Minerals and rocks - geology department cases [catalog of specimens from the Geology Department, Middlebury College, late 19th C.]

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Date given or received Locality - Geology - rocks etc Donor or purchase
1839 - 50 ? ? Bon Hills, near Baltimore, Md. (in basic-simatic matic rocks of intrusives. rose = corundum? C.B. Adam's Coll
? Hartford, Md. ? ?
1931 - 32 South of Thetford Mines (Asbestos) S. of Quebec Canada Colraine? B.M.S. + W. David
1933 Nye, Mont. (Stillwater Complet-Gabbroic rock - bands-mined rock - Laccolithic? [dike likez?]) - B.M.S. 1965 pur. Ward's
1931 Shansi Province, China. contact gone w pegmatite with sialic intrusives - (isomorphous) Solid Solution Ferberite-Wolframite-Huebnerite Fe W O4 - Mn W O4 S. World Min. Supply Co. VA? Lexington Ky.
May - April 1941 Pacuni Mines, near Oruro, hi-in-Andes - 15000 South of La Paz Bolivia To B.M.S. from A. Fisk, supt. for Aramayo Tin Corp. (home [chiowelah?]-Wash.
(BMS - sabbatical 2nd Sem.) 1839 - 50 Zinnwald - Bohemia (Czecho-Slovakia) contact - metasomatic deposit - sialic intrusive - WO4 - replaces CO3 C.B. Adams Coll. pur
1933? by BMS Ardmore, Nova Scotia Canada {fluoresces - fine blue with little min. [lisbt?] white World Min Supply Co Roanoke, Va.
received 1948. Minaes Geraes, Brazil (collectd during WWII 1941 - 45) major Benjamin H Namm - father of D.I. Namm took Geol 2/1/-2 summer 1948
Wards 1927 - 30 Mammoth, Pinal Co. Ariz pur. Wards and fissure filling - with Quartz
1839 - 50? Dunmore, Vt.? Rw M.J. Severance Coll.
1928 (east of) Pribram, Bohemia, (Czecho Slovakia Ward's, Rochester N.Y.
1839 - 50? Battle Mt. Nev. ? (old Severance # = 674?) for 1109 Rev M.L. Severance Coll.
1839 - 50 ? " "
1839 - 50 Llallagua, Bolivia? C.B Adams Coll?
summer 1941 Sleetmute, Alaska. minor - or. W.M Cady '34 majors - R.V. Cushman. '39 Goth from Midd. Vt.
1947 Manhattan, Nev. (I. [?] 11 to 010) p. Ward's Roch. N.Y. 1941?
? possibly Manhattan, Nev.? number etc lost - (2 specs) ? ?
Mass 1839 - 50 Worcester, Mass (Look-alike) (660-Huntington Vt.? C.B. Adams Coll.
1953? Deloro, Ont. pur. Ward's?
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number c = coll. in Hall Casis. Mineral etc Comp. Cryst-Syst. description old numb. (O.N.) S.C. = Student Coll.
C 173 Molybdenite 2 specs MoS2 Hex. {ce. pprf. 0001: blue massive - veins - gray stock-works SpG=4.75 S.C 432
C 174 Molybdenite 2 specs " " disseminated - flaky - foliate S.C. 435
C 175 "in quartz' " " " " bluish gray ?
C 176 " concentrates pure! 4 specs. " " micaeous - foliate, blue-gray ?
C 177 " in quartz. " " crystalline, flaky, bluish gray box-work or mods - (dissolved out former crystals) 57
C 178 Wulfenite Tetrag. pyramidal Pb Mo O4, yellow-orange, prism + [busal?] pinacoids G=6.3 - 7.0 1879. p.
C 179 " " " yellowish dominant, tabular ?
C 180 " " " yellow - tabular - + quartz purch.
C 181 Uraninite, Isom. Hexoct. Cl. 3 specs UO2 (UO2, UO3, PbO, ThO2) crystals rare - but octah. + dodecah. {G 4.8 [right arrow] 9.7 often - massive - amorphous. Pitchy-black p 1926 ?
C 182 Carnotite 2 specs K2 (UO2)2 (VO4)2, 3H2O Orthorh. small crystals, Tabular, more often lemon yellow sandy - powder, in crusts, earthy - dull - canary yellow 1926?
C 183 Uraninite, crystals, Isom. "pitchblend UO2 etc. pegmatite. Portland, Collins Hill Conn (Branchville area) - resinous - pitchy p. 1927?
C 184 Uraninite, pitchblende 4 specs. UO2 UO3 PbO ThO2 - isom. or concretionary or fissure-filling or replace. - black - dull - heavy
C 185 " ? " "Carbonaceous Trash"
C 186 " " " sooty pitchblende -
C 187 Tyuyamunite Orth. 2 specs. Ca (UO2)2 (VO4)2 " H2O, Yellow (greenish?) yellow-green fluoresc. Tyuyamunized wood
C 188 "with Pascoeite" " yellow but fluoresces - faintly in SS. 3 specs
C 189. Autunite Tetrag. ditetrag. dipyram. ce Ca (UO2)2 (PO4)2 10-12 H2O Tabular green-yellow foliate or scaly, strong - beautiful yellow - 5 spec
C 190 Pitchblende? Asphaltite (Uraninitez hi U content) U.ore veinlet in Shinarump Congl. Tr. w. limonite and gypsum in cls ? alter. black
C 191 Carnotite (yellow) + orange -? + C- "trash" K2 (UO2)2 (VO4)2 3H2O - (orange - Vanadinite? no crystals?) 3 specs
C 192 Carnotite, yellow " sandy (orthorh) " "
C 193 Native Copper Isom. Hex octah. Cu in Congl. or Diabasic-basaltic intrusives and flows. + native Ag 970 O.M. Lost
C 194 " " " " in basaltic porphyritic rock. pink - dark purple 97P, 2, 3 ?
C 195 Chalcopyrite Tetrag. Tetrag-Tetrahedron Cu Fe S2 massive, w. pyrrhotite + qtz O.N. 1129
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Date given Locality - geol. etc Donor - class etc
1926 1931 or 1929? Climax, Colorado. mines at 13000' + N - NE of Leadville - Sialic circular - core - tapering cylindrical - pipe-like 2[?] - T or K. intr B.M.S on return (Ariz) from summer 100 at Pet. Forest, Holbrook
1935 (1932?) Cuttingsville, Ut. Pluton - Nepheline - Syenite [?] or R intr. and Pulaskite Vt. 1961 - MP Mr. Ridlon Sr home in Cuttingsville Ut.
? ? disseminated - sott (2), G = 4.75. ? C.B. Adams Coll.?
? ? ? possible ? C.B. Adams or ? Burt or Foyles
1839 - 50 [inside a box] one 57 in S.C. #57 - called graphite - 19 specs? from Ariz. Nos. lost? [end box] physical Test - for MoS2 ? C.B. Adams Coll.
1948 - 3 specs. cavity - fissure filling . fine crystals Dona Ana Co. N.M. Organ, Mts Ward's, Rochester
1931 [9?] " crystals - " " " " (Ward's) "
1931 4 Sierra Delos Lamentos Chihuahua, Mexico - [Vug?] - filling - 2nd min. some World min Roanoke, Va
1926 Joachimsthal, Bohemia (Czechosl.) black - dull {Madame Currie's famous [lerality?] for [dissov.?] of Radium 1898) Monsieur Peter (Marie his wife) Currie. p. Wards Roch. N.Y.
" - 27 yellow. Naturite, Colo. - 2nd. weathered - product - in TR - J. SS. oxidized zone. - source of VO4. Ward's " "
1927? Collin's Hill, Portland, Conn - pegm. muscov. + autunite - specks orthocluse? fluoresces " " "
April 1955 Moab, Utah in veins - filling or replace - bedded - deposite base of Chinle, TR. SS. Homestake - La Sal shatt. Tomes Feininger '56.
" " " " filling or deposition or replacer of Wood - mineralized Utex (steen) mine w. pyrite " " "
" " Marysvale, Utah - " " "
" " Laguna, h.M. in pet. - (carbonized? black) wood " " "
" " Moab near Monticello, Utah. "Utex Steen." Chinlee TR. upper mine? " " "
Marysvale, Utah area VCA Fredone #2 on qtz monzonite green fluoresll mineralized by rhyolite - Tertiary, intrusive. beautiful - rosette-like crystals - '56
April. 1955 Temple, Mt. base, Utah " " 56
" 1955 Dove Creek, Colo salt wash (does not fl.) Morisson Cove J.? lease (4/1955) " " 56
" " Hite, Utah (or possibly Temple Mt. Utah) 2ndary. min. deposit in Shinarump ss or congl. Triassic. " Happy Jack Mine? " " '56
1839 - 50? Houghton, Mich - Keweena W Pen. Algonkian, Keweenawan Lake Superior - richest Cu camp. C.B. Adams Coll. by Gilbert Boardman
" " " (with calcite " & sometimes "epidote. All these were probably give by G. Boardman
" ? (from S. Stratford Ut. - ?) C.B. Adams Coll.?
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Number C = Hall Coll. - S.C. = Student Coll in R. 13
Mineral - cryst syst Composition - description etc assoc. mins. etc O.N or S.C.
C 196 Chalcopyrite Tetragon. CuFeS2 black (CuO2) Brassy-center (MnO2?) Botryoidal S.C. 1908 see
C 197 " " (2 specs) 2 sp. " brassy - massive with epig. fiss. - pyrrhotite S.C 1785
C 198 (2 specs.) Chalcopyrite " CuFeS2 massive, brassy, with pyrrhotite 34% Cu 40
C 199 " " " massive, brassy, rich-sp. (bronzye pyrrhotite-pentlandite Sc 1 means Sudbury coppercliff
C 200 " " " good, large, intergrown Tetrag-Tetrahedrons pseudo-isom. Tetrahedrons, "brassy" 1833a
C 19 201 " " with some pyrrhotite " massive, brassy rich ore min. S.C 1936
C 202 Bornite Isom. Hex oct. I Cu5FeS4, 63%Cu, {purple Cu ore peacock ore purple horseflesh ore Blue Massive - crysts - rare 1. specs
C 203 " " " Cu5FeS4 - + pyrite - " malachite, - 2 specs - chart 3 specs
C 204 Chalcocite Orthorh. bipyram. cl. Cu2S, 79.8% Cu, "Copper glance" - black coating, massive - silvery - gray - often "sooty" G = 5.5 - 5.8
C 205 " with pyrite " in sialic intr. rock Cu2S " (2 specs) Sooty replacing bornite -
C 206 " in Calcite " Cu2S - white = CaCO3 - surrounds rock frags. calcite - Vu9 ?
C 207 Covellite, Hexag. dihex. dipyram. CuS, 66.4% Cu, Indigo blue, purple rod - wetted, iridescent, platy, flex. - mica-like 2 specs.
C 208 Enargite, Orthorh. pyramid. Cl. Cu3AsS4, 48.3% Cu, bladed, prismatic cleavage (perfect), subm. luster - striated - vert S.C 2000
C 209. " " " (110) (+ chalcocite Cu2S?) 633 - not correct
C 210 " " " " possibly with Bornite or chalcocite? ?? 2 specs
C 211 Tetrahedrite Isom. (hextetra cl.) Tetrahedrons etc M12R4S13 M= Cu, Pb, Ag, Fe, Zn R= Sb or/and As (111) steel gray-black, metallic [left arrow] 2 spec
C 212. Tetrahedrite (with galena?) " " " replac. ditetragonal Tetrahedrons of chalcopyrite 2 sp
C 213 {" " (Cu, Ag, Fe, Zn)12 Sb4S12 " Large Tetrahedron = 6 [triangle] faces ?
C 214 Malachite, monoclinic. (3) gem - in cabochon prismatic Cu2 (OH)2 Co3, Cu 57%. green, botryoidal concretionary, fibrous, fizz in HCl 3 specs
C 215 " " " fibrous, green, silky radiating 2 specs
C 216 " with Azurite (blue) " " green, concret. - Azurite 2 "
C 217b Azurite monocl. prismatic Cu3 (OH2)2 (CO3)2 blue - often - lines. - fills cavities - Vu9s S.C 1815
C 217 a+c " " " incrustation on ign. rock (C - B3)
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O.N. = old number - CB. Adams or Severance Coll. P. = purchase
Date given or received Locality - geol. origin etc Donor or purchase (p.)
1948, Aug. Cornwall, England, (famous Tin camp) Capt. R.C.M. Page
10/1/43 Eliz. Mine 300' Level - S. Stratford, Ut. Ut. Cu Comp. - Devonian, Giles Mt. in Metam. rock qtz - muscovite-phyllite-schist assoc. with chlorite R. Cushman '39 (son) Geol. major H. Cushman '07 (father)
1839 - 50 ? ? probably - from S. Strafford, Ut.? C.B Adams Coll. (or H.M. Seeley?)
summer 1926 Copper Cliff, Creighton Mine (famous Ni Camp Sudbury, Ont origin? - Late - Magmatic - qtz - diorite intrusive - see pentlandite minerals - Ring intrusive? 11/65 B.M.S - Prof. Geol 1925 - 65
Dec 1944 ? (very nice crystals) Tenbrook Est. via Dr P. Mellen, Ex. Dartmouth grad
Fall 1951 S. Stratford, Ut. Eliz. Mine P.K. Brown Asst. in Geol. Fall 1951 - left - Feb - job '52 with Anaconda? at Butte
summer Fall 1927 Lenoard Leonard Mine - Butte, Mont. brecciated - fissure filling + replacement - This one is massive good spec. ? BMS of Phil Dempsey '28 Summer Trip - across U.S.
Summer 1929 or 30 Leadville, Colo, Replace. Leadville, [ls?], Miss Syst. Brecciated chert + Timestone BMS - prof 1925 - 65 on Trip to Mo. Climax color
(3 specs? (heavy worn pure min.) Butte, Mont. 2nd - deposit - supergene - sulfid [3rd?] also - deeper fissure veins hypogene (prim.) P - Wards - 1930s
summer 1927 Butte, Mont. Leonard Mine (K.T. Boulder Bath?) supergent + hypogene fissure-fault veins BMS and Phil Dempsey '28 on 1927 summer trip
? ? dendritic-like in places 2 in calcite C.B. Adams Coll.? ? ? ?
summer 1927 Aug. Leonard Mine Butte, Mont, 2nd min, decomp. with pyrite + [right arrow] {CuFeSg [sevs?] met. Cu5FeS4 resinous Cu2S BMS Phil. Dempsey '28 Trans U.S. trip in open T-Ford.
p. 1953 Cerro De Pasco, Peru, fine crystals p. Ward's 1953 BMS
1839 - 50? Vein - with pyrite (pyritohedrons) - bladed? (Test for sphalerite?) C.B. Adams Coll? 1839 - 50
p 1930 bladed crystals (some pyrite) (may be from Butte, Mont.?) Wards Roch. N.Y. 1930s?
1953 [left arrow] {Bingham Canyon, Utah 30 mi - s of Salt Lake City. with pyrite (pyritohedrons + dodecah. sphalerite) equi angl. equi lat } faces - often with Ag. } [right arrow] " , Rochester N.Y. 1953.
1930s (Froiberg. Saxony Germany) (or Cornwall, Eng [right arrow] Wards 1935 or 42
? ? Note equi (60 [degree symbol, angle symbol]) angular - equi - lat. cross-section (bluish - tarnish) possibly - C.B. Adams coll.?
1839 - 50? ? Bisbee, Ariz? (amorphous-like) - "cryptocryst." " C.B. Adams Coll?
? " " ? brown (Limonite) 2nd supergene ore - usually above water table also possibly chalcocite " " " ?
? 1927 1930 } Morenci (chalcopyrite + Bornite - primary ore Oxid. zone Bisbee, Ariz - Oxid. zone - p. Wards -
Dec 1944 Bisbee, Ariz? geodic - [vuggy?] - crystals Tenbrook Est. in Dr P. Mellen Exec.
Summer 1927 a - Santa Rita N.M c - Bingham Canyon, Utah - with (green) malachite
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