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weighing 11.87 carats that was cut from Mt. Apatite. In 1902, the Maine Feldspar Company began mining feldspar at Mt. Apatite. During this early period, a massive crystal of smoky quartz of approximately 19 ½" long and 9 ½" thick was discovered. Large masses of flawless material may be seen in this speci-men, which is deep amber in color ...
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Mount Apatite Park. Mount Apatite Park is located at 64 Mt. Apatite Road in Auburn. It's a 325-acre wooded park located in the western portion of the city. The park offers a wide variety of recreational opportunities not often found in municipal park settings.
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Greenlaw Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA. This is a vug in cleavelandite filled with the 'zygadite' habit of albite from the Greenlaw Quarry, Mt. Apatite, Auburn, Maine. Collected by Douglas Watts in 1996. Field view is 4 cm. The zygadite habit of albite is characterized by steep angled, saw ...
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West Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA : Mount Apatite has many granite pegmatite quarries and prospects which are mineralogically rich and have late-stage lithium mineralization. The Mount Apatite region is geographically bisected by the ...
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Maine Feldspar Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA. This is an 8 cm spodumene crystal completely pseudomorphed into muscovite from the Maine Feldspar Quarry, east side Mt. Apatite, Auburn, Maine. Field view 11 cm. Collected by Doug Watts 1995. Both the Greenlaw and Maine Feldspar Quarry lithia ...
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Turner Quarries, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA : Granite pegmatite. Eastern Mt. Apatite District - Oxford pegmatite field. The Turner Quarries have some lithium mineralization, but do not seem as productive as some of the nearby quarries. The ...
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Also, if you drive around the back side of the mountain on Hatch Rd. then turn into Mine Rd. of Small rd. there is a trail that goes up to the top and connects all around there with a system of trails. many people use this, in the winter it connects to the snowmobile trails. ... We had an awesome time hiking around the park at Mt. Apatite last ...
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Hatch Farm prospect, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA : Granite pegmatite. Eastern Mount Apatite District. Oxford pegmatite field. First green tourmaline found in 1868 (cut to 2 carat gemstone). In situ tourmalines first found in 1883 from excavation ...
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Smith Quarry, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA : Granite pegmatite. Western Mount Apatite District. Smith Quarry is a small opening between the nearly overlapping Maine Feldspar Quarry and the Greenlaw Quarry. The locality name, Smith Quarry, has ...
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Hatch Farm prospect, East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA. A clear fluorapatite (hex dipyramid) can be seen just lower left of center with a thin light blue columnar apatite above. Two small green elbaites are seen to the right of them. The specimen was collected during an MMGS field trip on August 14th.
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The Almeida family went to Mt. Apatite in Auburn, Maine, to do some mining for gems. We found lots of quartz and mica. Story about our day mining:
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East Mount Apatite Mining District, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA : Mount Apatite has many granite pegmatite quarries and prospects which are mineralogically rich and have late-stage lithium mineralization. The Mount Apatite region is geographically bisected by the ...
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Since the mining at Mount Apatite began in 1883, some exceptional gems have been faceted from the tourmaline harvested from these ledges. The American Museum of Natural History in New York City displays an exquisite rectangular stone weighing 11.87 carats which was cut from.Mount Apatite …
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Mount Apatite Park, Auburn, Maine Significance The Mt. Apatite quarries were important producers of commercial feldspar in the early 1900's. They played a prominent part in Maine's mining history. During the course of this mining activity, rare minerals and colorful crystals of green and pink
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