 | | 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 |  | | Book (volume) | | common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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 |  | | Book (volume) | | common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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 |  | | Book | | Petrified Wood 131 Characteristics of Agates; Opal, Queen of the Gems; Petrified Wood; Commonly Occurring...Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin...Family Gemstones The Various Names and Forms of Agate Opal and Its Varieties Recommendations for Use of Polishing...quartzite, rock crystal, amethyst, chrysoprase, opal, etc.), serpentine, and steatite (massive talc)...over the camel caravan routes. Meanwhile, precious opal was introduced about 4000 B.C. from mines in Kenya |  | | Book (edition) | | Colorado Hawaii Kansas Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah Alaska Idaho Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska...exclusively i.n the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Idaho and Texas. Exploration for diamonds continues in Michigan...ME); Perhams (West Paris, ME); and Gem Mountain Quarry Trips (Spruce Pine, NC). Knowing What You 're...hats-may be mandatory if you are visiting an active quarry or mine; suggested near cliffs. lntmduction 29 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cornell campus, and he also mentions the one in Six-Mile Creek above Green Tree Falls. The dike just above...disintegration progresses rapidly. Besides the dike in Six-Mile Creek which was mentioned by 266 GEORGE C....pumping-station, and two are about one-quarter of a mile farther upstream. The two near the pumping-station...above the pumping-station, 3 and 8 inches. In a quarry at the south end of Hazen Street in the city of...connected with those near the pumping-station in Six-Mile Creek, and also with some of those in Cascadilla |  | | Book | | MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NEW SOUTH WALES No. 18 GEMSTONES (Opal, diamond, sapphire, emerald. etc.) Compiled by G...Titanite (Sphene), Zircon and Quartz. New South Wales opal is world famous and has constituted 88.6 per cent...gemstones produced in this State. This must give opal the rank of our premier gem. The mining for gemstones...selling of gems, excluding opal: 1 carat = 3} grains 1 Troy ounce= 150 carats Opal is sold by the ounce. ...in precision instruments by synthetic materials. Opal when too poor in quality for use as a gem may be |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (issue) | | IN A GHOST TOWN 16 Thomas W. Moore UTAH'S FIRE OPAL 22 Earl Spendlove HAPPINESS IS A HOUSEBOAT 24...The San Luis Rey River in California's San Diego County played an important part in the history of the...Southern California attraction. In addition, the mile-by-mile tour guide helps you make sure you don't miss...cattleman Dave Shirk, who drove Longhorns from Texas into trouble with Pete Finch; Colonel William Dewey...tarantula season, she may be seen cruising around six or eight feet above the ground with her long legs |  | | Journal (issue) | | Violators are subject to maximum fines of $500 and six months in jail. In view of the terrible desecration...Rodeo, Deming, New Mexico. October 10-12 — Greenlee County Fair, Clifton, Arizona. October 11-12—Annual Liars...Twentynine Palms, California. October 18-19—Cochise County Fair, Douglas, Arizona. October 19-25—Southwestern...cataract boats which had proved their stability on six expeditions through the treacherous rapids of Grand...tributary Fremont River to Lee's ferry, is a 149-mile sector where the mighty Colorado flows in a deep |  | | Report (issue) | | 1. Spring deposits visited 2. Pedogenic calcite-opal deposits visited 3. Per ascensum versus per descensum...carbonate. No evident detrital component, no bands of opal identified during my short perusal. 5) Layered,...follows the line of wooden power poles about half a mile, where the road drops down across the outcropping...above. The deposits are distributed over about a mile of low area of valley floor. All of these are Muddy...small "stalactites". 2. Sites of Pedogenic calcite-opal deposits a) Several surfaces in neighborhood of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and petrified wood as easiest for th» amateur. The opal, he said, is one of the hardest. . Stones exhibited...Mid-Coast Mineral Club of Southern San Luis Obispo County, met at the Pacific Museum. Shell Beach, Calif...Welder Jones's on a 7,000 mile trip which took in the territory from Texas to northwestern Alaska and...to install signs along the major highways of the County pointing out the natural scenic attractions. Officers...crystals were formed by freezing until in 1673. Six hundred gem stones were known in 1678. The first |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | Plan ..... Titles map DME plan ....... Topo map County map Parish map ∗ Annual Report of the Department...Mineral Resources. Topographic map Old system of county and parish maps showing notations concerning mineral...system) Parish Aid Cards Lease Plans Various parish, county, and military maps on which information has been...appropriate geodetic system shown). Cadastre The relevant county (Co), parish (Ph), and portions (Por) are listed...Brownlow AL0004 G Tintenbar opal deposit OCC opal NAME(S): Tintenbar opal deposit; Morris's claim Recorder: |  | | Journal (issue) | | 7J. 207-220. CARBONATE M INERALS FROM A BASALT QUARRY AT FYANS FORD, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA by A. Shayan...ABSTRACT Banded carbonate minerals from a basalt quarry in Fyaniford, Victoria, were studied by means of...samples described in this paper were collected from a quarry at Fyansford, near Gee long, Victoria. Olivine...to ... p■tter■ or a■lltrlle. Limestone at the quarry site. Several layers of basalt with ophitic texture...black, unaltered grey and greenish layers to the quarry floor, where a highly altered vesicular rock type |  | | Journal (issue) | | MONTHLY 1946 CONTENTS FOR JULY. 1946 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................·················415 MCAFEE, N . J., LIMESTONE QUARRY. By Peter Zodac .................................throat naturally to be spat out. pumps air into the mile-deep levels to The community center provided by...intersection of the Dugway and Thomas Ranges, Toole County, Utah. General location of the geode areas is shown...limonite make some of the clearer quartz look like gem opal. whit9 Some of the quartz is extremely difficult |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Contents for May - Ju ne, 1950 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................DIAMONDS ············-······················· A 7,000 MILE AUTO TRIP. By John E. Andress ...................._ - v,.,,., .,..,..., ..,,.., CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ..,..,..,...........,_ w........,,..,,...,.,..___..._,.., ..,.,, COMING EVENTS TEXAS GIM SHOW June 7-9, 1950 El Paso, Texas Mrs. Kathleen C. 1{iller, 300...300 W . Franklin Street, El Pa~o, Texas, Sec -Treas. Rocky Mt. Feder:ition of Mineral Societ:es, soon-or |  | | Report (volume) | | SURVEY CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR GAZETTEEK OF TEXAS BY HENRY G-A-NNETT WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING.... 18 ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. PF,ATE I. Map of Texas ..................................................as a bulletin, the manner ipt of a gazetteer of Texas. Very respectfully, HENRY GANNETT, Geographer. Hon...Geological Survey. A GAZETTEER OF TEXAS. By HENRY GANNKTT. AREA. Texas, formerly a State of Mexico, Avas...present dimensions. The present boundary line of Texas is as follows: Beginning in the Gulf of Mexico at |  | | Book | | dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its...Hidden. The rose-pink rhodo lite garnet of Macon County was discovered in the late 19th century and named...the Jackson club with its successful shows. Macon County, North Carolina, has a wide awake Chamber of Commerce |  | | Report (issue) | | 31 University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs... Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County. N. Prenn collection. Photograph by J. Scovil....Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, Clark County John C. Kepper 91 References 467 Contributors...Quartz (amethyst), faceted Arsenolite Hewettite on Opal Kalinite Quartz with Spessartine Quartz with Stibnite...Boltwoodite Kazakhstanite and Strengite Kleinite on Opal Lavendulan Libethenite Linarite Mackayite Magnesio-axinite |  | | Report (volume) | | CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR A. G-AZETTEEK OF TEXAS (SEOCGSTD ZEIDITIOZNT) BY HENRY GLANNETT WASHINGTON...bulletin, the revised manuscript of a gazetteer of Texas. This is a second edition, the first edition having-...Geological Survey. 1 A GAZETTEER OF TEXAS. HENRY GANNETT. AREA. Texas, formerly a State of Mexico, was...present dimensions. The present boundary line of Texas is as follows: Beginning in the Gulf of Mexico at...channel of the Rio Grande to its mouth. The area of Texas is 265,780 square miles. It stretches in latitude |  | | Report (issue) | | observed in the gold gravels at Cherokee, Butte County, and this locality, became the most noted one in...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the...towns of Volcano, Oleta and Fiddleto^vn. Butte County: In 1853 it was observed that diamonds occurred...Thompson Flat, two miles north of Oroville. El Dorado County: A diamond weighing 1| carats was found at Forest...in White Rock canyon and at Smith's Flat. Fresno County: Small diamonds are reported to have been found |  | | Journal (issue) | | of Commerce Air Fair, Flagstaff. Aug. 15: Uintah County Cattlemen's Association Round - Up, Vernal Utah... Aug. 17-19: Cache County Fair and Rodeo, Logan, Utah. Aug. 18-19: Davis County Fair, Kaysville, Utah...Aug. 24-26: Box Elder County Fair and Rodeo, Tremonton, Utah. Aug. 24-26: County Fair, Tooele, Utah. Aug...Aug. 25-26: Rich County Round-Up Days, Rodeo, Randolph, Utah. Aug. 25-27: Coconino County Fair, Flagstaff...east of the store. The turn-off is about a quarter mile beyond the sign.) The road winds through brush- |  | | Book | | dollar run at Coobcr Pedy and saw his opal. As a result he became an opal miner for a holiday and, in 1965...Pcdy. This was the beginning of his love a�air with opal. For the next three years, until his return to medical...at Collarcnebri in December 1967, he searched for opal. Dr Kalokerinos became obsessed with the problems...which formerly surrounded precious opal. The author's love for opal is described with a lyricism rare...is the first serious study of Australian precious opal and describes for the first time some simple but |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | miles in the southeastern United States. It a 500-mile-long state situated mainly between 35° and 36.6°...left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard |
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