 | | Book (edition) | | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Report (issue) | | . . ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 5 Pyrophyllite ...... f .......... 5 ALEXANDER COUNTY .................Rutile and Rutilated Quartz. ... 9 Rutile, Xenotims and Monagite. ........ 9 Smoky Quartz, Goethite and... 9 ALLEGHANI COUNTY 1± Manganese ....... f 11 Barite , 11 Copper . 11 ASHE COUNTY. . . . Copper...Staurolite AVERY COUNTY . . ......... 13 13 13 . 13 Iron and Epidote BUNCOMBE COUNTY Garnet ...........13 Moonstone and Associated Minerals 15 BURKE COUNTY 15 Corundijin 15 Itacolumite 15 Toiirmaline |  | | Report (volume) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green...sapphire, star sapphire, star ruby, rutile, and quartz are gem stones that have been successfully synthesized |  | | Report (issue) | | THULITE AND PYRITE MONAZITE EMERALD CUPRITE SMOKY QUARTZ ZIRCON TORBERNITE ~/ UBRAR'l USE ONLV ,~O...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...amethyst, almandite garnet, citrine, and smoky quartz. It is hoped that this publication will find a...Rutile 17 Quartz 17 Rock Crystal 17 Amethyst •• 18 Rose Quartz 18 Smoky Quartz 18 Rutilated...COUNTIES Alamance County • .' 22 24 24 Alexander County 24 Alleghany County 25 Ashe County • 25 Avery | | | Report (issue) | | beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these......................................... 16 17 Quartz ................................................... Rose Quartz ....................................................... 18 18 Smoky Quartz ............................................... 18 Rutilated Quartz ............................................Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ... |  | | Book | | _ _ .... ____________________ ..... CHAPTER 11 Georgia 1 CHAPTER 12 Alabama 0 0 . . . . . . . . _...y ' s f i r s t g o l d r u s h a t Dahlonega, Georgia. S o m u c h gold w a s f o u n d b y eager prospectors...t a r t o f t h e C i v i l W a r . O t h e r Georgia counties a n d n e i g h b o r i n g s t a t e...f gold! Gold c a n s t i l l be f o u n d i n Georgia a n d i n t h e r i v e r s a n d streams o f i...p a r t a n b u r g , U n i o n , Oconee Georgia: Cherokee, Dawson, L u m p k i n , M c D u ff i e , |  | | Catalog/List | | Fairfield County, Branchville White xlline with cymatolite, good study ... New Mexico Taos County, near Dixon...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoima Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...iron silicate ACTINOLITE California San Bernardino County, Wrightwood Green prismatic crystalline mass ....CROSSITE Sodium iron silicate California San Benito County, Gem mine Compact blue-gray mass with natrolite...aggregates in magnetite with stilpnomelane, penninite, quartz ... HASTINGSITE Iran calcium sodium potassium alumino-silicate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | comprehensive listing, including detailed spot locations on county road maps, refer to this publication, which can...The price is $5.00 plus 4% sales tax. Individual county road maps can be obtained from the North Carolina...Carolina 27611 B. J . M C K E N Z I E Alamance County Pyrophyllite, cacoxenite, diaspore, sericite, pyrite...hill, 0.2 mile from the road. Alexander County Alexander County is a renowned mineral collecting area in...rutile, and quartz crystals. The following are mineral collecting sites in Alexander County: 1) Emerald |  | | 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??...examination not one jasper was found—they were all common quartz stp.'ned brown by limonite. Florida—At Daytona...151 So. Penn. Dr., Daytona Beach. Georgia—Specimens of rutilated quartz (clear auartz with hair-like crystals |  | | Report (issue) | | dolomite. It occurs in simple and geniculated forms in quartz veins and stringers in the metamorphic crystalline...metals in the pegmatite body at Baringer Hill, Llano County, Tex. Because of its resistance to atmospheric...common rock-forming silicate minerals, including quartz. Where formed in metamorphic rocks by regional...the commonest associate of rutile is of course quartz, but with these are other titanium minerals, especially...far as known, to the central portion of Chester County, in the extreme southeastern part of the State |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...from Derbyshire or, perhaps, a pyramid of smoky quartz from Cumberland. The next it may be rock crystal...Talc 6. Orthoclase feldspar 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz 3. Calcite 8. Topaz 4. Fluorite 9. Corundum...faces are placed with respect to one another. The quartz gems, for example, such as amethyst, form crystal |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...with respect to one another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with...another at 60 degrees and intersected by a fourth Quartz and vertical axis at right angles to the other...other, light) FELDSPAR TWINS I J PHENACITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS ffrl (^h /&> ^& \b^ ^ VESUVIANITE |  | | Book (edition) | | great many very interesting and unique forms of quartz crystals and rutiles, and has added a great number... me some and to, lias of the novel forms of quartz crys- furnished some valuable notes also of...25. Chalcopyrite. 64. 26. Barnhardtite. 65. Quartz. 108. Saponite. 27. Marcasite. 66. Opal. 109...ities and suggestions from Mrs. H, A. Burdick county, of Mr. J. of A. D. Stephenson of Statesville...localities throughout the State, generally in quartz veins of the gneissic, granitic and dioritic rocks |  | | Book (edition) | | Molyhdite. 104. Deweylite. 29. Arsenopyrite. 65. Quartz. 105. 30. Nagyagite. 66. Opal. 106. Genthite...Burdiek, Macon Prof. J. T. I From am of county, of Mr. J. A. D. Stevenson, of States- Humphreys...numerous localities throughout the erally in quartz veins of the gneissic, granitic also in those of...Burke, McDowell, Rutherford, Polk, Cleveland, Cherokee, Jackson, Transylvania It and Watauga. generally...their size, Cabarrus county, the Montgomery with have been Crump Mine county, (at the lat- octahedral |  | | Book | | Marcasite 46 Proustite Azurite 50 Galena Quartz 58 102 106 Copper 54 90 94 Pyrite Malachite...black-looking lustrous ones from Graves Mountain, Georgia. Although the rutile is usually found there as...originally. Shiny black rutile crystals from Mono County, California, are just as good but smaller. Small...recent rediscovery of elbaite near Pala in San Diego County, California, greatly stimulated an already high...of elbaite as single crystals or in groups with quartz and other species. These have been predominantly |  | | 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...landsvertebrate fossil remains; Pine Ridge, areaQuartz concretions, agates, petrified wood, fossils, etc |  | | Report (volume) | | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Florida............Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia..........Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Illinois...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...grained granite rugated cardboard where of the quartz t it hits your ribs; then layer of newspaper... with geodes lined with glittering calcite or quartz Often these can be California, in in Southwestern |  | | 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 |  | | 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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rock, a Cretaceous chalk spire in eastern Gove County, Kansas. See “Scenic Kansas’’, pages 11-12. Photo...northeastern Kansas, Doniphan County Rock City, southwest of Minneapolis, Ottawa County THE EARTH SCIENCE...sandstone mass. As erosion by wind, rain wash, and County running water lowered the surface, carrying away...miles west of Medicine Lodge, Barber County Gypsum Hills, Barber County; view 3 miles southwest of Medicine...DIGEST Bridge, 6 miles south of Sun City, Barber County of southwestern Kansas were deposited in shallow |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Georgia..................................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Florida-______Dr. E. H. Sellards, Tallahassee. Georgia,_____Dr. S. W. McCallie, Atlanta. Idaho______.Mr...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton; |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |
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