 | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Book | | Columbia Dinosaur-Capitalsaurus fo, Fossil-Petrified Wood * Arkansas Gem-Diamond * Florida Gem-Moonstone...Louisiana Gemstone-Agate Fossil-Petrified Palmwood aD 60 Stone-Petrified Wood Fossil-Prehistoric Whale Soil-Natchez...& Montana Agate Fossil-Maiasaura peeblesorum * Nebraska Rock-Prairie Agate Gemstone-Blue Agate Fossil-Mammoth...Fossil-Mammoth Soil-Holdrege Series River-Platte River * Nevada Fossil-Ichthyosaur Metal-Silver Precious...90 90 91 91 a2 * North Dakota Fossil-Jeredo Petrified Wood 111 * Ohio Gemstone-Ohio Flint Invertebrate |  | | Book (edition) | | types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which believed...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | me out to a locality where there were nice petrified wood and blue agate. "Also, while in Tucson, Mesa...ph—phosphoresces ARKANSAS—"The enclosed piece of white petrified wood I picked up from Wittsburg Creek on the east...south of Hwy. 64 about 6 miles. There are several petrified logs in this creek, also some agate and red jasper...3 inches in the other. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. COLORADO—A loose but beautiful...label. 103 Newington Center, in southern Hartford County, is in central Connecticut. GEORGIA—"To our mind |  | | Book (volume) | | Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises 4,460’...Mesozoic era. Thus, as one travels westward across Nebraska they find successively younger formations appearing...disclosing spectacular bedrock formations. Northwestern Nebraska contains most of the gem fields in the state,...that rival the color of the rainbow. The western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the...extensive collecting region of agatized and opalized wood for high gem quality is the Sandhills country around |  | | Book (volume) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...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) | | 600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...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 (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state... IT'S FUN TO HUNT FOR GEMS and refreshing, a petrified pool never to be disturbed by wind or tide. Few...molecular cohesion in the crystal. It is like splitting wood along the grain. Cleavage cracks across the prism...amethyst. Lava and pumice also engulf trees. The wood burns away as the rock cools, leaving a mold in...substance may be replaced slowly by silica to form petrified wood. Lava is also the environment in which obsidian |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...plane of lesser molecular cohesion in the splitting wood along the grain. Cleavage cracks across the prism...lava is petrified wood by replacement of may form in the by decay or destruction of the wood. Agate...quarries. Some gems may also be dug from agate, petrified wood, crystals easily worked soil, disintegrated...quadrangles in upper New York state. Likewise, petrified bone and wood are associated in the Southwest with such |  | | Book | | HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...Such Plains and created beautiful Crater Lake. Nebraska and Kansas the High — states as —owe their...stream beds and the rocks the stream Agates and petrified wood fragments as well as specimens of hundreds |  | | Book (volume) | | beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...banks, tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes...slopes, stream beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal; along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional...regional banks, breaks, gravels, etc. petrified wood, wood opal. 438 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in |  | | 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 | | | Book | | topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...crea ted beautiful Crater Lake Such states as Nebraska and Kansas-the Hig h Plains-owe their fertile...sediments across the level plains Agates and petrified wood fragments as well as specimens of hundreds...small workbench on 11 put a vIse, grinding wheels, a wood block, a tool rack, and a bright lamp Workshops...workshop 1 The vIse the wood block, and the grinding wheel are v1s1ble while a taller wood block stands at one |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on U. S. 30 in Pittsburgh. 712.3 miles — Beaver County Line (Perm.). 725.9 miles—West Virginia Line on...part of Canton, a nice city and the county seat of Stark County, on our way out. 785.4 miles—The Klinks...Tuscarawas River which we crossed. 800.1 miles—Wayne County line. 814.8 miles—Wooster, on U. S. 30. 820.2 miles—Jefferson...silvery flakes of muscovite. 826.9 miles—Ashland County line. 831.7 miles—We turn right on Ohio 80. ROCKS...nice dark brown jasper pebble. 846.3 miles—Loraine County line. 856.2 miles — Black River crossed— only about |  | | Book (edition) | | IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA • INDIANA • MISSOURI • MINNESOTA I By JUNE CULP...Specimens .... 30 30 .30 NEBRASKA ............... 33 NORTHERN NEBRASKA .......... Fossils...........33 34 NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA 35 WESTERN & CENTRAL NEBRASKA 36 EASTERN NEBRASKA 37 CENTRAL MISSOURI...areas. Study all issues for possible help. 9. Get county maps if available, or Geological Survey Quadrangle...” may be found in many canyons in Penning ton County. HOT SPRINGS AREA Mines in the Hot Springs vicinity |  | | Journal (issue) | | STAINLESS STEEL CABBING UNIT This machine is made in the USA for Kingsley North. Features an all stainless steel...beautiful by Bob Jones regular columns Arizona’s Petrified Forest Fossils.......... 48 Chalcedony Park is...Collins shared a photo of what he thought was a petrified wasp’s nest and was asking for help identifying...Wholesale and retail show; Gem Faire Inc.; Placer County Fairgrounds, 800 All America City Blvd.; Fri. 12-6...show; San Gorgonio Mineral & Gem Society; Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival; Gem & Mineral Bldg |  | | Report (chapter) | | understand the meaning of prehistoric bones and other petrified remains occurred before m o d e m scientists began...accounted for them. Dense concentrations of oversize petrified bones led to the notion that a great battle or...miners quarrying limestone often unearthed large petrified bones of prehistoric animals. In 1929, LongGuShan...According to folklore, the stars were thought to be petrified elderflowers that had fallen into the spring....Beach, New Jersey, was named for the Cretaceous petrified wood that erodes out of a seaside bluff; and Baculite |  | | Book (volume) | | connecting Augusta, Milledgeville, Macon, and Columbus. The first real Gold Rush in America occurred...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: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent writes is... he mentions a few minerals found in Middlesex County, Conn. "Sillimanite evidently exsists, at least...limestone. ROCKS AND MINERALS Nos. 4-5-6-7—Petrified wood. Limb sections made up of dark gray chalcedony...chalcedony. This is the first petrified wood we ever saw from Florida. No. 2—Buff color aragonite. No. 10—Nice...from an examination trip up to Clayton, Custer County, Idaho, where I examined different properties. |  | | Book | | interesting one, is the rocks and minerals of your county or state. It’s amazing how many people are ignorant...minerals are agate, jasper, jasp-agate, turquoise, petrified wood, and opal. The most common amorphous mineral...become involved with various federal, state, and county laws and regulations regarding mining. For serious...south of the Mogollon Rim drop-off. Agate and petrified wood are fairly common, as are obsidian and Apache...the easier to collect are agate, carnelian, petrified wood, smoky quartz crystals, beryl, amazonite, and |  | | Journal (issue) | | experience cooking a camp dinner on this species of wood. It made a brisk warm fire with a pleasing aroma...delboast about in the way of architecture. But of wood and sheet iron, hauled from Mex- ta in former years...laundry well, where the women do their their nets. Wood-cutters with burros make add to or detract from...canyon at the foot of V the Uintah mountains, Uintah county, Utah, the Hall family had a small ranch and kept...Uncle Louie, as he was known to everyone in Uintah county, was a relic of the old fur brigade. He claimed |  | | Journal (issue) | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00 lb. Arizona petrified ironwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...reason being that my first rock- rounds• of petrified wood and paintNOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Therefore, a section (the shaded insertion into the wood. Before driving area) is removed from the tang portion... • . 70 lpectrMN Purpur,te R0t1 OuatU Petrolled Wood Opal LepldotI11 (YellOwl Chelll lffpn,1ta Amuon1te...rhollte Jaroa,tt And1ad1te Spessartine Opahzect Wood Thuhte Rut1ltlld Oual'l.t Manpoaota ldoctaN Groaular |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................236 Nebraska ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area |  | | Book (volume) | | ..........................................236 Nebraska ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area |
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