Mineralogy of Maine Volume 2: Mining History, Gems, and Geology edited by Vandall T. King 2000 524 p. (45 color photos, 344 black-and-white photos) Price (hardcover): $25.00 (Catalog No. MIN2HC) Price (softcover): $20.00 (Catalog No. MIN2SC)    Mineralogy of Maine, Volume 1: Descriptive Mineralogy

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The Maine Geological Survey has published Volume 2 of the "Mineralogy of Maine." This book is a collection of articles with emphasis on the state's rich mining history, gem production, and geology. It was edited by Vandall King, who is an authority on Maine minerals. He has collected a tremendous amount of information on mining history, including gem mining operations and the 1880's silver boom in eastern Maine. Much of this information has never appeared in print, and there are many rare photographs of people and places connected with Maine mining. Related topics include the development of the science of mineralogy in Maine, and the history of the Maine Geological Survey.

The volume also includes chapters on other varied topics such as meteorites, the types of gems found in Maine (with color photos), and a review of all previous literature on Maine mineral collecting and guidebooks. Another useful chapter is a collection of maps showing precise locations of all known significant mineral localities in Maine. These maps are cross-referenced to lists giving both the preferred and alternate names of the localities.

The final chapter updates mineral discoveries that have occurred in Maine since the publication of Volume 1. There are many pages of black-and-white and color photos showing mineral specimens that were found recently.

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Table of Contents

Dedication
Introduction         Vandall T. King	i
Acknowledgments	ii
A Geologic History of Maine         Robert G. Marvinney and Woodrow B. Thompson	1
Maine Meteorites            Carl A. Francis	9
Selected History of Maine Mining and Minerals         Vandall T. King Early History of Maine Mining and Minerals Mineralogy in Maine at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century: Parker Cleaveland and Benjamin Vaughan Charles Thomas Jackson: His Works and His Problems Mount Mica: The Beginnings of Maine Mineral Production The History of Lord Hill, Black Mountain, Mount Apatite, and Nathaniel H. Perry The Newry Quarries The Silver Boom Reports from the Acton Silver Mines and Other Districts References Cited on Maine Mining History	17
History of the Maine Geological Survey and Its Mineralogical Activities         Woodrow B. Thompson	255
Loren B. Merrill's Gem Cutting Machine         Benjamin M. Shaub	267
Mining Experiences and Observations at Mount Mica in 1964 and 1965         Frank Perham	271
Diary of the Newry Tourmaline Discovery - 1972         Dean McCrillis	277
Extracts from a Diary Concerning Mining at the Dunton Mine, Newry, Maine         John Marshall	281
Gemstones of Maine         John J. Bradshaw	283
Color Plates	307
Maine Calc-Silicate Collecting Localities         Duane L. Leavitt	315
The Bennett Pegmatite, Oxford County, Maine         Michael A. Wise and Timothy R. Rose	323
Analyses of Primary Phosphates from Pegmatites in Maine and Other Localities         Paul Moore	333
Electron Microprobe Analyses for Crandallite-Group Minerals from Maine Pegmatites         Michael Brownfield and Eugene Foord	337
Maine Checklists and Guidebooks - The Collector's Literature: A Review and Personal Evaluation         Neil A. Wintringham	341
Maine Mineral Locality Index         Woodrow B. Thompson, Neil A. Wintringham, and Vandall T. King	355
Mineralogy of Maine - Addenda to Volume 1         Vandall T. King and Eugene E. Foord	427
Mineral Photographs (Black-and-White Plates)	433
Index	513

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Last updated on February 9, 2016