 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimen sent you recently. It was found in Coosa County, Ala., near Rockford. You have my permission to...aquamarine (beryl) and was part of a broken gemmy crystal. and fine Magnet Cove collection. It would indeed...terminated, slender rock crystal, lightly stained brown by iron. Six small doubly terminated rock crystals (also...by iron) are grouped at the base of the large crystal. It is a beautiful specimen. Mrs. Lieser is the...Brown Ave., Terre Haute, Ind. I O W A — From Marion County, Iowa, we have an interesting specimen consisting |  | | Book (edition) | | South and in the States and Ter ritories of the far West. These changes, for the most part, have been progressive...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) | | 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............Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...........Dr. Thomas L. Watson, Charlottesville...Washington....... Prof. Henry Landes, Seattle. West Virginia... .Dr. I. C. White, Morgantown. Wisconsin....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Sphalerite and calcite, 5 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. +!.+!+%% 34!2+ +./8 ...chalcopyrite, and sphalerite, 12.7 cm high, Hardin County. Marv Rausch specimen. 3(%,"9 -!#/50). /5 ....and dolostone and limestone that produce lime and rock aggregate. To complicate things for the mineral...and barite, 6 cm high, Minerva No. 1 mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 5 (above right).... Barite, 12.9 cm across, Denton mine, Hardin County. Ross Lillie specimen. Figure 6 (right). Fluorite |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Virginia........................................................................................... West Virginia...............................................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...vanadium minerals in the high plateau region of the West. The present bulletin, like the earlier work, gives |  | | Report (volume) | | to the Knowledge of the Older Mesozoic Flora of Virginia, by "William "Morris Fontaine. 1883. 4°. xi, 144...meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkins County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 86 pp....57 pi. Price 25 cents. 38. Peridotite of Elliott County, Kentucky, by J. S. Diller. 1887. 8°. 31 pp. 1...Bituminous Coal Field of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, by Israel C. White. 1891. 8°. 212pp. 11 pi |  | | Book (edition) | | 52 moveable bubbles and 9 basal planes, and one crystal with a basal plane and enclosing a gas, a liquid...ities and suggestions from Mrs. H, A. Burdick county, of Mr. J. of A. D. Stephenson of Statesville...Alamance, Chatham, Moore, Guilford, Davidson, Randolph, Montgomery, Stanly, Union, Cabarrus, Rowan, Mecklenburg... have been found at the Reid Mine, in Cabarrus county, the Crump Mine and the Swift Island Mine, in Montgomery...the Little John Mine, in Caldwell county, and Pax Hill in Burke county. Very beautiful arborescent gold |  | | Book (edition) | | during the last the catalogues and a having 52 crystal with a solid." Statesville, has also discovered...Burdiek, Macon Prof. J. T. I From am of county, of Mr. J. A. D. Stevenson, of States- Humphreys...Alamance, Chatham, Moore, are: Guilford, Davidson, Randolph, Montgomery, Stanly, Union, Cabarrus, Rowan...their size, Cabarrus county, the Montgomery with have been Crump Mine county, (at the lat- octahedral...the Gaston county, and the Little John Caldwell county, and Pax Hill in Burke county. Very Shemwell |  | | Report (issue) | | ofthe Sections's activities and include identifying rock and mineral samples submitted by the citizens of...Chief Geologist FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution...the distinction of producing the largest emerald crystal in North America -- 1,438 carats. The most expensive...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these...Spodumene 15 Garnet 16 Rutile 17 Quartz 17 Rock Crystal 17 Amethyst •• 18 Rose Quartz 18 Smoky | | | Report (issue) | | Geologist i FRONT COVER PHOTO Twinned emerald crystal from North Carolina, photo from Smithsonian Institution...the distinction of producing the largest emerald crystal in North America — 1,438 carats. The most expensive...beauty are found in Cowee Valley in the Franklin County area of western North Carolina. Many of these......................................... 17 Rock Crystal . . ..........................................Alamance County ........................................................... 24 24 Alexander County ... |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | new find» are desired. Please send them in. xl—crystal xled—crystallized xline—Crystalline ALABAMA —...about 15 miles south of Anniston, Alabama, where the rock had been cut away to make way for a highway. Veins...pink calcite (intermixed) were also found in the rock. The pink will fluoresce red under a short wave...mineral sub-head Alaska, you mentioned that the but a rock called phyllite—a lustrous dark mineral Stellerite...was found in Alaska. gray finely xline metamorphic rock inter"Being a proud Californian, I can not mediate |  | | Book | | WHAT IS PROBABLY THE WORLD'S FINEST APOPHYLLITE CRYSTAL, CENTREVILLE, VA. SPECIMEN C O L L E C T E D B...is different in many respects :ollecting in the West, and also since some o f you m a y - : o t h e h...CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...i n i a : Fauquier, Goochiand, Orange, B u r k e West Vi r g i n i a : Monroe, M o r g a n , Jefferson...Wa t a u g a , M o o r e , M o n t g o m e r y, Randolph, Macon South C a r o l i n a : Chesterfield, L |  | | 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 (volume) | | 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...................389 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Page Ohio .....................................................499 Virginia ............................................. |  | | 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) | | 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 (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) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...rises 4,460’ east to west, from 840’ to 5,300’, yet so imperceptibly. The highest elevation, 5,424’,...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...sandhills fan out across the west and northwest counties, while the farthest west reaches rise to the high...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes |  | | 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 (volume) | | 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...................333 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Ohio ..........................................................408 Virginia ............................................. |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...................333 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Page Ohio .....................................................408 Virginia ............................................. |  | | Journal (issue) | | Amethyst Crystals Ellis Jones Amethyst Mine, Due West, S. C. (See page 890 for story of the find) DECEMBER...1965 Whole Number 315 .. New Arrivals AMETHYST CRYSTAL GEODES, Chihuahua, Mexico. Many choice complete...at twice the above prices. | | | SMOKY QUARTZ CRYSTAL GEODES, Chihuahua, Mexico. Sawed halves on agate...... 885 NEW FIND OF GIANT AMETHYST, EAST OF DUE WEST, S. C. — Lester W, Ferguson ......................Tucson Gem and Mineral Society will be held at Pima County Fairgrounds, 4700 S. 6th Ave., Tucson, Ariz. Gc-n |  | | Journal (issue) | | ULTRA-VIOLET AND HOME EFFICIENT ... IDEAL FOR FLUORESCENT ROCK COLLECTORS! THE AMAZING Tiger LONG AND WITH...Postag insurance and handling } { Mississipp! .50—West of Mis ppl $1.00 EASTERN | eck oF money | CORPORATION...Choice of the BEST Mineral, rock and fossil collections—Mineral, rock and fossil specimens —Aids for...crystallographic study—Models: geomorphological, crystal form, structure—Color slides for geology—Superb...exhibitors and dealers dominate the scene. Ishpeming Rock The and Minerals Club were hosts on the occasion |
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