 | | Book (volume) | | Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59, 5 mi. E...States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: area barite pitsBarite, Geodes...rd. cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi...GRAYSVILLE, SE 1½ mi., in Knox dolomite exposed in an abandoned quarry Barite, Calcite, Fluorite (purple...areaAlmandite garnet; (g) harmony Church, area pegmatite outcropsBeryl; (h) Hickory Flat, 2 mi. NE on rd. to OrangeCorundum; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | rock are occasionally found in river gravels. In basalt, rarely in masses over 3 inches across. A beautiful...Frequently in combination with yellow and brown jasper and occasionally chalcedony. Found as a part of...schist. Loose nodular masses eroded from underlying basalt. Numerous references to this locality in early...finest specimen obtained from the Connecticut Valley basalt measured 9" x 6" and weighed 23 pounds. The center...the state is a series of ancient lava flows or basalt (traprock) ejected in a molten stage through huge |  | | Book (volume) | | Illinois geology. These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous system of repeated alterations of...ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits...deposits, pits, bars of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA...area gravels and glacial drift deposits⎯agate, jasper, geodes (containing blue gray chalcedony); d (a)...AI) ⎯agate. GALVA, N, at Bishop Hill, area⎯agate, jasper. JEFFERSON COUNTY MT. VERNON, W 9½ mi. on US 460 |  | | Book (volume) | | Illinois geology. These measures constitute the Upper Carboniferous system of repeated alterations of...ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits...deposits, pits, bars of the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA...area gravels and glacial drift deposits⎯agate, jasper, geodes (containing blue gray chalcedony); d (a)...AI) ⎯agate. GALVA, N, at Bishop Hill, area⎯agate, jasper. JEFFERSON COUNTY MT. VERNON, W 9½ mi. on US 460 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collectors. Recently, politics have been playing an increasing role in access to mineral collecting areas...east side along picnic area, in small cavities in basalt: small crystals of CALCITE, CHABAZITE, LEVYNE,...THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular, malachite, powellite, and...mine, Seven Devils district: grossular. Blue Jacket claim, Seven Devils district, about 4 miles north-northeast... and stilbite. Copper Bo~' mine, Seven Devils district: epidote. Helena mine (reportedly just northwest |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | southerly flowing tributary of the Verde River. In the upper part of the canyon horizontal or slightly dipping...gravels (Fig. 2). These, in turn, are covered by basalt flows placed by the Cenozoic history of the Grand...(Pliocene). The canyon area posits led the author, while an associate of the has been broken by normal faults...Museum and for basalts, the other later. The pre-basalt faults the helpfulness of the faculty of the University...and r\rt> are mmnrta^rt composed nf of gneiss, jasper, and other metamorphic rocks as well as basic igneous |  | | Journal (issue) | | r 10th. ANNIVERSARY NUMBER an • ~ Ma gazine for Mineralogi s t, Geolo gist and Collector .. .....CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY (Formerly the Bulletin Board) AN APPRECIATION Ten years ago this month, the first...and blues on a gray ground--as droopingly tender as an Italian Primitive, it glows in the cloudy agate,...believe in divine intervention. How, we ask, could an accident be so perfect, even to the sacred droop...instance typical of many, was following up the report of an agate depicting: "Three Indians in a war dance, to |  | | Book (volume) | | Celestite crystals, chalcedony rosettes, agates, jasper, fossil plants and vertebrate remains. The breaks...collecting grounds in the Midwest for gemstone materials. An extensive collecting region of agatized and opalized...all tributary canyons, creeks, and washes, reveal an abundance of gem quality 283 Nebraska petrified...Platte Co. is well known for its agates, chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY...especially to the W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE |  | | Book (volume) | | although excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces...concerned, Ohio is unique in but a single gemstone, an exceptionally high quality, colorful flint that is...colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry, and Coshocton...also quarried a rough, porous flintstone from outcrops, especially around McArthur, Vinton Co., for making...HOCKING COUNTY AREA exposures throughout Co. of the Upper Mercer horizon, commonly represented by black flint |  | | Book (volume) | | although excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces...concerned, Ohio is unique in but a single gemstone, an exceptionally high quality, colorful flint that is...colored Vanport flint of the Flint Ridge and the Upper Mercer flint exposed in Hocking, Perry, and Coshocton...also quarried a rough, porous flintstone from outcrops, especially around McArthur, Vinton Co., for making...HOCKING COUNTY AREA exposures throughout Co. of the Upper Mercer horizon, commonly represented by black flint |  | | Book | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Outcrops, Mining, and Quarrying . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 11.2.3 Basalt/Andesite/Dolerite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 77 4.6 Predynastic chert blade from Tel Edfu, Upper Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 4.... . . . . . . . . . . 82 Quartzite biface from upper Wadi Barramiya, Egyptian Eastern Desert . . . ....USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Basalt hand axe from unnamed wadi near Mine Mueilha, Egyptian |  | | Report (issue) | | _____________ Andesite dikes______________________________ Upper Tertiary(?) rocks_______ ______________ Distribution________...General geology-Continued Cenozoic rocks-Continued Upper Tertiary(?) rocks~Continued Thickness _________...quadrangle___________________ Fissure veins in Mineral Point district and adjacent areas___ _____ __ _______ ____ __...water__________________ Precambrian rocks______________________ Upper Tertiary(?) rocks_________________ Quaternary deposits...sections showing distribution and relations of upper Tertiary and lower Quaternary(?) volcanic and sedimentary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to Auchnacree, a mile north-east of Noran Water, an easterly tributary of the South Esk. It is represented...appended map on a scale of 1 inch to a mile. The district described is approximately parallel to the Highland...scanty. Attention has been directed to particular outcrops of serpentine and the Highland Border Series,...The first account of the general geology of the district appeared in 1845 in The New Statistical Account...contains a short account of the geology of the district (1899). In the second volume of The Geology and |  | | Journal (issue) | | in a snowbirds’ paradise by Helen Serras-Herman Jasper-Hematite in the Arizona Desert ..................Historic mines, museums, and petroglyph sites within an hour’s drive Show Dates in the Southern U.S.......your specimens, or trespassing charges pressed by an irate landowner. Of course, there are many fee-collecting...Quartzsite and Tucson shows, you can find anything: the is an overview. remarkable, the unusual, the intriguing...in the area. The spelling “Quartzsite” was due to an error made by the postal service when the town’s |  | | Book | | the Peak District 2 Mining and Quarrying 4 Ornamental Stone 8 Minerals of the Peak District 10 Selected...rather, millenia. For it is difficult in the Peak District to find a viewpoint that does not include a relic...man's search for mineral wealth; moss creeps over an ancient quarry face, sheep graze around a ruined...collecting. With disused mines and quarries, and rock outcrops, the nearest farm is usually the place to ask...be descriptive (mineral-filled vesicles in the basalt give the rock the appearance of a toad's skin) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Branch: M. P. Gayton, F.G.A. South Yorkshire & District Branch: M. W. Eldridge, M.B., Ch.B., F .G.A. Examiners:...irregular shape. One can see that rarity is indeed an aspect of a gemstone, be it pearl or even diamond...certification (now termed the three Cs by A. E. Farn) is an increasing symptom of modern demand. Diamonds are...work'. As the new technique of neutron bombardment in an atomic pile and the subsequent annealing by heat...light transmission. The whole system is built on an optical bench to facilitate focusing in line. One |  | | Report (issue) | | Mountain Thirtymile Twelve Mile Creek Upper Leslie Gulch Upper West Little Owyhee West Peak Wild Horse...U.S. Bureau of Mines -71 34/ T'«^3 Lakeview District 30 65 iI ou Ld-i u i^8 >I^L n t-tj /B5 "^25............. .269 Upper Leslie Gulch ..................................... .272 Upper West Little Owyhee...present elsewhere in the region. This report contains an additional assessment of the Honeycombs Wilderness...prospects in and near the proposed wilderness, along with an indication of the potential for undiscovered resources |  | | Book | | melting to a white glass. The in in "zein" was dropped, an 0 was inserted, and lithos was changed to lite and...zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...studies from this period in his eighteen-volume Atlas der Kristallformen (1913-1923). Dana (1898) defined...the center of some of the tetrahedra and produce an electrical imbalance in the framework that must be...cations (Ca, K, Na, Li, Mg, Sr, Ba, Cs) to produce an electrically neutral stable mineral. The feldspars | | | Book | | melting to a white glass. The in in "zein" was dropped, an 0 was inserted, and lithos was changed to lite and...zeolite mineralogy was done, at that time, in Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain. Because of differences...studies from this period in his eighteen-volume Atlas der Kristallformen (1913-1923). Dana (1898) defined...the center of some of the tetrahedra and produce an electrical imbalance in the framework that must be...cations (Ca, K, Na, Li, Mg, Sr, Ba, Cs) to produce an electrically neutral stable mineral. The feldspars |  | | Report (volume) | | .............................................. Basalt..................................................'.....:.......... 74 Quarries and undeveloped outcrops................................ 74 Stearns County..........;................. 75 Undeveloped rock outcrops............................... 75 Lynden Township.......... 83 Abandoned quarries and undeveloped outcrops............. 83 St. Augusta Township......................................... 105 Undeveloped outcrops..................................... 105 St. Joseph |  | | Journal (issue) | | Behnke Northbrook, IL Werner Lieber Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A...Number Five Articles The Val Graveglia m anganese district, Liguria, I t a ly .............................RHODOCHROSITE crystals to 1.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua district, Huanuco depart ment, Peru. (See vol. 28, no...expense) for forwarding by regular mail. This is an imposition, especially for very lengthy articles...something visual is being sent, such as an advertisement layout or an ad copy with desired changes marked |  | Burke, Adrian, Field, David, Brewer-LaPorta, Margaret, Burke, Adrian, Field, David, Brewer-LaPorta, Margaret (2010) Ancient Mines and Quarries: A Trans-Atlantic Perspective. Oxbow Books. | Book | | Distribution of a Lithologic Tracer during the Upper Palaeolithic, Southern France 13 (Diffusion et exploitation... Neolithic Axe Quarries and Flint Mines: Towards an Ethnography of Prehistoric Extraction Peter Topping...Why did Palaeo-Indians select the Sheguiandah site? An Evaluation of Quarrying and Quartzite Material Selection...together as a follow up to a similar set of papers from an earlier meeting The Cultural Landscape of Prehistoric...reviewing each paper. Our thanks to Gillian Varndell and an unnamed individual at the British Museum and Martyn | | Burke, Adrian, Field, David, Brewer-LaPorta, Margaret, Burke, Adrian, Field, David, Brewer-LaPorta, Margaret (2010) Ancient Mines and Quarries: A Trans-Atlantic Perspective. Oxbow Books. | Book | | Distribution of a Lithologic Tracer during the Upper Palaeolithic, Southern France 13 (Diffusion et exploitation... Neolithic Axe Quarries and Flint Mines: Towards an Ethnography of Prehistoric Extraction Peter Topping...Why did Palaeo-Indians select the Sheguiandah site? An Evaluation of Quarrying and Quartzite Material Selection...together as a follow up to a similar set of papers from an earlier meeting The Cultural Landscape of Prehistoric...reviewing each paper. Our thanks to Gillian Varndell and an unnamed individual at the British Museum and Martyn |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1823 and Hugh Miller in 1850. Dr. Bolton organized an expedition to visit the mountain in 1883. After four...and failing, with one continuous undertone, like an organ note. He soon ascertained the cause. The winds...border of the Kalahari desert in South Africa there is an area of singing sand which is one of the most remarkable...into the sand a snoring sound is beard which becomes an octave higher when the finger is withdrawn. (1 7)...prevalent that it would have been diffithe weight of an overlying layer of sand ~ries cult, without labels |  | | Journal (issue) | | We do not wish to 'europeanize' ourselves to such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene...only' shows among collectors and dealers; this seems an excellent idea, many current shows being criticised...event but what other British show can boast such an interesting history of events and special exhibits...of The Goddess of Mineralogy shows an interesting scene in which an insouciant goddess identifies specimens...turned out." (Heddle, Glasgow to Greenock railway, an unusual mineral was of che zeolice family. Initially |
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