 | | 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 |  | Simmons, William B., Freeman, Gary, Falster, Alexander, Laurs, Brendan, Webber, Karen (2005) New tourmaline production: From Mount Mica, Maine America's First gem pegmatite. Rocks & Minerals, 80 (6) 396-408 doi:10.3200/rmin.80.6.396-408 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Production Downloaded by [The University of Texas at El Paso] at 08:49 30 December 2014 from Mount Mica...Figure 1. Elbaite, 3.1 cm high, Mount Mica, Oxford County, Maine. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 2. Elbaite...Scovil photo. Downloaded by [The University of Texas at El Paso] at 08:49 30 December 2014 Figure 3 (below)...Mount Mica is located in the town of Paris (Oxford County), 1.5 kilometers east of the village of Paris (fig...Mary Freeman, purchased Mount Mica in 2003. The mine, which is closed to the public, is now operated |  | | Report (volume) | | varying chemical compositions and therefore a wide range of colors. Impurities, such as iron, chromium, and...Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...and Webber Hill, El Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral...Corral, Nevada County; Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Granite, near Red Stone quarry, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. Henry Minot specimen and photo...Teller and Park counties, CO, USA Crystal Park–Bear Creek, El Paso County, CO, USA Pikes Peak Granite NYF... 3 Mount Antero and Mount White, Chaffee County, CO, USA Mount Antero Granite NYF Miarolitic beryl...(1939a, b) 4 Sawtooth Mountains, Boise, Custer and Elsmore counties, ID, USA Sawtooth Granite in the... Moat Mountain and related areas, Carroll County, NH, USA Conway Granite in White Mountain intrusive |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...Behnke Famous mineral localities: the Corrego Frio mine and vicinity, Minas Gerais, Brazil .................... 239 by C. G. Doll Across the San Juan Mountains ........................................................ 243 by T. A. Rickard Allactite from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey...................in care of Ed Raines, 11902 Queensbury, Houston, Texas 77024. 7. Entries judged on the basis of subject |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | wave About the time you read this another book of mine will be appearing on the shelves of dealers around...with the fluorescent minerals from the famous Franklin, New Jersey locality. I'm very pleased with the...has a large number of color photos of the famous Franklin minerals. I think you will find it pleasing to...clay of the Green River formation in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. A few of the lake deposits are: Soda...of the use of an old term which explain in my Franklin book, is the reference to manganocakite made by |  | | Journal (volume) | | on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401... i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities of the...minerals can be collected. Due to the fact that the mine has been abandoned for several years, the lower...AUSTRALIA, GERMANY RUSSIA, NORWAY, ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO Write for free list. Dealer prices available...Wholesale—Two Showrooms 1112 Del Rio Street El Paso, Texas 79915 (915) 592-0902 \ 3651 E. Marginal Way |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Crocoite, Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Francis Benjamin specimen...Scovil photo. March/April: Galaxy opal, Opalville mine, lease 135, Jundah, Queensland, Australia. Owner...May/June: Beryl (var. aquamarine), schorl, and fluorite, Erongo Mountains, Namibia. Gail and Jim Spann specimen...July/August: Silver, Wolverine mine, Kearsarge lode, Keweenaw County, Michigan. William Severance specimen...(Hallelujah Junction), Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada. Paul Geffner specimen, Jeff Scovil photo |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimens of these species in a microscopic size range are seldom encountered; however, these microcrystals...batholith, in an area north of Florissant in Teller County, taken prior to the arsoncaused 2002 Hayman fire...Teller County and the Lake George area of Park County), the St. Peters Dome area in El Paso County (encompassing...Creek area in Jefferson County, and the Sentinel Rock area in El Paso County (see map below). The Pikes...small softcover works, many out of print, that range from about 30 to 50 pages each. Mines such as the |  | | Journal (issue) | | R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...AZ 85715 602-299-5274 Articles The Jacupiranga mine, Sao Paula, Brazil ...............................and J. M. Martins The Jensen quarry, Riverside County, California .....................................Midland, Texas 79701. COVER: CUPRITE crystal coated with malachite, 5 cm across, from the Onganja mine, Namibia...guest exhibits. RETAIL SHOWS O ct. 6-7: A rm ory, Franklin, NJ O ct. 27-28: A rm ory, Pikesville, M D N o |  | | Book | | On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187 ALLACTITE AJlactite from Franklin and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at 04:13 19 December 2014 Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado A s virtually every collector knows...and some districts, such as those in San Diego County, California, and many of those in Minas Gerais...premier aquamarine localities, Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado, was highlighted by Jacobson and Lees... at Waterford, Oxford County; and the Square pit at Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Good crystals are...North Chatham, Carroll County, and the Sugarloaf Mountain area, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Other New |  | | Journal (issue) | | September-October 201✓ Mineral Collections in Texas A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September-October...those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been made... but all are worthy of study and appreciation. Texas collections generally tend tobe very broad in scope...collecting in Texas today has already been weil demonstrated by the Mineralogical Record's first Texas supplement...minerals that are preserved in Texas collections. Presented here in the second Texas supplement are another 811 |  | | Journal (issue) | | paragenesis of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ...............f lepidolite, plus an interesting range o f rare species. The mine, first opened in 1903, continues to...fine specimens. T INTRODUCTION The Little Three mine is one of several mines located on the Little Three...property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed in...state o f Minas Gerais, Brazil, and St. A nne’s mine, Karoi district, Zimbabwe. Fine specimens of dark |  | | Journal (issue) | | Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine .......................................................... 339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ....................................quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar specimen; photo by...significant mineral localities in C o l o r a d o ,by county. In addition, there is a complete listing o f all...type localities, and an alphabetical cross-index by mine name. T INTRODUCTION In the Spring of 1976 a group |  | | Report (issue) | | ¥ TEXAS ROCKS AND \ r - An Amateur’s Guide ;s ROSELLE M. GIRARD A b OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V N IVERSITY...The University of Texas Austin, Texas Peter T. Flawn, Director Guidebook 6 TEXAS ROCKS AND MINERALS...Rock identification charts Descriptions of some Texas rocks and minerals Anhydrite .....................Composition, hardness, and specific gravity of some Texas minerals Pace 25 26 39 40 43 43 43 44 45 46 47...81 84 85 85 87 87 88 89 90 93 94 94 95 97 99 Texas Rocks and Minerals Books about rocks and minerals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | cliff’s of Glen Cove to South Park and the Tarryall Mountains. Researchers have subdivided that 570 million...continentul Figure 2. Geologic map of the Colorado Front Range showing the Precambrian metamorphic rocks that host...of Wyoming during this time are called the Snowy Range Supergroup (Graff 1978; Graff. pers. com. to Carpenter...il period of some 200 million years, the Snowy Range sediments are believed to have accumulated to a...environments have been identified in the Snowy Range sediDianne Kile in 1986. Photo by Dan Kile. ments |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at University of Texas At El Paso on November 8, 2014 Quarterly Journal of...http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at University of Texas At El Paso on November 8, 2014 330 ltR. S. ~ARROWON...http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at University of Texas At El Paso on November 8, 2014 Vol. 49-] oF X*~rSCOW*E-nr0TITEOX~ISS...http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at University of Texas At El Paso on November 8, 2014 332 ~R. o. Rainbow ox...http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/ at University of Texas At El Paso on November 8, 2014 Yol. 49.] oF ~tvsCOVlT~-mo~i~ |  | | Journal (issue) | | Colorado Springs School District 11 1115 North El Paso Street Phone: (719) 520-2034 fax: (719) 520-2165...Central Administration Building’s address is 1115 N El Paso St, Colorado Springs, CO. 80903. The Board of Education...is in Wyoming and often termed the Bear Lodge Mountains. Note the Cretaceous hogback especially encircling...Cretaceous -Early Tertiary uplift of the Rocky Mountains) anticline with Precambrian rocks in the center...Laramide ranges in Colorado (for example the Front Range) and other western states, the Hills are compact |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | THE ROCKS OF TEXAS — T h e Southwest G e m by M R S . P E A R L G A R R I S O N Downloaded by [University...classifica tions of gems presently occurring i n Texas, and i f you count the crystalline varieties of...right, 36 varieties of gem rocks can be found in Texas. Let's take them alphabetically: AMBER—a rich brown...ceous coal, and i n Terlingua Creek in Brewster County. T h e amber found in the G u l f Coastal Plain...quality. AUGITE—occurs near Eagle Flat, Hudspeth County, in dark greenish-brown resembling obsidian, weathering |  | | Report (issue) | | Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director Report of Investigations — No. 42 Texas Gemstones...OFECONOMIC GEOLOGY The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 JOHN T. LONSDALE, Director —...— No. 42 Report of Investigations Texas Gemstones By Elbert A. King, Jr. February 1961 — — — Second...gemstones Cabochon gems Faceted gems Tumbled gems Texas gemstones Amber Augite Beryl Celestite Diamond Epidote...Illustrations 1. Typical crystal form of three common Texas gemstones 2. Variations of the cabochon cut 3. Diamond |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The common, black, iron rich variety is known as schorl. The colored tourmalines or lithium tourmalines...tourmaline crystal was noted in the Luella mine near Avon, Latah county, Idaho, which measured 3x3x8 feet. Other...Dakota. A black crystal from Micaville, Randolph county, Alabama, was 10 inches in diameter and from 3...length. Other crystals have been noted at the Baer mine near Orange, New Hampshire, to 10 inches in diameter...noted in the School Section pegmatite of Fremont county, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS Maine, Connecticut |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | quartz, microcline and some muscovite, garner, schorl and beryl. Pegmatites of the relatively narrow...contain microcline, quattz, graphic granite, albite, schorl and rarely some cassiterite. A well developed internal...units and generally are tabular or lens-like sills. Schorl is characteristically rare, but many bodies are...Conspicuous accessoriesare apatite, garnet, beryl and schorl or biotite. The individual exterior pegmatites...pegmatites are markedly differentiated with wall zonesof schorl. muscovite, quartz, garnet and apatite, an intermediate |  | | Journal (issue) | | circulation manager Articles The Boltsbum mine, Weardale, County Duiham, England ......................... Bariand Arsenate minerals of the Sterling Hill mine: an overview .....................................Mineralogical Record, January-February, 1982 b el J t t in e r a ls P 11 are committed to bringing...1144 W .M IRACLE MILE TUCSON. ARIZONA 8 5 7 0 5 . USA 6 0 2 8 8 8 -6 0 1 5 < rDistinctivtJrDisplays Number...MINERALS. Tom Palmer 1800 Arnold Palmer Dr. El Paso, Texas 79935 915-593-1800 Si & Ann Frazier Minerals |  | | Journal (issue) | | MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN TEXAS III A SUPPLEMENT TO THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2020 ... Mineral Collections in TEXAS UVolume IIIV With an Introduction by Wendell Wilson A Supplement to...November–December 2020 MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN TEXAS Mineral Collections in Texas Volume III A Supplement to The Mineralogical...row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department...cleavelandite, 4.3 cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. |
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