Rockhounding New England
by Peter Cristofono
Rockhounding New England
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| Acknowledgments |
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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 Photographs |
21
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| About the Author |
21
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| Map Legend |
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| Connecticut Sites | |
| 1. West Redding Grossular Locality |
24
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| 2. Falls Village Marble Quarries |
27
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| 3. CCC Quarry and Prospect |
31
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| 4. Hewitt Quarry |
35
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| 5. Nathan Hall Quarry |
38
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| 6. State Forest No. 1 Quarry |
41
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| 7. Case Quarries |
44
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| 8. Gotta-Walden and Bordonaro Quarries |
47
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| 9. Simpson Quarry |
50
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| 10. Dinosaur State Park |
53
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| 11. Reed's Gap Quarry |
56
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| Rhode Island Sites | |
| 12. Sakonnet Shore |
60
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| 13. Cory's Lane Fossil Locality |
64
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| 14. Cranston Quarry |
67
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| 15. Conklin Quarry |
70
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| 16. Iron Mine Hill |
74
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| Massachusetts Sites | |
| 17. Wrentham Quarry |
78
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| 18. Masslite Quarry |
80
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| 19. North Attleborough Fossil Site |
82
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| 20. Acushnet Quarry |
84
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| 21. Ashland Quarry |
86
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| 22. Chipman Mine |
89
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| 23. Dracut Quarry |
93
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| 24. Chelmsford Lime Quarries |
95
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| 25. Littleton Quarry |
97
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| 26. Lancaster Chiastolite Locality |
99
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| 27. Lunenburg Quarry |
102
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| 28. Rollstone Hill Quarry |
104
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| 29. Shaft 10 Locality |
107
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| 30. Beryl Hill |
110
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| 31. Warwick Epidote - Garnet Locality |
112
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| 32. Manhan Lead - Silver Mine |
115
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| 33. Chester Emery Mines |
119
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| 34. Barrus Farm Pegmatite Locality |
122
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| 35. Betts Manganese Mine |
125
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| Vermont Sites | |
| 36. Hatch Limestone Quarry |
129
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| 37. Redmond Quarry |
132
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| 38. Rock of Ages |
135
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| 39. Camp Plymouth State Park - Gold Panning |
137
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| 40. Argonaut Mine |
141
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| 41. Gould Talc Mine |
143
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| 42. Sharon Concretion Locality |
145
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| New Hampshire Sites | |
| 43. Beryl Mountain Mine |
148
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| 44. Mine Ledge |
151
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| 45. Turner Mine |
153
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| 46. Beauregard Mine |
155
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| 47. Chickering Mine |
157
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| 48. William Wise Fluorite Mine |
160
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| 49. Richmond Soapstone Quarry |
162
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| 50. Wilton Crushed Stone Quarry |
165
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| 51. Hooksett Crushed Stone Quarry |
167
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| 52. Raymond Quarry |
170
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| 53. Parker Mountain Mine |
172
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| 54. Ham and Weeks Mine |
175
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| 55. Hoyt Hill Mica Mine |
178
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| 56. Palermo No. 1 Mine |
181
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| 57. Palermo No. 2 Mine |
184
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| 58. Charles Davis and Plume Mines |
187
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| 59. Wild Ammonoosuc River - Gold Panning |
190
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| 60. Tunnel Brook - Gold Panning |
193
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| 61. Baker River - Gold Panning |
195
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| 62. North Sugarloaf Mountain |
197
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| 63. Randolph Quartz Crystal Mine |
199
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| 64. Mascot Mine |
202
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| 65. Iron Mountain Mines |
205
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| 66. Moat Mountain |
207
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| 67. South Baldface |
209
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| 68. Madison Mine |
211
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| Maine Sites | |
| 69. Deer Hill |
214
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| 70. Lord Hill |
218
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| 71. Bumpus Mine |
221
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| 72. Pingree Ledge |
224
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| 73. Newry I - Dunton Gem Mine and Crooker Quarries |
227
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| 74. Newry II - Nevel Mine and Bell Pit |
230
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| 75. Black Mountain |
232
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| 76. Swift River - Gold Panning |
235
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| 77. Smalls Falls Area - Gold Panning |
237
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| 78. Hedgehog Hill |
240
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| 79. Emmons Quarry |
242
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| 80. Tiger Bill Quarries |
245
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| 81. Tamminen Quarry |
247
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| 82. Waisanen Quarry |
249
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| 83. Harvard Quarry |
251
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| 84. Hayes Ledge |
254
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| 85. Ryerson Hill Mine |
257
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| 86. Mount Mica |
259
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| 87. Mount Marie |
262
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| 88. Bennett Quarry and Orchard Pit |
265
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| 89. B.B. No. 7 Quarry |
268
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| 90. Heath Quarry |
270
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| 91. Mount Apatite Park - Maine Feldspar and Greenlaw Quarries |
272
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| 92. Hatch Ledge Prospect |
275
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| 93. Mount Apatite West - Pulsifer, Groves, Keith, and Wade Quarries |
277
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| 94. Pitts - Tenney Prospects |
280
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| 95. Havey Mine and Berry Mine |
282
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| 96. Sandy Point Beach |
285
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| 97. Consolidated Feldspar Quarries |
288
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| 98. Edgecomb Feldspar Mine |
290
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| 99. Jasper Beach |
293
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| 100. Perry Agate Localities |
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| Appendix A: Clubs |
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| Appendix B: Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Displays |
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| Appendix C: Shops |
306
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| Appendix D: Additional Resources |
310
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| Appendix E: Bibliography |
312
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| Site Index |
318
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| Index |
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