 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Journal (issue) | | sharp crystals is from the Rowley mine (Maricopa County). (Jeff Scovil photo/ Scott & Margie Adams collection)...picnic Field Trip Facilitator Teri Smith 58 texas collecting areas open up for her by Johnny French...Craters 34 Meteors left their mark on Arizona and texas by Helen Serras-Herman 12 regUlAr colUMnS Field...month SEPTEMBER 2015 I started this project with opal rough from Lightning Ridge, Australia. I do have...grit, up to a 50000 polish. To protect the finished opal, I designed a pendant with higher edges. I sculpt |  | | Book (edition) | | under 100 lbs., 400/lb. over 100 lbs. Black Mountain Opal Mine. Write Lander's Turquoise, 321 East Andy Devine...Horse Ranch, Sasebe Star Route, Box 97, Tucson, AZ 85736. Camper recrea¬ tional rockhound ranch. $5-00/yr...$5-00/yr. dues- Petrified wood Fire opal Fire agate, desert roses Flower agate, snowflake agate, amethyst...(Mariposa), CoulterM ZUie. CA 95311- Fee: 5f/Xb~.Dryden Ranch, Eel River Rd«, Covelo. CA 95428. - Pearlescent...each, $3-00 each unguided. Under 12 yrs. old free. Opal Hill Mine, Helen Madden, Box 232, Palo Verde, CA |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TOPAZ Massey's Rock Shop, Mason, Texas 76856. Sequist Ranch, Mason, Texas 76858. AMETHYST Randleman Amethyst...Summit R d , Indio, Calif. 92201. OPAL Bob Dowell, Box 509, Edinburg, Texas 78529. Virgin Valley Rainbow...W. First Ave, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251. Stetler Opal Mines, Spencer, Idaho 83466. AMAZONITE Rutherford...AND MINERALS PLUME A G A T E Woodward Ranch, 79830. Alpine, Texas Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY]...UNIVERSITY] at 05:36 27 August 2017 THUNDEREGGS Fulton Ranch, Madras, Oregon 97741. Chamber of Commerce, Nyssa |  | | Journal (issue) | | Honeymoon Island Agatized Coral ARIZONA DoBell Ranch Petrified Wood • Patagonia Vanadinite • Orange Butte...2013 www.rockngem.com TEXAS Stillwell Ranch Agates • Woodward and Ritchie Ranch Agates • Field_trip_blue_cover_C1_a...Bonanza.................30 Collecting Texas agates at Stillwell Ranch by Bob Jones by Kenneth H. Rohn ...Peridot, Pyroxene and Plagioclase ........ 20 DoBell Ranch Collecting ......................36 by Carl F....62 West Texas Agate........................................ 56 Collecting on Woodward Ranch and Ritchie |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | TOPAZ Massey's Rock Shop, Mason, Texas 76856. Sequist Ranch, Mason, Texas 76858. AMETHYST Randleman Amethyst...97355. PLUME AGATE Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Texas 79830. THUNDEREGGS Fulton Ranch, Madras, Oregon 9 7...Indo, California 9 2 2 0 1 . OPAL Bob D o w e l l , B o x 509, Edinburg, Texas 78529. V i r g i n Valley...v e . , Scottsdale, Arizona 8 5 2 5 1 . Stetler Opal Mines, Spencer, Idaho 83466. AMAZONITE Rutherford...- 78539. Agua F r i o Agate Ranch, B . P . M c K i n ney, Marfa, Texas 79843. Walter Drengson, Shell |  | | Journal (issue) | | 70 lpectrMN Purpur,te R0t1 OuatU Petrolled Wood Opal LepldotI11 (YellOwl Chelll lffpn,1ta Amuon1te Psilometane...MALAYA GEM RHODOLITE PADPARADSCHA TSAVORITE AMETHYST OPAL MORE WITH MIRROR BRIGHT POLISH, READY TO MOUNT...& Bradsireet Ten 6x8 Ovals incl. One Australian Opal . . . . . . . . S 7 47 Ten 10x14 Ovals incl. One...Jasper .... $25 .25 MINIMUM ORDER S18 postpaid in USA Subscribe to our CATALOG of cabochons. beads. slabs...RIVIERA LAPIDARY CENTER 21085 Mesquite R1v1era Texas 78379 • 512-296·3958 When In South r,~.,, ,, |  | | Other Paper | | angular unconformity in the waterline agate and opal layers caused by an ancient landslide that took...shell fragments (breccia) at the bottom of’ the opal layers and the dried mud curls at the top.” Shell...collection a hematite "plume" from the Woodward Ranch in Brewster County, Texas that was present in an otherwise |  | | Journal (issue) | | Immel. President (SCFMS) P.O. Box 94, Castell, Texas 78631 Mrs. W. H. Steinbrenner, Vice-President (MFMGS)...FIELD TRIPS OF MINERAL SOCIETIES Officers Woodward Ranch, Then and Now by Jean Ossowski ..............577, Longview, Texas 75601 WIiiiam L. Johnson, Vice-President 420 Bondstone, Dallas. Texas 75618 Mrs. Gwyn...Longview, Texas 75601 DEPARTMENTS Mrs. Viola Smith, Treasurer 1215 South 41st Street. Temple, Texas 76501...SCFMS - Ruel E. Brown, Rt. 8. Box 680. Fort Worth. Texas 76108 FEDERATION SHOWS May 5 thru 7. SOUTH CENTRAL |  | | Book | | varieties, with favorite location of quartz agate, opal wood — collectors. The petrified gems throughout... tell about other quartz varieties such as the opal, and petrified wood; and to give him the most complete...Other Quartz Chapter 5. Opal and Its 25 30 50 Varieties Glossary of Opal Terms 54 Wood 62 Chapter... ehrysoprase, tigereye, and common and precious opal. In the general opinion of most collectors, chalcedony...Lapidary Society to organize groups in Los Angeles County. these early associations Agate and Mineral Society |  | | Book (volume) | | Arkansas Florida Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah VOLUME 4 Northeast States Connecticut Delaware...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys saw a...are kept busy in the Pala district of San Diego County, California, as well. California, in fact, is North...Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Idaho and Texas. Exploration for diamonds continues in Michigan |  | | Journal (issue) | | Reservation, Albuquerque, New Mexico. August 18-20—Cache County Rodeo, Logan, Utah. August 18-20—Rodeo, Vernal...Vernal, Utah. August 24-28 — San Bernardino County Fair, Victorville, California. Late August — Hopi Snake...Devil's Canyon EXPLORATION By RANDALL HENDERSON Opal Miner of Rainbow Ridge FIELD TRIP By NELL MURBARGER...but rough dirt and gravel road to the San Jose Ranch of Alberta and Salvador Meling which was to be the... Mrs. Meling's father, brought his family from Texas to Baja California in 1899 when Alberta was a small |  | | Book (volume) | | Southwest States Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma ‘Texas Utah VOLUME 4 Northeast States Connecticut Delaware...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys saw a...are kept busy in the Pala district of San Diego County, California, as well. California, in fact, is North...Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Idaho and Texas. Exploration for diamonds continues in Michigan | | | Book | | ties and forms of quartz gems other than agate, opal and its varieties, and petrified wood a great favorite...tell abot1t otl1er Cttiartz varieties st1ch as the opal, jasper, ancl petrified wood; a11d to give l1in1...chryso1)rase, tigereye, and common and preciot1s opal. In the gen eral 01)inion of n1ost collectors, chalced...action was that other sections of tl1e city and county of Los Angeles soon began organizing their O\vn...organized tl1rot1gl1 the n1iclwest, ancl in the 1950's Texas and the southern states clre,v eno11gl1 interest | | | Book (volume) | | Colorado Hawaii Kansas Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma ‘Texas Utah lowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota...exclusively in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...Hamlin, were rock hunting on Mount Mica in Oxford County, Maine. On the way home, one of the boys saw a...are kept busy in the Pala district of San Diego County, California, as well. California, in fact, is North...Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Idaho and Texas. Exploration for diamonds continues in Michigan |  | | Book | | famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...with its porous structure has a distinctive look. Opal in its most elegant form is a semitransparent stone...It “cabs” well. Labradorite reminds one of fire opal that has become gentle. Rather than flashing colors...specimens have also been found in Arkansas, New Mexico, Texas, LItah and Vermont. Oligoclase presents itself in...as: Si02. Opal. The very best varieties of opal are regarded as precious but most opal is semi¬ precious |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...microscope. is — — A few gem materials notably, opal and obsidian are amorphous, lacking crystal structure...with light such as creates the unique beauty of opal or labradorite, the starry splendor of star sapphire...heavier liquids are As gems lie in the range between opal (sp. gr. 2.1) and zircon (sp. gr. 4.7), quick and...experimentally. diamond is now manufactured. Even Opal, however, has resisted manufacture it. It is still |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | our letter to the Regional Vice-President of the Texas Rolling Rock Club of Hawaii. "Would you be so kind...minerals on the Islands, they do a little jasper and opal, I believe, were planning on a field trip one soon...stopped at Woodward Ranch before, with blinders on, so we tempted to stop! on thru Texas the fabulous...agate specimens from there, it is quite an area, in Texas for agates, as you know! Four of us last year entered |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream...stream beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal; along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional banks, breaks...wood, wood opal. 438 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The |  | | Journal (issue) | | STRUCK OPAL, by Murphy. The best ever written on the opal fields of Australia. By a noted opal miner,... and opal buyer. Illustrated, with black and white, and three fine color plates, showing 19 different...different types opal. $4.00. MINERALOGICAL DICTIONARY . . .Mineral pictures in color . . . Presenting 40 color...crystals, moss agate, plume, faceting material, fire opal. JUNIOR F. IIAVDEN described the Craters of the...with nearly barren sandstone above and below the opal horizon. Is it not obvious that the prospector or |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Wilson, Gilbert Withers, S. H. Wolfson, J. F. Woodward, Jr., Herman Yaras, and Jack R. Young. i am glad...PRINCIPAL GEMSTONES Diamond, Corundum, Beryl, Topaz, Opal. II 68 IMPORT ANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group...pegmatite, Baja California 19. Sequist Ranch topaz area, Texas 20. Little Three mine, Ramona, California...crystal forms 23. Views of opal mines, Spencer, Idaho 24. Nodules bearing opal, Spencer, Idaho 25. Drawing |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Journal (issue) | | STRUCK OPAL, by Murphy. The best ever written on the opal fields of Australia. By a noted opal miner,... and opal buyer. Illustrated, with black and white, and three fine color plates, showing 19 different...different types opal. $4.00. MINERALOGICAL DICTIONARY . . . Mineral pictures in color . Presenting 40 color plates...crystals, moss agate, plume, faceting material, fire opal. ☆ WEST COAST MINERAL CO. THE GEIGER COUNTER...I was operating mining properties in the Amelia County district of Virginia. I had an opportunity to visit |  | | Journal (issue) | | expansion, especially Eleanor Krimmel, from the USA, whose generous donations really put us over the...diverse, colorful and unique agate find in far west Texas since the early l960s”. Is it hype? Is it overstatement...overstatement? Is it factual? What is behind it? While west Texas has long been famous for agate fields and finds... www.rockngem.com in a great many of the west Texas agate fields. Halepeska’s observation also invites...field is located in the hills above Alpine, Texas, in the west Texas mountains, a highly volcanic area |
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Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, USA