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Zircon from
Whispering Pines Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Formation:Primary
Comments:Tiny crystals.
Habit:elongated prisms
Colour:brown
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Schorl1 photo of Zircon associated with Schorl at this locality.
Microcline1 photo of Zircon associated with Microcline at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Zircon associated with Quartz at this locality.
Almandine1 photo of Zircon associated with Almandine at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Whispering Pines Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1623371
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1623371:5
GUID (UUID V4):d07f59e2-d80c-464d-a2ff-07ac2f65fba6
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
3.4km (2.1 miles) Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) Cobble Hill Quarry (George Howe prospect), West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Ryerson Hill Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Mount Marie Quarries, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) A.C. Perham Quarry, West Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Nubble Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) Witt Hill Chrysoberyl locality, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
10.5km (6.6 miles) Waisanen Quarry (Tamminen-Waisanen Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) Heikkinen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA
References
Harold Moritz CollectionIdentified by Harold Moritz: Visual Identification
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manasquan, New Jersey, visited Calamity Wash, Yavapai County, and collected several exciting and Figure 7: Arizona...specimens. Maine New Mining Activity Ever since the feldspar mill burned in West Paris in the early...early 196Os, Maine pegmatite mining has been conducted only for the recovery of gems or collector specimens...Sweden; the resumption of activity at Mount Mica quarry, Paris; and the find of what might be the world's largest...largest morganite at the Bennett quarry, Buckfield, in the late 1980s convinced the regional collectors
Report (edition)
BULLETIN 41 Third Edition A Collector's Guide to Maine Mineral Localities by Woodrow B. 7KaSVRQ Donald...Vandall T. King Robert G. Marvinney, State Geologist Maine Geological Survey Natural Resources Information...OF CONSERVATION 1998 Copyright © 1998 by the Maine Geological Survey, Department of Conservation. All...5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining
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 ©1994 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, ©1985. The laws and policies of Maine and the United States prohibit discrimination in
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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
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the Sebago granite–pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA Michael A. Wise*, Cathleen D. Brown Department...two-mica granite situated in the Oxford pegmatite field, southwestern Maine. Surrounding the pluton is an...chemistry, petrology, geochemistry, Sebago, southern Maine Received: 1 October 2009; accepted: 30 March 2010;...Introduction The granitic pegmatites of southern Maine represent one of several major pegmatite regions...Unfortunately, very little geochemical data exist for the Maine pegmatites despite their popularity among mineral
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Bolivia. A trip was planned to the Kibblehouse Quarry at Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania. At the July meeting...July 8th, 1951, to French Creek Mines, in Chester County, Penn. When sixty-one rockhounds pounded the old...rewarding. The next trip will be to Kibblehouse Quarry on August 19th. Mrs. Otto Karl Bauhof 352 Church...minerals were most common. The West Cheshire trap quarry yielded specimens of natrolite and other minerals... but black tourmaline crystals from the Turner quarry were the best specimens found. The members visited
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Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur... 353 by P. Orlandi and P. B. Scortecci M aine Maine tourmaline........................................Elbaite from Newry, Maine (by P. J. Dunn) [1975, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 22-25.] Newry, Maine, a pegmatite phosphate...] 328 Famous mineral localities: the Pulsifer quarry (by W. E. Wilson) [1977, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 72-77
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hardwoods, merging into other forests of stately pines on the Piedmont. Beneath the highland forests lie...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:
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Department of Geological Sciences,University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, U.S.A. Ansrnlcr B-containing olivine...obtained IR and transI Present address: 1204 Whispering Pines Way, Madison, Wisconsin53713, U.S.A. 0003-004x/94l09...phlogopite, tourmaline, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, zircon, ludwigite, and sinhalite. The ore was affected
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...intersect at right angles. The crystals, such as zircon, commonly have a square cross-section. The hexagonal... (^h /&> ^& \b^ ^ VESUVIANITE WILLEMITE ZIRCON CRYSTALS How 10 / gem to identify minerals...crystalline. Some, such as the diamond and zircon, are outstand- depends on refractive index, the
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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
Report (issue)
International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...CHRISTIAN WEISE VERLAG, GERMANY AND LAPIS INTERNATIONAL, USA Tourmaline ♦ History ♦ Mineralogy • Tourmaline...Overview .............70 William B. Simmons • From Paris in America to Amerika in Saxony A Survey of the...gained notice as a gemstone distinct from ruby or zircon. Turamali from Ceylon According to Dana and Brush...used by native jewelers to refer to the yellow zircon commonly found in Ceylon (Smith, 1912). Dana and
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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...hundred yards from your doorstep in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous...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
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Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany...(Rio de Janeiro) Pierre Bariand, University o f Paris (Paris) F. John Barlow (Appleton, WI) Leonard and Pat...Franklin, New Jersey Pulsifer quarry, Auburn, Maine Dunton mine, Newry, Maine Las Vigas mine, Vera Cruz...Goschenen clefts, Goschenen, Switzerland Lengenbach quarry, Bina Valley, Switzerland Knappenwand, Salzburg...Greece Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada Arsukfjord, Ivigtut,
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Wilson Associate Editors Pierre Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne...Associate Photographers Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Dan Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber...Articles History and minerals of The Geysers, Sonoma County, California .....................................1852 to the 1920’s, is located in northern Sonoma County about 145 km north of San Fran­ cisco, California...(1970). The Mayacmas Mountains of northern Sonoma County are underlain by rocks of the Jurassic-Cretaceous
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Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, West Germany...(Rio de Janeiro) Pierre Bariand. University of Paris (Paris) F. John Barlow (Appleton, WI) Leonard and Pat...mines, Frartklin. New Jersey Pulsifer quarry, Auburn. Maine Dunton mine, ewry. taine Las Vigas mine...Goschenen clefts, Goschenen, Switzerland Lengenbach quarry, Bina Valley, Switzerland Knappenwand, Salzburg...Greece Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. Canada Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec. Canada Arsukfjord, Ivigtut,
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Carson City, NV photography: Nelly Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Olaf...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...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;
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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}
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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
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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
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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...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy
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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
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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
 
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