 | | 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) | | face polished) is a beautiful piece of agatized wood. Ain't nature wonderful ! You dig a well and you...you may get water, or oil, or gas, or even petrified wood (agatized was the type found by Mrs. Roder)....'Arizona Gem Fields'. Near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif., and then deep in the Muggins Mountains...), no fl. (s.w.). Wesrville is in So. Vermilion County of Eastern Illinois. INDIANA—"From a little stream...brown by iron. Covington is in Western Fountain County in Western Indiana. I O W A — " W e enclose for |  | | 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 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 (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 | | 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 | | other than agate, opal and its varieties, and petrified wood a great favorite with collectors. The location...Cttiartz varieties st1ch as the opal, jasper, ancl petrified wood; a11d to give l1in1 the most com1Jlete information...same Society, st1ppliecl 1nany pl1otographs of petrified woocl froin 1nany localities. Several other club...are the first one to pick up some agates or petrified wood where tl1ey have lain undisturbed for perhaps...they brought home with them finds of l)etrified wood and interesting rocks, ,vhich had a ready sale in |  | | Book (volume) | | extensive files. Photographs and information on the Petrified Forest National Monument were supplied by Fred...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...specimens of petrified wood Map of Yellowstone River agate area, Montana Moss agate slab Petrified Forest,...it still preserves the cellular structure of the wood from which it formed. It too is called a gemstone |  | | Book (edition) | | Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism 128; Nebraska Game Commission 139, 146; Michigan Tourist Council...truism that coffee smells better perking over a wood fire and a person sleeps better in the open, but...girls watching the boy with the big grin who chopped wood and kindled the fire for their mother. They had...by the Bureau of Land Management, in state and county parks and forests, and in private parks as well...plastic bag; and alitterbag. If you cannot cook on a wood fire where you are going, you may be able to use |  | | 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;...Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.; Jefferson County |  | | 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;...Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson County...Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby County, near Whiting |  | | Report (volume) | | drift ........................................ In Nebraska .......................................... '...... 120 121 121 122 122 123 124 125 125 Buried wood.... ....................~....................................... Details of the moraine in Union County........................... Chaunel, lake, and osar...volcanic ash stratum in bluff above West Point, Nebraska.................................................Florence, Nebraska, showing ash stratum............. XIII. Base of drift near Coleridge, Nebraska....... |  | | Book (edition) | | mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...places: At Henryellen, Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. |  | | Report (issue) | | .................................. 27 x ' White-wood limestone.......:....................................................... 138 Geology of eastern Nebraska.................................................Aurora County ....................................................................... Beadle County.......Bonhomme County ................................................................... Brookings County .......Brown County......................................................................... Brule County.... |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | State mineral production and mineral production by county were prepared in the Division of Statistics and...Geology. V Nebraska: Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska (Nebraska Geological.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • 303 Nebraska,~ by Karl Starch and Raymond R. Burchett . . ...this report. Name State____________ SECTION 2. County _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Stocks. production, end... 19 1.70 Gold, copper, molybdenum, silver. Nebraska 90,329 44 .27 2,610,876 7.84 35, 166 3 |  | | Report (volume) | | Augusta, M . Maryland Geological Survey: Baltimore County. Baltimore, Md. Meddelelser om Gronland, Bd. 71-76~...Second Series, 1 vols. 23, 24; Biennial Report. Jefferson City, Mo. I I National Academy of Sciences: ProcE1edings...West Virginia Geological Survey: (County Reports) Pocahontas County. Mor· gantown, W. Va. I · Wisconsin... and Smith, R. H.) . . Hendrick field, Winkler County, Tex.: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists, Bull.,...Origin of oil and its reservoir in Yates pool, Pecos County, Texas.: Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists, Bull |  | | Report (volume) | | Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone...Aarde farm, sec. 4, T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Greenwood County. Aaron Slatet Precambrian or Paleozoic: Central...Central Railroad, sees. 5-7, T. 11 S., R. 5 E., Pope County. Named for Abbott Station. Abbyville Gabbrol Precambrian...map. Occurs in vicinity of Abbyville, Mecklenburg County. Abercrombie Formationl Middle Cambrian: Western...above Pope Creek coal. Named for Aberdeen, Butler County, Ky., where it stands out in prominent cliffs along |  | | Report (volume) | | described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr...Harris, H. B. trolled: Braunstein, J., 3. Escambia County: Cagle, J. W. ,Jr. Pollard field: Jones, W. B. |  | | Report (volume) | | cientifica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Philadelphia, Pa. Nebraska Geological Survey: Bulletins 2d ser. 4-12; Papers 1-16. Lincoln, Nebr. Nebraska University...Conservation Bulletins 3-15, 21. Lincoln, Nebr. Nebraska State Museum Bulletin vols. 1, 2 (nos. 1-3). Lincoln...Morgantown, W. Va. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Pocahontas and Randolph; Bulletin 4; Mimeographed...Pass and Atlantic City mining district of Fremont County, Wyo.: Rocks and Minerals, vol. 11, no. 10, pp |  | | Book | | (Canada), and Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah (USA). This is typical fossilhunting country with bare...more than 35 million years old, found in Colorado, USA. began, long ago, with a trunk and a few branches...fossil discovery sites. . Colville River, Alaska, USA 2. Red Deer River, Alberta, Canada 3. Burgess Shales... Idaho, USA 5. Dinosaur National Monument, Utah/Colorado, USA 6. Como Bluff, Wyoming, USA 7. Kansas...Kansas Inland Seas, USA 8. Joggins, Nova Scotia, Canada 9. Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, USA 10. Texas Red Beds |
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