 | | Report (issue) | | University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Conservation and Survey...Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors Roger K. Pabian University of Nebraska - Lincoln...Lincoln, rpabian1@unl.edu Allan Cook University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at:...K. and Cook, Allan, "Minerals and Gemstones of Nebraska: A Handbook for Students and Collectors" (1976)...Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail..."Glowing Hebron Mine Discovered." Part of the clipping reads: "The discovery that an old mine at Hebron (Oxford...novaculite (quartz). The specimen was found in Clay County, Mo., on new 69 Highway, 2 miles east of Excelsior...subscribers in other states would follow your example. NEBRASKA—John Boellstorff, Johnson (Nemaha Co.), Nebr. |  | | Report (edition) | | much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on...specimens of minerals and fossils in Aroostook County and elsewhere in northern Maine. Most of the bedrock...rocks. There are lime quarries in the Aroostook County agricultural belt, where calcite crystals and other |  | | Report (volume) | | A. Buehler, Rolla. Nebraska.........Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada......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) | | specimens at the famous Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I have just received a report from the...1949, R & M, attention was called to a ledge of jasper on the shore of San Francisco Bay. This place is...around the fireplace in my living room is made of jasper from this locality with alternate slabs of green...inches in size. I am sending you some slabs of this jasper—Nos. 1 and 2 are like the ones in my fireplace—and...furnishes plenty of nice jasper. "The green chalcedony is from Marin County, north of San Francisco. |  | | Book (edition) | | are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are even classified...topaz crystal And is such a chameleon color, or jasper), etc. gem if you not yellow, nor are might...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn...portion just left of center. Orbicular or "poppy" jasper with yellow, red, and orange patterns. How ...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Washed, coarse, agate gravelt, containing : ~ Veined Jasper, one pebble. Yellow and white Quartz, several pcbl...gravel*, containing : J Lydite, rounded (pebbles). Jasper and Quartzite, subangular and much worn (more than...Agate of Chalcedony and Quartz, like that from Hebron. Nos. 8 & 9. From Kli_~-drift. Page 7. Washed,...agate gravel% cont~inlng : - Lydite pebbles, few. Jasper, some subangular pieces. Micaceous H~matite, one...pebbles have been broken and reglazed. No. 10. From Hebron. Page 9. A freshly broken yellowish Agate, like |  | | Report (issue) | | locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of...in the case of a stream, valley, or arroyo, the county listed is the one in which the mouth of the feature |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 180 Nebraska.................................................Nebraska____.Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada_____Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith,...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.; |  | | Book (volume) | | Idaho, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington...Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington ...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...MINERALS from quite chalcedonic, not so chakedonic (jasper—like), and the coarse quartzitenovaculite texture...the N. W . part of Dade County, Fla., due west of Miami and near the Monroe County line. Among the samples...Lots 612 580 and 649, 19th District of Paulding County."—Spring 1954 issue, page 48. IDAHO—"I am sending...This new find is near Gilmore, Idaho, in Lemhi County."—letter dated July 28, 1954, from Clarence Martin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The next morning went over to the Hibbs Quarry (Hebron, Maine). This does not show any signs of colored...Ellsworth started for Jasper Beach in search of formation. Several minerals present jasper. This is south of...(Maine). Across the and received permission from Mrs. Jasper bridge to Little Deer Isle where a to collect....Isle (village). On these beaches are waterbles of jasper-mostly in black and dark rounded boulders, averaging...bulletin mentioned a find of colored tourmaline at Hebron (N.H.) As this was out of the normal alkaline pegmatites |  | | Book (volume) | | greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...Pat Dionne, Errol, New Hampshire Dennis Durgin, Hebron, Maine Hugh Durgin, Blue Hill, Maine John Ebner...coating molds of brachiopod shells in Somerset County. The restriction formerly placed on a mineral's |  | | Book (volume) | | in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Book (volume) | | in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...the Mississippi R.⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | near Glen wood, Pike ROCKS AND MINERALS, p. 123. County, Arkansas. Mr. Young also sends a note on a Downloaded...development near Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, Calif. Molybdenum Corporation of America is at...Idaho, gives this interesting information: "Lemhi County, Idaho, Fair held at Salmon, had a new treat this...tusks were found ROCKS AND MINERALS in Phillips County, Kansas, buried in a sand pit. The tusks measured...Ferriday, La., who found dark brown also dark red jasper pebbles, grayish chert pebbles some coated with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (November-December 1986). Anonymous. 1960. Gentleman of Oxford County. Rocks and Minerals 35:28-29. A tribute to "the...Berry quarry, Poland; Bennett quarry, Buckfield; Hebron; Paris; and Litchfield. . 1942. New England Notes...periences beginning with early-day collecting in Oxford County. . 1965. Fifty years of mineral collecting (Part...at the Mt. Rubellite mine near Heb ron, Oxford County. Buckley, B. W. 1973. Maine tourmaline strike....52:317-19. Located northwest of Rumford in Ox ford County, Black Mountain is the site of several pegmatite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | drilled in what is now the Westfieldpool in Clark County. This was followedby an oil well nearby in I9O5...York--Cumberland 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 Name o! Pool--County Johnsonville•Wayne Roundprairie•Wayne Cisne•Wayne...Centralia•linton, 779 TO POOL NUMBERS. Name o! Pool---County I Colmar-Plymouth--McDonough, Hancock 6 7 8 9...HidalgosJasper , North BoostJasper Dundas Consolidated--Jasper, Richland Mason--Effingham Iolablay Sailor Springs---Clay...Johnson--Clark 132 Bellair--Crawford, Jasper 133 Main--Crawford 134 New Hebron--Crawford 135 Flat Rock--Crawford |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | times. Moss agate, red jasper, banded agate, fortification agate, poppy jasper, and sard, are a few of...inclusions, etc., it is most generally termed "agate". Jasper is usually considered as opaque material of one...milady's fingers since early antiquity. Amulets of jasper graced the Crusaders and today's lovely agate is...for August and March claims bloodstone, a fine jasper. So two of the twelve months are given to this...it. You might be amazed at the result. Agate, jasper, tigereye, sard are all beautiful and desirable |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposits at Klip Drift and Pniel. Section III. Hebron and Diamondia : figs. 2, and 3. Du ToWs Pan. Inferences...aneroid that its fallwas exceedingly small. Between Hebron and Klip Drift, a distance, along the course of...together with a calcareous cement; as is the ease at Hebron and Diamondia (figs. 1 & 2, c). These gravels,...of boulders. Examples of these are met with at Hebron and Diamondia (fig. 2). 4th. A pebbly drift, without...Hebronto Diamondia. (Distance about 3000 yards.) Hebron. La 0on. VaalRiver. ! , [Toface page 6. a |  | | 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...in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: area barite...cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; |  | | 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...(Geode). nice one—all lined thicker layer of yellow jasper and a center with rock xls. of pink chart. Sphalerite:...patches of impure reddish hematite occur in Lincoln County, Kansas, near Juniata. KENTUCKY — Sandstone containing...xld herderite and fluorapatite of the so-called Hebron type xl with basal pinakoids and pyramidal faces |  | | Journal (issue) | | Colusa Mine, Butter Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, courtesy Heritage Auctions; an interpretive...Bross, Alma Mining District, Park Co. Colorado, USA 5.71 x 3.73 x 2.96 inches (14.50 x 9.48 x 7.52 cm)...PA RTING SHOT S A RE AUGUST OCTOBER Maligano Jasper By Keith Dull www.facebook.com/SummitCabochons...995 00 complete Free shipping in continent USA Made in USA Grit Sizes 60 to 200,000 1.0" hole with...with 3/4", 5/8" & 1/2" bushings Our made in USA soft wheels will last you 3-4 times longer than imported |  | | Book | | took place in 1810 near Murphysboro in Jackson County. The first production of natural gas occurred in...Champaign County. Commercial-quality oil was first discovered in 1906 near Casey in Clark County. Fluorspar...Fluorspar was first discovered at Rosiclare in Hardin County in 1818 but was not mined until 1842. Lead has...has been mined at Galena in Jo Daviess County area since the year 1700. MINES AND PLANTS YOU CAN SEE FROM...monument 42— Mine disaster monument 43— Hardin County Fluorspar and General Museum Q 40 ag 120 MILES |  | | Report (issue) | | RI EE 12-14 10-12 8-10 6-8 38° 2-4 0-2 GILES COUNTY SEISMIC ZONE VIRGINIA NASHVILLE EASTERN TENNESSEE...Giles County Seismic Zone Since at least 1828, earthquakes have been reported in the Giles County seismic...any known faults are seismically active. UNION County Name CHARLESTON WAYNE RANDOLPH WEBSTER BRAXTON...Northridge Summit Station Wind Ridge Arcanum Moundsville Hebron Bexley Waynesburg Gratiot Claysville Economy Zanesville...Idlewild Sugar Tree Ridge Rutland 39°N Jackson Hebron Pomeroy Mason Wilders Sherwood Olive Branch Williamsburg |
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