 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | National City, Calif. La Jolla, in western San Diego County, is in S / W California. COLORADO — A most attractive...Co., Colorado." Gladstone, in northern San Juan County, is in S / W Colorado. "This specimen represents...Stafford, in northern Tolland County, is in N / E Connecticut. ILLINOIS — "Enclosed you will find a geode...which comes from the Gray Bros. Quarry near Hamilton, Illinois." — sent in by Bill Frier, 816 Carroll, Keokuk...yellow — both waves. Hamilton, in western Hancock County, is in western Illinois. ROCKS AND MINERALS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the many quartz slabs we found. From Tellar County, Colorado." — on label. 30 PLEASE SEND THEM I...Hunter Street, Atlanta, Ga. Editor - A. S. Furcron. ILLINOIS — R. Pickens, 610 N . Martin Ave., Waukegan, 111..."Millerite from limestone quarry. Hamilton (Hancock Co.), Illinois." — on label. I N D I A N A — Harry...lot of rock hunting. "I am sending along some selenite crystals. I discovered a deposit of these crystals...for a photo of a desert rose. The photo is of a selenite desert rose; Mrs. Evans found calcite desert rose) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | road cut along old IN-37, near Harrodsburg, Monroe County, Indiana. Note the semispherical opening, lower...formations in Kentucky, and the Warsaw Formation in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. Geodes occur primarily in...commercial geode mine at St. Francisville, Clark County, Missouri. This specimen appeared on the dust jacket...quartz geode, from a locality near Revere, Clark County, Missouri. Cincinnati Museum Center specimen (No...from Sheffler’s geode mine, near Alexandria, Clark County, Missouri. Fred and Sue Keitel specimen, Terry |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on the Post territory which covers most of Yuma County, Arizona, and a small area in California."—letter...Liggett military reserjade deposits in (Monterey County) Cali- vation are some of the very few found on...Middlesex signed to conserve the stone for removal County, Conn., was sent in by Richard by legitimate collectors...label. GEORGIA—The following garnets from Coweta County, peared On p. 9 Of GEORGIA NEWSLETTER, Spring 1956...gemstone is found as red pebbles in the streambed. ILLINOIS—Kenneth Vaughn, 311 E. Central Blvd., Kewanee |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ARKANSAS—In the Sept.-Oct. 1961 R&M, a new locality for selenite in Arkansas was mentioned (p. 477) as occurring...mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. The locality may also be given as 6 miles east...you a photo of the bluff on Copperas Creek where selenite and jarosite occur. The bluff is about 150 yards...is a small The bluff on Copperas Creek, Ark. Selenite and jarosite occur here. 416 xline—crystalline...blue clay is found. In this blue clay occur the selenite crystals, some up to 5 or 6 inches in length. |  | | Book | | Mineral Trails Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5.95 Gem...new species of fossils have been collected in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported... Michigan and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and Indiana are bordered in part by Lake Michigan...and the Keweenaw peninsula of Michigan. Southern Illinois, southern Indiana and southern Ohio have milder...through Itasca and St. Louis Counties into Lake County. Hibbing is about the center of this historic area |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Little Rock city limits on State Hwy 65 in Pulaski County, Ark." — letter dated July 31, 1963 from Richard...no good ones. Also I have some of the malachite-selenite for trading. "We camped overnight near Poncha...a greenish mass of malachite with white, platy selenite xls. Very interesting specimens. CONNECTICUT —...Aug. 10, 1963, from Miss Florence Strickland. ILLINOIS — "Here are some tiny, doubly terminated rock...rock xls from a geode found in creek bed in Hamilton (Hancock Co.), 111." — sent in by George A. Evans, 510 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Marble Peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, in Pima County, Arizona. A note from him reads: "I have done some...taken from the Cherokee district placers in Butte County, California. Mineral Information Service, July...Littlefield of Stonewall in old Campbell County (now Fulton County), sent in an interesting specimen of rutile...are found near Teaken, Clearwater Co., Idaho. ILLINOIS: Nice xled specimens of amber-yellow fluorite...October the Editor with Mr. and Mrs. Howard V. Hamilton of Vandergrift, Penn., made a 10-day trip through |  | | Book (volume) | | Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have been found along the Cahaba River in Shelby County, Ala. The colors are gray with red veins, red and...vein in white dolomite at Danbury, Conn." 248 ILLINOIS — The following letter, dated April 6, 1956, comes...ago I spent some time in Pope and Harding Co., Illinois, seeking out some good to unusual fluorite and...'Teche' our Boxer, spent Easter Sunday near Hamilton (Hancock Co.), 111., combing the bluffs along the R...visit." Fortville is in N . W . Hancock County close to the Hamilton County line; the gravel pit is close |  | | Report (issue) | | In order from top, space radar image of Orange County, California, NASA, 2006 [http://visibleearth.nasa...and Wildlife, U.S. Geological Survey), State and County agencies (California State and Regional Boards;...Boards; California Department of Fish and Game; County of Orange), and three consulting groups (CH2M Hill,...watershed scale management strategy for Se (California County of Orange, 2006a; Larry Walker Associates and CH2M...the lower bay supporting more species (California County of Orange, 2004). However, lack of previously available |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Limonite and hematite are stripped mined in Crenshaw County, Alabama, and specimens collected are very interesting..."Limonite and hematite are to be found on most any county road south of Montgomery (Montgomery Co.), Ala...Crenshaw County—Davenport, Highland Home, Bradenton and Petrey are all small towns in Crenshaw County near...Mineral Occurrences."—recent letter from Howard V. Hamilton, 1340 Crandall Ave., Salt Lake City 6, Utah. "Stibiotantalite—Sb...Shoup, P. O. Box 756, Salmon, Idaho. "Shoup, Lemhi County, Idaho. Scheelite (Tungsten) has been found in |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite...Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE COUNTY Pearls LITTLE ROCK Quartz Crystals MAGNET COVE, |  | | Catalog/List | | tufts ACTINOLITE: Bull Run Quarry, Loudon County, Virginia, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety AMIANTHUS:Steintal...ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE: French Creek, Pennsylvania, USA. sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE SMARAGDITE:Micciano...crystals ADAMITE,variety CUPROAN:Gold Hill, Utah, USA. crystals AEGERINE: Kola Peninsula, USSR. crystal...AFWILLITE: Crestffiore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA. massive AGRELLITE: KipawQ River, Villodieu Township...ALABANDITE:Tombstone. Arizona, USA. massive ALBERTITE(HYDROC,\RBONl: Prince Albert County. Nova Scotia, massive |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | miles long extending from Coosa County thru Talladega and into Calhoun County. Most of the distance it is...Arizona kaersutite comes from Hoover Dam, Mohave County. A % inch black cube of limonite pseudo after pyrite...MINERALS GEORGIA — Grayish, translucent xls of selenite have been found in a road cut 2 miles N . W ....donated by Clarence Martin, R 3, Blackfoot, Idaho. ILLINOIS — A recent letter from R. W. Nutting, 38 Forrest...crystals in Lick Creek where route 29 crosses it (in Illinois). Also we found fossils in a compact variety of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | nor even under an argon lamp. "Fluorite. Teller County, Colorado." —on label. CONNECTICUT—"Perhaps you...found in Dodge County near Empire, Plainfield and Jay Bird Springs, and in Irwin County near Osierfield...huge Irving Materials Gravel Pit at Fortville, Hancock Co., Ind. One specimen found is a very nice green... MONTANA—"Here is a beautiful selenite crystal in the classic selenite fishtail twinned shape. It comes...from the Colorado shale formation in Judith Basin County, right in the heart of Montana. This site where |  | | Report (chapter) | | Society, London, Special Publications Kinetics of selenite interactions with Boom Clay: adsorptionreduction...org/ by guest on January 31, 2019 Kinetics of selenite interactions with Boom Clay: PT adsorption-reduction...waste since it affects its migration. Removal of selenite from formation water can be caused by reduction... the interplay of adsorption and reduction of selenite was investigated PT in batch experiments with...adsorption SC of selenite accounted for the fast removal of Seaq followed by slower selenite reduction. Eventually |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Western Grove,in the N.E. section of Newton County. All these are in N . W . Arkansas. "It happened...a very large and interesting one from Lawrence County, Arkansas." CALIFORNIA—Emmett Klopfenstein, Box...amygdules were filled with gray opaque chalcedony. ILLINOIS—"I would like to inform you of some géodes found...at a location called 'Crystal Glen' near Hamilton, Hancock Co., III. The géodes were plentiful both near...including many with good crystals of quartz, calcite, selenite, dolomite, (with saddle shaped xls) and a few |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...the liberty of forwarding you a specimen of the selenite which lies exposed on the south shore of our Lake...The specimen received was a beautiful colorless selenite, 4 x 7 x 1 y4 inches thick. The locality is the |  | | Journal (issue) | | Eyre By Pat Raia 42 ROCK & GEM FIELD GUIDE: SELENITE 56 WHY DO ANIMALS EAT ROCKS? By Chris Bond 44...Gross on this issue’s Field Guide feature about selenite, I was reminded of a time when my kids were much...much younger. I know what you’re thinking. Selenite. Kids. What? Bear with me on this… As I’m sure most...were on a mission. My kids fell in love with the selenite towers that came with a light-up pedestal that...packed bags and a discussion with security about selenite towers. In the end, we were able to keep them |  | | Report (issue) | | PART) AND MESAVERDE GROUP (LOWER PART), MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO By Louise W. Kiteley U.S. Geological...PART) AND MESAVERDE GROUP (LOWER PART), MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO^' by Louise W. Kiteley Twelve sections...98 W. , Elk Springs 15 min. Quadrangle, Moffat County, Colorado. Section from Units 1 through 24 measured...(near top), greenish gray, thin bedded; a few selenite crystals; forms slope Sandstone, tan, fine-grained...part tan and yellowish-brown, subfissile; some selenite gypsum crystals and a few rusty brown clay ironstone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | gemmy smoky quartz. osite occurs associated with selenite crysCONNECTICUT — "Rick Day and tals, siderite...senopyrite in Darien (Fairfield Co.), Levesque, Cross County, Arkansas. The Conn., for over a year. A few weeks...A H O — "This specimen was found in Twin Falls County about 10 miles south of Hagerman, Idaho. These...xls. The calcite xls fl. pale green under L.W. ILLINOIS — "Last fall my husband and I visited a fairly...fairly new limestone quarry in eastern DeKalb County, 111. There were a few small fossils in the limestone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | be recorded." Pala is in northwestern San Diego County of Southern California. COLORADO: Prof. Richard...the abandoned Laurel Creek corundum mine in Rabun County, where it is associated with corundum. The mineral...item: "The Ima Tungsten Mine of Patterson, Lemhi County, Idaho, producer of a large supply of tungsten...price for the tungsten concentrates and minerals." ILLINOIS: At the fluorite mines of Rosiclare, Hardin Co...noted the request for information about quartz and selenite xl occurrences in Des Moines and Polk Co., Iowa |  | | Book (edition) | | MINNESOTA KANSAS • INDIANA • • MISSOURI ILLINOIS • NORTH DAKOTA • OHIO • MICHIGAN • NEBRASKA...Tourist Field includes SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA... 53 j- Kansas 5Q Iowa 60 - Illinois Minerals of Illinois 69 72 MIDWKST GEM TRAILS Foreword...Three miles southeast of Piedmont, rare find fine selenite, the clear variety of gj'psum. This location is...are lined with .shiny bladed crystals of clear selenite. Often the crystals are a snow white quartz like |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting... 50 miles northeast of Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16, Township...pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado, a few miles northwest...to us. Will some Colorado reader tell us in what county is Hans Peak and, if possible, send us a few notes...black tourmaline. These crystals came from Walton County, about one mile southwest of Between, from the |
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