 | | Book (edition) | | types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which believed...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |  | | Book (edition) | | LAWS PROHIBITING OR LIMITING THE COLLECTING OF PETRIFIED WOOD ANO CERTAIN FOSSILS. ALSO, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT...EN ACTED LA WS REGULATI NG THE COLLECTING OF PETRIFIED WOOD ON PUBLIC LANDS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE LA WS...FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL THE PEOPLE. ALTHOUGH PETRIFIED WOOD IS STILL PLENTIFUL IN SOME AREAS, IT WILL NOT...so. TONOPAH MOTHER SAN FRANCISCO LODE -'\ COLORADO \ , !) ;-21 SANTA FE NO. ARIZO NA AKERSFIELD...QEHS HA VE BEEN fl'OUNO OKLAHOMA HANDLE I COLORADO -- 28-29 24-25 22-23 18- 19 ~1 - 17 ~ |  | | Book | | soft mineral easily carved with tools of flint, wood, and bone. Although this collection is from northern...understood that spacers—perforated bars of bone, ivory, wood covered with gold leaf, faience, glass, or metal...and unusual materials. Jet, a form of black fossil wood that could be gwen a high polish, was greatly treasured...the Balkans.?? Potash lime glass, made from local wood ashes rather than imported soda, is characteristic...buckle, and finger rings. Beads of ivory, Jet, coral, wood, gemstones, and precious metals were used primarily |
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