 | | Report (volume) | | AND SAMUEL SANFORD A revision of Bulletin 585 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT FEINTING OFFICE 1917 CONTENTS................................................ Tennessee.....................^....................................................................... Washington................................................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 |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...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...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Report (volume) | | COMPILED BY SAMUEL SANFORD AND RALPH W. STONE WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1914 USEFUL MINERALS...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...MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES. Tennessee........Mr. George H. Ashley, Washington, D. C. Texas............Dr.........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville. Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state...and Spodumene. For instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side...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 |  | | Book (edition) | | DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 18 8 8 USEFUL MINERALS...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | 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 |  | | Book | | Vili Fossil-Stegosaurus * Alabama Mineral-Hematite Rock-Marble Fossil-Basilosaurus cetoides Gemstone-Star...Blue Quartz Soil-Bama Series Mineral-Rhodochrosite Rock-Yule Marble 22 22 Zo 24 * Connecticut OG G& BY...Stone-Agatized Coral Mineral-Quartz Crystal Soil-Myakka Fine Sand Series Rock-Bauxite Soil-Stuttgart Series...Fossil-Shark Tooth Gem-Quartz 35 36 36 38 38 38 Rock-Serpentine * Hawaii Fossil-Sabre-Toothed Cat Gemstone-Benitoite...Stone-Salem Limestone River-Wabash River 49 50 * Iowa Rock-Geode DZ * Kansas Soil-Harney Silt Loam Series |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations: xl—crystal xled—crystallized fl—-fluoresces ALABAMA—The...Devonian and Carboniferous formations in Choctaw, Washington, Clarke, Escambia and other counties carry deposits...gathered and marketed. Hatchetigbee Bluff, in Washington Co., Ala., was so noted. ARIZONA — Earl U. Mayer...suggestions?" A nice six-inch doubly terminated rock crystal, and a beautiful rutilated quartz cabochon (colorless...xls of rutile) have been donated by the Ken Dor Rock Roost (The McClures), 419 Sutter Ave., Modesto, |  | | Book (volume) | | 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 |  | | 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 ... 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 |  | | 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) | | the total of 4,284 new Terms were United States county and city Terms. Counties and Cities in the United...States Earlier editions had Terms such as Washington County and Portland for counties and cities of the...occur in more than one state, e.g. there are Washington counties in several states. In this edition,...unique; for example: Washington County Arkansas and Portland Maine. Each new county Term can now autopost...to counties was a major task. The scope of U.S. county and city Terms can now be clear even when they |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DESIRED PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviations: xI—crystal fl—fluoresces xled—crystallized ph—phosphoresces...about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...intruding." ARKANSAS—"Enclosed is a very odd quartz crystal (s). It seems to be above 7 in hardness. It will...will make a mark on any average quartz crystal. What do you think of it? It comes from about 7 miles north... Arkansas on Highway 7. Right side of road in a rock bank. Recovered several of these and some very odd |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bacher; Reinhold Bacher photo. Fluorapatite, 3.3-cm crystal, from the Pulsifer quarry, Maine. Collected by...own favorite experiences is gazing raptly into a crystal pocket just after it has been opened, and all the...classic locality for spectacularly large apophyllite crystal clusters, which still rank as some of the largest...cleaned off the thaumasite to expose the entire crystal. It is free of damage thanks to the protective... Eureka Supplement 5 THE THRILL Wulfenite crystal cluster, 30 cm across, collected in the Glove mine |  | | Catalog/List | | Sulfur specimen from Italy – a tremendously large crystal on matrix. There is a wide selection of exemplary...Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans for the area of Scotland beyond...Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA This is one of the Chalcocite crystal groups saved by enlightened specimen...of operation from 1993 - 1997. This iridescent crystal group is typical of the high quality Chalcocites...Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California, USA San Diego County doesn’t just raise Avocados and |  | | Book | | privilege of district Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Illinois, and the Territories of Missouri...lives in the family of Mr. Micheaux at the little rock ferry, that place. and six. and walks to that...the lead mines Virginia, to the Mine in Weythe County, a Burton, in Louisiana, and obtained a grant...principal part of is extended so as Lawrence county. to in- — 22 mineral district in the world....and formerly lead mines of Louisiana, ties of Washington, Madison : characterized known as the comprises |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | desired. Please send them in. Abbreviations: xl—crystal xled—crystallized fl—fluoresces ph—phosphoresces...and much used in industry, is found in De Kalb County, 4 miles northwest of Fort Payne, Ala. There a...Another deposit is reported as being in Clarke County-" ARIZONA—Earl Mayer, 1753 " I " St, Yuma, Ariz...specimen some month ago. The specimen came from Crystal Hill, Plumose C o , Ariz, and consisted of a dark...my custom. Some one finally told me of a natural rock bridge somewhere near Clinton. Yes, inquiry brought |  | | Book (edition) | | In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. Copyright: HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO. 1881...Ore—Refl Hematite—Red Silver Ore—Rensselaerite—Rock Crystal— Rock Salt—Rutile—Serpentine—Silicate of Copper—Silver...Platinum—Howto Assay Gold in the Simplest Way—To Test any Rock for Gold and Silver—To Find the Purity of Gold—To...A “translu¬ cent ” mineral is either clear as crystal or only allows light to pass dimly through a thin...seldom found. In general, where the lay¬ ers of rock lie level and contain fossil shells, it is a locality |  | | Journal (issue) | | written content Paul E. Desautels Washington, DC Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey British Museum...uncommon lithium-mica from Coyote Peak, Humboldt County, California .....................................602-299-5274 COVER: AMETHYST from Guerrero, Mexico. The crystal measures about 9 cm; Olaf Medenbach specimen and...issues of some of the other mineral magazines such as Rock & Gem, Rocks & Minerals, Lapidary Journal or Gems...(David Barnes, Frank Coff, John Fields) and one crystal drawing specialist (Judi Pecover) col laborated |  | | Book (edition) | | Thesaurus am Guide to Indexing Fourth Edition Crystal S. Palmer, Editor 7 ia Published by th AMERICAN...largest groups of new terms have been U.S. county names; rock-formation names (mostly North American);...granite-granodiorite family was eliminated. Many specific rock types which had been autoposted narrower terms under...These include local geographic terms, U.S. county names, rock-formation names, and fossil names. Indexing...more than 12. The same applies to North American rock-formation names mentioned in the indexed literature |  | | Book | | WHAT IS PROBABLY THE WORLD'S FINEST APOPHYLLITE CRYSTAL, CENTREVILLE, VA. SPECIMEN C O L L E C T E D B...Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER 8 Tennessee 8 7 6 CHAPTER 10 South Carolina ......... _...t h Carolina, a n d C l i n g m a n ' s Dome, Tennessee. Because t h e a l t i t u d e o f Mt. M i t c...Jefferson, B e r k e l e y Kentucky: E l l i o t Tennessee: Unicoi, Greene, Cocke, Sevier, Blount, Monroe...e c e n t u r y f o u r w e r e f o u n d i n Tennessee. 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