msa-pegmatite@minlists.org

MSA-Pegmatite Interest Group

View all threads

Tourmalne video

MI
MSA-Pegmatite Interest Group
Tue, Jan 15, 2019 4:54 PM

Gary Freeman began mining pegmatite at Mount Mica, Maine, in August of 2003. For a number of years, he posted mine information and updates of mineral finds on his website http://www.coromotominerals.com/. That mining history with illustrations through 2008 remains on line. However, Gary’s mining has continued ever since with Brian Pedersen. In the course of their more recent work, they have encountered pockets containing lepidolite and polychrome tourmaline for which the mine is renown. However, a recent large pocket proved exceptional on January 3, 2019. This video, taken by Brian Pedersen and provided by Gary Freeman, shows Gary’s wife, Mary, extracting a large and brilliantly blue-green tourmaline. Their exploration of the large pocket continues.

See a link to the video at: http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Special/Pig/PIG_videos.html

David London
School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma
100 East Boyd Street, Room 710 Sarkeys Energy Center
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
(405) 325 3253 (o), (405) 325 3140 (f)

Electron Microprobe Laboratory: ou.edu/empl
Pegmatite Interest Group: www.minsocam.org/msa/Special/Pig/

Gary Freeman began mining pegmatite at Mount Mica, Maine, in August of 2003. For a number of years, he posted mine information and updates of mineral finds on his website http://www.coromotominerals.com/. That mining history with illustrations through 2008 remains on line. However, Gary’s mining has continued ever since with Brian Pedersen. In the course of their more recent work, they have encountered pockets containing lepidolite and polychrome tourmaline for which the mine is renown. However, a recent large pocket proved exceptional on January 3, 2019. This video, taken by Brian Pedersen and provided by Gary Freeman, shows Gary’s wife, Mary, extracting a large and brilliantly blue-green tourmaline. Their exploration of the large pocket continues. See a link to the video at: http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Special/Pig/PIG_videos.html David London School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma 100 East Boyd Street, Room 710 Sarkeys Energy Center Norman, Oklahoma 73019 (405) 325 3253 (o), (405) 325 3140 (f) Electron Microprobe Laboratory: ou.edu/empl Pegmatite Interest Group: www.minsocam.org/msa/Special/Pig/