 | Viney, Mike, Dietrich, Dagmar, Mustoe, George, Link, Paul, Lampke, Thomas, Götze, Jens, Rößler, Ronny (2016) Multi-Stage Silicification of Pliocene Wood: Re-Examination of an 1895 Discovery from Idaho, USA. Geosciences, 6 (2) 21 doi:10.3390/geosciences6020021 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wood: Re-Examination of an 1895 Discovery from Idaho, USA Mike Viney 1,2, *, Dagmar Dietrich 3 , George... Poudre School District, Ft. Collins, CO 80526, USA College of Natural Sciences Education and Outreach...Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA Professur Werkstoff- und Oberflächentechnik, Technische... Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; mustoeg@wwu.edu Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello...Pocatello, ID 832091, USA; linkpaul@isu.edu Institut für Mineralogie, Technische Universität Bergakademie |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Rediscovery of an 1897 Fossil Dig Gooding County, Idaho MIKE VINEY 2842 Blue Leaf Drive Fort Collins,...Geosciences Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho 83209 linkpaul@isu.edu T Figure 1. Wood opal, Clover...Clover Creek, Idaho; specimen 81433, Natural History Museum, London; museum photo. he past two decades have...opalized wood from Clover Creek, Idaho (fig. 1). Clover Creek, Idaho? The surprise arose because none...sedimentary geology at Idaho State University since 1980 and is coauthor of the 2012 Idaho Geologic Map. Downloaded |  | | Book | | MINERALS^ of Idaho with field trip j& maps by John A.fl£.jkwith Gem Minerals of Idaho, designed for...for beginners and for those collectors visiting Idaho for the first time, is a guide to some of the...garnet diggings of Latah County and the Spencer Opal Mine, charge a digging fee. But most collectors...mineral-forming forces than makes Idaho a gem hunter's para- has experienced more Idaho," a fact that dise. L...MINERAL COLLECTION COVER PHOTOS FROM THE GLEN OPAL Opal a mineral containing various amounts of water |  | | Book (edition) | | ■ THE MOSCOW OPAL MINES 1890 to 1893 (The First Commercial Opal Mines in the Ujiiled States) Mon Brockett...$3.00 . ■ The Moscow Opal Mines—1890 to 1893 (The First Commercial Opal Mines in the United States)...United States of America U.S.A. OPAL COUNTRY (Precious Opal near towns located on map) OPALS "found...fire." April, 1892. IDAHO f 2 3 (z i • Te*o* I o "Shoshone County, Idaho man picks up opals while...GtntSEE • LSi/is to'v LOST OPAL MINE on "high hill opposite Lewiston, Idaho." Discovered around 1897. |  | | Report (issue) | | ...........................................185 Idaho...................................................2 ) Alpha-cr istobalite 1000 (4.78 - log Si02 ) Opal (i.e. amorphous-silica) t 731 (4.52 - log Si02..... CONDUCTIVE.... CHALCEDONY.... CRISTOBALITE.. OPAL.......... NA-K.......... GEOTHERMOMETERS (C) CATION..... CONDUCTIVE.... CHALCEDONY.... CRISTOUALITE.. OPAL.......... NA-K-CA (1/3). GEOTHERMOMETERS (C) CATION...CHALCEDONY............. CRISTOBALITE........... OPAL.,................. STD. DEV. 9 1.7 2.0 MEAN 0 |  | | Report (issue) | | WWW.IDAHOGEOLOGY.ORG IDAHO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MOSCOW-POCATELLO-BOISE TECHNICAL REORT T-14-1 WEPPNER...of the Geology and Alkali Silica Reactivity of Idaho Aggregate Sources Qualified to Produce Concrete...Weppner and Virginia S. 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Box 2230 Idaho Falls, ID 83403 U.S. Geological Survey Information...location of the eastern Snake River Plain, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory |  | | Report (volume) | | Washington County, Idaho GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN Prepared in cooperation with the Idaho Bureau of Mines...QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO By CLYDE P. Eoss ABSTRACT The quicksilver deposits...general vicinity of Weiser, Washington County, Idaho, were first recognized about 1936. They are in an...the United States. The mine was operated by the Idaho Almaden Mines Co. through December 1942. As yet...quicksilver deposits near Weiser, Washington County, Idaho, (fig. 7) appear to have been first discovered about |  | | Report (issue) | | BASALTIC TEPHRA IN LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS, SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO AND SOUTHEASTERN OREGON by Richard A. Sheppard.......................... Chalk Hills Formation, Idaho .......................................... Unnamed.................................................. Opal-CT ...............................................Hills Formation south of Oreana, Owyhee County, Idaho .................................... 2. Generalized...of the upper part of the Chalk Hills Formation, Idaho, showing thin beds of altered basaltic tephra . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mills 2019). The original site along Clover Creek, Idaho, was Figure 5. Mary Klass at Clover Creek site....formed the fossil oak, which is composed mostly of opal-CT and some chalcedony (Viney et al. 2016). In contrast...the fossil oak buried in an ancient floodplain in Idaho, the Blue Forest silicified wood is associated with...volcaniclastic sediment. Chalcedony exhibiting relic opal lepispheres found on silicified wood cells provides...evidence that the initial wood mineralization was opal that subsequently underwent a solid transformation |  | | Report (volume) | | Chalk Hills Formation, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho U.S. G EO LOG I CAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1963 AVAILABILITY...Chalk Hills Formation, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho By RICHARD A. SHEPPARD Silicic vitric tuffs south...Chalk Hills formation, western Snake River Plain, Idaho I by Richard A. Sheppard. p. cm.-(U.S. Geological...etc.-Idaho-Chalk Hills Formation. 2. Zeolites-Idaho-Chalk Hills Formation. 3. Diagenesis-Idaho-Chalk...Stratigraphic-Miocene. 5. Geology-Idaho. 6. Chalk Hills Formation (Idaho) I. Title. II. Series. QE75.B9 |  | | Journal (issue) | | perfect bound for just: $35.00 Postage $5.00 in the USA; $23 for foreign. 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LAPIDARY ...type of crystals may be found, including Arizona, USA; Afghanistan, Norway, China, and Ukraine. The crystals...Payson, Arizona, Za ele New York, area. NY, USA. Value: $12.00 for a Grade A, 1/2" single crystal...red and orange/gold needles, Za a@lel/2e Russia, USA. 34 LAPIDARY Tourmalinated Quartz Hardness: 7 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844-2339, U.S.A. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow...Moscow, Idaho 83844-3022, U.S.A. 1 2 Abstract Celadonite is a common alteration product of basalts...alteration minerals including quartz, chalcedony, opal, calcite, nontronite, saponite, and zeolites such...filled with other minerals including chalcedony, opal, and a zeolite. These mineralogical observations...alteration assemblage consists of K-free phases such as opal, then there is apparently no significant K deficit |  | | Report (volume) | | Areas, Elko County, Nevada, and Owyhee County, Idaho U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1719-F ?-**(&'...Areas, Elko County, Nevada, and Owyhee County, Idaho By EUGENE E. FOORD, MICHAEL J. LUESSEN, DIRK S....RESOURCES OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREASOWYHEE RIVER REGION, IDAHO AND NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL...Areas, Elko County, Nevada, and Owyhee County, Idaho. CONTENTS Summary 1 Introduction 3 Investigations...OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS OWYHEE RIVER REGION, IDAHO AND NEVADA Mineral Resources of the Owyhee Canyon |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; mustoeg@wwu.edu; Tel.: +1-360-650-3582 Received:...wood from the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA; no relict tissue was visible in silicified alder...or from unidentified fossil wood from New Mexico, USA; two taxonomically unidentified samples from unknown...the same specimen. A fifth specimen, from Kansas, USA, was mineralized with calcite; treatment with hydrochloric...transverse orientation. Devonian, Woodford Shale, OK, USA. This new thin section is similar to the specimen |  | | Report (issue) | | ................................. Argo tunnel, Idaho Springs ...................................... California...clinoptilolite-rich rocks during three tests at Argo tunnel, Idaho Springs ............................ 18 Figure...testing of 12 samples at Iron Creek, Lemhi County, Idaho .............. 25 TABLES Table 1. Concentrations...clinoptilolite-rich rock (1.7-4.7 mm) at the Argo tunnel drain, Idaho Springs, Colo. ...................................in the North Fork of Iron Creek, Lemhi County, Idaho .................... 13 11 ABSTRACT Crushed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mining, 21423 Highway 66, R.F.D. 1, Barstow, Calif. IDAHO GARNETS—Famous Emerald Creek garnets, 15 for $1...biotite, $5.00. Write Kibbee Jones, Elk River, Idaho. GEMSTONES—"In the rough", 20 Specimens, Boxed &...from mine, 15 for $5.00. 10 ringsize cabochons (opal, amethyst, onyx, etc.) $5.00. P. Kendall, Apartado...ounce white red opal, 1 ounce transparent green blue opal, 1 ounce brown pinfire opal matrix, all 3 ounces...fortifications. Postpaid in USA. The Breitweisers, 510-B N. 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DAKE Editor Emeritus, With THE MINERALOGIST...Springs Agate in Many Colors Float Jasper Blue Hyolite Opal In Basaltic Rocks Eagle Point Locality ~hodonite...Spring Fossils Mop of Willow Creek Willow Creek Opal Harney County Malheur Cave Petrified F::irests U |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA; mustoeg@wwu.edu; Tel.: +1-360-650-3582 Received:...that are mineralized with polymorphs of silica: opal-A, opal-C, chalcedony, and quartz. Less familiar are...that contains quartz-filled fractures (Washington, USA) to silicified wood that contains abundant copper...Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, USA. Specimen photos provided by other researchers are...running Genesis software (EDAX, Mahwah, New Jersey, USA) and X-ray diffraction patterns performed with a |  | Saunders, J. A., Unger, D. L., Kamenov, G. D., Fayek, M., Hames, W. E., Utterback, W. C. (2008) Genesis of Middle Miocene Yellowstone hotspot-related bonanza epithermal Au–Ag deposits, Northern Great Basin, USA. Mineralium Deposita, 43 (7) 715-734 doi:10.1007/s00126-008-0201-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | epithermal Au–Ag deposits, Northern Great Basin, USA J. A. Saunders & D. L. Unger & G. D. Kamenov & M...Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, USA e-mail: saundja@auburn.edu G. D. Kamenov Department...Williamson Hall, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA M. Fayek Department of Geological Sciences, University...89445, USA Present address: D. L. Unger Victoria Resources, 240 S. Rock Blvd., Reno, NV 89502, USA textures...present-day intersection of Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho (Fig. 1; Dickinson 2006; Brueseke et al. 2007a) |  | | Book (volume) | | guide to more than 1,000 specific locations in Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...Virginia VOLUME 3: THE NORTHWESTERN QUANDRANT Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...TREASURES VOLUME ep The Northwestern Quadrant Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska...Principal Abbreviations and Mineral Location Numbers Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska...frequent teeth. Jasper: red, yellow. Petrified wood. Opal, wood: some of excellent quality. (1-5sandstone |
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