 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | interesting agate from her state. The specimen is a gray and white banded ruin or brecciated agate—the gray...all directions. "This agate comes from the top of a mountain in Fulton County, about 5 miles southwest...the road."—on label. Elizabeth is in S/W Fulton County in northern Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—Art Tatum. Rock...call it black jasper. Some rockhounds from Kern County here have complete displays with the coal-black...inch in diameter. Bakersfield is in western Kern County in S.W. California. COLORADO—"I got this specimen |  | | Report (issue) | | University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Conservation and Survey...Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors Roger K. Pabian University of Nebraska - Lincoln...Lincoln, rpabian1@unl.edu Allan Cook University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at:...K. and Cook, Allan, "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors" (1976)...Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from a Mexican trader who had traded them for some agate. They were nearly completely sold out when we were...Richard G. Conrod Jr., 300 Lafayette Street, Bridgeport, Conn. GEORGIA — "I am enclosing a few pebbles...printed sooner. It was sent in by Pappy's Folly (Agate Jewelry), Les and Maude Bremer, Rt. 3, Mora, Minn...at Mille Lacs Lake (North Minnesota) in Aitkin County, about 2y2 miles west of Opstead at Liberty Beach...pieces have been found around Knife Lake in Kanabec County, Minn. " W e are keeping the nugget for our collection |  | | Journal (issue) | | ................... 383 OPALIZED WOOD OF MESA COUNTY, COLORADO. BJ' UV. C. l\1inor .................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 A PICTURE AGATE FROM OREGON ................................................. 391 CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....vicinity of Thomsonite Beach near Grand M arais, Cook County. (See inset key map) Thanks to the recent relocating...Fox Park is in the southwestern part of Albany County (close to the Colorado border) which in tu~n is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, U.S.A. b Division of Vertebrate...Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, U.S.A. Published online: 26 Jan 2015...Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, U.S.A., rhunt2@unl.edu; 2 Division...Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, U.S.A., estepleton1@unl.edu ABSTRACT—At...Miocene sediments of the upper Arikaree Group in Nebraska and Wyoming, having entered the New World with |  | | Journal (issue) | | ........................ 322 SOME MINERALS OF NEBRASKA. By Prof. E. F. Schra,nn1 ........ 323 EYLES...ERALS OF NEBRASKA By PROFESSOR E. F. SCHRAMM Chairman Department of Geology University of Nebraska ess,...ned the :urc '. R . by As you probably know, Nebraska is noted for its scarcity of fine gem minerals...age in the quarries east and west of Louisville, Nebraska, and just east of Weeping Water contain some small...quarry about two miles east of Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, contains many geodes which ace lined with |  | | Report (issue) | | WATER-RESOURCES ACTIVITIES OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN NEBRASKA, FISCAL YEARS 1990-91 Compiled by Daniel J. Fitzpatrick...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 92-633 Lincoln, Nebraska 1992 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MANUEL LUJAN...Director For information on the water programs in Nebraska, write to: Copies of this report can be purchased...............................................3 Nebraska District organization ......................................................................4 Nebraska District funding............................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES : 39d 399 407 409 410 BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....ahout 20 miles north of Barstow, San Bernardino County, Calif. th th SC fr 0 ROCKS AND MINERALS...district; aragon:te, iron nodule, felsite, jasper, agate, cha!cedo.1y, and concluded one of the finest and...opographical Map for the Ellenville Quadrangle (Ulster County, N ew Y o k) shows ice caves in Shingle Gully on...74°21'20" W . Long., and 41 °42'55" N. l at. Ulster County is in the southeastern pa t of New York. If our |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western agate, jasper, petrified wood or fossils for "old coins" or "uncommon coins". AI Wood, Agate Beach...from Arizona, $3.00 per pound postpaid. Olympic Agate Shop, R3, Box 56, Gig Harbor, Wash. I SPECIALISE...list. R. Berry & Co., 5040 Corby St., Omaha 4, Nebraska. BRAZILIAN QUARTZ CRYSTAL-For faceting. Optically... 5040 Corby St., Omaha 4, Nebr. LAKE SUPERIOR AGATE-Eleven polished specimens representing following...address to: R. Berry, 5040 Corby St., Omaha 4, Nebraska. MINERALS FLUORESCENT MINERALS-12 large specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples...Lots 612 580 and 649, 19th District of Paulding County."—Spring 1954 issue, page 48. IDAHO—"I am sending...This new find is near Gilmore, Idaho, in Lemhi County."—letter dated July 28, 1954, from Clarence Martin...for me. veins near Dillon, Beaverhead Co., Mont. NEBRASKA—A chalky limestone, soft enough to be sawed into |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Douglas and Umpqua Gem and Mineral Clubs. Douglas County Fairgrounds. Chairman: Ray Harper, 4334 Old Melrose...Denver, Colorado 80210. September 14-16—St. Louis County, Missouri. 21st Annual Show sponsored by the McDon...McDon nell Douglas Gem and Mineral Society. North County Recreation Complex, Veteran Memorial Park, 2577...Annual Gem & Mineral Show sponsored by the Lick ing County Rock & Mineral Society, Inc. Y W C A Building,...River Valley Geological Society, Inc. Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Information: Gary Richards, 111 E |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Quarry (a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel Co. ) at Bridgeport, Pa., on July 13, 1958. More than 150 members...Pennsylvania field trip to Bethlehem Limestone Quarry, Bridgeport, Pa., July 13, 1958. Photo by Harold Evans 522...Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, reprinted from the paper by Charles...way to adopt the Washington County Agate, sometimes called Potosí Agate, for our official Club Stone...June 19, 20, and 21, 1959. W e chose the Fremont County Fair Building, Riverton, Wyoming as the place where |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | xled—crystallized xline—Crystalline ALABAMA—}. R. Lee, Bridgeport, Ala., has donated an interesting specimen of...with brownish chert, which he collected near Bridgeport, Jackson Co., Ala. "It's local material," he...te from a newly discovered locality in Yavapai County, Ariz., on the Verde River near Camp Verde, Ariz...be of interest. These were collected in Yavapai County, East of Prescott, Arizona. "They were taken from...asbestos, from a deposit near Jamestown, Tuolumne County, to its plant in Baltimore, Md. "Asbestos experts |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "Specimen comes from a mine somewhere in Yuma County, Arizona."—on label. ARKANSAS—In the March-April...(west of the city). That would be in Jefferson County."—letter dated—June 31, 1956, from Marie Kennedy...of a fish. Nokomis, in the S.W. part of Sarasota County, is on the Gulf of Mexico. GEORGIA—The following...between Canton and Ball Ground (both in Cherokee County, Ga.). It is 2 cm. across, dark red apparently...am sending you also some more pieces of Indiana agate. I got enough to tumble a few pieces and slab some |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cent stamp to John Hiller, 62 Lourmel Street, Bridgeport, Conn. 06606. FOSSILS-New illustrated catalog...CUTTING PACKAGE OFFER - Mixed colorful Mexican agate. Top grade only. ($12.50 value), 10 lbs. $10.50..."GRAB BAG" TUMBLING PACKAGE - Top grade Mexican agate; all colorful material. ($12.00 value) 12 lbs. for...Lea, Box 237-R, Mt. Shasta, Calif. 96067. INDIAN AGATE - The stone every one falls in love with. Makes...Everett Lapidary Shop, 2941 No. 65th St., Lincoln, Nebraska 68507 DINOSAUR GIFT & MINERAL SHOPPE Now open |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Finds Are Desired. Alabama—J. R. Lee of Bridgeport, Ala., reports that he has had cut a few rock...pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...were reported in Mineral Resources of U. S. 1914. "Agate: or a chalcedonic chert of a dense grain, similar...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Some of the bands of amber colored opal in the agate opal of Spec imen Mountain, Rocky Mountain 493... Moss agate f r o m Bridgeport, Nebraska, fluoresces a blue-green while o r d i n a r y agate and calcedony |  | | Journal (issue) | | arrangement for displaying a large collecti?n of iris agate and asteriated quartz. Pictures of the two exhibits...Jane Hagar Assorted cabochons of pale blue opal in agate, and assorted lapis lazuli : Jane Hagar Slabbed...White Horse Ranch to the Blitzen Valley, (Harney County, Oregon} and on the way I picked up some pieces...looked like slag from a furnace. This was in Grant County, Oregon, about 5 miles from Seneca. I was on a...3x3x8 feet in the Luella Mine near Avon, Latah County, Idaho ; and etc. Origin The crystals have reached |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Mineral Show sponsored by the Imperial Polk County Gem & Mineral Society. Best Holiday Trav-LPark...2, 3—Bridgeport, Michigan. Show sponsored by the Tri-County Rock & Mineral Society. Bridgeport-Spaulding...Bridgeport-Spaulding High School, Bridgeport at 1-75. Chairman: Eleanor Mell, 115 S. Charles Street, Saginaw, Michigan...Mineral and Gem Show sponsored by the Rockland County Mineral & Gem Society, Inc. South Orangetown Middle...eral, & Jewelry Craft Show sponsored by the Tacoma Agate Club. Tacoma Community Suffolk Gem & Mineral Club |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cent stamp to John Hiller, 62 Lourmel Street, Bridgeport, Conn. 06606. FOSSILS-New illustrated catalog...CUTTING PACKAGE OFFER - Mixed colorful Mexican agate. Top grade only. ($12.50 value), 10 lbs. $10.50..."GRAB BAG" TUMBLING PACKAGE - Top grade Mexican agate; all colorful material. ($12.00 value) 12 lbs. for...4737 E. Adams St., Tucson, Ariz. 85712 INDIAN AGATE - The stone every one falls in love with. Makes...Everett Lapidary Shop, 2941 No. 65th St., Lincoln, Nebraska 68507 SAND COLLECTORS - 50 samples, Vi fluid |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ............................................. Nebraska.................................................in Borax Lake, one mile north of Manakee, Lake County. Principal literature: Harrington (1938a; 1938b);...Altaville in the south western part of Calaveras County, discovered about 1866. Principal literature: Becker...Cave.—Locality on Potter Creek, near Baird, Shasta County, explored, 1902-03; announced, Sinclair, 1904....—Locality in the northeastern part of Riverside County, discovered, 1935; announced, Campbell and Campbell |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and designs of mosss apatp! Pink and blue banded agate! A l l for sale at our ranch near A l p i n e ,...various m i n erals including colored w o o d , agate, Snowflake obsidian, variscite and others, not polished...green, blue and mixed colors. Finished and rough agate. C. C. Lame, Registrar's Office, Northern Idaho...crystallized w i t h e r i t e by advertiser in Hardin County, Illinois. T h i s rare mineral available on basis...recently exploited and n o w f a mous Montague County fossil beds. Choice specimens 2 x 2 in. or larger |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bartsch ...... 330 CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES : BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Dolomite crystals on Serpentine from Delta, Harford County, Maryland, which was entirely negative under all...like flames. Very spectacular, looks like flame agate. Negative under all other lights. Ruby Co,-und11m...MINERALS orange. Negative under other lights. Agate. Petrified wood from Adamana, Arizona ( several...samples) . Portions fluoresce bright greenish yellow. Agate. Thunder eggs from Donnybrook, Oregon. Strong milk |
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