 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | calcite ; the other a dark (almost black) compact limestone. Burtwo west One and gray CALIFORNIA — Col....produced enought material for description." The limestone quarries at Crestmore, Riverside Co., Calif., considered...), Colo. W e call it 'laminated quartz'.It is the white milky quartz of the district and a black sphalerite...pyrites in form of a many rayed star in the white quartz. Though it resembles marcasite in structure it...History in New York, told me he had collected beryl, quartz and feldspar crystals, as well as manganocolumbite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ottrelite Phlogopite Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyrrhotite Quartz Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Riebeckite Rutile Scapolite...Violet Hill, Manton Avenue. Large veins of fibrous quartz replacing actinolite traverse the exposure. Locelrrv...PseudomorMassive, crystalline. phous after actinolite. With quartz in schist. 2 In chalcopyrite. 3 Occurring with...county are found within the limits of this township. Quartz, epiilote and hematite are common while fluorite...Cumberland Hill Village -in quartz veins MtNnner,s louNo Arsenopyrite Crocidolite Quartz Actinolite Azurite Chalcopyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | beautiful specimens are found of snowy-white drusy quartz which line cavities of gray chert. California—R...consisting of about 22 minerals of which garnet and quartz seem to be the most common. Along with the sand...(microcline, orthoc'ase, albite, oligoclase, anorthite), quartz, mica (biotite, muscovite) obsidian and gold??...for many square miles! Connecticut—At the limestone quarries of Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn., tremolite...examination not one jasper was found—they were all common quartz stp.'ned brown by limonite. Florida—At Daytona |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rattlebox. ARIZONA—Flat doubly terminated loose smoky quartz xls coated by dark brown drusy dolomite which in...rambling "rockhounds." Almost all of the mines and quarries have been shut down and the only active mining...titanium d u m p ) . 6. Black brookite xls on milky and smoky quartz. 7. Massive, grayish barite. 8. Black limonite...brown idocrase. The vein was almost pure white quartz. Nearly solid enclosed with successive layers of...basanite, milky quartz (very nice), smoky quartz, colorless rock crystal, red jasper, red quartz, brownish |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | large quartz intrusion in the state's northeast corner; the Conklin and Dexter limestone quarries in Lincoln;...AND MINERALS Most impressive is a large mass of quartz crystal pillows in which are nestled handsome spheres...about 2 cm on an edge. While the massed crystals of quartz are extremely common at Diamond Hill where the...by several first-rate specimens of calcite and quartz crystals on a lime stone matrix. When in operation...classic calcite and gin-clear, doubly terminated quartz crystals. Also notable in the collection are polished |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | agates of all pastel shades; water worn crystals of quartz of all shades including amethyst and citrine; petrified...blue celestite xls said to be found in the limestone quarries around Wymore along the Blue River. My cousin...first stop. W e learned on inquiry that there were quarries in both directions from town. Wymore is south...observed. Also quite numerous was a curious type of milky quartz with some good terminations and the odd fact...chert and this was present in several of the other quarries. Leaving this quarry we proceded to the one just |  | | Journal (issue) | | windstorm. In the moming 4 Weaver and a soldier bad to go looking for the horses, some of which could...great "collecting" story nonetheless. Other minerals bad been collected even earlier in Arizona, almost immediately...Silliman at Yale College in Connecticut. Silliman, who bad himself visited Arizona and collected specimens in...included a detailed review of all the species that bad been discovered in Arizona Territory up to that time...with linarite and chrysocolla." Bixby must bave bad a collector working for him in Arizona, because in |  | | Journal (issue) | | ASSOCIATION OF MILLERITE AND FLUORITE IN LIMESTONE QUARRIES OF ST. LOUIS, MO. AREA By J. A . Schra11t...to Stockholm via Belgium, the British Zone of Germany and Copenhagen, I got off at Namur in Belgium and...thru the British Zone of Germany. Even l 2.75 to travel on the train thru Germany rel .5 .00 quires a permit...are checked when r apthe train enters and leaves Germany. After spending a few days in Copen- hagen I took...microcline, orthoclase, white albite, oligoclase, quartz, muscovite and biotite. G raphic feldspar occurs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | as the recrystallized material of crystalline limestone such as marble, a metamorphic rock. Not only the... chalcedony, marcasite, and calcite. In veins, quartz is usually the first mineral to crystallize out...chemical constitution has taken place. Sometimes quartz is found in the form of fluorite crystals and again...been replaced by a process of substitution into quartz, or better still, silica ; such crystals are pseudomorphs...form and structure of limestone and formed by the replacement of the limestone by galena, molecule by |  | | Book (volume) | | gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur...the SC borderSavannah River agate, chalcedony, Quartz gemstone, silicified oolite. CARROLL COUNTY CARROLLTON:...CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY AREA: stream gravelsgemmy chert, quartz pebbles (pastel colors), petrified wood, Pyrite;...minesAquamarine, Beryl, Amethyst, Garnet, Smoky Quartz crystals, black Tourmaline, etc. (the accessory...Rutilated Quartz crystals; (b) 1 mi. W of the school, exposed pegmatites Rutilated Quartz crystals; |  | | Book (volume) | | ranks first in the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of...Other collectable minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center...found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT...COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co....countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite (clustered crystals sharply |  | | Book (volume) | | ranks first in the nation in the production of limestone and dolomite, and second in the production of...Other collectable minerals are rare, although quarries in the western counties, especially the Clay Center...found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT...COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area Co....countywide exposures of blue clay in rd. cuts, pits, quarries, excavations⎯Pyrite (clustered crystals sharply |  | | Journal (issue) | | is associated with quartz, tourmaline, chlorite, hematite, and garnet. QUARTZ-Quartz is present as veins...dumps. of a few drusy coatings) were some clear to milky crystals associated with siderite in a vein. The...the vein towards the center. The massive quartz is of the milky variety, although some has been colored...rose-colored quartz was found. Collectors visiting these dumps should carefully examine all the quartz they see...of rocks, and as cleavage plates and masses in quartz. The crystals are creamcolored rhombohedrons and |  | | Journal (issue) | | except calcite, but fossils were abundant in limestone quarries (assuming you could enter such). However...the Mid-west (Part I) beautiful geodes containing quartz and calcite (i.e. Keokuk), and some spectacular...a small pocket andfound some pale amazonite and quartz crystals. After prospecting a little more I believed...rock that made a quartz clinking sound with my rock hammer. Yes, country rock and quartz do make different...attached. A Portion Of The Pocket Getting Sorted Quartz Crystals With Fluorite Attached October 2014 A |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Park, Ark. "Quite recently, the Tridymite form of quartz has been found near Mount Ida, Montgomery Co.,...the most interesting quartz J have yet seen." CALIFORNIA—The limestone quarries in Crestmore Riverside...miles from the plant and the other is our chino limestone bed at the plant. "I am sorry to say that because...activity in the Chino limestone area, we have closed the Commercial and Lonestar quarries to collectors. W...area has been pretty well picked over. The Chino limestone which we are mining near Commercial has few of |  | | Book (edition) | | minerals that are found in the igneous rock granite: quartz, feldspar, and mica. However, the crystallization...latest formation in granite: potassium feldspar, quartz, and mica. (The minerals found in pagmatites form...pegmatite dikes to pegmatitic quartz, and then to hydrothermal quartz veins carrying ore minerals. The...the border where the inner-most zone meets the quartz core in the center of the pegmatite. It is here...granites, and crystalline limestone associated with chlorite, calcite, quartz, and feldspar; hornblende |  | | Book (volume) | | sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite...Jarosite, Marcasite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Selenite, Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination)...chalcedony, Sphalerite on chalcedony or Calcite, Quartz. 151 Illinois Niota Dewdrop Diamond Geode Location...City Geode Location WARSAW, area rd. cuts, pits quarries, gravels, banks along regional creeks and streams |  | | Book (volume) | | sandstone, shale, bituminous slates, thin bands of limestone, and seams of coal usually underlain with clay...chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite...Jarosite, Marcasite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Selenite, Smithsonite and Sphalerite in any combination)...chalcedony, Sphalerite on chalcedony or Calcite, Quartz. 151 Illinois Niota Dewdrop Diamond Geode Location...City Geode Location WARSAW, area rd. cuts, pits quarries, gravels, banks along regional creeks and streams |  | | Journal (issue) | | POSITIVE AND OR NEGATIVE RHOMBOHEDRON FACES OF QUARTZ . ··. , CRYSTALS. By 0. Ivan Lee ..................... 341 COLLECTORS' KINKS. (How to display quartz, "diamonds." ) WITH OUR DEALERS ................This very interesting and most instructive exhibit bad attracted so much attention that though it was to...so-called "Sand HilJs". The limestone of Pennsylvanian age in the quarries east and west of Louisville...marcasite, but not of the cabinet specimen type. The limestone of Permian age, well exposed in the C. H. D avis |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALS. Bulletin number is 973-E. The title is "Quartz crystal deposits of western Arkansas," by A. E... Washington 25, D. C. It deals mostly with the quartz crystal deposits of western Arkansas throughout...in the East sit up and take notice. DELAWARE — Limestone has been quarried in New Castle Co., Del., at...Service Corporation. That corporation has three quarries around Chicago and they have always yielded very...fine specimens of calcite, marcasite and sometimes quartz. I will be unable to find out about this locality |  | | Book (edition) | | MINING V ROGER LEY MINE UK MINING NEWL A NDSIDE QUARRIES LADY ANNABELLA UK MINING VENTURESMINE HOLLY...partly altered, coarse-grained, sandy (arenaceous) limestone. WEST PASTURE MINE, STANHOPE, WEARDALE l Fluorite...crystals, primarily as interpenetrant twins coating Quartz-encrusted massive green and white Fluorite. Specimens...Fluorite which covers a characteristic altered Limestone matrix. It has not been possible to access the...1980’s. The main stratigraphic unit is the Great Limestone, a Carboniferous bioclastic packstone of the Pendleian |  | | Report (edition) | | urge you to take every safety precaution in the quarries, pits and road cuts; always ask permission to...Graphite locality State line district feldspar quarries Clinton County Salona calcite-dolomite locality...Pike limonite pseudomorph locality H. R. Miller limestone quarry 128 ... 128 134 ... 137 139 142 147...mine Cornwall magnetite mine area H. J. Smith limestone quarry Lehigh County Constitution Drive rare earth...strontianite-calcite localities Lime Bluff limestone quarries Montgomery County Ecton mine copper-zinc-lead |  | | Book | | Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic, plutonic and...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...Alberene and Old Dominion quarries, Albemarle County. In these two soapstone quarries, tabular ilmenite crystals...major associations of Swiss hematite iron roses are quartz, ortboclase, albite, rutile, and zeolites (especially |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tell me what it is. It doesn't quite look like quartz to me, and in most of the pieces the xls are jet...366 xline—crystalline The specimen is quartz (smoky quartz) and it is in coarse drusy xls. It is an...specimens of quartz that came from a rock quarry in North Little Rock (Pulaski Co.), Ark. This quartz was found...wide with a gummy, greasy residue covering the quartz. I am sending you also some of this residue jelly...which seems to carry water and is full of tiny quartz xls — this is very odd for this part of the country |  | | Book | | streams and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones...aquamarine. Excited collectors took home from old quarries in Pennsylvania and Maryland, pieces of apple...deposits have come to light in Alabama and Tennessee. Quartz gems have been discovered in Florida and Mississippi...by Flora Collins. 3 i palachians as well as quarries which are on a semiactive basis such as those...sapphires, garnets, amazonite, amethyst, smoky quartz, rose quartz, williamsite and other gems at fee sites |
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