 | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | support, protect and expand the collection of mineral specimens and to further the recognition of the...and aesthetic value of minerals and collecting mineral specimens. Inside This Issue President’s Message...Chapter Reports 21-22 Best Paper Thank You 22 Mineral Show in Poland 23 Minerals of Western Europe –...– Wrap up (Tucson) 24-25 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show Awards 25 Friends of Mineralogy Tucson Awards 26...the Editor 27 Mineral Hill Field Trip Report 28-30 Fluorite (Dodecahedron) with Quartz, Erongo Mountains |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Localities of Philadelphia and Vicinity Author(s): Theodore D. Rand, William W. Jefferis and...org/terms 174 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. MINERAL LOCALITIES OF PHILADELPHIA AND VICINITY. BY THEODORE...Philadelphia has long been famned for the number of its mineral localities and the remarkable abundance and variety...large part of Philadelphia is covered with the Delaware River gravels and clays, but most of the streams...about two miles up stream to Fairmount, whose bold hill is composed of a gneiss which apparently rises |  | | Book (volume) | | Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. THE MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. TIKIS Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, BY JOHN...(funth's "Preliminary Report on tlir Mineralogy of Pennsylvania,*' luted n* ...Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Academy MINERALOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 1. SILVER. (4)i According...occur in Berks countv, at North Reading, in Oley township, and on Cushion Mt. 2. Native copper east of...GRAPHITE. (8) Graphite occurs, with gneiss and quartz on A.Johnson's farm E. from Feastcrvillc, Bucks |  | | Report (volume) | | the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...may be determined by scratching it with another mineral or with a knife blade. This may mutilate tllQ StOne... 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral indicate only increasing...is the mineral nearest the diamond in hardness. Because much dust is composed of silica (quartz, 7 on...scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals are harder in one direction than |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 107 ) from the pegmatites at QUARTZ, silica, Si02, is an essential mineral in the granite pegmatites. Massive...Massive, white, or smoky colored crystalline quartz often makes up the greater bulk of the mass of pegmatite...are of pink or the rose quartz variety. Rock crystals, or the colorless quartz crystals, are often found...found as well as are smoky quartz crystals in the cavities of druses which occur in many pegmatites. Amethyst...Amethyst, the purple colored variety of crystalline quartz, usually is found in crystals in cavities or pockets |  | | Book (edition) | | comprehensive information and is designed to lead amateur mineral collectors to America's precious and semipre-...describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...are in Yet the fascination and lure of these mineral treasures continues as strong as ever. Who with...times, jewels were privileges of the rich. The mineral sources were tightly guarded secrets, as were |  | | Book (edition) | | materials have been found 58 119 Glossary of mineral terms 173 Sources of information 175 Books...by buying from the large stocks advertised by mineral supply houses. It's fun and profitable 1 Perhaps...from rocks, which are mixmres of minerals. Each mineral has physical characteristics peculiar to itself...gem and rare enough stand stone material, a mineral must be beautito be worth keeping, and hard enough... mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which would |  | | Book (volume) | | chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...landsvertebrate fossil remains; Pine Ridge, areaQuartz concretions, agates, petrified wood, fossils, etc |  | | Book | | 3 -N APPALACHIAN MINERAL & GEM TRAILS 3 3 By June Culp Zeitner 'NS 3 v' r,. -S.’ Vv '• li ...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...streams and rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE, area...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................ 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 |  | | Book (edition) | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | 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...These are only examples of notable changes in the mineral production of the United States and of correlated...changes in the appraised value of some of the mineral deposits. In this list, as in the earlier lists |  | | Book | | Catalog Card Number: 74-1276 The pictures of gold-in-quartz, smithsonite, stilbite, and wulfenite on the front...which characterize their change. Most of the great mineral and gem discoveries of the world have been made...learn that gravel beds are rich in such minerals as quartz, feldspar, mica, garnet, tourmaline, magnetite...formation of coal is inter¬ esting. It has very little mineral substance but has been formed by pressure on vegetable...Schists often contain feldspar, garnet, mica and quartz. With sapphires are often found associated an abundance |  | | Book (volume) | | .......................................... xi Mineral Locations by State Alabama ................................................................132 Delaware ........................................................................................402 Pennsylvania .............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ............................... |  | | Book (edition) | | MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Diamond M Tourmaline fQl Ruby, O Sapphire Quartz crystal 'y^ Garnet — Azu rite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...their interest. earth sciences are as wide as the mineral kingdom itself, with something for everyone. How...fluor-spar from Derbyshire or, perhaps, a pyramid of smoky quartz from Cumberland. The next it may be rock crystal...amber of ancient trees. More than 2,000 distinct mineral species are known; only about 100 of these have |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T...S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee |  | | Book (volume) | | Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps...variety and wealth of locality information concerning quartz gemstones are recognized in a separate chapter...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | gold-bearing areas. Lode deposits usually consist of Quartz veins in solid rock, while placer deposits occur...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: |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Occurrences : Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 06:19 25 August 2017 Abbreviations ...Colo., is being reworked. The ore of the Lode is a quartz-fluoride vein in red granite (Pike's Peak variety)...malachite, and some silver and gold. ALASKA—A new mineral that was first found in Alaska was named hulsite...CONNECTICUT—"Can you give me an identification on this mineral? It came from a road cut in Tarriffville (Hartford...consists of small, white albite xls. DELAWARE—We need items on Delaware. Do hope a reader will send one in |  | | Journal (issue) | | THE MINERAL COLLECTOR . [Entered as Second - Class Matter at the New York , N. Y., Post Office, March... 1895 . Vol. II . No. 6 . For The Mineral Collector. Quartz and its Varieties . By Albert C. Bates...PART III. In writing this series of articles on quartz, my effort has been to present the subject in such...features of the finest specimens of any particular mineral, and who owns them , seems to me perfectly natural...is wellto cultivate. Nearly all tbe varieties of quartz occur in Nova Scotia. Localities are numerous, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | photo. May/June: Tourmaline on quartz, Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum...Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and EricaVan Pelt photo. July/August: Amethyst and calcite...mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...Erica Van Pelt photo. November/December: Elbaite on quartz, Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Hyman...(1780-1849, see Who’s Who in Mineral Names Berry, R. R., Large Smoky Quartz and Fluorite Crystals from |
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