 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport County...in what is now Rhode Island—for example, steatite from Johnston in Providence County for carving bowls |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to Catalina Island, an island resort 22 miles s.w. of Long Beach, Calif. Catalina Island (also known...Santa Catalina) is 23 miles long and 10 wide. The island is known for minerals and Mr. Shalevetz was good...local name for a mineral found in abundance on the island and said to consist of jasper and limestone. Two...stalactitic mass. Collected off the east end of the island. Opal (Cacholong). Chalky white crust on a gray...(Chalcedony). Grayish pebbles from east end of island. Quartz (Milky). Nice pebble found on beach. Limestone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mining in Alabama in the Cragford district of Clay County, the workings which entered the unoxidized zone...Palmer, Alaska. ARIZONA—From a locality in Mohave County in N . W . Arizona, we have an interesting specimen...glauberite xls mailed you last June from Imperial County near Bertam Siding on the Southern Pacific R.R...negative under short wave. Resembles gypsum slightly except no gypsum in this part of the country is activated...Escondido, Calif. The xls are gypsum—rough, dark gray xls of selenite (gypsum) which vary from % x % to % |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen of small radiating chrysocolla...a new one came to our attention recently. It is gypsum pseudo coral. This specimen was sent us bv Mrs |  | | 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...from the Colorado shale formation in Judith Basin County, right in the heart of Montana. This site where...are very interesting. The white one is a mass of gypsum; the yellow brown crystals are sphalerite; the...out of the Cimarron River between Woods County and Harper County, Oklahoma." Mrs. Huckaby also sent in |  | | Journal (issue) | | consist of marine terminals in the Cities of Newport News, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Portsmouth. Also...mainly through the terminals at Hampton Roads (Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake). Almost...(abrasives for sandblasting, and metal cutting), gypsum (wallboard),iron-oxide pigment (colorant), mica...the production of sulfuric acid, wallboard from gypsum, and zirconium concentrates for porcelain. Mineral...Terminal Company, both located in the City of Newport News (Figure 4). More than 46 million tons of coal |  | | Book | | 1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � - PRICE $2...Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION...Hurricane Mt. Grafton, New Hampshire Ruggles Mine Newport, New Hampshire Chandler Mills Mine North Conway...Massachusetts Blueberry Mt. Quarry RHODE ISLAND Cumberland State Park, Rhode Island Diamond Hill Quarry Sneech...Sneech Pond Copper Mines Lincoln, Rhode Island Conklin Limestone Quarry FOREWORD The purpose of this book |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | metagraywacke along the county road half way between Chestnut Gap and Lebanon School, Fannin County, Ga. These crystals...aluminum silicate rocks. This area is in Clearwater County, Idaho, and any visiting rockhounds can get directions...in Vernon Parish, La. M A I N E — From Cranberry Island, Muscongus Bay (Lincoln Co.), Maine, we have a...Rockbridge locality at Greenbelt, Prince Georges County, Md., has been identified as meta-strengite. This...dated July 1, 1959, comes from Paul Moore, 237 Island Ave, Ramsey, N . J. "Here is some interesting material |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | first order were calcite, apatite, fluorite, and gypsum; those of the second genus of the first order were...Hallowell, Maine; and Colonel George Gibbs in Newport, Rhode Island. On the other hand, there were a considerable...discovered under the surface of the earth in Iredell County, North Carolina. Some specimens of rock from this...Meteoric Stones Which Fell from the Atmosphere, in the County of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, on the 14th...quartz crystal plowed up in the fields in Berks County; and granular quartz “found on the surface on Coates’s |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | occurrences. These localities have been listed by county; and, strictly for convenience, the list has been...None theless, with the aid of a good state or county map, plus local inquiries, the list could be helpful...micromounting PENINSULA Wayne County International Salt C o . mine—Detroit Alpena County National G y p s u m...quartz, sphalerite Eaton County anhydrite, carnallite (r), celestite, dolomite, gypsum, halite, polyhalite...(c)—Trenton calcite, celestite, epsomite,./7wor/7e, gypsum var. selenite, sulfur (r) UPPER PENINSULA (c)—Bellevue |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CHIPS AND BITS FROM SOCIETY BULLETINS RHODE ISLAND The Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, Central Falls, had...Trip at the Sparvetta Quarry on Route 1 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, near the Maryland State Line. This...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Wheaton. . . . The Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore...Gem Mineral Society of the Virginia Peninsula, Newport News, enjoyed two interesting films, "The Fossil...trip to the Conklin Limestone Quarry, Lincoln, Rhode Island, for bowenite, calci te, drusy quanz and other |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | but I'm not sure. They were all found on Kalgin Island located in the Cook Inlet, Alaska." — item and...March 30, 1963, from Mrs. Carlson reads: "Kalgin Island is 12 miles long and 5 miles wide. It is located...you can see the shores of the mainland from the island. "Kalgin is one of the most beautiful islands I...strictly an island for commercial fishermen only, who all own fishing sites on the island. Some own property...property on the island which are called T&M sites — others have built small cabins on the edge of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | confirmation of my guess as to the rock I found in Marion County, Florida. "I say it's jasper, flint and agate....From Idaho wilderness area near Stanley in Blaine County, Idaho. Some of these come in very large xls."...that were found in the Warsaw formation, Hancock County, Illinois. These were found in geodes embedded...Drennon area on the Kentucky River in eastern Henry County, Ky., we have an attractive 4 x 6 inch polished...brown earthy limonite, and thin veins of dark gray gypsum. Quite an interesting specimen and a large one |  | | Journal (issue) | | diatomaceous sediments, feldspar*, ferrovanadium*, gypsum*, iron oxide pigments*, kyanite*, lime*, lithium*...Prince William County at the Cedar Run mine about 200 yards from the Fauquier County line. The barite...value of cement (masonry and portland),feldspar, gypsum, kyanite, sand and gravel (industrial), talc (soapstone)...Lynchburg and southeast of Evington in Campbell County, was worked from 1874 until 1903, when it was closed...deposits of Paleozoic limestone near Marion in Smyth County from about 1877 until 1885. Some mining was done |  | | Journal (issue) | | ... 462 NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND. By Willard Stone Winslotv, fr. ........................................ 476 MOLYBDENlTE AT NEWPORT, N . H . ........................................10 ao, NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND 1g llt :cl 1y & id of rd ;t- ! DO ire...like to hear about localities for minerals in Rhode Island. From time to time • very interesting articles...are two famous limestone deposits in northern Rhode Island, once noted for their profusion of mineral specimens |  | Powell, Charles L., Fisk, Lanny H., Maloney, David F., Haasl, David M. (2010) Biostratigraphy of the San Joaquin Formation in borrow-source area B-17, Kettleman Hills landfill, North Dome, Kettleman Hills, Kings County, California. Open-File Report 2010-1140. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20101140 | Report (issue) | | Hills Landfill, North Dome, Kettleman Hills, Kings County, California By Charles L. Powell, II, Lanny H....Hills landfill, North Dome, Kettleman Hills, Kings County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report...Hills Landfill, North Dome, Kettleman Hills, Kings County, California By Charles L. Powell, II1, Lanny H...on the North Dome of the Kettleman Hills, Kings County, California are documented. Significant new findings...deposition at the Kettleman Hills Landfill, Kings County, California (fig. 1) allowed employees from PaleoResource |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Trapnell donated to R&M a very fine specimen of white gypsum pseudo glauberite xls. The specimen comes from...the numerous tungsten mines in the Darwin, Inyo County, California, area."—note from James H. Richardson...on the south bank of the Etowah River, in Dawson County, Ga. Chatoyant masses of olive-gray tourmaline...found this specimen at Graveyard Point In Owyhee County, Idaho, in 1957."—on label accompanying the agate...selenite and satin spar. The selenite xls on white gypsum were found in vugs in one particular quarry on |  | | Book (edition) | | Depots and Wharfs Fireclay Flint Fluorspar Gold Gypsum Igneous & Metamorphic Rock Iron Ore - Hematite...goven1n1ent (counties and districts), MPAs are the county councils and National Park Authorities. In Scotland...Belfast, although du·ectory entries are shown by county to give an indication of geographical variations...in the case with Northen1 freland, an·anged by County. Within each article, the first line is the nan1e...(e) Fluorspar (h) Fuller's earth (sales) (d) (f) Gypsum (natural) Lignite Peat (000 m 3) Potash (b) Rock |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL , USA Many neotectonic structures (<15 Ma) in Jamaica...intercalated rudist limestones that were formed in an island arc environment (Lewis and Draper 1990; Robinson...Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. E-mail: draper@fiu.edu Copyright # 2008 John Wiley...565 An Early Cretaceous through early Cenozoic island arc development. Paleogene rifting of the arc....sandstones (Wagwater Formation), evaporites (Brooks Gypsum) and volcanic rocks (Newcastle and Halberstadt |  | | Journal (issue) | | Silliman and his mother made a trip to Newport, Rhode Island, in late July 1 8 06, to visit Selleck and...off to Eu rope again, leaving behind him, in a Newport warehouse, many boxes of superb mineral specimens...the cabinet, and geologiz ing all over the island of Newport and its vicinity.This was valuable experience...moved to Boston, but the cabinet stayed in the Newport warehouse. Gibbs wished to have it set up in a...appointed aide-de-camp by Governor Arthur Fenner of Rhode Island, for which he received the honorary title of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | boundary line between this and the township of Newport ; and the name of the latter got to be assodatcd...railway-station in their immediate vicinity, from which the gypsum is despatched to be shipped at Windsor. I have...found a good many specimens of Howlite in gypsum from Newport Station, mostly of the chalky variety; a...summary of the localities of the borates in this county at present known to me, and the composition and...of each mineral. Localities of Borates in Hanls County~ Nova Scotia, Borate and Matrix. Localities. 1 |  | | Book (edition) | | Furnace Bottom Ash Gold Gritstone (Northern Ireland) Gypsum Igneous & Metamorphic Rock Ironstone 1-1 1-2 1-3...National, Regional and Local Planning project (‘County mineral resource maps’), required in advance of...planning authorities from the former Metropolitan and County councils. i This work was completed in early...government (counties and districts), MPAs are the county councils and National Park Authorities. In Scotland...others around major towns in other parts of the county. Since the last edition of the Directory in 2010 |  | | Report (volume) | | Hice, Beaver. Prof. Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | only one place as a coating about % inch thick on gypsum in the oxidized zone and about 40 feet above water...378 is undoubtedly the Hahns Peak area in Routt County, northern Colorado. It is not usually especially...success. He has cabochons of moonstone from Stephens County, which are unusually good ; also, rutilated rose...near the new waterworks dam at Mountain Ciy, Rabun County, Ga. He has a yellow cabochon of unusual beauty...Rabun County. The prize of the lot is opalescent rose quartz from the Kell mica mine in Rabun County. This |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................L. Miller, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; |
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