 | | 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. |  | | 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) | | the mountain, for 3 miles. The gravel road is a county road, usually fair except after heavy rains. At...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...Box 17, Osseo, Minn., has found some brown petrified wood pebbles along the Mississippi River in Sibley |  | | 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) | | Buckfield, Me., and leased an old mine in Oxford County, Maine. Many years ago this mine had yielded tourmalines...to open another pocket. This mine is located in Hebron, Maine, and is known as Mt. Rubellite. When we...Fluorescent Pegmatites. What else can we call them? PETRIFIED WOOD ON BELLYACHE CREEK By FRANK L. SIMS 750 " B...that petrified wood could be found in Bellyache Creek near Darlington, S. C , Darlington County. My friend...and wood (real wood that i s ) . In this way, I found about 150 lbs. of pretty good petrified wood. If |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mine, an historically important gold mine in Pinal County, Arizona. Merrill Matson demonstrated casting for...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince George's County saw a demonstration of "wire wrapping" of stones...demonstration of sphere-making for the Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club. NEW J E R S E Y Jack Clark...of Natural History in New York City. The Chester County Rockhounds were hosts to Lou Privoznik, who spoke...Media. This club visited the Bingham Mine, Adams County for rhyolite. The Central Pennsylvania Rock and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a monument and memorial to the boys of Edmunds County who made the supreme sacrifice during World War...Trail runs. "Indian Clubs," petrified wood, sand calcite crystals, petrified bones, gold quartz, and scoria...brought from Europe, Asia and Africa, as relics from Hebron, the Jordan and the alleged place where the ravens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens at the famous Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I have just received a report from the...nice jasper. "The green chalcedony is from Marin County, north of San Francisco. It was picked up on a...ledge (Coyote Point). The chalcedony from Marin County is a beautiful dark green specimen. COLORADO—W...package containing four specimens of black petrified wood. This is some material that I found last winter...in Mesa Co., Colo. "The outside of this type of wood is a dirty tan or grey, not at all attractive, usually |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1950, manganese mine near Glen wood, Pike ROCKS AND MINERALS, p. 123. County, Arkansas. Mr. Young also sends...development near Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, Calif. Molybdenum Corporation of America is at...the last issue of R & M, mention was made of petrified wood being found in the state near Cape Henlopen...100 years ago. Since then we have heard that petrified wood is still available but at another locality...Lake in Delaware. According to Mr. Jochen, petrified wood is found along Drawyers Creek, between Shallcross |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a monument and memorial to the boys of Edmunds County who made the supreme sacrifice during World War...Trail runs. "Indian Clubs," petrified wood, sand calcite crystals, petrified bones, gold quartz, and scoria...brought from Europe, Asia and Africa, as relics from Hebron, the Jordan and the alleged place where the ravens |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | agate, chert, coral, géodes, arrowheads and petrified wood. Another site in Mississippi is near the Nanih...Findings are Pyrite nodules, pyrite rosettes, petrified wood and Indian artifacts. The Brantford, Ontario...Fine specimens of crocodile teeth, shark teeth, petrified crab, crab claws, scallop shells and some coral...Mt. Mica Mines, Paris, Maine, and Mt. Rubellite, Hebron, Maine. Mt. Mica is a world famous location for...South River Mine (Kelly Bank), Augusta — Rockbridge County, the minerals to be found are pyrolusite, manganite |  | | 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 (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 (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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | 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...sending some of the sand filling also with carbonized wood fragments to Mr. Brown for additional study tomorrow...concretions and limonite-goethite géodes are other bits of wood fossil materials which are in part replaced by goethite...patches of impure reddish hematite occur in Lincoln County, Kansas, near Juniata. KENTUCKY — Sandstone containing |  | | Journal (issue) | | Elba; Paris, Hebron, Auburn, and Rumford, Maine; Chesterfield, Massachusetts; San Diego County, California;...muscovite crystals from Brooks Fann, Cleveland County, North Carolina. ~ TABLE 1.-MICA-GROUP MINERALS...in a dolomite from near Bonneterre, St. Francis County, Missouri ; in the Mesabi district of Minnesota;...Placerville, El Dorado County. Also reported from Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, and at .Kalgoorlie...mozarkite (chert) Petoskey stone galena Montana Nebraska Shark tooth star garnet Illinois ~ouri sapphire |  | | Book | | Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Pima Co. ♦Fluorspar HOLBROOK, Adamana region Petrified Wood KELVIN, Pinal Co., 2 mi S. of E. side of Verde...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite |  | | 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 | | 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 | | 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) | | Under this heading are our agates, jaspers, and petrified woods, etc. Thousands of articles have been written...etc. and jaspers are from coast to coast. Agatized wood is found in Arizona, California, District of Columbia...of agate, e.g. Arizona being noted for its petrified wood. And so it goes. Practically all agate wil...used with a number of polish wheels (felt, cloth, wood, leather, etc.) Chrome oxide is still used by some...Cross-sections of petrified logs are on display in several museums and at the National Petrified Forest in Arizona |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................. . 523 525 526 AGATES NEAR HEBRON, N . D . ····································...exhibitors at the Hobby Show at the 95th Logan County Fair, held recently in her city, won first prize...Colorado. Located in the western it part of Mesa County, south of the Colormy ado River and reaching westward... R OCKS ANO MINERAU petrified wood in this vicinity. Most ~ the petrified wood found here is a dad:...color, much like lump sugar. The outside of the wood is a dull brown or gray that looks just like the |
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