Rockhounding New England
by Peter Cristofono
Rockhounding New England
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| Acknowledgments |
viii
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| Introduction |
1
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| New England Geology |
3
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| Rockhounding Basics |
11
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| How to Use This Book |
19
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| About the Author |
21
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| Map Legend |
22
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| Connecticut Sites | |
| 1. Old Mine Park |
24
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| 2. West Redding Grossular Locality |
28
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| 3. Falls Village Marble Quarries |
30
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| 4. CCC Quarry and Prospect |
33
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| 5. Nathan hall Quarry |
37
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| 6. State Forest No. 1 Quarry |
40
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| 7. Case Quarries |
43
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| 8. Simpson Quarry |
46
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| 9. Dinosaur State Park |
48
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| 10. Burgundy Hill Quarry |
51
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| Rhode Island Sites | |
| 11. Cory's Lane Fossil Locality |
54
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| 12. Cranston Quarry |
58
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| 13. Conklin Quarry |
61
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| 14. Iron Mine Hill |
64
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| Massachusetts Sites | |
| 15. Wrentham Quarry |
68
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| 16. Masslite Quarry |
71
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| 17. North Attleborough Fossil Site |
73
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| 18. Taunton Quarry |
75
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| 19. Acushner Quarry |
77
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| 20. Ashland Quarry |
79
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| 21. Swampscott Quarry |
82
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| 22. Chipman Mine |
85
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| 23. Dracut Quarry |
88
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| 24. Chelmsford Lime Quarry |
90
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| 25. Littleton Quarry |
92
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| 26. Lancaster Chiastolite Locality |
95
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| 27. Lunenburg Quarry |
97
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| 28. Rollstone Hill Quarry |
99
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| 29. Beryl Hill |
102
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| 30. Manhan Lead - Silver Mine |
104
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| 31. Chester Emery Mines |
107
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| 32. Barrus Farm Pegmatite Locality |
110
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| 33. Betts Manganese Mine |
112
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| Vermont Sites | |
| 34. Hatch Limestone Quarry |
116
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| 35. Omya Middlebury Quarry |
119
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| 36. Rock of Ages |
121
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| 37. Camp Plymouth State Park - Gold Panning |
123
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| 38. Argonaut Mine |
127
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| 39. Gould Talc Mine |
129
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| 40. Sharon Concretion Locality |
131
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| New Hampshire Sites | |
| 41. Beryl Mountain Mine |
134
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| 42. Mine Ledge |
137
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| 43. Turner Mine |
139
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| 44. Tripp Mine |
141
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| 45. Beauregard Mine |
143
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| 46. Chickering Mine |
145
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| 47. William Wise Fluorite Mine |
148
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| 48. Richmond Soapstone Quarry |
150
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| 49. Wilton Crushed Stone Quarry |
153
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| 50. Hooksett Crushed Stone Quarry |
155
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| 51. Raymond Quarry |
158
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| 52. Parker Mountain Mine |
160
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| 53. Ham and Weeks Mine |
163
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| 54. Ruggles Mine |
166
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| 55. Hoyt Hill Mica Mine |
170
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| 56. Palermo No. 1 Mine |
172
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| 57. Palermo No. 2 Mine |
175
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| 58. Wild Ammonoosuc River - Gold Panning |
177
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| 59. Tunnel Brook - Gold Panning |
180
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| 60. North Sugarloaf Mountain |
182
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| 61. Mascot Mine |
184
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| 62. Iron Mountain Mines |
187
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| 63. Moat Mountain |
189
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| 64. South Baldface |
191
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| 65. Madison Mine |
193
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| Maine Sites | |
| 66. Estes Quarry |
196
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| 67. Deer Hill |
199
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| 68. Lord Hill |
201
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| 69. Bumpus Mine |
203
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| 70. Pingree Ledge |
205
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| 71. Newry I - Dunton Gem Mine and Crooker Quarries |
207
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| 72. Newry II - Nevel Mine and Bell Pit |
210
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| 73. Black Mountains |
212
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| 74. Swift River - Gold Panning |
215
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| 75. Hedgehog Hill |
217
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| 76. Emmons Quarry |
219
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| 77. Tiger Bill Quarries |
222
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| 78. Tamminen Quarry |
224
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| 79. Waisanen Quarry |
226
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| 80. Harvard Quarry |
228
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| 81. Ryerson Hill Mine |
230
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| 82. Mount Mica |
231
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| 83. Mount Marie |
235
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| 84. Bennett Quarry and Orchard Pit |
237
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| 85. G. E. Pollucite Mine |
240
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| 86. B.B. #7 Quarry |
242
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| 87. Chute Prospects |
244
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| 88. Heath Quarry |
246
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| 89. Mount Apatite Park - Maine Feldspar and Greenlaw Quarries |
248
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| 90. Hatch Ledge Prospect |
251
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| 91. Mount Apatite West - Pulsifer, Groves, Keith, and Wade Quarries |
253
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| 92. Pitts - Tenney Prospects |
256
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| 93. Havey Mine and Berry Mine |
258
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| 94. Sandy Point Beach |
261
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| 95. Russell Brothers Quarry |
264
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| 96. Consolidated Feldspar Quarries |
266
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| 97. Edgecomb Feldspar Mine |
268
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| 98. Warren Nickel Prospect |
270
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| 99. Jasper Beach |
272
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| 100. Perry Agate Localities |
275
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| Appendix A: Clubs |
277
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| Appendix B: Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Displays |
282
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| Appendix C: Shops |
289
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| Appendix D: Additional Resources |
296
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| Appendix E: Bibliography |
298
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| Site Index |
303
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| Index |
304
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