	*Furcron, A. S., Teague, Kefton H. (1945) Sillimanite and Massive Kyanite in Georgia. Bulletin* 51. Geological Survey of Georgia**	Report (issue)
	GEORGIA STATE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MINING AND GEOLOGY GARLAND PEYTON, Director...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Bulletin Number 51 SILLIMANITE AND MASSIVE KYANITE IN GEORGIA (A Preliminary Report) By A.... Residual boulders of massive kyanite, Pickens County. ·~· LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Department of Mines...herewith Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin No. 51, "Sillimanite and Massive Kyanite in Georgia," by Dr...of Mines. The report announces the discovery in Georgia of two economically-important refractory minerals
	*Beste, Bob (2014) Location Guide for Rockhounds in the United States* (4th ed.) Vol. 2 - Part II - Georgia through Montana.**	Book (volume)
	Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes it the...highest elevation in the state at 4,784 feet. 145 Georgia Beginning in the northwest, where the Lookout...mountains loom over rich agricultural valleys, Georgia easily divides into five major physiographic provinces...The first real Gold Rush in America occurred in Georgia following two simultaneous discoveries of Gold... some Ruby-red Corundum, Spodumene and Topaz. Georgia has been actively prospected for gold since colonial
	*Cook, Robert B. (1978) Minerals of Georgia: Their Properties and Occurrences. Bulletin* 92. State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources**	Report (issue)
	COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing... MINERALS OF GEORGIA: THEIR PROPERTIES AND OCCURRENCES by Robert B. Cook STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF................ ; ....................... 105 Sillimanite ......................................................................................... 170 County Index ........................................
	*Beste, Bob (1996) Location Guide for Rockhounds in the United States* (2nd ed.) Vol. 1 - Part I - Alabama to Idaho.**	Book (volume)
	..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
	*Beste, Bob (2005) Location Guide for Rockhounds in the United States* (3rd ed.) Vol. 1 - Part I - Alabama through Idaho.**	Book (volume)
	..........................................122 Georgia .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
	*Ransom, Jay Ellis (1964) A Range Guide to Mines and Minerals* - How and Where to Find Valuable Ores and Minerals in the United States. Harper & Row, New York.**	Book
	commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...flanks of ragged mountains and crumbling ghost towns wrapped in sage and silence at the ends of long...and down desolate draws and cloudburst canyons to towns and cities whose names still remain on oil company
	*Ransom, Jay Ellis (1974) Gems and Minerals of America* - A Guide to Rock Collecting. Harper & Row.**	Book
	California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky...was already using nephrite (massive jade) , sillimanite (prismatic waterworn crystals of aluminum silicate...Caucasus Mountains in the land of Colchis (now Soviet Georgia). The picturesque legend of Jason and the Golden...beryl, tourmaline, topaz, and garnet. Every rock hunter thrills to a find of malachite, chrysocolla, jade...localities are still good spots, though the rock hunter may find his rewards only through considerable

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Sillimanite from Hunter Knob, Towns County, Georgia, USA

Sillimanite from
Hunter Knob, Towns County, Georgia, USA