 | | 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) | | 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 |  | | | | MUSEUM Ag ates Treasures of the Earth Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs...images Front cover top Agate from Germany; bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 7PY ...agates What is an agate? Properties of agates Sources of agates Europe Britain USA Canada Mexico South...different geological environments. Since the mid-1900s, agate collecting has become very popular in Europe, North |  | | Book (volume) | | Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington ...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Ute Mountain Gem & Mineral Society. Montezuma County Annex Bldg., 103 N. Chestnut. Info.—John Ferrin...Mineral & Jewelry Festival sponsored by the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. Oxford Fair ground...Wonderful World of Gems"—sponsored by the North Lincoln Agate Society. Oceanlake Elks Lodge #1886, 2020 NE 22d...Pinebridge Inn (wholesale). Info.—Jim Burgess, Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce, Rte. 1, Box 7%, Spruce Pine...be on Display. THE "AZTEC SUN" returns to the USA for the first time in ten years. SHOW INFO: P.O |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | well drilled on Fitts farm, near Hawkins, Wood County, Texas. "This sand carries water in this area....sent us by Geo. G. Oswell, 233 E. Amerige Ave., Fullerton, Calif. The sample is a fine grained, gray sand...Wish. In almost the extreme S/W corner of Clallam County, Wash., is the small town of Lapush, on the Pacific..., Wyo. Geo. G. Oswell, 233 E. Amerige Ave., Fullerton, Calif., has sent in another interesting sand...of Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park County, Wyo. The sample is a coarse, black sand. It consists |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kent) or Vibromill (Beckman Instruments, Fullerton, CA, USA)]. This type of mill grinds samples using...vibration of three small agate spheres, inside the sample capsule, also made of agate. It is normally used...sample-sprinkling device described herein replaces the agate sample capsule after sample grinding and makes use...to provide approximately the same weight as the agate recipient, essential for obtaining good vibration |  | | Report (issue) | | ..................................... 15 Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc............................................................ 31-32 El Dorado County Mineral & Gem Society............................... 35-36 Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County, Inc .................................................................................. 47 Kern County Mineral Society, Inc................................................................... 50 Lake County Diamond Mineral Society....................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | jasper, chert, black flint, travertine, and banded agate. The rocks, found in the southern Coastal Plain...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...pinkish red garnet from near Covington in Newton County. Perhaps the best known garnet location is on a...and south of the Little Bob pyrite mine, Paulding County. In 1932 the entire surface of the hill was covered |  | | Journal (issue) | | Calif, Meets 2nd Monday In Coca-Cola Hall. LASSEN COUNTY ROCK AND MINERAL SOCIETY: Sec. Florence M. Uptegrove...Meets 2nd Tuesday at Full erton High School, Fullerton, Call!. VENTURA GEM AND MINERAL SOCIETY: Sec....the leadership of Mrs. Har riet Thompson to Lake county. RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING AMATEUR EXHIBITS...25% Quality. Class VII-Minerals from Los Angeles County: 50% Variety, 25% Attractiveness, 25% Quality....entertained Kern Class XI-Fluorescent: 50% Minerals County Mineral Society with a demon used, 25% Arrangements |  | | Book | | Treasures of the Earth ~ ~ ~ Essex County Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs and cassettes...BY THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM , LONDON Essex County Council Libraries First published by the Natural...Images Front cover top Agate from Germany: bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title...Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast. Distribution NBN International Estover Road Devon PL6 ?PY UK...is an agate? 10 Properties of agates 44 Sources of agates 48 Europe 52 Britain 58 USA 76 Canada |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite at the same location (Shepard...Sevier County (Coskren and Lauf 2000). The following index is arranged alphabetically by county. It is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...brachiopod in gray chert. Fowlers Beach is in Sussex County, Delaware, on Delaware Bay. FLORIDA—At the 6th...the Hypotheek lead mine near Kingston, Shoshone County. The anglesite is found in cavities of galena as |  | | Journal (issue) | | located near the community of Trona in San Bernardino County, CA. Searles Valley Minerals currently extracts...Chalfant Press, 430 pp. Goodyear, W. A. (1888), “Inyo County”; California State Mining Bureau Eighth Annual...Ralph (2005), “Reward Mine, Inyo Co., California, USA”; Mindat.org database (www.mindat.org) Knopf, Adolph...Monrovia Rockhounds Inc., The Arboretum of Los Angeles County, 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Hours: 9 - 5 both days...Heights, Puente Hills Gem & Mineral Club, Steinmetz County Park Recreation Building, 1545 S. Stimson Avenue |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Dawson of San Marcos, California will show San Diego County, California, Gemstones in Matrix. This breathtaking...pyrite; Saluda. North Carolina for quartz onyx; the Fullerton Farm near Hillsboro, Georgia for asteriated blue...sillimanite; Allendale, S. C. for Savannah River Agate; Graves Mountain, Georgia for rutile and lazulite |  | | Journal (issue) | | AND MARCH, 1948 • • • • Exhibit at Kootenai County Fair, Idaho, by Future Archeologists and Collectors...D�N BEAR v¼tes THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION PLACER COUNTY ♦ CALIP. • ANDv1/'ew s MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES...work, as well as the natural heritage of San Diego County as the sixth greatest gem-produc ing area in the...to cover the wheel. With a round edged piece of agate about l" square, proceed to rub the dust, kept wet...continue about 10 minutes. The dust and the cut away agate will pile up. Re-smear it frequently with the finger |  | | Show/Event (guide) | | 1 JOCAMA BLVD, SUITE 1 A, OLD BRIDGE, NJ 08857, USA JOGS SHOW | 9 10 | JOGS SHOW JOGS SHOW | 11 ...AAMA METAL ARTS 5122 N Ft Yuma Trl Tucson, AZ 85750 USA Tel: 520-300-7744 aamametalarts.com Booth#: W521...4400 N Scottsdale Rd #9205 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 USA Tel: (480) 437-0411 www.ajemfg.com Booth#: W516...inlay. 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Would any of your readers...had articles and photography published in Chevron USA, AAA World, Colorado magazine and Lapidary Journal...Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. Courtesy of Nebraska State Historical Society. C \l)illa Catber's...began to wonder why the critics made much of her Nebraska years, and all but ignored what appeared to be...older, traditional societies for neighbors in Nebraska where her new frontiers. Both overcame criticism |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | selenite. Don't bother asking if there is any agate in Agate, Colo. There Isn't. At Denver, Colo., by all...of ROCKS AND MINERALS dinosaur bone. Plenty of agate, just south of Shoshoni, Wyo., on road to Riverton...Wyoming State maps as Petrified Forest. For moss agate, go as above to first fork but keep right for nine...ridges. At the top of the ridge on right is the moss agate. Don't bother going to Sweetwater Canyon, Wyo.,...GARNET SANDS By CHAS. S. KNOWLTON 143 N. Acacia, Fullerton, California While it may not be entirely proper |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Blaketon Street PD23 XVIII Largo. Maryland20772 USA PD24 Powder Diffraction, Vol. 2, So 1. March 1987...samples by linear and planar grinding action using agate or corundum grinding elements. Wet grinding in polypropylene...INSTRUMENTS INC. 1020 South Raymond Avenue, #B, Fullerton, California 92631. U.S.A. Tlx 692430 PD26 Powder...Diffraction Data 1601 Park Lane, Swarthmore, PA 19081 USA (215) 328-9400 PD30 Supper 15 TECH CIRCLE, NATICK...Netheriands Tel.: (05490) 39911, Telex: 36591 In the USA Philips Electronic Instruments Inc., 85 McKee Drive |  | | Journal (issue) | | and SHAPES in any slabbed stone - jade, quartz. agate. glass. etc. Faster and easier than grinding. HI-Strength...World's Fair of Gems and Minerals." Host. Clark County Gem Collectora. Las Vegas Convention C.enter. Las...for sanding and polishing all cabochons including agate. Jade, opal, and turquoise. It's quiet! Portable...Thomsonite Siderite Alabaster Apophyllite Meyerhofferite Agate Barite-"Rose" Form Aventurlne Selenite Rhodonite...Turitella" Agate •coquimbite Sunstone Marcasite Chrysocolia Carrara " Marble" Jadeite Indian Moss Agate Pyrrhotite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | road. Yellville is the county seat and is situated in about the center of the county. I do not know if this...Sea (in southern California —chiefly in Imperial County) one of the World's great geological freaks of...shores." ARKANSAS—The Morning Star mine, in Marion County, Ark., has furnished many handsome specimens of...little village of Rush, on Rush Creek, in Marion county. This village of Rush, is 254 Mr. Ives' letter...from Carl R. Englund, 740 Valencia Mesa Dr., Fullerton, Calif. In the lot were 12 loose y2 inch pyritohedrons |  | | Book (volume) | | Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’...Mesozoic era. Thus, as one travels westward across Nebraska they find successively younger formations appearing...disclosing spectacular bedrock formations. Northwestern Nebraska contains most of the gem fields in the state,...that rival the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the...washes, reveal an abundance of gem quality 283 Nebraska petrified wood, often occurring as huge stone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sponsored by the "500" Earth Sciences Club. Hancock County Fairgrounds. Info.—Don Mahoney, 317/ 255-5872.... Sept. 6-8—Muskegon, Michigan. Muskegon County Rock & Mineral Association Show. Wilma Hall, 2950 McCracken...NJ 07080. Sept. 7, 8—Roseburg, Oregon. Douglas County Gem & Mineral Show sponsored by the Umpqua Gem...Fossil & Crafts Show spon sored by the Licking County Rock and Mineral Society, Indian Mound Mall, 771...sponsored by the Rock & Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County. 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