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Schorl from
Heath Quarry, Casco, Cumberland County, Maine, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Heliodor1 photo of Schorl associated with Heliodor at this locality.
Almandine1 photo of Schorl associated with Almandine at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Heath Quarry, Casco, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:387163
Long-form Identifier:1:3:387163:8
GUID (UUID V4):9dc19b3d-c66b-48fc-bba3-b6a914982051
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
16.1km (10.0 miles) Berry-Havey Quarry (Havey Quarry; Berry Quarry), Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
16.8km (10.4 miles) Groves Quarry (Hole in the Ground Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) Wade Quarry (Androscoggin Tourmaline prospect), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) Pulsifer Quarry & Dionne extension, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
17.0km (10.5 miles) Keith Quarry (Towne Quarry), West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
17.1km (10.6 miles) Hatch Farm prospect, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) Turner Quarries, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
17.3km (10.7 miles) Kennedy Quarry, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
17.3km (10.8 miles) Emery prospect, West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) Maine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Catalog/List
yellow 10. CALCITE .AND DOLOMITE. Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall. A 90x50mm area of dolerite matrix...£25. 11. CALCITE AND PYRITE ON HEMATITE. West Cumberland. A matrix of botryoidal red hematite partly covered...Old label attached "Iron Pyrites and. Calcite Cumberland". 50x30x20mm. £22. 12. CALCITE. Florence Mine...colourless xls. 60x40x20mm. £6 13. CASSITERITE AND SCHORL IN CASTS AFTER ORTHOCLASE. East Balleswidden Mine...empty and partly refilled casts. The filling is of schorl needles to 10mm and sharp black cassiterite xls
Book (volume)
geologic ages and under varied conditions: the Cumberland Plateau, the Appalachian Valley, the Appalachian...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:
Catalog/List
Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA. Single terminated monoclinic striated green/black...l 2mm. A pretty miniature. 40x40x22mm. £3 9 3) SCHORL and CLEAVELANDITE, Haramosh, Giligit, Nothem Pakistan...perfect terminated trigonal lustrous striated black schorl prisms (a)l6x8x6mm and (b)26x10x8mm stand proud...4) STIBNITE, Xikuangshan Antimony Mine, Shaoyang County, Hunan Province, China. Single matrix-free striated...WULFENITIE, Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, Arizona, USA Unusually fine and large single orange red translucent
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
Catalog/List
of call this year are Bristol, Iver Heath, Harrogate, Haywards Heath and London (details on back cover)...usual Gossan matrix. 2£x2xl£", £8.00. ADULARIA/SCHORL. Whiskey Lode,Geevor Mine.Pendeen,West Cornwall...2-Jx2x1-i", £8.00. 6. ANALCIME. Magheramourne Quarry , Antrim ,N. Ireland. A dark , cavernous Basaltic...£12.00. 43. NATIVE-BISMUTH/LOELLINGITE. Penlee Quarry , Newlyn, West Cornwall. Characteristic ’step-faced'...dark-brown.Tetragonal xtls,plus minor crystalline Schorl. 4x3x1", £45.00. lixlxi", £1.00. -6- 62.
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
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 (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
Journal (issue)
News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...feldspar. The locality, I believe, is a granite quarry. I have been told that, at the site, the large...Fifties, i.e. chiastolite crystals from Madera County, CA. They used to be very common, almost ubiquitous...Manhattan, NV, from the Twin Creek Mine, Humboldt County, NV. The crystals are about 3/g to 5/g inch (1...with fresnoites from the Junnila Mine, San Benito County, CA, which he described in the Mineral News of
Journal (issue)
Mineral Show, Clair H:ill, Perrymont Road, Haywards Heath, Sussex. (near to railway station). 10am - 4.30pm...Society's Annual Bazaar, St. Albans Church Hall, West Heath Drive, Golders Green, London NWl I (opposite Golders...Saturday 19th November 1994 Clair Hall, Haywards Heath 10.00- 4.30 MINERALS GEMS FOSSILS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS...MINERALS FROM THE MASSIF CENTRAL HAMPSTEAD FARM QUARRY, AVON {Russell Society Southern Branch) PRESENTATIONS:...world for many years, visiting, among others the USA, Canada, Russia, Australia, Norway, Sweden, Iceland
Book
of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...MARKET. (W. Greene.) CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN MAINE. BATCHELDER'S GRANT. (Oxford Co.) Sulphuret of Lead... near Bath. MAINE. BOWDOIN. Schorl, common, very abundant. (C.) BOWDOINHAM. Schorl, very large, perfect...in beds. Mica, sometimes very beautiful green, Schorl, black, masses sometimes contain fragments of quartz...abundantly disseminated finely crystallized in MAINE. 3 tables or thin plates, sometimes associated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
00:39 19 January 2015 Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia B lack and nearly black minerals-no...cassiterite, Russian ilvaite, Brazilian and Namibian schorl, Panasqueira ferberite, and rutile, especially...across are reported from the Songo Pond quarry at Albany, Maine. It has been found in good specimens near...near Waterbury, Vermont; at Poker Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island; and in Essex, Orange, and Warren...originated in Chester County and include prismatic crystals to 10 cm from Logan’s quarry; similar brilliantly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatite was mined at Barringer Hill in Llano County in the early 1900s but was flooded by Lake Buchanan...on "The Weeks Pegmatite Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire" (March/April 1991). i i • I...66, May/June 1991 197 LOCALITIES BY COUNTY Bastrop County KEY mm T * ? — — — — best occurrence..."specimen quality" questionable occurrence Angelina County Lufkin, 1 mile N of Lufkin in railroad cuts, in...(petrified wood) (Folk et al., 1961). Baylor County Aransas County Aransas Pass area, Intercoastal Canal
Catalog/List
of rare cut gemstones is therefore offered. Iver Heath Show was a great success, so the venue is already...interphase. 9. AQUAMARINE. Centreville,Boise County,Idaho,U.S.A. A fine,transparent , blue-green terminated...£5.00. 22. BARITE on CALCITE. Elk Mine,Meade County,S.Dakota,U-S.A. Beautiful terminated golden gemmy...sample. 65mm x 50mm x 4Omm. £4.00. 25/ BERYL/SCHORL. Kunar Valley.Afghanistan. Small interesting display...base of a much larger terminated lustrous black Schorl crystal. 32mm x 30mm x 23mm. £55-00. 26. BISMUTHINITE
Catalog/List
current stock. IVER HEATH MINERAL SHOW We look forward to seeing you at our 4th, Iver Heath Show and are pleased...and unlimited free parking, do come along. Iver Heath Village Hall, 3.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. on Friday 10th...minor matrix. 2-Jx2x1-J", £5-00. ANALCIME. Dean Quarry,St.Kevern,Lizard.Cornwall. Large(to about 1" in...00. 29. AURICHALCITE/HEMIMORPHITE. Greystones Quarry,Nr.Launceston.Cornwall. Rather nasty,cavernous... Slightly BISMUTH(Native)/MOLYBDENITE. Penleo Quarry,Newlyn,West Cornwall. SxAguix; bronzy-tarnished-granular
Journal (issue)
membership. Persons living over 60 miles from Haywards Heath may opt for associate membership. Anyone joining...the Haywards Heath Methodist Church Hall 110 yards south of Clair Hall, Haywards Heath from 7.30 - 10...Haywards Heath WEST SUSSEX RH16 2SA Treasurer : Catherine Foley 53 Carter Drive Broadridge Heath Horsham...equal split between those ‘in person’ in Haywards Heath and those ‘virtually’ via Zoom. A move from our...the flattened tabular habit. Stoneham, Colorado, USA. Allan and Elvire Mortimer collection. Plate 3.
Journal (issue)
membership. Persons living over 60 miles from Haywards Heath may opt for associate membership. Anyone joining...the Haywards Heath Methodist Church Hall 110 yards south of Clair Hall, Haywards Heath from 7.30 - 10...Lindfield Haywards Heath WEST SUSSEX RH16 2SA Catherine Foley 53 Carter Drive Broadridge Heath Horsham WEST...on Folkestone beach and a return to Cloud Hill Quarry. We were a little uncertain about running the competition...Sussex Mineral and Fossil Show at the new Haywards Heath 6th Form College venue; the November 2021 show being
Book
overseas field trips; to Europe, Siberia, Namibia, the USA & Canada and the Faroe Islands. Practical courses...particularly the Oxford, Bakewell and Haywards Heath Shows, to purchase specimens and view the range... Caledonite - Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland. Field of view approx 7mm. A micromount collected...Pyromorphite - Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland. 8.5x5x2.5cm. A very nice slab of blue mfcro...colour too. 9 Jeanbandyite/Natanite - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall. Field of view approx. 3mm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ordovician Fe- and Mn-rich rocks in south-central Maine: From peri-Gondwanan deposition through Acadian...Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, U.S.A. 1 2 Abstract The Wilson...discontinuously over a distance of >75 km in southern Maine. Cathodoluminescence imaging of zircon grains from...found in the Wilson Cove unit in south-central Maine are consistent with peak metamorphic conditions...(mineral), geochronology, ironstone, Maine Introduction In south-central Maine, a thin (<120 m) but distinctive
Journal (issue)
SMLS VISIT TO NAMIBIA in September 2016 HAYWARDS HEATH TOWN DAY DATES FOR YOU DIARY SUSSEX MINERAL &...membership. Persons living over 60 miles from Haywards Heath may opt for associate membership. Anyone joining...the Haywards Heath Methodist Church Hall, 100 yards south of Clair Hall, Haywards Heath from 7.30 - 10...Brough 1 William Allen Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath WEST SUSSEX RH16 2SA 01444 831252 01435 873898...1) at Greybull in the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming, USA. This ranch is a specimen mining operation, seeking
Book (edition)
HANDBOOK for A WEEK WITH MAINE MINERALS by NEIL A. WINTRINGHAM 1_� Cv1,_1'--A� __, SECOND EDITION...week collecting in the pegme.tite area ot Oxford county, !!Bine, Neil Wintr:lnghal'!l, a pa.st-president...field trial of the hambook during our ''Week with Maine Minerals" furnished additional information end resulted...characterized the evenings spent with members of the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. N. A. W. Mountainside...minerals. The geology of pegmatites, in general, and Maine pegmatites, in particular, is summarized briefly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
other side, e.g., Dartford Heath, Ashley and Bowsey Hills, Hampstead Heath , etc. (k) Since the effect...near Chertsey, 300 ft. a.D. (j) Burgh Heath. § (k) Headley Heath, II 600 ft. o.n (I) Juniper Hill, 600...Thames Valley, excepting those found on Hampstead Heath. It would appear, therefore, that this series of... would coincide with the level of the Dartford Heath gravel, whrch consists of material derived from...gravels to the west of the ridges, while at Ascot Heath (especially near the Royal kennels) and St. George's
Journal (issue)
membership. · Persons living over 60 miles from Haywards Heath may opt for associate membership. Anyone joining...Concern Hall, attached to Clair Hall, Haywards Heath from 7.30 -10.30 p.m. Chairman & Treasurer: F/frip...Brough 1 William Allen Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath WESTSUUSEX RH16 2SA 01424 870402 02083 090367...• Hard rock fragments from the Hannebacher Ley quarry in the Eifel, the type locality for hannebachite...to bring a representative selection to Haywards Heath in 2012, also to give a talk about his resurrection
Catalog/List
Southampton (Sept), Bakewell (Oct) and Haywards Heath (Nov). Hope to see you at one or more of these....clove-brown Axinites. LC,£6. AGATE VAR THUNDER EGG. Oregon,USA. Large,polished h alf-geode shov­ ing scarlet and...colour, TN,£65. 11. ANATASE. Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA. Perfect,off-matrix,cube-octahedral 4mm xtl. Boxed...£4. 12W. ANDRADITE GARNET. San Benito County,California,USA. Ex George Holl­ oway collection. Single...bubbly Goethite. SC,£20. ANTHOPHYLLITE. Connecticut,USA. l�hite,crystalline matrix veined with long,green-black
 
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