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DESCRIPTIVE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA 104 Na 2Al 2 Si3 Oi .2H 2 O; SiO 2 47.4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na...Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis: Fe 2 O3 CaO...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating |
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the Geological Survey's annual report entitled " Mineral Resources of the United States" (the volumes for...of a century. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States have been enormously...showing the composition and character of each mineral and the location of. its principal deposits. Many...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 |
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............................ 16 34 42 81 97 Delaware............................................................................................ Pennsylvania...............................................the Geological Survey's annual report entitled "Mineral Eesources of the United States" for 1882 and 1887...more until 1914. During that period, however, the mineral resources of the United States were enormously...resources of the country. Many changes in the mineral industry other than increase in production have |
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pegmatites at QUARTZ, silica, Si02, is an essential mineral in the granite pegmatites. Massive, white, or smoky...these cores are of pink or the rose quartz variety. Rock crystals, or the colorless quartz crystals, are...cavities or pockets but are much rarer than the rock crystal or smoky quartz variety. Rose quartz crystals...colored minerals which often occur in pegmatites. Rock crystals occur at many localities. Some over three...been found at Pala, California. A fortyfour pound crystal nineteen inches in length was taken from the Devil's |
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ALBERT STATES WILLIAMS, Jr. ABSTRACT FROM "MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES CALENDAR YEAR 1687"—DAVID...UNITED A PARTIAL LIST OF ORES, MINERALS. AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES OF INDUS TRIAL IMPORTANCE, ARRANGED...are based upon those published in the volume of Mineral Resources for 1882, pages 6G4-775, and very closely...principal occurrences of the ores, minerals, and mineral substances of industrial importance of the several...original lists were compiled, the rapid growth of the mineral industries of the country, changes in the channels |
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distinguished by their, physical properties: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...important aids in identifying gems. They are: color, crystal form, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity...in most minerals. Most gem stones have certain crystal systems that form under favorable conditions of...particular atomic arrangement results. The six crystal systems in which gem stones may form are: isometric...cleavage, surfaces are parallel to some of the crystal faces of some gem stones. For example, diamonds |
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Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |
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Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...gas and coal from thick beds contributes to the mineral economy. But as far as the collector is concerned...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...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |
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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:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |
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3 -N APPALACHIAN MINERAL & GEM TRAILS 3 3 By June Culp Zeitner 'NS 3 v' r,. -S.’ Vv '• li ... WHAT IS PROBABLY THE WORLD'S FINEST APOPHYLLITE CRYSTAL, CENTREVILLE, VA. SPECIMEN C O L L E C T E D B...unequalled i n hospitality. Many friends, gem and mineral clubs, and gem and m i n e n d dealers and suppliers...u m s i n t h e 1 j t r Numerous g e m a n d mineral shows held throughout the Appalachian states each...Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania: S c h u y l k i l l R i v e r Vi r g i n i |
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Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps...commerce. Coarser gemstones, or those which are rock-like in character or abundance, are treated in still...references, among them may be mentioned: Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio...furnished by Col. E. M. Barron of the Southern Gem and Mineral Company of El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they |
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 2014 Fourth...Fourth Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...printing December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page............................................. xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama ................................................................132 Delaware ............................................. |
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V ft > Z r > 0 c o m * 1 Woe AMERICAN MINERAL GUIDE & S' is 531 o K C O SQ Cc .-1 r u...American Mineral (5uidc to Notable Collecting Areas and ©ircctoru Cn of American Mineral & Gem Collectors...BY Western Mineral Exchange Seattle, Washington 1941 t Copyright 1941 WESTERN MINERAL EXCHANGE PKISTKD...our United States of particular interest to the mineral collector. (2) To itemize those minerals occuring...included in the amateur collections of our American mineral hobbyists and collectors; (3) To list and offer |
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They could probably buy a similar specimen in a rock shop or jewelry store for a fraction of what their...the relationship of crystals to various kinds of rock formation he may spend his life searching for particular...about the rock world. Furthermore, in the beginning the world was rock and it is still rock. There is...of permanent substance on this earth that is not rock. To learn something about the history of and changes...which characterize their change. Most of the great mineral and gem discoveries of the world have been made |
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BOTANY, fossil. See Paleobotany. MINERAL MAPS. See Maps, Mineral. Some headings have entries listed...related nature. Examples are: MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS. See also Mineralogy. MINERAL DEPOSITS. See al80 Economic...geology under the states and countries. See also Mineral deposits; the more important economic minerals...articles discussing Mineral deposits origin of minerals or ores Mineral name listing Mineral descriptions Area;...includes more than one mineral; not Mineral resources indexed to individual minerals Mineral examinations, origin |
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fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...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 |
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fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though the state produces more...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 |
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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 ... test samples in the field for/ hardness, crystal formation," (continued on back flap) r 1° *o...M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla |
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States—Object of this Work and How to Use it—The Best Mineral Regions,.9 CHAPTER II. Directions for Determining...Ore—Refl Hematite—Red Silver Ore—Rensselaerite—Rock Crystal— Rock Salt—Rutile—Serpentine—Silicate of Copper—Silver...Diamonds, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead And Iron.—Mineral Riches, how Discovered—Indications— Seaching for...Platinum—Howto Assay Gold in the Simplest Way—To Test any Rock for Gold and Silver—To Find the Purity of Gold—To...Testing Graphite,.92 CHAPTER VI. Mineral Springs.—What are Mineral Springs—General Lo¬ cation—Gas Springs—Iron |
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____________ _ Alabaster -----------------------Rock Gypsum ------------------Alumioates, Ferrires, Borates...Staurolitc Calamine 89 90 90 90 91 Making Your Mineral Collection Gems The Determination of Minerals and...96 96 97 97 98 98 98 99 100 100 101 INDEX OF MINERAL SPECIES A. . A~~olite P~e~; ________________________...concerns chiefly the substances known as minerals. A mineral is a substance produced by the processes of nature...everything found in t~e ground is not necessarily a mineral. Rocks, while they may contam minerals, cannot |
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World News on Mineral Occurrences Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Downloaded by...UNIVERSITY] at 20:37 25 August 2017 Abbreviations: xl—crystal xled—crystallized ALABAMA—W. M. Johnson, RFD...About 18 miles northeast near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept...here had cavities in it that contained a sandlike mineral that was very heavy and enormously rich in silver...very carefully worked out and not a trace of the mineral remains to be found. "It wasn't far from there |
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Gastropoda, Invertebrata, Pelecypoda, Scapho- poda. Mineral resources. See also the subheading Economic geology...Porifera, Brachiopoda, Mollusca, the common economic mineral groups, such as Copper, Gold, Silver, and other...Industrial minerals _ Mineral collecting___________ Mineral .deposits.____________ Mineral deposits, origin...origin,_____ __ Mineral descriptions__________ Mineral resources_ _________ Nomenclature- 3 ___ _ _ Oil...Photogeology _______________ Popular and elementary _______ Rock descriptions____________ Study and teaching______ |
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States GEORGIA Georgia’s nearly 59,000 square miles makes...discovered Diamonds, the largest a pale yellow crystal of 4½ carats picked up near Morrow Station in Clayton...occasionally washed out of gold pans. Many other gem crystal species occur in pegmatite exposures, such as Aquamarine...deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur in a great many regional...Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren |
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 1996 Second...Second Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...63125 December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page...............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama ................................................................116 Delaware ............................................. |
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 2005 Third Edition...Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...63125 December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page...............................................v Mineral Locations by State Alabama ................................................................116 Delaware ............................................. |