 | | Report (issue) | | 158th Street, Manhattan Island. o__Quartz var. Citrine (yellow), Bedford, N. Y. 3—Tourmaline (brown),... BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS...ITS ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY...BY James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author...of his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | second consecutive year the mineral clubs of New Jersey honored themselves and their mineral-rich home...and 10th, with a field trip to the dumps of the New Jersey Zinc Company at Franklin on the 11th. The 1952...conventions the host organization were the North Jersey Mineralogical Society whose activities center in...Florida. He was for four years president of the North Jersey Mineralogical Society and is also a member of the...(re-elected) ; historian, Miss Florence Hight of the North Jersey Mineralogical Society (re-elected). General chairman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ontario Canada KOA 1 SO July 10, 11, 1976-Stony Brook, New York. Annual Summer festival of the Suffolk Gem,...1976-Watertown, New York. 12th Annual International Gem and Min eral Show sponsored by the Jefferson County Rock...Rock and Mineral Club. Fair Grounds, Watertown, New York. Show Chairman: Ruth M. Whitney, Henderson, N.Y...of Mineralogical and Geological Societies. West County Imposition Center, 9785 St. Charles Rock Road....Charles, Mo. 63301 July 24, 25, 1976 -Syracuse, New York. 10th Annual "Gem World '76." Sponsored by the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GMELINITE has been found in the trap rocks of New Jersey at Bergen Hill, Snake Hill, Little Falls, Paterson...Great Notch and Snake Hill. The Watchung Mountain area of New Jersey is well known for its fine speci...associated with datolite and calcite from Lower New Street Quarry in West Paterson, N. J. These crystals...rondeis to separate colored stones in necklaces. Citrine quartz is a much less expen sive alternate for...Minerals of New Jersey, N e w Jersey Geological Survey, B u l letin 64, Trenton, N e w Jersey: I 9 6 0 |  | | Book (edition) | | PENNSYLVAN1 A & NEW JERSEY «s m •p ■* ; sms •v ■1 mm D 'A ©F PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY By Scott...man or nature, Gem Trails of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, its publisher and all other persons directly......... Physiographic Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 5 6 7 9 10 12 PENNSYLVANIA SITE NO. PAGE...Shelocta Siderite Concretions..... New Paris Fluorite....................... New Enterprise Banded Chert............. Ickesburg Trilobites.................... New Bloomfield Devonian Fossils Mt. Hope White Quartzite |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | (Address at the Mineral Day at the World's Fair (New Yo:ok City), June 17, 1940) I The first mineral...derivatives. The first substan~es appropriated to the new born babe are mineral substances boracic acid and...laymen have become interested in minerals and many new societies and clubs have been formed to promote...their leisure time. Personally, I believe the many new discoveries made involving the use of minerals, which...presented me. with a quartz crystal from Herkimer County, New York, and from that day to this minerals have |  | | Journal (issue) | | Murdock ........ WORLD'S FJNEST DESCLOIZITES COME FROM NEW MEXICO ORPIMENT AND REALGAR FROM MERCUR, UTAH .....escerday I found a big chunk ( 800 or 900 lbs. ) of a new red and brown mineral and have sent samples to Chicago...(The Terlingua Quicksilver District of Brewster County, Texas, pp. 325-332). Recently, the Esperado Mining...is in the famous T erlingua district of Brewster County. · Associated with the ore deposits, there has...ornaments. The line pits are in southern Lancaster County of southeastern Pennsylvania. 306 ROCKS AND |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Classified Advertisements Classified Advertising New Flat Rates: Must be paid in advance. Up to 20 words... R O B E R T E A T O N , 54 Heberle, Rochester, New Y o r k 14609. THUMBNAIL PLASTIC CASES $150.00/1000...E R A L S , 97 Lamington R d . , Somerville, New Jersey 08876. TOP Q U A L I T Y mineral specimens from...perfection and/or unusual features and com binations. New photo service. See your minerals before you purchase...LANG'S F O S S I L S , 326 Manor Avenue, Cranford, New Jersey 07016. M E T E O R I T E S W A N T E D . MINERALOGICAL |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington...dike. Such pegmatite dikes in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Dakota, liquid in |  | | Journal (issue) | | & Erica Van Pelt rystal Classics Ian Bruce Somerset, England Tel: +44 1935 479822 Website: www.CrystalClassics...Bancroft The Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...announcement made at the end of the August 3 “what’s new in the mineral world” installment on our website...stopped for a minor traffic infraction by a Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy while driving home from work....Tanzania, and gained fame for his discovery of the new gem grossular variety tsavorite in 1967. In 1968 |  | | Journal (issue) | | AND CABOCHONS Cut by Master Craftsmen in Germany New Zealand Jade — cabochon ...12x10 mm. — oval, each...5.00 Citrine — faceted, golden color ............ 8-10 mm. — round, each ......... - 2.00 Citrine — faceted...color 10x 8 mm. — octagon, each ........... 2.00 Citrine — faceted, golden color ............ 10x 8mm. —...— oval, each ............. . 2.00 Citrine — faceted, golden color ..... ...++14x12 mm. — octagon, each...Say, fot example, that a site was marked out for a new dam or skyscraper foundation. The engineer ground |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright ©...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable...the developer's bulldozer obliterates other sites, new ones are discovered. Books and thetic and scientific |  | | Catalog/List | | confirmed letter of credit, drawn in our favor on a New York bank, for payment upon presentation of shipping...obsolete as rapidly as the specimens were sold. A new catalog listing available choice specimens has been...ALABASTER-See Gypsum ALBERTITE (hydrocarbon) Black masses; New Brunswick ALBITE (sodium aluminum trisilicate) Xline..... . .. .. . . . ........ • • • Fibrous, white; New York . . . . . . ... ... .... . . ...... • • • •...Massachusetts . .............. Hexagonite Purple :dine mass; New York .. .. .... . .. . . ..... ...... SPECIMENS |  | | Book | | CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........... _ . _ 1 _ CHAPTER 3 Pennsylvania___...states each year give collectors a chance to buy new finds, see f i n e workmanship, a n d s h o w t h...r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania:...well known old localities are not all “has beens;” new hobbyists and experienced collectors alike prove...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | August 2017 Yavapai Gem and Mineral Society The new officers of the Yavapai Gem and Mineral Society took...materials ever to be displayed at the Los Angeles County Fair. This fair, the largest country fair in the...Mateo Co. The Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County recently enjoyed a visit from Mr. Frank Stevenson... were displayed. The new mineral, Rockbridgrite, was found at North Groton, New Hampshire, and the rare...rare Niobate Polycrase, at Day, New York. Mr. Pribil visited Newry, Maine and showed some interesting |  | | Journal (issue) | | DEALER . ARTHUR CHAMBERLAIN , Editor . Member of the New York Mineralogical Club and of the Brooklyn Institute...COMPANY , 26 JOHN ST . , NEW YORK THE MINERAL COLLECTOR . PIRSSONITE A new and rare mineral from Borax...folly to cut, as, for instance, perfect Herkimer County crystals, or such crystals as the one shown in...Bock-crystal, amethyst, milky quartz, rose quartz, citrine, hyaline, * In att, as in business, there is much...Crystals of quartz showing close cappings caused by new growths are called phantom crystals. Sometimes the |  | | Journal (issue) | | scepter with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil...discovered along the Fraser River in British Columbia, a new gold rush drew more than 30,000 prospectors, and...beautiful quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal...number suggests he may have started as a boy in New Jersey. In any case, it is certain that he became very...Spokane. On October 8, 1924, the Proceedings of the New York Mineralogical Club reported that Mr. Stanton |  | | Journal (issue) | | casting and can be reused many times. Discover a new, exciting experience in metal smithing with Naturally...00 with your letterhead and resale number for our new "FULL COLOR" catalog. The SS.00 is credited to your...120 THE WORLD OF JEWELRY FINDINGS Beginning a new in-depth series for jewelry makers by Richard D....Page 51 DEPARTMENTS 14 26 LAPIDARY TIPS WHAT'S NEW JEWELRY MAKING , GEMS AND M I NERALS (ISSN 0274-8193)...faceter does not e njoy such satisfactions as the new shoote r gets from hearing that fir st sharp report |  | | Book | | an expert on the productive mineral sites in the USA (where he lived and painted for several years) and...Ltd Mineral Gallery, London: 128; Thomas Yoseloff, New York, 121. The diagrams on pages 58, 59 and 81 were...visit to the American Museum of Natural History in New York at a time when I was living in Pennsylvania...field guide to collecting minerals and gems in the New York area. I did not have to be told what topaz,...gather it all together and write my own. This done, a new career imposed itself on one whose allegiances had |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department of the [nter'i,or,Washington, D. C. ABSTRACT New occurrences of nontronite have been discovered in...Chemical analyses and optical data are given for three new nontronites and for two materials connected with...the formation of nontronite. fNtnonuctroN Several new occurrences of nontronite in Washington, Idaho, and...Sampson published analysis of nontronite from Dale County, Alabama, and three publishedanalyses.C. S. Ross...lsr,Bs1 exo 2 (1) Excelsior clay deposit, Spokane County, about 12 miles southeast of Spokane, Washington |  | | Journal (issue) | | ROCKS AND MINERALS BOX 29, Tele. (914) PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK 10566, U.S.A. PEckskill 7-3185 505 COMING...Mineral and G m Show (5th Annual) of the Rockland County Min eral & Gem Society, Inc., to be held at Rosary’...Norwich, N. Y. 13815 (Off of Route 12 or 23 on County Road 32) Chairman: Mrs. John A. Coleman, R. #3...official State Highway Map as well as individual county road maps, both of which are available from the...pit is located 1.1 miles west of Yorktown, York County, about 0.1 mile off the northwest side of State |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gto rge O. Wild The Metro11olitnn Mineral Area of New York City. B y James G. Manehester ,\ Brief History...worthy of national h onors; Dr. Bertha Chapman Cady, New York, N. Y ., an officer in the Rocks and Minerals...July 20, 193 1 : James G . Manchester, Scarsdale, New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50.00 The Gem...Africa ............. . 20.00 Fred W . Schmeltz, New York, N . Y . ................... . 20.00 Anonymous.......... . ... . 11.60 Ramon Conover , Kyserike, New York ................. . 10.00 An interest.?d friend |
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