA minbooks@rambler.ru Web-site: www.minbook.com CONTENTS | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | Midwest Chapter of FM, and working with the
other new officers, got the chapter incorporated as a ‘not-for-profit’...opposing closing collecting areas to the public.
Your new president,
Clyde Spencer
BULLETIN of FRIENDS OF...VALLEY CHAPTER: Larry Nuelle; LNuelle@gmail.com
NEW JERSEY CHAPTER: KC Dalby; fluoriteguy@gmail.com
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New Website to Locate Gem, Mineral & Fossil Shows in the USA
Tom Loomis (Matrix Minerals)...Minerals) has developed a new mineral show website called RockandMineralShows.com –
RMS for short. 18 | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | Cooper
Nottingham, England
Anthony R. Kampf
L.A, County Mus. of Nat. Hist.
Los Angeles, CA
Steven R. Morehead...descriptions o f important localities
at DeKalb, New York; the Helvetia district, Arizona; O ntario’s
Grenville...Grenville Province; the Sterling mine at Antwerp, New York; the
Alpine veins near Sherbrooke, Quebec; the...u a t e o f L i m e . . . In Illinois, Gallatin County, on Peter's
Creek, 17 miles from Shawneetown, and...successfully (Ulrich and Smith, 1905).
In the 1880’s, new steel-producing methods which incorporated
fluorite | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | handled which are now in other elite
collections (as Wayne Thompson did in his Ikons supplement back
in 2007...Tucson Show, held in a quonset hut at the old Pima
County Fair and Rodeo Grounds. I’ve known all of the great...him the widespread recognition that he deserves.
Wayne A. Thompson
NOTE: For those readers who would like...Minas
Gerais, Brazil. Will Johnson collection, ex Wayne Leicht; Tom
Spann photo. Reference: Cassedanne and... Figure 106. Elbaite on lepidolite, 21.6 cm, from new workings at the
Cruzeiro mine, São José da Safira | 👁 Image
| | Show/Event (guide) | | Al Mura, Bill Pinch, Bob Morgan, Tom Smith
What's New in Minerals - Jeff Scovil, Bill Pinch
Auction Solicitors...spoken before at theRMS,but we have a bevy of new topics! Also new this year is the team of Bruceand Miranda...original art for the Program Notes cover. What's New in Minerals is again Jeff Scovil,
followed by audience...Pinch and Helen Chamberlain
have solved all the new quirky problems that crop up fresh each year. The...comforting new development. The reopening of the
zinc mines at Balmat is a positive sign for New York State | 👁 Image
| | Report (issue) | | ...... .David Wert, member
Elaine Neal, deputy
Wayne Kiyosaki, deputy
Staff assistance for domestic geographic...Particular volumes may be
revised periodically with a new year date. The volumes
may be found in libraries...BGN to include the authority to
standardize all new and changed geographic names for
Federal use. The...consideration. The BGN also has a policy of not approving new
domestic geographic names that honor or may be
construed...request the BGN to render formal
decisions on proposed new names, proposed name
changes, or names that are in | 👁 Image
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Nottingham, England
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L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist.
Los Angeles, CA
Joseph A. Mandarino........................ 82
by W. E. Wilson
What's new in minerals
Denver Show 1997....................... notes from the^
EDITOR
GOLD SPECIMENS STOLEN
Wayne and Dona Leicht of Kristalle in Laguna Beach, Califor...miniature size)
from the Eagle’s Nest mine in Placer County, California (half of
them with quartz matrix) were | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | Record
MAY–JUNE 2017 • VOLUME 48 • NUMBER 3
$25
Wayne & Dona Leicht
KRISTALLE
Est.1971
We are cash buyers....................... 419
By W. E. Wilson
What’s New in Minerals: Tucson Show 2017 .....................(2016). Additional information and an abundance of
new illustrations, including some taken from the resources...(Stedingk et al., 2016).
Almost no prospecting or new development work was carried out,
and the existing...(at age 32) of the last Count of Hohnstein,
the County of Hohnstein devolved to the Dukedom of BraunschweigGrubenhagen | 👁 Image
| | Journal (issue) | | NUMBER 3 • $30
Wayne & Dona Leicht
KRISTALLE
Est.1971
Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494...the Red Ledge Mine,
Washington District, Nevada County, California...........................................................................267
What’s New in Minerals, Tucson show...........................COVER: GOLD, 5.2 cm,
from the Red Ledge mine,
Nevada County, California.
Barry Yampol (Mineral
Trust) collection;...judges, are as follows:
2012—Edward R. Swoboda
2013—Wayne A. Thompson
2014—Bryan K. Lees
2015—Willam F. Larson | 👁 Image
| | Book | | fluorescing minerals.
The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in
its production of...physical attribute of minerals. Few descriptions of new mineral discoveries will fail to report fluorescence...terms used in the study of fluorescence. For those new to
the minerals that fluoresce and the localities...William
DeLorraine and Fred Totten of Balmat, New York; and Howard Brown of
Lucerne Valley, California...Connecticut, and Richard Bostwick of Bloomfield,
New Jersey.
James Ferraiolo has provided prepublication | 👁 Image
| | Book | | fluorescing minerals.
The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can
be richly rewarding in
its production of...physical attribute of minerals. Few descriptions of new mineral discoveries will fail to report fluoresi...terms used in the study of fluorescence. For those new to
the minerals that fluoresce and the localities...William
DeLorraine and Fred Totten of Balmat, New York; and Howard Brown of
Lucerne Valley, California...Connecticut,
and Richard Bostwick
of Bloomfield,
New Jersey. James Ferraiolo has provided prepublication |
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