 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New York City, New York County, New York State T he minerals of the garnet group represent some of the...deposits. In fact, in some types of economic deposits, garnet constitutes an important gangue mineral, and such...America’s largest hard-rock garnet mines within its borders, a famous New York garnet specimen has been chosen...this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice piece. Moreover, garnet was designated as New York’s official state gemstone...Almandine is one of fifteen minerals in the garnet group, each member of which is defined by its pure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The most famous Georgia aquamarine deposit was south of LaGrange at the Hogg beryl mine or the Minerals...Morgan County. Pink corundum in smaragdite is found near the Hogg Creek corundum mine in Towns County. On...Gainesville. Typically, diamonds found in Hall County weighed from 2 to 6 carats; a few were of larger...misidentification. GARNET GROUP: The group of minerals known collec tively as garnet is exceedingly widespread...counties boast one or more garnet locations. Various members of the garnet group are common and occur as |  | | Report (issue) | | of SenegaL ___________________ ----Republic of South Mrica ___________________ _ Cape of Good Hope Province...omali Republic ________ - ____ -_---------- -- South-VVestAfrica _________________________ _ Swaziland...-----------------Queensland and New South Wales _______ _ South Australia ____ -------------------Tasmania...------------------New Zealand ______ -----------------------South Island_----------------- ________ _ North Island_____...________ _ Southeastern Alaska ___ ------------South-central Alaska _______________ _ East-central Alaska |  | | Report (issue) | | COVER PHOTO : Gold nugget from Dukes Creek, White County, weight 5 oz., 12 dwt., approx. 2x. BACK COVER...approx. 1.5x. Lower left - Goethite from Pulaski County, approx. lx. Right - Magnetite crystal face showing.......................................... 111 Garnet Group ................................................................................ 118 Axinite Group ......................................................................... 119 iii Page Axinite Group ............................................... |  | | Book | | 6 CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _ .......... _ _ .... ____________________.........._........... 7 3 6 CHAPTER 9 North Carolina 4 2 3 3 9 6 3 CHAPTER 1 GEM H U N T I N...g e s w h i c h c r e s t a t M t . N o r t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because...n d m 1799 i n Cabarrus C o u n t y, N o r t h Carolina, b y a s m a l l b o y w a l k i n g along a m...o o r e , M o n t g o m e r y, Randolph, Macon South C a r o l i n a : Chesterfield, L a n c a s t e |  | | Book (edition) | | commonly have several variants, such as Great Smoky Group, Great Smoky Conglomerate, Great Smoky Formation...the total of 4,284 new Terms were United States county and city Terms. Counties and Cities in the United...States Earlier editions had Terms such as Washington County and Portland for counties and cities of the United...for example: Washington County Arkansas and Portland Maine. Each new county Term can now autopost its...to counties was a major task. The scope of U.S. county and city Terms can now be clear even when they |  | | Book (edition) | | from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...Opal. II 68 IMPORT ANT GEMSTONES The Feldspar Group, Spodumene, Tourmaline, Sodalite, Olivine (Peridot)...Jadeite), Rhodonite, ldocrase (V esuvianite), The Garnet Group. 199 246 III QUARTZ FAMILY GEMSTONES IV RARE...Frontispiece. Drawing of tourmaline and morganite group 1. Crater of Diamonds, Arkansas 2. Star of Arkansas...Ruby mine, Cowee Creek, North Carolina 6. Corundum Hill, North Carolina 7. Eldorado Bar, Montana 8. W |  | | Book (volume) | | amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm (1 in.) across. TOP GROUP. Green fluorite (121... Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet (16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion...Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...gold. The necklace is 45 cm (18 in.) long. BOTTOM GROUP. Deep, spinel red oligoclase feldspar (5.04 ct) |  | | Book (edition) | | The largest groups of new terms have been U.S. county names; rock-formation names (mostly North American);...Thesaurus. These include local geographic terms, U.S. county names, rock-formation names, and fossil names....beginning with “northern”, “eastern”, “northwestern”, “south-central”, etc., is limited. However, other such... a. Geographic Coordinates peridot BA olivine group nesosilicates orthosilicates silicates BT minerals...term must be a name unique to one area. Lincoln County is not assigned coordinates in the Thesaurus, because | | | Book (volume) | | amethyst (left, upper group) which measures about 25 mm (I in.) across. TOP GROUP. Green fluorite (121... Maine; round brilliant red-orange spessartine garnet ( 16.62 et), Ramona, California; deep red cushion...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...gold. The necklace is 45 cm (18 in.) long. BOTTOM GROUP. Deep, spine! red oligoclase feldspar (5.04 et)...E DICATED TO ] une Culp Zeitner, o/ Rapid City South Dakota, /or her /;/efong devotion to the study and |  | | Book (edition) | | to the chemical formula, allegiance to a mineral group, symmetry and crystal structure as well as the strongest...chemical formula, structure (crystal system, space group, and unit cell dimensions), and at least some other...site occupancy. The Sb members of the tennantite group (2.G) will serve as a good example: tetrahedrite...registered in this book (e.g. in the amphibole group). For more detailed information see "Dana's System...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept |  | | Book (edition) | | the outstanding sho,vs of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...gleaned from the sales catalogs and bulletins of South,vest Scie11tifi.c Company, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona...Colorado, Specin1en Minerals, Ltd., Woodville \Vest, South Australia, Gregory, Bottley and Company, London...fluorite; octahedrons, magnetite; trapezohedrons, garnet, leucite; pyritohedrons, pyrite; tetrahedrons,...pink or red rhodonite and rhodochros,te; iron, red garnet, green tourrnaline, green to brown oli,1i11e: cobalt |  | | Book (edition) | | at the outstanding shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...Colorado, Specimen Minerals, Ltd., Woodville West, South Australia, Gregory, Bottley and Company, London...vvith the descriptive mineralogy of a selected group of species representing those most likely to be...educated collector and connoisseur. In the latter group may be, for example, alexandrite twins from the...for whom the emerald-green spodumen e from North Carolina, hicldenite) is named; George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932) | | | Book (edition) | | the out- standing shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...California, E. M. Gunnell, Ltd., Woodville West, South men Minerals, and Company, London, Filer’s...deals with the descriptive mineralogy of a selected group of species representing those most likely to be...educated collector and connoisseur. In the latter group may be, for example, alexandrite twins from the...for whom the emerald-green spodumene from North Carolina, hiddenite, is named; George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932) |  | | Book (edition) | | Third Row LazuLirE—North Groton, N. H.; ALMANDINE GARNET CrystTaL—near Dallas, Ga.; UNAKITE—Rose River,...Arizona; Rose Quartz—Brazil. CaLIFORNITE—Siskiyou County, Calif.; Apatire CrysTAL—Durango, Mexico; WinLiAMsiITE—Line...Canada. Second Row Topaz—Mason of Washington; County, Texas; OPALIZED AQUAMARINE, Woop—State pendant—Brazil...and black) Feldspar Group (moon- Spinel stone, amazonite, etc.) Garnet Group Jadeite Nephrite Olivine...collections of the Smithsonian. A magnificent group of aquamarine crystals (top), clearly displaying |
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