 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 07:42 13 June 2016 Figure 1: A large, bladed celestine crystal group from the “upper bed” near Adamsville...of tabular prismatic celestine crystals on dolomitic limestone from a Rocky Creek tributary near Oakalla...cm across. Rediscovering Lampasas LAMPASAS COUNTY, TEXAS During the summer of 1989, the author and several...several friends began a systematic survey of celestine in Lampasas and surrounding counties. Since that...Lampasas, Texas (and the county of the same name), has long been recognized as a source for celestine crystals |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama P.O. Box 0 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486 85° • County Seat ALABAMA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY began in 1818...iron furnace was built near Russellville, Franklin County, utilizing local brown iron-ore (goethite) deposits...Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County, the first such mineralogical description in the...1831 along tributaries of the Coosa River (Chilton County). Utilization of mineral resources in Alabama has...iron ore, clay, marble, bauxite, and Figure 1. County map of Alabama. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey |  | | Journal (issue) | | Immel, President (SCFMS) P.O. Box 94, Castell , Texas 78631 Mrs. W. H. Steinbrenner, Vice-President (MFMGS)...Vlrgll Lundell, President 414 Glenarm, San Antonio, Texas 78204 Collecting Arizona Wood ...................Corpus Christi, Texas 78411 Mrs. Evelyn Rhodes, Secretary 221 Westminster, San Antonio, Texas 78228 Mrs. Vlola...Smith, Treasurer 1215 South 41st Street, Temple, Texas 76501 DEPARTMENTS GEMS & MINERALS Is published...and Show. Vllllta Assembly Bulldlng, San Antonio, Texas. louthwNt Gem end Mlneral Society, host. Lester |  | | Journal (issue) | | as to the actual grinding, sanding Llmonlte Celestine Emery Bornlte Rhodochrotlte Anglesite Corundum...Included with catalogII • ■OST ITEIS POSTPAID TO USA Df1TIIATIOIS I ALPHA FACETING SUPPLY, INC. • 100%...declared as the official state fossil. Neighboring Texas, which has this material abundantly also, claims...Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas (Nov. and Dec. '79); Rocky Mountain States - Wyoming and Colorado...MIDWESTERN STATES Ohio Otto E. Ehrhart-Paulding County Hi.storical Society - City Hall, North Main Street |  | | Journal (issue) | | Langston (SCFMS) 4813 Hollowbrook Fort Worth, Texas 76103 AND MINERALS The Leading GEM and MINERAL...Ooiltlc Hematite Malachite I/a " Rutile llmonite Celestine Emery Bomlte Rhodochrosl te Cerussite Corundum... Show. Vllllta Assembly Building, San Antonio, Texas. South■eet Gem end Mlnefal Society, host. Lester...Sunvlson, 234 Lark. San Antonio, Texas 78228. June 15 thru 17. ROCKY MOUNTAIN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL...Travel north from Trona toward Death Valley on the county highway for 13 miles to the sign of the mine. Turn |  | | Journal (issue) | | Langston (SCFMS) 4813 Hollowbrook Fort Worth, Texas 76103 AND MINERALS The Leading GEM and MINERAL...Ooiltlc Hematite Malachite I/a " Rutile llmonite Celestine Emery Bomlte Rhodochrosl te Cerussite Corundum... Show. Vllllta Assembly Building, San Antonio, Texas. South■eet Gem end Mlnefal Society, host. Lester...Sunvlson, 234 Lark. San Antonio, Texas 78228. June 15 thru 17. ROCKY MOUNTAIN FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL...Travel north from Trona toward Death Valley on the county highway for 13 miles to the sign of the mine. Turn |
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Rocky Creek, Burnet County, Texas, USA