 | | Book (edition) | | 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite.../^^ RUTILE SAPPHIRE 1^ TOURMALINE CRYSTALS TOPAZ CRYSTALS 4 GEM hunter's GUIDE (Cross-seaion at...weakness in the molecular structure of the mineral. Topaz, for instance, cleaves readily along the short direction...cation (moss-like), will be frequently misled All topaz crystal And is such a chameleon color, or jasper)...to his rough field for instance, that massive topaz quartz, although in the will come to tests. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 'Arizona Gem Fields'. Near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif., and then deep in the Muggins Mountains...Enterprises, Blue Creek Road, Evergreen, Colo. CONNECTICUT—In Pappys Beryl Shop, Rt. 6A, East Hampton, Conn...), no fl. (s.w.). Wesrville is in So. Vermilion County of Eastern Illinois. INDIANA—"From a little stream...brown by iron. Covington is in Western Fountain County in Western Indiana. I O W A — " W e enclose for...of a large rock found in a field in Des Moines County, Iowa, by Mr. Art Hueschen of Danville, Iowa. "This |  | | Report (edition) | | much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...tourmaliee, beryl (golden and aquamarine), apatite, and topaz. In the famed tourmaline mines at Newry and Paris...staurolite. The Cook Road staurolite locality in Windham is an example of this kind of deposit. Schists...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on |  | | Book (edition) | | Ruby—Steatite — Strontianite—Sul¬ phur—Tin Ore—Topaz —Tourmaline—Variegated Copper Ore—Wad—Willemite—Zincite...Brilliants”—The Manufacture of Pastes—False Ruby, Topaz, Sapphire, Emerald and Carnelian—How to Distinguish...trapregion, like the shore of Lake Superior and the Connecticut River Valley, is likely to be a good locality...that its gravity (3.5) is too great, then it is topaz. Hii^All minerals that scratch glass are brittle...Colum¬ bia, Colorado and Connecticut Rivers; Crescent City, Cal.; Hancock County, Ga.; near Tampa Bay, Fla |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens at the famous Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I have just received a report from the...nice jasper. "The green chalcedony is from Marin County, north of San Francisco. It was picked up on a...ledge (Coyote Point). The chalcedony from Marin County is a beautiful dark green specimen. COLORADO—W...add them to his collection. CONNECTICUT—Paul Bock, I Oak St., Willimantic, Conn., informs us that nice...located on Quarry Street ( near the hospital) in Willimantic, was abandoned 20 years ago. In old reports the |  | | Report (volume) | | octahedron. Ready cleavage, however, can be a handicap; topaz and kunzite, for example, are difficult to cut into...Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral...to lapis lazuli and other blue stones; the term "topaz," to all yellow stones; and 206 CONTRIBUTIONS...some of the tints rarely found in nature. Yellow topaz from Brazil can be heated carefully and cooled to...permanent pink, resembling the rare, natural pink topaz. In a similar manner a colored zircon may be heat-treated |  | | Book (edition) | | THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State............. |  | | Report (volume) | | Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | California; in the Petaca district of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; from the Harney Peak region of South...Reagan mining district, Kern range, White Pine County, Nevada. SULFUR, S, occurs very rarely in pegmatites...Madrid, Maine. Also at Portland and Haddam Neck, Connecticut, and Native Elements (5) GOLD, Au, is one of...sulfide, has been found in the Ben Nevis ville, Union County, Georgia. It has been mine on San Augustin Peak...tains, New Mexico, with argentite in a Randolph County, Alabama; and from a sulfide zone near the center |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral in a few pegmatites at Atolia, San Bernardino County, California and also in pegmatites north of the...often associated with cassiterite, tourmaline, topaz, iepidolite, apatite, etc. It is usually present...earth type of pegmatite as at Barringer Hill, Llano County, Texas where large masses weighing up to four hundred...Portland, Connecticut. Red cleavage masses are found at the Gillette quarry at Haddam Neck, Connecticut. The...mineral at St. Peter's Dome near Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. CRYOLITE, a fluoride of sodium and aluminum |  | | Book (edition) | | — — phur Ore — Tin — Wad Ore Tourmaline — Topaz — Willemite — Zincite, . . . . — Variegated Copper...Brilliants” — The Manufacture of — Pastes — False Ruby, Topaz, Sapphire, Emerald and Carnelian — How to Distinguish...locality for a to the western than eastern on Connecticut be found are silver sides of both mountain-chains...too that crystal, only great, then it is topaz. All minerals that scratch brittle, fusible and...generally by lakes 21 and City, Connecticut Rivers; Hancock County, Cal.; Tampa Bay, Fla.; Fulton |  | | Book | | tourmaline, magnetite, zircon, gold, platinum, topaz, beryl, ruby and sapphire. One important rock in...famous was the single beryl stone found in Oxford County in Maine that weighed 18 tons and was 18 feet in...Fluorite Apatite 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Feldspar Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond (hardest) This is a very old scale...indicated by a distinctive stone like a diamond or a topaz. On the other hand corundum is a more general classification...apatite, and a topaz will scratch feldspar and quartz. Only corundum and diamond will mark topaz, but co¬ rundum |  | | Book (volume) | | greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...gem-producing areas in the United States, admittedly. Connecticut has produced a few tourmalines, aquamarines,...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...arranged alphabetically: P. B. Goodsell, Hartford, Connecticut, 44 p. Hentschel, G., 1983, Die mineralien der |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CHIPS A N D BITS CONNECTICUT The Thames Valley Rockhounds, New London County, began the new season...Member Thelma Bowden is teaching 3rd graders in Willimantic about rocks. — Tools for the New Haven Min eral...Brazilian minerals and his trip to Brazil. — The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, went to the Grisson...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince Georges County, Hyatts ville were on a field trip in the area...Clifton Mineral and Lapidary Society. — The Bergen County Mineralogy and Pa leontology Society, Paramus |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Connecticut................................................See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport; |  | | Book (edition) | | Strontianite — SulSpecular Iron Tourmaline — Tin Ore — Topaz — Variegated Copper phur — Ore — Wad — Willemite...Brilliants” — The Manufacture of — Pastes — False Ruby, Topaz, Sapphire, Emerald and Carnelian — How to Distinguish...Bituminous gion of seldom the on and Rocky and Connecticut the likely the furnish Gold ores. of both...(3.5) that crystal, only great, then it is topaz. All minerals that scratch brittle, fusible and... as, Colum- Missouri, Connecticut Rivers; Hancock Cal.; City, County, Tampa Bay, Fla.; Fulton |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Litclifield Co., Connecticut ; and (111) a transparent, glassy variety from Willimantic, Connecticut, with very...Phenncite.-Analysis of colourless phenacite from Topaz Butte, Pike’s Peak region, Colorado, gaveSiO?. |  | | Book | | - 1f~ Tetrahedri1e . ____________________ 53 Topaz _______________________ 103-123 Tourmaline __________________...angle (110 degrees approximately), rhombohedral. TOPAZ-perfect cleavage in one direction, basal, orthorhombic...(Selenite) 7-Quattz (Rock Crystal) 3-Calcite 8-Topaz 4-Fluorite 9-Corundum 5-Apatite 10--Diamond The...Survey) Chester County, Pa.: Alabama; Texas; Montana: Humbolt County, Nevada; Beaver County, Utah; Loudon...~unty, Virginia; Wake County, North Carolina; Albany County, Wyommg; and Kern County, California. Natural |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the best collections in Connecticut. Fr"d E. Turnpr. 683 Main St., Willimantic, Conn. IPhone 1710J l....Fluorspar. 5. Apatite, 6. Feldspar, 7. Quartz, 8. Topaz, 9. Corundum -plus Chrysocolla, Tourmaline, Turquoise...AMETHYST-TEMPLE 500 pounds of rough Amethyst & Topaz: Downloaded by [University of Florida] at 02:35 |  | | Book (edition) | | SulSpinel Ruby Steatite Specular Iron phur - Tin Ore — Topaz Tourmaline — Variegated Copper Rock — — — —...— — Pastes lian — — False How to Ruby, Topaz, Sapphire, Emerald and CarneDistinguish True and...western and like the likely the than Connecticut to be a iron The good locality iron and...too that crystal, only great, then it is topaz. All minerals that scratch brittle, fusible and...north-west as, Missouri, Colum- Hancock Fla; County, Fulton, Penn.; Wy.* — mealy Alum. or solid |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Brevik, Norway Willimantic,Connecticut Vernon, Connecticut Guilford (?), Connecticut OconeeCounty,South...Sardinia(?) "ChristmasPoint," Antarctica Norwich, Connecticut KilbourneHole,New Mexico Mogok, Burma Bournac...that grows at high temperature in the spectra of topaz owing to site re-equilibration (Aines and Rossman |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 483—488). Die Nickelerzlager Oregons, in Douglass County gelegen, wurden im Jahre 1881 entdeckt. Bei Riddle.... Hovey (in New Haven): Cordieritgneiss von Connecticut (Americ. J. Sc., Juli 1888, 36, 57, 58). Verf...Diest (in ?): Notizen Uber einige Gänge in Boulder County (Proceed. Col. Scient. Soc. 2, 2. Heft, S. 50—55)...über die Tellur-führenden Regionen von Boulder County, Colorado. Ref.: E. S. D a n a . 11. R. Pearce...Colorado): Notiz über die Krystallfuiulstätten yon Topaz B u t t e (Ebenda, 108 — I I S ) . Der Verf. giebt |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1954, from Mr. Fancher. CONNECTICUT — Paul A. Bock, 1 Oak St., Willimantic, Conn., dropped into our...by Seymour F. Dozier, Red Oak, Route 1, Fulton County, Georgia. Large lumps of this material can be picked...silver. "The Agency Creek, McDevitt District, Lemhi County, Idaho, radioactive ores (found in that District...employees and the community of Rosiclare."—Hardin County Independent, Elizabethtown, Illinois."— The Crittenden...to say about Marengo Cave, which is in Crawford County in southern Indiana (near Marengo). "Marengo Cave |  | | Book (edition) | | Aragonite, Anglesite, CaCO PbSO 4 a 3, , Topaz, A1 2 (F.OH) 2 SiO 4 , : b c a : b c (i...c), (120); {221}; (2o : : (A1 2 (F.OH) 2 Topaz - (ooa:oo6:c), {001}; c {Oil}. Barite (BaSO...7. Quartz, 3. Calcite, 4. Fluorite, 5. 8. Topaz, 9. Corundum, Diamond. 10. Apatite, Beryl,...5 to 8 in hardness, is often substituted for topaz in the above scale. Substances, scratched by and...cleavage by barite and celestite; basal cleavage by topaz and mica; clinopinacoidal cleavage by gypsum. The |
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