 | | Book (volume) | | wood; area limestone quarriesCalcite, Celestite, marble; SIXMILE (hamlet on Sixmile Cr.), area of abandoned...PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarriesblack marble. (The marble belt extends through Calhoun, Etowah and...8 mi. W of Hissop, embracing about 32 sq. Mi.) MARBLE VALLEY, extending in a narrow belt along the border...averaging ½ mi. wide, with many regional quarriesmarble (crystalline, gemmy, takes a fine polish). PENTONVILLE...SYLACAUGA, area marble quarriesornamental marble (white and cream color) and snowy marble (with Pyrite |  | | Book (volume) | | wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet on Sixmile Cr.), area of abandoned...PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black marble. (The marble belt extends through Calhoun, Etowah and...8 mi. W of Hissop, embracing about 32 sq. Mi.) MARBLE VALLEY, extending in a narrow belt along the border...averaging ½ mi. wide, with many regional quarries⎯marble (crystalline, gemmy, takes a fine polish). PENTONVILLE...SYLACAUGA, area marble quarries⎯ornamental marble (white and cream color) and snowy marble (with Pyrite |  | | Book (volume) | | wood; d area limestone quarries⎯Calcite, Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet on Sixmile Cr.), area of abandoned...PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black marble. (The marble belt extends through Calhoun, Etowah and...8 mi. W of Hissop, embracing about 32 sq. Mi.) MARBLE VALLEY, extending in a narrow belt along the border...averaging ½ mi. wide, with many regional quarries⎯marble (crystalline, gemmy, takes a fine polish). PENTONVILLE...SYLACAUGA, area marble quarries⎯ornamental marble (white and cream color) and snowy marble (with Pyrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | MONTSERRAT IN SPAIN—See Page © 11 Gem Cutters Guild of America FEATURING SHOW PIECE PEBBLE...called marbles because they were first made from marble. ‘Aggies’ are both beautiful and valuable. 16...A I 2 nd M A L : \ g f g a 9 f £ f if f Alt 9 \ 9 ting } ( xX} f x g = 747 GREAT D H forew...| was freely tendered the pu k of the pile More marble in Rome perhaps trom the chisel of Michaelangelo...closing. Fragments of white, blue, green and pink marble had been swept into a pile on the floor. Mindful |  | | Book | | Calcite 79 80 81 Cobaltocalcite Onyx marble 82 83 Landscape marble Smithsonite 85 84 108 102 Introduction...although a few rocks consist of one mineral only (e.g. marble, which in its pure state consists entirely of calcite)...some other mineral. Some of these, such as fire marble and wood opal, make attractive ornamental stones...recrystallization of the existing minerals. Examples are marble, the metamorphosed form of limestone, and quartzite...impurities during the metamorphism of limestone to marble. Some minerals are found only in metamorphic rocks: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen from the locality, a white xline limestone. Marble — Natural Bridge, North Adams, Berkshire Co., Mass...Harper Co., Okla., we have a number of selenite "roses ' (clusters of selenite xls) that vary in color...found in rosette form are called selenite roses or desert roses. OREGON—From Baker City, Baker Co., Ore...beautiful slab of grayish marble, one face polished, and coming from the marble quarries at Knoxville, Knox...1229-17th Ave. S.', Nashville, Tenn. "Granex Grey Marble" —on label. TEXAS—From Mrs. Ruby Renfro, 29OI Bomar |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to its isomer isopurpurine.-Teinturier Pratique. MARBLE SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS IN GENOA. SARCOPHAGUS Fig...FIG. 1. FIG. 2. SUGGESTIONS IN DECORATIVE ART.-MARBLE SEPULCHRAL M O NU MEN TS, GENOA.-From. the WO'J'kshop...the residue dyes roses of a remarkable purity, which are far from equaling the roses of the orig inal...The application roses of commercial alizarine do not touch the brightness of the roses of certain extracts...mixtures of artificial alizarine and purpurine give roses of a more yellow cast, which still want the car |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ROCKS AND MINERALS platter holding crystals and roses. Not ordinary crystals but double-terminated Herkimer...octohedrons of various colors. Not ordinary roses either, but "roses" of barite, selenite, and sunbursts of...(Rhodochrosite) Black Olives (Apache Tears) Marble Cake (Marble) Liverwurst (Slices of Granite) Brownies...Relish Tray of Celery, Radish Roses, Pickles (Diopside xls, Barite Roses, Apatite xls) Bread and Butter...(Travertine and Sulphur) Parsley Potato BaUs (Small Marble Balls) Slices of Ham and Roast Beef (Peristerite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Harrison Co., Miss. MISSOURI—Two polished marble slabs from the marble quarries at Mario, St. Genevieve Co...Stroudsburg, Pa. One slab labeled "Gray Diorado Marble" is dark gray with thin blackish streaks. The other...other labeled "St. Genevieve Golden Vein Marble" is brownish with grayish designs. MONTANA—Last December...dated April 20, 1955. "The occurrence of the Desert Roses is in the red beds of North Central Texas. "I have...hounds hounding the owners of the property. "The Roses rest on a clay base and grow upward in a very loose |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | undertook to transport this large meteorite to Spain. After getting it as far ll!!! Tucsou lie abandoned...of com passes, a gUItar, and /leveral sprays of roses and of grape-vine, are all faithfully represented...in form, color, and shading, by pieces of inlaid marble, the effect being truly marvellous. The price of...this piece of art is $10,000. 'Next is a round marble table-top, about 2 ft. in diameter, with a black...of grapes, the colors of the numerous pieces of marble chosen so that the veins and all the various colorll |  | | Report (issue) | | deposits of the Oswegatchie Group is the Gouverneur Marble that consists of five members, two of which contain...quartz-feldspar granulite. To the east, the Gouverneur Marble correlates with carbonate rocks of the Cedar River...Formations. The previously defined upper and lower marble may be stratigraphically equivalent in the Northwest...The Pleasant Lake Gneiss overlies the Gouverneur Marble and consists largely of migmatitic gneiss equivalent...atescr a Piseco = ae limestone ROCKS Gouverneur Marble ===] Group SEDIMENTARY Pleasant OswegatchieJL___] |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | INC camellias, eglantines, white pinks, white roses, and periwinkles, and the small ones for verbenas...the construction of all similar flowers, such as roses, etc. We take a wire of medium size and bend one...form to the cockles. The valves form the petals of roses, eglantines, etc. Fig. 3 shows the method of manufacturing...it is desired to perpetuate the artist's work. Marble or bronze is generally used for this purpose, and...mechanical and artistic skill. If the material chosen is marble, the process is as follows: The material is placed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Coral reef, animal life on ...... Cork industry, Spain.............. Brontosaurus,restoration.................... Malarial maladies.... . . .... .. Marble and mosaic................ Phonophore...........mining ......... ........ *12750 Steel making in Spain..... ....... 12678 Steel process, open hearth ....machines, tree. .......... *12606 .... Mosaic and marble........... *12613 Photography, instantaneous...12774 R olling mill engines.... .. .......*12847 Roses, otto of. ..................... *12755 Photographs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and especially appeared to miss its covering of roses and foliage, and American Museum has recently been...seaman, we believe, is still July, will be total in Spain, and it is said that at least the leather, especially...there are many beautiful specimens of American marble; and it is really gratifying to see that the unjust...unjust prejudice long existing against the marble' of the phenomenon ......The forenoon is the best time...end to lotteries. The penalty is a fine of $1,000 marble quarries, and it The better the quality of great |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to its isomer isopurpurine.-Teinturier Pratique. MARBLE SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS IN GENOA. SARCOPHAGUS Fig...FIG. 1. FIG. 2. SUGGESTIONS IN DECORATIVE ART.-MARBLE SEPULCHRAL M O NU MEN TS, GENOA.-From. the WO'J'kshop...the residue dyes roses of a remarkable purity, which are far from e qualing the roses of the orig inal...The application roses of commercial alizarine do not touch the brightness of the roses of certain extracts...mixtures of artificial alizarine and purpurine give roses of a more yellow cast, which still want the car |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | perhaps best known for its gypsum crystals and barite roses, Oklahoma also boasts a variety of other species...collectors also know of the reddish barite sand roses, the best of which occur near Noble and Norman,...barite (veins, nodules, claystone concretions and roses, not all at each locality), aragonite (fluorescent...Beaver and Cache Creek, Permian red beds: barite (roses and nodules), chalcocite, malachite (Zeitner 1972)...Garber Sandstone of Lower Permian age: barite” (“roses” with included sand) (Ham and Merritt 1944; Towner |  | | Book | | Butte Gem Hill Verde Antique Quarry Tricolored Marble Ord Mountain Rhyolite Pipes Canyon Onyx Newberry...52 53 53 57 Ash Hill Stedman Bristol Mountain Roses Bagdad 0bsidianites Bristol Mountains Copper Areas...Providence 63 Mitchell Caverns 63 Marble Mountains Minerals and Fossils Vaughn Marble and Trilobites Hackberry...QUARRY What to collect: Verde antique marble, a serpentinized marble in various color combinations of yellow..., ,,,, II \II Verde Antique I.. Tri-colored .Marble ,,,,,., '1 ,,, °ji',,,q,.~~·· , ,,,,,,... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of com passes, a gUItar, and /leveral sprays of roses and of grape-vine, are all faithfully represented...in form, color, and shading, by pieces of inlaid marble, the effect being truly marvellous. The price of...this piece of art is $10,000. 'Next is a round marble table-top, about 2 ft. in diameter, with a black...of grapes, the colors of the numerous pieces of marble chosen so that the veins and all the various colorll...represented true to nature. The pieces of white marble representing the grapes are semi-trallsparent, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of com passes, a gUItar, and /leveral sprays of roses and of grape-vine, are all faithfully represented...in form, color, and shading, by pieces of inlaid marble, the effect being truly marvellous. The price of...this piece of art is $10,000. 'Next is a round marble table-top, about 2 ft. in diameter, with a black...of grapes, the colors of the numerous pieces of marble chosen so that the veins and all the various colorll...represented true to nature. The pieces of white marble representing the grapes are semi-trallsparent, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of com passes, a gUItar, and /leveral sprays of roses and of grape-vine, are all faithfully represented...in form, color, and shading, by pieces of inlaid marble, the effect being truly marvellous. The price of...this piece of art is $10,000. 'Next is a round marble table-top, about 2 ft. in diameter, with a black...of grapes, the colors of the numerous pieces of marble chosen so that the veins and all the various colorll...represented true to nature. The pieces of white marble representing the grapes are semi-trallsparent, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | brassyyellow xls of pyrite on snow-white marble have been found in the marble quarries at Sylacauga, Talladega...fence you can find all sizes and shapes of barite roses. (I found a collector's item at this location, it...on. It is reported that you can find more barite roses of various sizes in this new quarry."—item sent...Santa Gertrudis Mine, Taxco, Mexico." — on label. SPAIN—From Spain's most famous silver mines located at...Hiendelencia, Guadalajara Province, in central Spain, we have a beautiful specimen of massive brassy-yellow |  | | Book | | materials for refractories, and coal are mined. Marble and ornamental stones used in building are quarried:...topsoil is stripped off to bare the coal seams. Marble, granite, and slate are usually produced from open...rocks made up of only one mineral, as for instance, marble and limestone, both of which are essentially formed...a close look at a fragment of Rutland. Vermont. marble. Notice the clear pure color, the granulation,...could call this fragment calcium carbonate or marble. Both terms are correct. The term calcium carbonate |  | | Book | | minerals, and occasionally of a few more. Limestone or marble are good examples illustrating the first case,...hematire) may occasionally form rosettes ('desert roses'). Dendrites are moss-like limonite or pyrolusite...Garnet-rock, hornfels, calc-silicate rock, slate or marble may be formed with beautiful large crystals of... Katazone limestone ,alcite marble calcite marble rakite marble calcite quartz sandstone 9uart:nte...and South America, and the copper of Rio Tinto, Spain. Frequently, deposits of finely divided sulphides |  | | Book (edition) | | Petrified wood Fire opal Fire agate, desert roses Flower agate, snowflake agate, amethyst, "man¬ ganese... Covelo. CA 95428. - Pearlescent, translucent marble; petri¬ fied palm wood; owl-hole agate Cave onyx...agate Fossils Garnet, idocrase, jade, serpentine, marble, actinolite Chrysocolla, malachite, turquoise,...Marcasite in agate, oxyx, cinnabar Idocrase, nephrite Marble, lime¬ stone, garnets Agate, jasper, petrified...going. Fee: 75^; 10 lb. limit per person. Rainbow Marble Mine. Mr. 0-W. Preece, Box 48, Radium Springs, |  | | Book (edition) | | attacked chemically intrusion of igneous rock will marble. 18 An ROCK FORMATIONS IN WHICH GEMS OCCUR...cleavages is massive, striped rocks variety. Marble and travertine other forms. Fizzes with acid ...Hydrous copper carbonate 3.8 to 4.0 (mal'-a-kite) Marble 3- 2.7 Mariposite 2.8 (mari-pos'-Ite) Moonstone...where it was first found; aragonite from Aragon, Spain; vesuvianite from Mt. Vesuvius; labradorite from...calcium carbonate (the same substance as limestone or marble). The thin, semitransparent layers, arranged and |
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