 | | 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 (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...rockhounds I ever met, William Harris, of the Harris Rock Shop, Sarasota, Florida EARTH TREASURES (Volume...Idaho lowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington |  | | Book | | Paleozoic fossils from Iowa and parts of Minnesota and Nebraska, including invertebrates, trace fossils, plant...described throughout Iowa and adjacent parts of Nebraska and Minnesota, one hundred and fifty of which...much they have helped with this book. Geologists Nebraska, at the the three Minnesota state universities...University of Nebraska permitted the following illustrations to be sketched from Record in Rock by Pabian...from Brachiopoda of the Pennsylvanian System in Nebraska by Dunbar and Condra (1932): Plate 9-8B. The Iowa |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...a precise explanation of how to recognize the rock formations in which gems occur. in The tabular...1 2 How fun to hunt for gems to identify 3 Rock formations How which gems occur 1 21 stone...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh...make jewelry or ornaments such as book ends or table tops. Growth of interest in these uses has broadened |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Easy-to-understand instructions for recognizing rock formations; glossary. How to identify gem minerals...is a precise explanation of h< to recognize the rock formation* which gems occur. The tabular Gem ... contents fun to hunt for gems 1. It's 2. How 3. Rock formations 4. How 5. Characteristics of important...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...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,...western Nebraska-South Dakota borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships |  | | Book | | the soc1olog1sts to decide " Not everyone takes up rock hunting because of an interest in mineralogy. There...comes when after hours of hammering, a resistant rock splits just the way you want 1t to. And in the end...Ouarnes Rock Masses Abandoned Ouarr,es and Mines When and How to Go Immovable Areas of Loose Rock WHAT...LIKE Freestandmg Crystals Cav1t1es 18 Crystals in Rock Format,ons Compact and Special Forms Druses and...and Crystal Amorphous Forms VII PHASES OF ROCK COLLECTING 28 Inspection and Gathering / Picking I |  | | Book | | PUBLIC LIBRARY Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 833 00476 9409 j552...Sapphires and Ruby Moonstone Petrified Wood PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROCK CURRIER Rockhound Trails WRITTEN...stories about fifteen rocks available at various rock-hunting sites throughout the United States. 1. Rocks—Collectors...Thunder Eggs 15 3 Free Gold 23 29 4 Desert Roses 5 Wood That Won't Burn 6 A Pocketful of Moonstones 35...unusual rock can be as much of a thrill as finding any other treasure. Once you have picked up a rock, it |  | | Book | | fifty states. Whether one hopes to unearth a petrified clam, find an imprint of an extinct fish skeleton...plants—including petrified wood. Jay Ellis Ransom, geologist and author of The Rock-hunter’s Range Guide... a rock hunter or pros- pector stumbles across an obvious fossil. His “find” may be a petrified clam...associations of groups of fossils occur in particular rock horizons, one can relate formations of a given geologic...geologists, prospectors, gem-stone hunters, and rock collectors are based on outcrops showing fossil |  | | Book (edition) | | photos. Price: $2.00. PETRIFIED FOREST TRAILS--by Ransom. A guide to the petrified forests of the United...United States. Describes many localities where petrified wood can be collected. Includes directions to localities...Localities Beaches Map of Oregon Beaches JACKSON COUNTY A Mineral Mecca Mop of Josephine and Jackson Counties...Rocks Eagle Point Locality ~hodonite Table Rock Mountain JOSEPHINE COUNTY Josephinite Oregonite Althouse Creek...Ochoc::i D;ggings Post District Antelope Locality County Quarry Brown's Ranch Crystal Hills Clarno Road |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | profit organization, set about obtaining a large rock from each of the fifty states for inclusion in the...selected to represent the states are listed in table 1. Most of the blocks sent to Philadelphia are exactly...and a couple are about twice that size. Nevada's rock, a silver ore, was the heaviest, weighing about...they include represen tatives of each of the major rock groups (igneous, sedimen tary, and metamorphic)...polyethnic makeup of our country's citizenry. Each rock has a story, of course. A few examples (listed in |  | | Book (edition) | | Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism 128; Nebraska Game Commission 139, 146; Michigan Tourist Council...a tawny sand dune in a beach buggy, rappel up a rock cliff or climb a glacier, hike, boat, or camp—the...truism that coffee smells better perking over a wood fire and a person sleeps better in the open, but...Crater Lake in Oregon or a watery slide down Sliding Rock Falls in the Pisgah National Forest of North Carolina...girls watching the boy with the big grin who chopped wood and kindled the fire for their mother. They had |  | | Journal (issue) | | - PLUS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES SPECIAL PROGRAMS ROCK SWAP AREA CONVENIENT HOTELS, MOTELS AND CAMPING...Blanca and Richard, but there are alternate methods. Rock hobby suppliers sell castings for gem trees and...finishing touch, Billy can be perched on a piece of petrified wood or driftwood. Near the beak one could add a...uncommon for A specimen from El Portal, Mariposa County, California. Size, 2½"x1¾#x¾". 14 - JUNE 1981...this one from the M inerva Mine, Cave In Rock , Hardin County, 1llinols. Size, 2"x1 ½ "x¾". The Many |  | | Book (volume) | | commerce. Coarser gemstones, or those which are rock-like in character or abundance, are treated in still...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... Cowee Creek gravel washing . Yogo Gulch Mine . Rock Creek, Montana, sapphire mine . Cut and rough aquamarines |  | | Journal (issue) | | the unwary who are caught by the onrushing waves? Rock collecting has been widely popularized the past...to the beach. There, I looked over the piles of rock but, out side of finding a few beach moon stones...short time the buildings were reduced to splintered wood. The sea is seek ing an old channel which once...gypsum rosettes, barite roses, pyrite masses, fossil wood from numerous localities, galena, agate, mica, and...calcite. In the yard surrounding the museum is a huge rock garden, barbecue pit and tables— all constructed |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 180 Nebraska.................................................about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five times the combined production and...than 86,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...Compendium of the mineral resources of Arkansas, Little Rock Board of Trade Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals...Nebraska____.Prof. E. H. Barbour, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Nevada_____Dr. W. S. Tangier Smith, |  | | Journal (issue) | | .................................. 78 The Swap Table .............................................. ...pay poatage on Order• within U.S. Visit our new rock and gift shop Open 9AM - 5PM, Mon. thru Sat. T"C)C)L...described in books on the subject (available at rock shops, from catalog suppliers or from GEMS AND M...shows, you will see such machines demonstrated . Rock shops, including many of the advertisers in this...countries. Mount Mica is located in Paris, Oxford County and is now owned by the Plumbago Mining Company |  | | Book | | of t h e Golden Rule. TABLE O F CONTENTS DEDICATION V PREFACE V TABLE OF CONTENTS V I CHAPTER...epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones. Photograph by Tennessee...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its |  | | Journal (issue) | | until 03/31/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA RG_greyBlue_cover_0315.indd 2 03 2 FIELD TRIP...mine in St. Louis County, Minnesota, but was found in a gravel pit in Carlton County, 60 miles away. (Tom...............................66 Join a worldwide rock tumbling contest by Lora S. Haller and Lori Millard...starburst quartz crystals on top of desert sands Rock & Gem Kids .......................................Tips .......................................18 26 Rock Science ..................................24 What |  | | Report (volume) | | about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five tunes the combined production and...than 80,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so... 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; |  | | Report (volume) | | ------------------------------- 1 1 2 5 5 7 TABLE Page Major stratigraphic and time divisions in...Early, Middle, and Late, and for epochs. Informal rock terms lower, middle, and upper may be used where...of all words used in forming the names of formal rock-stratigraphic units be capitalized. All the geologic...or 11 late," if used by an author with the age of rock units, is changed to 11lower" or 11upper." The age...Bull. 1060-D, p. 193, 252-253, pl. 7. In Nemaha County, Kans., member is basal unit of Howard limestone |  | | Report (volume) | | and Geology Bull. Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology County Rept.Idaho Bur. Mines and Geology Mineral Resources...Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin and County Report and Mineral Resources Report. Moscow, Idaho...Netherlands. Nebraska Univ. Conserv. and Survey Div., Nebraska Water Survey Paper-University of Nebraska Conservation...Conservation and Survey Division, Nebraska Water Survey Paper. Lincoln, Nebr. Nevada Bur. Mines Prelim. MapNevada...till: Engineer, v. 39, no. 5, p. 135-142, i1llus., table, 1961. Explosives I Abelson, P. H. See 49f3 |  | | Journal (issue) | | and-down arbor. No-splash plostic guards recision rock clamp and guide Complete with 8 7 __ blade, $62...piggin-strings. Then building a small fire of grease wood to heat his iron, he clamped on the brand of the...pit, that he caught a sun-flash from a chunk of rock that laid half buried in sand, where the bull pawed...the type, depth, thickness and general contours of rock and sediment on the gulf’s bottom. EARTH SCIENCE...things everybody should know; group 2, things good ‘‘rock-hounds should know; group 3, things which experts |
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