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Photo credit: Karen Smith-Will, 2018
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How was the Morefield pegmatite discovered?
Prior to the 19th century, there is no incontrovertible evidence of the Morefield pegmatite being discovered. However, Fontaine (1883) indicates his belief that the Native Americans mined the nearby Rutherford pegmatite, providing the following personally-observed evidence (p. 331):
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Sneak peek:
One of our many interviews took place at the Smithsonian on July 18, 2018, with Mike Wise, Ph.D. I was very excited to hear what he would have to say about pegmatites.
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It is not ours to know in advance whether we are born great, achieve greatness or have it thrust upon us. It is not ours to know in retrospect whether we died great, achieved greatness or embraced it when it was thrust upon us—because we as humans are intensely fickle in our choice of heroes and of our definitions of “great.”
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1962 Sketch of NE Wall, Main Pit
No date, Core drill cross section locations
No date, 100' core drilling plan
Map, no date, vertical cross sections 100' level
No date, Sketch mineral zones from 37' to 67'
1997, 100' with color and annotations
2013 subset of Morefield property
No date, Tour locations by cross sections
No date, 50' NE of shaft
2017 Google Earth aerial map of Morefield mine
2017 Notable places to Morefield mine & its owners
Special thanks to Sam & Sharon Dunaway and to Betsy Martin, for access to these maps. Used with permission.
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Ferne Hutchinson, the fireplace made of Morefield mine stone
David Packard, The Golden Beryl
John Pigg, an Amelia resident's memories of Morefield and Dunaways
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Sam Dunaway (current co-owner; scroll to "About the owners") mentioned one time, that he would love to see how many of the elements on the Periodic Table had been identified among the compositions of the various minerals located in Morefield mine.
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The vision for this experience began in my children's elementary years--and continue to beyond that, as can be seen in this photo.
Read more: About this Morefield interactive* "book" experience
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This is a selected bibliography of resources we've used during this project. We are always open to new resources that become available--just tell us about them, using Contact Us.
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This glossary is not meant to be inclusive; for that purpose, extensive Geology, Mineralogy and Mining glossaries exist. This is meant to explain some key words or phrases used by the authors, owners and characters referred to in the book.
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📽️ A dug-out section of the 45 ft level
📽️ A well-formed Amazonite crystal ➡️
📽️ Minerals in a replacement zone
📽️ Smithsonian excavation area
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