 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BY OPALINE SILICA D U R I N G WEATHERING OF PETRIFIED WOOD A. L. SENKAYI,J. B. DIXON, L. R. HOSSNER, B...Sciences Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 Ahstract--A...partially weathered petrified wood in the Yegua Formation (Eocene) of east-central Texas revealed that microcrystaUine...microcrystaUine quartz present in the unaltered petrified wood has been gradually dissolved and replaced by...diagenetic alteration of petrified wood, is apparently reversed when the petrified wood is exposed to low-energy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized |  | | Journal (issue) | | .............. 13 Show Committee’s College Station Petrified Wood Field Trip ..........................two or three of these were from the Houston and Texas area. I had some success in their silent auction...Advanced 5 Middle Eocene Shark and Ray Fossils of Texas Art Smith Adult Articles Advanced 6 Why Collect...Obsidian Quarry just north of Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado. These light gray to light brownish gray...Teresa Turnbull Mountains near Klondyke, Graham County, Arizona. They occur in the east side of a gully |  | | Journal (issue) | | President e will view a short DVD clip from the Texas County Reporter. The clip is based on material recorded............................................... 14 Wood Hunt with the Show Committee .....................included in white quartz from Miller Mountain, Garland County, Arkansas. The brookites from Miller Mountain are...had some interesting polished pieces of silicified wood, chrysanthemum stones, agates, and other materials...assembling a listing of the echinoid species found in Texas as based on the most recent paleontological studies |  | | Journal (issue) | | Moore Present— fern buds and other assorted petrified wood found on the northern shores of the Choke Canyon...Canyon Reservoir and then into McMullen County to visit a county gravel pit dug into Continued on page........... 5 A trip to Austin and then to Karnes County, TX .............................................trip to scope out fern buds and other assorted petrified wood on the northern shores of the Choke Canyon...lowered lake levels have exposed all sorts of petrified wood in all size ranges. The only problems are in |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mysterious Hico Structure, Hamilton-Erath Counties, Texas ..................... 11 The Big Show ............University and Professor of Geology at San Jacinto College. He has previously received an M.S. in Earth and...sought-after mineral from the Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas’ intrusive ring-dike complex are the...the opportunity to fill in for him at the GEM ID station. I identified over 120 gems in about four hours...Jewelry Appraisers TJA ............. Member of Texas Jewelers Association GIA ............. Alumni Association |  | | Journal (issue) | | dig Pennsylvanian marine fossils in Brownwood, Texas. I know Tom Wright is starting a couple of classes......................................... 19 2008 Texas Faceters’ Guild Symposium ........................Bull Dog Mountain silver mine in Creede, Mineral County, Colorado. This mine and the Commodore No. 5 mine...wulfenite crystals from the Ford mine in Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona along with the more famous Mammoth and...from Georgia and Mozambique, silicified wood including palm wood, fossil coral from Alaska, fossil whale |  | | Report (issue) | | Paper 126 GEOLOGY OF THE COASTAL PLAIN OF TEXAS WEST OF BRAZOS RIVER BY ALEXANDER DEUSSEN WASHINGTON...................................... Section on Brazos River............................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Section on Brazos River ........................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Section on Brazos River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 37 Section at Maxwell, Caldwell County.................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (issue) | | ......... 3 The Madison Mine, Madison, Carroll County, New Hampshire: An Addendum .............................. 12 Show Committee Field Trip to College Station .............................................presentations! The Madison Mine, Madison, Carroll County, New Hampshire: An Addendum by Art Smith artsmithite@msn...n article on the Madison mine, Madison, Carroll County briefly describing the mining history and experiences...wulfenite mystery of the Madison mine, Madison, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Mineral News 17(4): 1, 6– 8 and |  | | Journal (issue) | | from Oklahoma and over 200 lbs. of petrified wood from South Texas, all needing cleaning or slabbing....selection of slabs, courtesy of a cutter in the College Station area. She also had a good selection of cutting...and a fine selection of polished Indonesian petrified wood at very fair prices. The following day I visited...Barksdale location, about 50 miles north of Uvalde, Texas on the Nueces River. Jon made clear that what are...collected them for over 50 years, mostly in Harris County. This was very helpful and important, and Terry |  | | Journal (issue) | | and Artwork 13 Heliocoprion, Buzz Saw Shark, in Texas 14 Carpet Capers 17 Purpose of HGMS / Membership...swordsmanship to the royal princes. Beverly went on to college and received a degree in Social Welfare at what...Tessman came to visit with them; he brought them petrified wood from another ranch and presented each a piece...Rayburn Lake for Jasper , to the College Station area for petrified wood. They also went fossil hunting...hunting in the Austin area. Petrified Wood, Brilliant, Alabama (mindat.org) JANUARY 2021 9 Later on, Beverly |  | | Journal (issue) | | processing. After receiving an MS in Geophysics from Texas A&M University in 1988, he resumed working with...scarce in the eastern half of Texas, so he became interested in petrified wood. He began to lead field trips...trips for petrified wood to Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Jasper), Toledo Bend Reservoir, Lake Livingston, Trinity...Trinity, Giddings, College Station, especially Turkey Creek and White Creek, and further south along the...locations. Scott learned to cut and polish petrified wood in the HGMS shop. Eventually he acquired his |  | | Catalog/List | | Operating Officer 3500 Maple Avenue • Dallas, Texas 75219 Phone 214-528-3500 • 800-872-6467 HA.com/NaturalHistory...Meteorites; A large selection of decorative Petrified wood; Amber with insect inclusions and one of the...more lightly built. It is considered a varmint in Texas and most other states, but protected in California...Company Refinery; Laboratories, Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania Zincite is a mineral composed of... and from the Friedensville area mines, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania as well as some from Belgium. These |  | | Book | | fifty states. Whether one hopes to unearth a petrified clam, find an imprint of an extinct fish skeleton...invertebrate animals, and plants—including petrified wood. Jay Ellis Ransom, geologist and author of...across an obvious fossil. His “find” may be a petrified clam, an oyster shell, an imprint of part of a...fossil-hunting localities, organized by state, county, township, section, or other landmark, together...were found. As an article of commerce, however, petrified animal remains had no observable useful place |  | | Journal (issue) | | Pegmatite of the Petrick Granite Quarry, Llano County, Texas ..................................... 4 Ask...SCFMS Vice President for District II Southeast Texas ............................. 34 SCFMS Safety Report...Pegmatite of the Petrick Granite Quarry, Llano County, Texas by Arthur Smith, Frank Roberts, and Denise Bicknell...Parkinson 1947. Building Stones of Central Texas. University of Texas Publication No. 4246. Goldich, S.S. 1941...1941. Evolution of the central Texas granites. Journal of Geology O Ask Your Gemologist The Perfect |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMA—Arbacoochee, a tiny town in southern Cleburne County of N / E Alabama, was famous over 100 years ago... COLORADO-"Prof. Richard M. Pearl of Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo., told me to write you...miles west of Shoshone, near Bliss, in Gooding County, Idaho. This is on Highway 30. Hope you can identify...LOUISIANA-A flat, 4 inch long, gray and dark brown petrified wood pebble, was sent in bv Jimmv Henderson, 1345...Clinton, Sterling, Lancaster area of Worcester County, Mass. It is probably float material. We haven't |  | | Journal (issue) | | ..................................... 12 South Texas Field Trip (Zapata and Laredo) ...................opened a new rock shop in the piney woods of East Texas. Earth’s Cache rock shop is located between Woodville...located about 2 hours from Houston in a part of Texas that we consider to be some of the most beautiful...for a group trip to Chrisners Ranch near Temple, Texas for an arrowhead hunt and a trip to McFaddin beach...10 trip is planned to Chrisners Ranch in Moody, Texas, near Temple. The cost is $20 for a half-day dig |  | | Journal (issue) | | of tamped mud. The excellent preservation of the wood has allowed the precise dating of the intact structures...miles north of Smithville you will see a Chevron station. Slow down, and prepare to turn in to a small shopping... stone inlay boxes, and local Bastrop area petrified wood, including palm. For the last three years,...Cooperative Holistic Fair at the Brazos Convention Center in College Station. If you can’t stop by, you can...are no lines, and you can vote anywhere in Harris County (or Ft. Bend, or other counties). Go to Harrisvotes |  | | Journal (issue) | | BERMAN MEMORIAL LABORATORY .... 846 BLUE BARITE FROM TEXAS COUN1Y, MO. By Albert L . Kidwell ........ 849 CALIFORNIA...in Tooele Cannon, son of a Morman pioneer, the County, Utah. Here, .according to local mineral resources...ROCKS AND MINERALS Iba, i br BLUE BARITE FROM TEXAS COUNTY, MISSOURI .:um. Geologist, Missouri Geological...miles southwest of Houston, that the county seat of Texas County, MissLwk- ouri. The exact location is...clay, specimens of lignite (brown coal or semi-petrified '\\lood.) WELL RECOll!ll)S Many deep wells have |  | | Journal (issue) | | ILL. 0 Ik on Rough Materials Opsiied Arizona wood, Weed. F08 Soive$180 Colored 5 YB Boise 50.00 Idaho...Gold’ piece at Special at 3 sq. in./$1.00: Petrified Wood slabs (many varieties) Fossil Slabs, that polish...Jaspers Honey "onyx" (banded calcite) Rhodonite Texas Moss Agate 10 day return privilege $3.00 minimum...Harlan-Lincoln Home shrine on the impus of lowa Wesl yan College at Mount Pleasant is a small box containing a few...aspects of the area Milwaukee 16, Wisconsin TRI-COUNTY ROCKS AND MINERALS SOCIETY has made i arrangem« |  | | Journal (issue) | | edltorOrockngem.com Geodes, Geodes, Geodes! Gem Center USA lnc. has one of the world's largest selection of...different kinds of geodes are now available. Gem Center USA Inc. is also one of the leading distributors of quality...type of stone you are loolnns for, .. Gem· Center, USA Inc. •s your source, . Come See Us At The Followins...Pine North Carolina Show: Grassy Creek Chevron Station, July 28- August 3, 2003 Sprin91jeld Nassachusetts...-22 2003 : .1 I 4100 Alameda Avenue • El Paso, Texas 79905 TOLL-FREE: 1-877-533-7153 • (915) _533-7153 |  | | Book | | HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY EOLOGY of TEXAS Darwin Spearing KW 3 4028 05687 8482 HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC...only APR 0 9 1997 ?//f(ff ROADSIDE feOLOGY of Texas Darwin Spearing MOUNTAIN PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY...ion Data Spearing, Darwin. Roadside geology of Texas / Darwin Spearing. p. cm. — (Roadside geology series...series.) Rev. ed. of: Roaside geology of Texas / Robert A. Sheldon. 1979 Includes bibliographical references...index. ISBN 0-87842-265-X 1. Geology Texas Guide-books. 2. Texas—Description and travel 1981 Guide-books |  | | Journal (issue) | | ...................................... 3 Other Texas Minerals Obtained from the Philadelphia Academy...schools who are interested. We would divide Harris County into something like 6 or 8 divisions and then find...address is: Terry Proctor, 630 Uvalde Road, Houston, Texas 770153766. My law office phone is (713) 453-8338...interest with you—and without raising the dues. Other Texas Minerals Obtained from the Philadelphia Academy...in the article about Baringer Hill in Llano County, Texas (Smith 2008), I described and discussed specimens |  | | Journal (issue) | | Adjustable Stem • Perfect Balance Locates through dirt, wood, rock, sand, water & etc. WILL DETECT: Penny —...ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, INC. P. 0. BOX 132 — HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS 77340 • RUSH ME A MUSTANG I ENCLOSE $39.95 PLUS...Electronic Industries, Inc. . O. Box 132, Huntsville, Texas 77340 NAME CITY_ _STATE_ _Z1P- WILLIAM KNYVETT...Alaskan Camper Sales, 9042 Longpoint Rd., Houston, Texas 77055, Dept. D 2 California 91352, Dept. D 2 Factory...texts give this method as the formation of petrified wood. This, as mentioned in our August 1970 column |  | | Report (volume) | | and Sids Mountain Wilderness Study Areas, Emery County, Utah UTAH • MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN...AND SIDS MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite image...and Sids Mountain Wilderness Study Areas, Emery County, Utah By SUSAN BARTSCH-WINKLER, ROBERT P. DICKERSON...Mountain (UT-060-023) Wilderness Study Area, Emery County, Utah. CONTENTS Abstract 1 Summary 2 Regional...minerals 19 Gypsum 19 Sandstone 19 Limestone 20 Petrified wood 20 20 Crack Canyon Wilderness Study Area Uranium |
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