From owner-rockhounds-digest@drizzle.com Sat Sep 8 10:12:32 2001 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 23:49:01 -0700 From: rockhounds-digest Reply-To: rockhounds@drizzle.com To: rockhounds-digest@drizzle.com Subject: rockhounds-digest V1 #956 rockhounds-digest Monday, July 16 2001 Volume 01 : Number 956 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 10:56:41 -0400 From: "Nathan C. Martin II" Subject: Re: Prospects for prospecting in NH? - --=====================_2196187==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Ed, If you are interested in micros, THE place to visit is the Palermo #1 mine in North Groton, NH. I led a Boston Mineral club field trip there the first weekend in July and I know that there are other clubs going every weekend this month. If this is of interest to you let me know and I can provide you with specifics off-list. If you correspond with Steve Reutlinger about other localities be sure to ask him about the "watermellon apatite" that he found on our club trip. Nate Martin Lexington, MA At 11:09 PM 7/15/2001 -0400, you wrote: >I'm going to be taking the family up to New Hampshire next week to visit my >sister at Dartmouth. I will probably be able to get away from family >obligations for one weekday to do some prospecting, but I don't know the >territory. Where might I go to look for specimen material, especially rare >and/or interesting micromounts? Any suggestions will be much appreciated. > >Ed DeWindt-Robson >Winston-Salem, NC - --=====================_2196187==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Ed,

If you are interested in micros, THE place to visit is the Palermo #1 mine in North Groton, NH.  I led a Boston Mineral club field trip there the first weekend in July and I know that there are other clubs going every weekend this month.  If this is of interest to you let me know and I can provide you with specifics off-list. 

If you correspond with Steve Reutlinger about other localities be sure to ask him about the "watermellon apatite" that he found on our club trip.

Nate Martin
Lexington, MA

At 11:09 PM 7/15/2001 -0400, you wrote:
I'm going to be taking the family up to New Hampshire next week to visit my
sister at Dartmouth.  I will probably be able to get away from family
obligations for one weekday to do some prospecting, but I don't know the
territory.  Where might I go to look for specimen material, especially rare
and/or interesting micromounts?  Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

Ed DeWindt-Robson
Winston-Salem, NC
- --=====================_2196187==_.ALT-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:31:34 +0200 From: "Dillen" Subject: Walter F. Ferrier Hi all, I'm seeking a photograph of Walter F. Ferrier, after whom the zeolite ferrierite has been named. A photo appeared in The Mineralogical Record 3(5) (1972). I started my subscription only two years later, unfortunately, so I don't have it at hand. If anyone could provide me with a scan in a reasonable resolution (max. 200 kB please) I would be very glad. If I would use it for publication in our magazine Geonieuws I would, of course, first request permission from the editors of The Mineralogical Record. Any other photograph of Walter Ferrier would also be welcome if there is any chance of obtaining permission from the owner to re-publish it (locally). Thank you very much for your courtesy, and best regards, Rik Dillen Doornstraat 15 B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas Belgium Tel. + 32 3 770 6007 E-mail dillen@online.be Homepage : http://user.online.be/dillen/index.html >>> Belgian minerals (ardennite, vantasselite, ferristrunzite and more) >>> An own find on a Korean stamp >>> Exchange list Mineral collector's page http://www.minerant.org >>> The Dana errata page, The virtual quarry >>> and much more ! MINERANT 2002 ----- Minerals and fossils show 27-28 April 2002 - Handelsbeurs - Meir - Antwerpen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 23:13:19 +0200 From: "herwig pelckmans" Subject: Re: Walter F. Ferrier Hi Rik, Will send you a scan of the Min Rec photo tomorrow. Cheers, Herwig Herwig Pelckmans Worldwide Mineral Collector Belgium Europe http://www.xlizd.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: Dillen To: Rockhounds Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 10:31 PM Subject: Walter F. Ferrier > Hi all, > > I'm seeking a photograph of Walter F. Ferrier, after whom the zeolite ferrierite has been named. A photo appeared in The > Mineralogical Record 3(5) (1972). I started my subscription only two years later, unfortunately, so I don't have it at hand. If > anyone could provide me with a scan in a reasonable resolution (max. 200 kB please) I would be very glad. If I would use it for > publication in our magazine Geonieuws I would, of course, first request permission from the editors of The Mineralogical Record. > > Any other photograph of Walter Ferrier would also be welcome if there is any chance of obtaining permission from the owner to > re-publish it (locally). > Thank you very much for your courtesy, and best regards, > > Rik Dillen > Doornstraat 15 > B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas > Belgium > > Tel. + 32 3 770 6007 > E-mail dillen@online.be > > Homepage : http://user.online.be/dillen/index.html > >>> Belgian minerals (ardennite, vantasselite, ferristrunzite and more) > >>> An own find on a Korean stamp > >>> Exchange list > > Mineral collector's page http://www.minerant.org > >>> The Dana errata page, The virtual quarry > >>> and much more ! > > MINERANT 2002 ----- Minerals and fossils show > 27-28 April 2002 - Handelsbeurs - Meir - Antwerpen > > > ################################################################# > # Rockhounds@drizzle Mailing Alias: rockhounds@drizzle.com # > # Web: http://www.drizzle.com/~afox/rockhounds/ # > # Subscription Services: majordomo@drizzle.com # > ################################################################# > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 17:37:31 EDT From: FourCats46@aol.com Subject: Re: Going to Montana - --part1_bc.17639c04.2884b89b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jeanna, My wife and I just returned from Phillipsburg, Montana on Saturday. We were there digging sapphires at the Gem Mountain Mine, about 18 miles west of Phillipsburg. We left 22 carats of stones that we dug up with the Sapphire Gallery to heat and facet for us. The store is a really neat place to visit and see what they have to offer but the mine itself is a must for gravel, concentrate or digging your own. This is the second year that we have dug there and it is a lot of work and fun. We also spent time at Yellowstone. Hope this helps you. Pat Monroe - --part1_bc.17639c04.2884b89b_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jeanna,

My wife and I just returned from Phillipsburg, Montana on Saturday.  We were
there digging sapphires at the Gem Mountain Mine, about 18 miles west of
Phillipsburg.  We left 22 carats of stones that we dug up with the Sapphire
Gallery to heat and facet for us.  The store is a really neat place to visit
and see what they have to offer but the mine itself is a must for gravel,
concentrate or digging your own.  This is the second year that we have dug
there and it is a lot of work and fun.

We also spent time at Yellowstone.

Hope this helps you.

Pat Monroe - --part1_bc.17639c04.2884b89b_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:07:01 -0400 From: "J Bryan Kramer" Subject: Re: Trp report: southeast new mexico This was south of Chaves County on 295. Bryan - ----- Original Message ----- > A massive outcrop of Selenite east of Hwy. 70 in Chaves County NM. > http://www.chaparralrockhounds.com/trip2.html > Sherry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:33:04 EDT From: Bozo5@aol.com Subject: Re: ocean picture jasper Vrs.. ROCK > Actually, we call it "Ocean Picture Stone." It comes from a mountain > near Rock Creek, BC and presents pictures that resemble the ocean > shores of Oregon. It is beautiful stuff. I looks great in an intarsia as a rock filled stream. Someone at Quartzsite told me it had been mined out. Guess I shouldn't believe everything dealers tell me. Flint ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:33:21 EDT From: Bozo5@aol.com Subject: Re: Sunstone comments Sounds like there is some room for color enhancements. Anyone ever hook a sunstone up to a battery? Did Tim say there is a bunch of KMnO4 there? A good oxidizer. 5 Cu^2+ + MnO4^- +8H^+ => Mn^2+ + 5Cu^3+ +4H2O. So many possibilities. Flint chris@johnston.com.na writes: > I believe > and agree with Hofmeister and Rossman that the > color variation is the expression of a change in > valance in the copper ions from 3+ to 2+ and the > system as a whole is a transition from exsolved > colloidal copper through varying valance to native > copper platelets. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:56:24 -0400 From: "Keith Q. Hayes" Subject: Re: Going to Montana This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C10E63.AEE85F20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable What are the digging prices and conditions? Thanks, Keith Q. Hayes KQ's Minerals kqhayes@home.com www.kqminerals.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: FourCats46@aol.com=20 To: rockhounds@drizzle.com=20 Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 5:37 PM Subject: Re: Going to Montana Jeanna,=20 My wife and I just returned from Phillipsburg, Montana on Saturday. = We were=20 there digging sapphires at the Gem Mountain Mine, about 18 miles west = of=20 Phillipsburg. We left 22 carats of stones that we dug up with the = Sapphire=20 Gallery to heat and facet for us. The store is a really neat place to = visit=20 and see what they have to offer but the mine itself is a must for = gravel,=20 concentrate or digging your own. This is the second year that we have = dug=20 there and it is a lot of work and fun.=20 We also spent time at Yellowstone.=20 Hope this helps you.=20 Pat Monroe=20 - ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C10E63.AEE85F20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
What are the digging prices and = conditions? =20 Thanks,
 
Keith Q. Hayes
KQ's Minerals
kqhayes@home.com
www.kqminerals.com
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 FourCats46@aol.com
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 = 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: Going to = Montana

Jeanna, =

My wife=20 and I just returned from Phillipsburg, Montana on Saturday.  We = were=20
there digging sapphires at the Gem Mountain Mine, about 18 miles = west of=20
Phillipsburg.  We left 22 carats of stones that we dug up = with the=20 Sapphire
Gallery to heat and facet for us.  The store is a = really=20 neat place to visit
and see what they have to offer but the mine = itself is=20 a must for gravel,
concentrate or digging your own.  This is = the=20 second year that we have dug
there and it is a lot of work and = fun.=20

We also spent time at Yellowstone.

Hope this helps = you.=20

Pat Monroe - ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C10E63.AEE85F20-- ------------------------------ End of rockhounds-digest V1 #956 ******************************** ################################################################# # To subscribe or unsubscribe to the Rockhoundz List, send mail # # to with the following keys: # # subscribe rockhounds (or) unsubscribe rockhounds # # rockhounds@drizzle.com | http://callisto.golder.com/rockhoundz# #################################################################