| | | 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...America and the Middle East. There are thousands of agate-producing areas on Earth, and in the following pages | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Minerals of Wyoming W. DAN HAUSEL KARL ALBERT Geological Survey of Wyoming University of Wyoming Laramie...Laramie, Wyoming 82071 212 ROCKS AND MINERALS Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 23:45 24 August 2017...minerals have been dis covered and exploited in Wyoming. Some contain valuable metals; some are important...others are valued by collectors as specimens. WYOMING IS KNOWN FOR I T S A B U N D A N C E OF E N E R...6 inches long, Green River Basin, southwestern Wyoming. Copper: During the early 1900s, Wyoming's copper | | | Book | 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...geological environments. Si nce the mid-1900s, agate collecting has become very popular in Europe, North...America and the M iddle East. There are thousands of agate-producing areas on Earth, and in the following pages | | | Book (edition) | were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are...angular, banded structure) tube, banded, moss cation (moss-like), will be frequently misled All topaz...the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn up almost | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | RUN-Staurolite xls and fluorescent chalcedony for agate or other cutting and tumbling material. Lee Payne...GASTROLITHS-FLUORESCENTS From the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming, "The Rockhound's Paradise." Dinosaur gizzard stones...Satisfaction guaranteed. Lloyd Heron, Box 777, Worland, Wyoming. SNAILS—Some weighing several pounds. Trilobites...ASSORTED MONTANA AGATE-5 lbs. $6.00, 10 lbs. $10.00. Rates on 100 lb. lots. Mixed tumbling agate, 10 lbs, $3...assorted Montana agate slices $5.00. Assorted Wyoming gastrolith, 1 dozen $5.00, Agate jewelry, jade jewelry | | | Journal (issue) | Harrell chose for this issue is the Grand Canyon of Wyoming. The picture which was taken a little south of...25 pounds of cutting materials including Montana Agate, Petrified wood, Opalized and Agatiged woods, Mosses...polishing. Bonney Lake Rt. 1, Box 108 A FINE Agate Supply Sumner, Wash. PAPERWEIGHTS Colorful paper...Continent. 12 THE EARTH SCIENCE DIGEST FINE WYOMING JADE (Gem Quality - Minimum Waste) Medium Green...$l. — Ring Blanks of: Petrified Wood Turritella Agate Dinosaur Carnelian SEND US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS | | | Book | A HANDBOOK FOR THE AGATE COLLECTOR AND CUTTER Including a Description of Agate Filled Thunder Eggs H...Including a Description of Agate Filled Thunder Eggs A HANDBOOK FOR THE AGATE COLLECTOR AND CUTTER BY ...localities in Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Illustrated with maps and photos. For the gein...PART III VARIETIES OF AGATE U PART IV NOTED AGATE LOCALITIES 30 PART V AGATE FILLED THUXDEREGGS ....... .30 PART VI NOTES ON AGATE 40 FRONT COVER PHOTO — Agate and gem hunting is a hobby which the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | m - f u l l drilled @ 6 5 * each LIN.DE STARS Moss agate - aventurine - bloodstone golden tigereye. SAPPHIRE...each .$52.80 each 1 2mm round . Jasper, green moss agate - bloodstone .$21.87 each 8x6mm oval .$37.80...amethyst @ 1.13 mm wide. Just dop and dome. each Wyoming mottled green ade 2 0 * each DEALERS M a y w e...oval (approx) . . . 4 0 * each Wyoming solid greeri jade . . Fine Wyoming solid sreen jade Fine Alaskan...Alaskan green jade . . . . Wyoming black jade . .. Unakite - fine color ... ... Vesuvianite - nice green . | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | GONIOBASIS AGATE Western Wyoming boasts a number of fine lapidary materials, including moss agate, den dritic...dritic agate, sweetwater agate, black agate, jasper, opal, jade, various types of petrified wood, and...and the famous Goniobasis agate. BRENT H . BREITHAUPT Geological Museum Department of Geology and Geophysics...Geophysics University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming 82071 COMMONLY KNOWN AS "TURRITELLA A G A T E , " T H...are freshwater forms. The deposits of Goniobasis agate represent the marginal environments of the warm | | | Book | lapidary field. Beginning with a description of agate, he proceeds to an interesting account of the history...ever been written before. Tracing the history of agate from prehistoric days through events of the Bible...growing hobby. Chapters are devoted to the details of agate collecting, the varieties and forms of quartz and...varieties, with favorite location of quartz agate, opal wood — collectors. The petrified gems throughout...information on the rockhound’s favorite gem — the agate. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California | | | Book (edition) | Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate ** Jade Amethyst nq -* % Gem Hunter's...their color, as in emeralds; their pattern, as in moss agate; or their play of eral color, as in opals.... such as agate and jasper, are described as cryptocrystal- line. For example, an agate nodule may...cat's- more but inexhaustibly various patterns of agate and jasper. So typical are their patterns that...form in the by decay or destruction of the wood. Agate and opal of gem quality formed in these ways are | | | Book (volume) | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...Ridge⎯agate, Amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, chert (various colors), jasper-like flint, jasp-agate, jasper...AREA⎯agate, Amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, chert (various colors), jasperlike flint, jasp-agate, jasper...North Canadian rivers, gravel bars carry agate, jasp-agate, jasper and petrified wood along with fossil...complex), in gravel bars along the North Canadian R.⎯agate, jasper, petrified wood. CIMARRON COUNTY KENTON: | | | Book (volume) | mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona...Ridge⎯agate, Amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, chert (various colors), jasper-like flint, jasp-agate, jasper...AREA⎯agate, Amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, chert (various colors), jasperlike flint, jasp-agate, jasper...North Canadian rivers, gravel bars carry agate, jasp-agate, jasper and petrified wood along with fossil...complex), in gravel bars along the North Canadian R.⎯agate, jasper, petrified wood. CIMARRON COUNTY KENTON: | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | liquid wealth. For more detailed discussions of Wyoming geology the reader is referred to reports by Blackstone...and Root (1972). Major Physiographic Features WYOMING GEOLOGY A Record of 3,000 Million Years of the...Vedauwoo Recreation Area, Albany County, southeastern Wyoming; Brent Breithaupt, photographer. ROBERT G. YOUNG...Colorado 81501 MOST F I R S T - T I M E VISITORS T O WYOMING, N I N T H L A R G E S T S T A T E I N the United...000 feet and in clude the lowest elevation in Wyoming (3,125 feet), near the northeast corner of the | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Jasper, Serpentine, Gold and Rose Quartz, Garnets, Agate, and many other stones of value. Soldiers first...WYOMING'S SWEETWATER AGATE By RALPH C. GOSSE Albany, N e w York The long popular moss agate found in Sweetwater...County, Wyoming, is one of the finest American gem agates of their kind. The Sweetwater moss agate locality...stone. Sweetwater agates often display very delicate moss, these growths suspended independently from each...dainty dendritic ROCKS AND MINERALS structure. These moss agates are unique, and must be seen to be fully | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | genuine .Esselstyn, 3 Maiden Lane, New York. moss agate and other semi-precious stones. Prices from $1...U. S. A. IRIDESCENT OBSIDIANS. POLKA DOT agates. moss agates, nodules, etc. 25c to $1.00 per lb. postpaid...Clayton JUdy. Douglas, Wyoming. TEXAS AGATES ARE TH1!: EQUAL O!" any found elsewhere. Moss Agates of many colors...LAPIDARY SERVICE CABOCHON CUTTING AND POLISHING. Agate cutting a specialty. I will cut your stones to order...loose yellow and many colorless xis. Five Wyoming moss agate pebbles and one small colorless topaz xl | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | R. I. Gait, 25-30 Agardite-(Y), New Mexico, 301 Agate, Colorado, 233, 252-68; Michigan, 387 Aikinite,...Copper, Michigan, 378-94 Cordierite, Wyoming, 334-39 Corundum, Wyoming, 334-39 Cosalite, Colorado, 165 Cowan...Corundum in the Laramie Range of Southeastern Wyoming, 334-39 Hausmannite, Kalahari manganese field,...3 8 4 0 , 2 0 2 4 284-86,36244, 426-28 Iolite, Wyoming, 334 Iowa Mineral Locality Index, A. E. Smith,...Genesis of Thunder Eggs Containing Plume and Moss Agate from the Del Norte Area, Saguache County, Colorado | | | Book | other hand, inclusions in agate give the characteristic effect that makes moss agate so valuable. An example...example is the moss agate of eastern Montana which sometimes produces scenes of unbeliev¬ able verisimilitude...differing chemical composition and its hardness. In Wyoming one may find a group of stones all lying in a small...see through. Quartz, sapphire, fine emerald, some agate, some obsidian, topaz and diamonds are glassy or...rockhounds who descended on the area of Lander, Wyoming, when significant jade discoveries were made there | | | Journal (issue) | important gemproducing areas. Our inventory includes: Agate Amethyst Amaztonite Aventurine Bloodstone Citrine...Granite Knob in Sinks Canyon, 15 miles from Lander, Wyoming. Exfoliated gray granodiorite. Spots of Geological...W. D. in Wonderful Wyoming Keller University of Missouri “Wonderful Wyoming” is the slogan for the...the state of Wyoming, and it is certainly justifiable from the stand-point of students of earth science...this summer you should give full consideration to Wyoming if you want to visit a wide variety of geological | | | Journal (issue) | 2" up to 6"x 6" S0c to $10.00 • - -- • Agate in Idaho. Agate halves up nodules having blue, gray & white...$1.00, $2.00 and $3.00. • - - -• Red and white agate masses from Nevada 2"x 2" and 3"x 3" SOc and 75c...•---• Beautiful moss agates from Montana 1 ½"x 1½" SOc up to $3.00 «- - -• Many agate cabochons - all...all colors SOc to $2.00 «---• Moss agates, beautiful little cabochons from Arizona 50c c:- - -:• CONGRATULATIONS...FREAK SIMULATIONS IN AGATE. by Ernest Weulhaas ............ . ..... BLUE AGATE IN WASHINGTON. by C. N | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Jasper, Serpentine, Gold and Rose Quartz, Garnets, Agate, and many other stones of value. Soldiers first...WYOMING'S SWEETWATER AGATE By RALPH C. GOSSE Albany, N e w York The long popular moss agate found in Sweetwater...County, Wyoming, is one of the finest American gem agates of their kind. The Sweetwater moss agate locality...stone. Sweetwater agates often display very delicate moss, these growths suspended independently from each...dainty dendritic ROCKS AND MINERALS structure. These moss agates are unique, and must be seen to be fully | | | Journal (issue) | described in detail. Price $2.00. THE AGATE BOOK—For the agate hunter, cutter and collector. Describes...sub-varieties of agate. The first complete book on agate, with 50 photos, showing numerous types of agate, localities...localities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming. With maps and photos. For gem hunter and mineral...the other Nations, but it would appear that the USA alone will soon fill the sky with numer ous types...original Fairburn agate area were torn down and the old gate locked. However the agate beds stretch cast | | | Journal (issue) | included. As usual, we can supply fine agates or agate mounted pieces on approval, and brilliants, rounds...DEALERS Box 654 Lander, Wyoming WwW. L. Manufacturer DeVANEY of Agate Jewelry TOLEDO, OREGON Sawing...by a Chemist 75¢ per stick . : : ; : Superfine Wyoming Sweetwater Agates and Oregon Beach Pebbles 12 for...sold in the rough is sold as mine run and shows moss, ferns, flowers and pictures. This comes in many...Brazil: Flowering obsidian; Moss agate; green jade; black jade; Brazilian agate; Brazilian carneol. SATISFACTION | | | Book (volume) | Iowa to 3,500’ along the western boundary with Wyoming. In the far western counties of Lawrence, Meade...Canyon, diggings on N of hwy. Extending up canyonagate, Beryl, Almandite garnets, Lepidolite, Staurolite... then N up Hell Canyon from US 16, areabanded agate, Jade, jasper, fossils, geodes. PRINGLE: area...Pleasant Valley Cr. in Red Canyon, areabanded agate, Jade, jasper, fossils, geodes; E on US 385 about...buttes to Sagate, jasper; 7.4 mi. to new hwy. Cuts in badlands area, land surfaces to Ngem agate; E 9 | | | Book | Scotland 59 France 62 6 Occurrence: The Americas 63 USA 64 Mexico 72 Panama 75 Brazil 75 Canada 80 7 Occurrence:...all rock types and in most countries. CHALCEDONY Agate (light to dark colours in concentric bands, translucent)...translucent), fire agate (dark agate with play of colour similar to that in opal, opaque), moss agate (pale yellow...the categories Silex or Kieselstein (including agate, flint opal), Petrosilex or Halleflinta (for jasper...with a reddish fruit. Moss agate is characterized by dendritic growths resembling moss or trees; Pliny used |
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