Each year when summer arrives in Maine, enthusiastic parties of rock hunters head into the field to search for gemstones and other geological rarities in the state's world-famous mineral collecting localities. Specimens of tourmaline (left and top right), eosphorite (center right) and gahnite (bottom right) found in some of Maine's world ...
اقرأ أكثرFrank Perham: "undergraduate geologist by training, a miner by avocation and a garage owner by necessity" (his words). This incredible book details Frank's life and his incredible mining career. Starting with his career in the military and finishing up with his last discovery of the "Mother Mary Pocket" at the Hayes i.
اقرأ أكثرBETHEL, Maine — Even half a century later, no find of Maine Tourmaline has ever come close to matching the two tons worth found in Newry in October of 1972. …
اقرأ أكثرBrowse our Collection. Tourmaline is a crystalline boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Tourmaline is classified as a semi-precious stone and the gemstone can be found in a wide variety of colors. Red. Orange.
اقرأ أكثرShelf Location Call Number Identifier; SPIDELL READING ROOM: F 18 .P438 1973 v.4: 1976.009.0001
اقرأ أكثرTourmaline is found in our western mountains just outside the city of Portland. We have a passion for Maine Tourmaline and a close connection to Maine's gem miners. Cross has been the state's leader in Maine Tourmaline for over 100 years and maintains the largest collection of these Maine gems ever assembled.
اقرأ أكثرCustom Handcrafted Loose. Tourmaline Gemstones. Tourmaline is a crystalline boron silicate mineral compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Tourmaline is classified as a semi-precious stone and the gemstone can be found in a wide variety of colors. Browse Our Tourmaline Collection.
اقرأ أكثرGreen tourmaline mined on Mt. Mica was the store's specialty when it was founded. The store was featured in Reader's Digest in 1957; Perham said recent visitors still arrived with copies of ...
اقرأ أكثرGuide to the Perham Collection on Federal Telegraph Company. 2003-37 No online items. Contact History San Jose Research Library. View entire collection guide ... Douglas M. Perham (1885-1967) was an early wireless experimenter and radio broadcaster, and a talented technician and craftsman. ...
اقرأ أكثرAlthough they paid to acquire it, the total collection at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum has now significantly gained by owning the 1,280-piece Perham collection.
اقرأ أكثرBill Eitel and Jack Mccullough in front of their new San Carlos plant, 1959 (Perham Collection of Early Electronics) Eitel's enthusiasm for his work was infectious: his amateur radio friend Jack A. McCullough (1907-2001) joined the company in 1930. The two worked for Heintz until 1934, when they launched their own three-person company in …
اقرأ أكثرChance Blast Reveals $100,000 in Gems and Makes Tourmaline Mine Treasure Store – Boston Sunday Post, September 4, 1910. A fun highly sensationalized article about Havey's big tourmaline find from over 100 …
اقرأ أكثر3.2 x 1.7 x 2.6 in. (8.1 x 4.4 x 6.5 cm) From the Gerhard Wagner Collection. Wagner has traveled the world in search of perfect specimens, including Morocco, Namibia and the Island of Elba, Italy. Wagner, with daughter Österreich in 1991, often found himself juggling family, collecting and work.
اقرأ أكثرSpecimens of tourmaline (left and top right), eosphorite (center right) and gahnite (bottom right) found in some of Maine's world-famous mining sites. Photos by Dan Namowitz. Year after year, the …
اقرأ أكثرDennis has dedicated over 30 years to gemcutting and jewelry design – and the pursuit of Maine gemstones. He facets and carves gems with one goal in mind: create the brightest, cleanest, most beautiful jewel possible. He designs jewelry to perfectly enhance, perfectly compliment a beautiful gemstone. Julie has over 20 years experience in ...
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اقرأ أكثرIt is the glow/neon/vivid property of the color/hue. The hues of cuprian tourmaline are in many cases not unique, especial in the green to blue range of "paraiba type" material from Mozambique because iron can and does produce identical hues. But nothing out there in tourmaline land can produce the visual impact of a quality cuprian tourmaline.
اقرأ أكثرThey obtained a lease from the International Paper Company, Frank Perham was hired, and exploration for gem tourmaline was resumed, which resulted in October, 1972, with opening a series of pockets that …
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اقرأ أكثرMaine Tourmaline, by C. A. Francis, 1985, Mineralogical Record, v. 16, no. 5, p. 365-353 (a definitive article on Maine tourmaline localities). Maine's Treasure Chest--Gems and Minerals of Oxford County, by J. C. Perham, 1987, Perham's Mineral Store, West Paris, Maine, 269 p. (discusses most of the popular collecting sites, including their ...
اقرأ أكثرIn 1890, Mount Mica was leased by Loren Merril (pictured, in a gem pocket). The next 23 years saw many wonderful tourmaline discoveries, including a crystal which was faceted into a 69.25 carat blue-green …
اقرأ أكثرFind all the information for Perhams of West Paris on MerchantCircle. Call: 207-674-2340, get directions to Rt 26, West Paris, ME, 04289, company website, reviews, ratings, and more!
اقرأ أكثرThe MStore makes gift giving easy with a carefully curated selection of activity kits and toys, books for every age, MMGM merchandise, and more. Specializing in jewelry made with colorful Maine mined gemstones from everyday casual to custom one-of-a-kind pieces. Welcome to Maine Mineral & Gem Museum in Bethel, Maine. Celebrate the mineralogy …
اقرأ أكثرVisitors can touch a piece of Mars and view an unrivaled collection of moon rocks. "We have more of the moon than NASA," Barrett notes. Still, one of the most out-of-this-world artifacts is in the earthly galleries: the …
اقرأ أكثرState Mineral: Tourmaline (1971) Maine designated Tourmaline as its state mineral in 1971. The name comes from the Sri-Lankan word turamali, which was used to describe early gemstones. Tourmaline actually …
اقرأ أكثرThe purpose of this project is to collect short videos, the majority of which recorded inside or outside different transportation vehicles (such as trains, subways, light rails, buses, cars, planes, boats, etc.). The videos collected will be used to support the development of technology products and services, including video recognition services and artificial …
اقرأ أكثرHome to the largest collection of moon rocks on Earth, the new Maine Mineral & Gem Museum in Bethel is, well, a real gem. ... The Maine Tourmaline Necklace, on loan from the Maine State Museum; Primus, the tourmaline piece discovered in 1820. ... A plaque in the museum quotes Jane Perham, sister of Frank, one of the prospectors: "Had the men ...
اقرأ أكثرElbaite. Raw elbaite crystal photo provided by Mineral Masterpiece. Elbaite is known for its stunning array of colors. It can be found in vibrant greens, rich reds, deep blues, and even pinks. This variety is due to the different elements that are present during its formation, like iron, manganese, and lithium.
اقرأ أكثرNo Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection Date 2012 Description rules Describing Archives: A Content Standard Language of description Undetermined ... Perham, Maine Tax Collector's List, SpC MS 1215 sc, Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Department, University of Maine, Orono, Maine …
اقرأ أكثرSince Maine is famous for its gem pegmatite deposits it's only fitting that one speaker will be Frank Perham, who is known for digging the Smithsonian's Green Giant watermelon tourmaline. ... New England, especially Maine is famous for its superb fluorapatite, so the specimens in the Harvard collection will be described by Kevin Caja. …
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