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| Buckfield, Maine. Mined in 1996 by Holden !Jrothers Mining and currently in the Jim Mann collection. Photo...I 900 ' s, showing Loren Merrill 's tourmaline mining operation at Mount Mica. Table of Contents CHAPTER...the maps . . . . . . . .3 .5 .5 .5 CHAPTER 2. COLLECTING MAINE MINERALS Geologic settings of Maine minerals...psits Collecting tips . . . . Equipment . . . . .. . . . Techniques . . . . •. . . . . Collecting in the...Locality index (by town) Locality index (by name of site) . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors are grateful to |
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| beautiful opal produced at the remote locality of Virgin Valley, outside of Denio in Humboldt County near...Much of what is found are limb casts, in which the opal has replaced ancient pieces of ~ Michael Gray,... Hallelujah Junction Mining and Exploration Company specimen. (B) Polished opal, each piece 1.3 cm across...Virgin Valley. Janet and Paul Clifford specimens. (C) Gemmy realgar, 6.4 cm high, Getchell mine. Arkenstone...sometimes with spectacular results. Most of the opal is transparent with a slight brownish cast, although |
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| THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE...Treasures is geared toward everyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals, and fossils—not only people...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible |
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| group of sharp crystals is from the Rowley mine (Maricopa County). (Jeff Scovil photo/ Scott & Margie Adams...puzzles by Bob Jones Collecting Vanadium Minerals Mountain View Chromite 22 collecting at a historic “high”...Field Trip Facilitator Teri Smith 58 texas collecting areas open up for her by Johnny French by Jim...the Silver Reef article. I must have passed by the mine a dozen times. Next time, I will stop for sure....month SEPTEMBER 2015 I started this project with opal rough from Lightning Ridge, Australia. I do have |
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| vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Northwest States VOLUME 2 Alaska Idaho Arizona California Colorado lowa Minnesota Montana Hawaii Kansas...VOLUME 4 Northeast States Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine...U.S.A. 4TH EDITION Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 2: SOUTHWEST STATES |
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| Bibliography: p.94. 1. Precious stones—Collectors and collecting—United States. QE392.5.U5P47 553'.8'075 74-1276...often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in Mon¬ tana the action of a million years is readily...intrudes a sloping bed of limestone. As the Yogo mine has been worked at various times in the past hundred... There is a talus slope in the Antelope Valley in Southern California where the rock fragments seemed...obvious that the garnets had washed into the river valley from the hills about, and that the flatland or |
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| MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...maps; 8 pages color This basic book on gem collecting has now been completely revised and expanded...stones . United States. I. —Collectors and collecting Title. QE392.5.U5M3 1975 ISBN 0-690-00656-X...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett...and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and the Sonoran desert of Arizona, the lake beaches |
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| interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E. Wilson...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information...literature in North America. J. s. San Diego, California 1975 Acknowledgments The folio\\ ing persons |
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| Gold? Ontario, California Desert: 1 was very interested in John D. Mitchell's "Lost Mine with the Iron...of Desert Magazine. Mitchell indicates the lost mine is located one league northwest of the Ventana or...sentinel to watch and guard the entrance to the Lost Mine with the Iron Door? R. L. WITTER • • • "Beercan...who heave their empty cans out on your roads and mine. Vandalism of all kinds is becom- This rock formation...Mountains of Arizona may be the clue to the long-lost Mine with the Iron Door, believes Desert Reader R. L |
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| Collfwttlo (213) 255-1488 4959 YORK BLVD. ,~ LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 9~2 Ope■ Mo■• tltr■ Fri. t •·•• to 5:15...PARKWAY □ PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109 CARLSBAD STORE: 2961 STATE STREET, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA • GEMS & MINERALS...COX ART/ ADVERTISING DIRECTOR- MEL ANDERSON CALIFORNIA FEDERATION ASSOCIATE EDITOR Of -RENATA WILLIAMS...Ave., Ma::lune, ca1tfornl1 12351. FIELD TRIPS Collecting on Nevada'• Stone Well Flat by Mary Frances Strong................................ 10 Collecting SunatoM In Lake County, Oregon by Harold M. Dunn ....... |
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| captured by Jeff Gnass in Death Valley National Monument, California. Dusting Tracks with Amtrak's Desert...Inside Cover. Elephant Rock, a sandstone span in the Valley of Fire State Park in Southern Nevada. Photograph...Muench. by Gordon Smith A trip by rail from Los Angeles to Las Vegas can be a lively affair. page 36...436-4218. Second Class Postage paid at Encinitas, California and at additional offices. Copyright 1981 by...what's the use! Floyd J. Peters North Shore, California I know what you mean, Floyd. Or maybe I don't |
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| Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California High Tension (A Biography) Jay Ellis Ransom...EMS of and MINERAL AMERI A A Guide to Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New York, Evanston...collectingUnited States. 2. Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting -United States. I. Title. , QE392.5.U5R36 1975...Foreword xi xiii Part I: The Fundamentals of Rock Collecting 1. Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones 1 3 Mineral...Values in an Outcrop 4. Preparation for Field Collecting 52 Field Check of Mineral Occurrences arid |
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| Boulevard, Los Angeles, Californla 90042 Telephone (213) 2 55-1488 Prices F.O.B. Los Angeles. Add postage...Caudle (RMFMS) P.O. Box 1512. Clifton. AZ 85533 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Officers...96002 Mrs. Jeanne Mager. Secretary 13245 Rhoda Dr . Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Edwin Porter, Treasurer P.O...Houston. TX 77024 FIELD TRIPS Blcentennlal Fossll Collecting by Jerry J. Howe and Andrew S. Howard .........by Gemac Corporalton. 1797 Capri Ave Mentone. California 92359 SUBSCRIPTION AATES: $6.50 per year . $ |
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| Mills o Engravi n g Eq uipment • Facetin g Mach ines Opal Tri p let s Cab och ons Etc. Most Items Shipped...Turquoise 20 Run to the border for a wealth of collecting opportunities; by Robert Beard Project: 28 ...by Diane Prokop 34 Th e M orden Experience Collecting vertebrate fossils in Canada (legally); by Kenneth...The Future of Leadville, Colorado A metal-mining district turns to tourism; by Steve Voynick REGULAR...Shop Talk ....... . ...... . . .18 A New York collecting site yields unusual Herkimer diamond specimens; |
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| Depending upon yield - 30 to 50% from our rough opal - and your market, profits should not be less than...cutting opal for profit, and WISH TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS ask for our leaflet on how to cut opal more...-----~ HOLAN PTY. LTD (Incorporated 1959) 1 MINING OPERATIONS AT COOBER PEDY POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O ...2242, NORTH PARRANATTA 2151 , AUSTRALIA SEND ROUGH OPAL TO THE VALUE OF ------------------------------ $...proof of my whoesale status. DEPT. GM-310 900 W. Los Vallecitos San Marcos, CA 92069 Phone: (714) 744-2011 |
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| Green Moss Aaate; Red Malachite Mex. Cra7V Lace Opal Mosaic Ooal Triplets Ooal (White) FiefV Rubv Pink...more time for collecting by Kenneth H. Rohn Page 64 THE MINERALS OF BORON Collecting in Southern California...CIRCUS Silver miniatures to be displayed at the California Federation Show by Darlene Cobb 14 61 PAGEANT...Attractions in and around Ventura, site of the CFMS Show by Jeanne Stultz CALIFORNIA F~DERATION TROPHIES AND CLASSES...CLASSES 1985 Regional (Supplementary) Rules 68 COLLECTING THE WEST RICHLAND MAMMOTH The excitement of a |
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| 75 51.00 FREE Catalogs Phone: 800-338-9280 Web site: www.kingsleynorth.com Email: sales@kingsleynorth........................ 38 The Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium .....................................Media, Inc., 3585 Maple St., Ste. 232, Ventura, California 93003-3517, telephone (805) 644-3824. Periodicals...Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda© Special Exhibit: California Collectors & Collections coordinated by John...that combined the black jade and some Australian opal. “After cutting a slab of the black jade to about |
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| SPECIAL NOTE TO READERS. There are hundreds of collecting localities described in this book. All of them...conditions on th P desert . are changing rapidly; Mining claims are filed, property, once open to collectors...government : Many of the new owners do not want collecting on their property. The status of localities may...so far as is humanly possible, to report the collecting status of localities at the time of writing --...FUTURE. _INCLUSION HERE IS AN INDICATION ONLY THAT COLLECTING HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE PAST AND SUCH INCLUSION |
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| vacation stops at a roadside “dig your own” gem mine. Junior finds a sapphire the size of a peach and...) Many an unsuspecting tourist has stopped at a mine to try his or her luck and become a rockhound for...Arizona Alaska Idaho VOLUME 3: Southwest States California lowa Minnesota Montana Colorado Nebraska North...Connecticut Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Delaware District of Columbia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine...U.S.A. ATH EDITION Where & How to Dig, Pan, and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals VOLUME 3: SOUTHEAST STATES |
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| WITH MINUTE MAN MAIL ORDER SYSTEM Prices F.O.B. Los Angel. . Add postage and insurance PleaN Nnd your...Boulevard, Los Angel••• Celifomia 90042, Telephone (213) 211-1488 Add Sales Tax in California LAPCRAFT'S...Rees (NFMS) 806 El Monte Twin Falls. ID 83301 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES Otflc:ere...96002 Mrs. Jeanne Mager. Secretary 13245 Rhoda Dr., Los Altos HIiis. CA 94022 Edwin Porter. Treasurer P.O...Correspondence and requests for inlormalion to the California Federation shoulo be addressed to. Mrs. Juanita |
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| The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct)...ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE...blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75 diamonds |
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| Lane FIELD TRIPS 26 THE BOUNTIES OF FREMONT COUNTY 38 WHERE'S THE MIDWEST'S SILVER 40 COPPER BOULDERS...Wyoming by Kenneth H. Rohn A number of possible collecting locations by Andy Ma.slowski The chances are...slim, but you might find one by Andy Maslowski Collecting in Nebraska by Kenneth H. Rohn JACK R. COX ASSOC...and requests to the American Federation Page40 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES FEATURES...Notion. Second Vice-President 276 Bellblossom Way. Los Ga1os. CA 95030 Jeane Stultz, Secretary 824 Randy |
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| 75 51.00 FREE Catalogs Phone: 800-338-9280 Web site: www.kingsleynorth.com Email: sales@kingsleynorth...their collections. This legrandite from the Ojuela mine (Mapimi, Durango) measures 5.6 cm high. (Jeff Scovil................. 38 A drive through New Mexico’s mining history by Steve Voynick The Mineral Legacy of...Media, Inc., 3585 Maple St., Ste. 232, Ventura, California 93003-3517, telephone (805) 644-3824. Periodicals...Phyllis Smolnicky was a big part of the rock-collecting scene in the Tucson, Arizona, area for many years |
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| 1. Los A111elH Add posta1e a11d l11111ra11co. Add Sales Tax 111 Callfor11la 4959 YORK BLVD. LOS ANGELES...ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90042 2 - AUGUST 1976 Open Mon. thru Prl. 9 a.111. to s· p.111. Closed Saturday a11cl...96002 Mrs Jeanne Mager. Secretary 13245 Rhoda Dr . Los Altos Hills. CA 94022 • Edwin Porter. Treasurer.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 News Notes of Collecting Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...POLISHING DISC Maja Ltd., Box 227, Woodland Hills, California 91365, has introduced a new foam backing disc |
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| SECTION: TOOLS OF THE TRADE 31 MINING & MILITARY VETERANS Recognizing Mining Support of Veterans and a Call...Root pocket, Two Point claim Teller Co., Colorado, USA 4.72 x 2.56 x 2.36 inches (12 x 6.5 x 6 cm) DALLAS...995 00 complete Free shipping in continent USA Made in USA Grit Sizes 60 to 200,000 1.0" hole with...with 3/4", 5/8" & 1/2" bushings Our made in USA soft wheels will last you 3-4 times longer than imported...Paid/Requested Outside-County Mail Subscriptions Stated on Form 3541: 10,238 / 10,344 2. In-County Paid/Requested |
