 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A CATALOGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS GEMSTONES ESSEX COUNTY (Part Three) By RALPH GOSSE P.O. Box 5351, Albany...invited and will be amended in a later issue. AGATE Locality Dalton Peru De,scription and Occurrence Very...weight associated with jasper. Pittsfield Windsor Dalton Florida, east of Hoosac Mountain summit Hinsdale...mines Pittsfield, southeast part of town Berkshire County Dalton North Adams Peru Pittsfield Tyringham...brown, bluish, striped, etc.) at numerous places in county. Yellow, associated with quartz, chert and chalcedony |  | | Report (volume) | | WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE GEOLOGY EASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS BY BENJAMIN KENDALL EMERSON WASHINGTON...Becket.......................... Gulf anticline, Dalton ............................................................................................. Berkshire schist .'......................... ........................................................... Dalton fault............................................Artesian wells upon the Dalton fault............................ South Dalton or Warner Mountain fault |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Show and Sale sponsored by the Lin coln County Gem and Mineral Society. Na tional Guard Armory...California. Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive. Informa tion: Jill Lloyd, Orange County Fair, 88 Fair...Annual Ute Moun tain Gem and Mineral Society Show, County Annex Building, 103 North Chestnut. Informa tion:...Fredericks, P.O. Box 196, Cutchogue, Society. Payne County Fairgrounds, 3 mi. East New York 11935. of Stillwater...Gemboree sponsored by the cutt Mineral Society. County Fair Grounds, Bancroft Mineral Society and the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Show. Vernon Wertz Welcome to the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society which meets the second...of success of this project. The flint, jasper, agate, carnelian, feldspar, saga of the Old Jail reads...Stanford University, spoke with the Fred erick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, on the crystallography...(roughly a tank of Mineral Society of Montgomery County gas for most cars) to visit a number of recently...to the Stamford Mineralogical of Prince Georges County reports excel Society about the minerals of Franklin |  | | Book | | MASSACHUSETTS MINERALAND FOSSIL LOCALITIES Compiled by Peter P. Gleba 'I!~·· . \. i r,'"--""'4' I...publication. Peter P. Gleba December 2008 Quincy, Massachusetts Member Boston Mineral Club Reprinted by permission...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. Calculating it another way, [Peter Gleba] said...is some of the most valuable real estate in Massachusetts. It has access, it has convenience, it has exposure...window of his car as he passed west of the Massachusetts state lottery offices and saw a spreading rust |  | | 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:...streams, rd. cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry |  | | Book (edition) | | Robert M. Overstreet with Howard Peake MADISON COUNTY CANTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Canton, MS 39046 SYSTEM...conglomerate or quartzite to high quality flint agate, petrified wood or volcanic obisdian, the list...from colorful or high quality material such as agate, petrified wood, agatized coral, quartz crystal...pieces are found in the same cache. In the northern USA, most caches were chipped by the same knapper. In...market without including the following: Hardin, Dalton, Thebes, Lost Lake, Calf Creek and Dovetail. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sponsored by the 500 Earth Sci ences Club. Hancock County 4-H Fair grounds. Information: W. B. Spitler,...Valley Gem & Mineral Show & Pow Wow. Clackamus County Fairgrounds, Highway 99E. Information: Jean Miller...Lakeside Gem and Mineral Soci ety. Benton-Franklin County Fairgrounds. Chairman: Jon Spunaugle, Box 1726...Annual Jewelry, Gem and sored by the Henderson County Gem & Min Mineral Show sponsored by the Toledo...11—North Adams, Massachusetts. 25th Annual Gem & Mineral Show sponsored by the Northern Berkshire Mineral Club |  | | Book (edition) | | Stemmed Afton (800 BC) (2-4") Agate Basin Agee (7000 BC) (1000 (2-6") (1K-2K")...(3000 BC) Dallas d-3%") (1-2") (3) (G) $3.00 Dalton (100 BC) (Colbert) (8000 BC) (5) (M) $1.00... (J) (5) Copena (1-2") (2) (2000 BC) (6) Dalton (8000 BC) (#) l%-3") (2) Darnrcn (5000 BC) (#)...(1000 BC) (4) (lfc-2%") (A) $1.00 Fish Tailed Dalton (8000 BC) (l%-4") (2) Flint Creek (3000 BC) ...Nolichucky Mud Point (4000 BC) (5) (A) $2.00 Ross County Ohio Fluted (12000 BC) (2-5") (1) (H) $35.00 |  | | Catalog/List | | Laranjeiras Mine, Minas Gerias,Brazil Magnet Cove,Arkansas,USA ½ x½ £1.50 5mm£3 Hannover Cove.St Agncs, Comwall...Mongolia. P.D.WellNo I , near Ajo, Pima lxl £4 County, Arizona , U.S.A Ribane Mine, Mozambique £8 Mt...Close, Cobham.Surrey England KT! I 2NL Boron, Kem County,Califomia U.S.A Madagascar Ix! £2 lxl £7. S0...ltaly lxl £5 Boghill Road Quarry, Glengonnley, County Antrim, Yaknl Mine,Bigndic, Turkey 1/,x½ £S ½...2x2 £6 Davis Mountains,Maricopa 5mm £3 County,Arizona, USA Hilarion Mine , Lnurium,Greecc ½ • £3 lxl |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain, Trinity County, Calif."—on label. Island Mountain, in the S / W corner of Trinity County, is in N ...Middletown and Meriden are in northern New Haven County in central Connecticut. ILLINOIS—From George A...area."— on label. Niota is in northern Hancock County of western Illinois. INDIANA—"I found a small new...26, 1964 from Lenora Dalton, Remington, Ind. Remington, in southern Jasper County, is in N / W Indiana...Indiana. MASSACHUSETTS—"I am sending some minerals from Bernardston, Mass. They come from a limestone ledge |  | | Report (volume) | | 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...Shelby County, near Whiting Station and Calera; Talladega County, in several places. Bauxite. Cherokee |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vol. 47, No. 8 • August 2017 16 THE NEW CARVER AGATE FIELD Does the material match the hype? 10 By... 28 By Rick Olmstead 38 50 MANAKARRA GRAPE AGATE New botryoidal material from Indonesia. 38 By...expansion, especially Eleanor Krimmel, from the USA, whose generous donations really put us over the... www.rockngem.com Rock & Gem 9 The Carver Agate Field Does the Material Match the Hype? This...brown tubes captured in transparent, blue-green agate matrix. Story and Photos by John L. Carver I |  | | Book (volume) | | thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of 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) | | thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond...of 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | .......................................... Massachusetts...............:...............................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.;...; Jefferson County, at Ely ton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works"; St. Clair County, at Greensport; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sponsored by the "500" Earth Sciences Club. Hancock County Fairgrounds. Info.—Don Mahoney, 317/ 255-5872.... Sept. 6-8—Muskegon, Michigan. Muskegon County Rock & Mineral Association Show. Wilma Hall, 2950 McCracken...NJ 07080. Sept. 7, 8—Roseburg, Oregon. Douglas County Gem & Mineral Show sponsored by the Umpqua Gem...8—North Adams, Massachusetts. Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show sponsored by the Northern Berkshire Mineral Club...Fossil & Crafts Show spon sored by the Licking County Rock and Mineral Society, Indian Mound Mall, 771 |  | | Journal (issue) | | West Steve Voynick Mark Leatherman 50 POLKA DOT AGATE Appeal Across the Ages Bruce McKay 30 MICROSCOPIC...with ALBITE and QUARTZ Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, CA Watercolor by Frederick C. Wilda© REVELATIONS...Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur County, and also near Goble, Columbia County in 1967. Again, this new mineral...During quarrying operations at Centerville, Fairfax County, a wide seam was opened that held amazing specimens...mine trip information 2020 Rough Biggs Jasper • Agate Landscape Stones • Club Mine Trips China Hollow |  | Keshav, Shantanu, Corgne, Alexandre, Gudfinnsson, Gudmundur H., Bizimis, Michael, McDonough, William F., Fei, Yingwei (2005) Kimberlite petrogenesis: Insights from clinopyroxene-melt partitioning experiments at 6 GPa in the CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-CO2 system. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69 (11) 2829-2845 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2005.01.012 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2005 Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/05 $30.00 ⫹ .00 doi:10...Institution of Washington, Washington DC 20015, USA Department of Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve...Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA 3 National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Isotope Geochemistry...FL 32306, USA 4 Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA 2 (Received...upper-mantle conditions (Canil and Scarfe, 1990; Dalton and Presnall, 1998b; Gudfinnsson and Presnall, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Spectacular spon sored by the Henderson County Gem and Min September 8-10—Toledo, Ohio. 19th...10—North Adams, Massachusetts. 26th Annual Gem & Mineral Show sponsored by the Northern Berkshire Mineral Club... Fossil & Crafts Show sponsored by the Licking County Rock and Mineral Society. YWCA, ah & Church Sts... C A — " G e m Pegmatite Minerals of San Diego County, California." 2:30 P.M.—Daria Neilson, Millers...Show sponsored by the Duneland Rock Club. Lake County Fair Grounds. Information: Art Clark, 808 Cardinal |  | | 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...ClIRYSOCOLLA AUBREY GROUP, in Northern Arizona Agate, (in Kuibab limestone) BIG BUG CREEK, Yavapai Co...Cruz Co. Opal SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS, Santa Cruz Co. Agate SHANNON MOUNTAIN, Greenlee Co. Chalcedony SILVER |  | | Book (edition) | | were shaped by some accident of For instance, agate How is their formation. frequently found in...chrysoberyl cats-eye are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are...the many types of agate, opal and petrified this region is noted. The agate is wood for which...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn up almost...diagonally through matrix rock. Polished Fairburn agate from South Dakota. \\ jfc^ ^ ^ * Emerald in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | "Sticks and Stones and Dinosaur Bones." Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive. Information: Dave A...Stone" sponsored by the Eugene Mineral Club. Lane County Fairgrounds, 13th and Monroe. Chairman: Nettie...Mineral Show sponsored by the Kern County Mineral Society. Kern County Fairgrounds, South P Street. Chairman:...Columbus Rock and Mineral Society, the Road. Licking County Rock and Mineral Society, the Rockwell International...sored by the North Idaho Mineral Club. Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4060 Govern ment Way, Martin Britz |  | | 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...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...Canyon, diggings on N of hwy. Extending up canyonagate, Beryl, Almandite garnets, Lepidolite, Staurolite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Exhilarating New Arizona Find REGULAR COLUMNS 56 MINERAL COUNTY WANDERINGS Field Notes .........................smaller specimens were discovered near Globe, Gila County, Arizona, during a careful search that lasted about...same chemical cleaning. HISTORY OF MINING IN GILA COUNTY For nearly 200 years, prospectors in the Southwest...might have explored the Richmond Basin in Gila County, Arizona, for silver in the 16th and 17th centuries...silver is also found at the Alhambra Mine in Grant County, New Mexico. When slabbed, the dendritic native |
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