 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | —William J . Maloney, Jr. 4516 Traymore St. Bethesda, Maryland 20014 2nd Vice Pres.- •Morris Ratcliff Box 1111...(Mrs. Bramwell) 5904 Plainfield Ave. Baltimore, Maryland 21206 Ass't. Treasurer—Carl Krotki 170 West End...cut for the begin ning students. The Rockland County Mineral and Gem Club, Spring Valley, went to the...Members Annette and George Hade of the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, spent a part of their...unnamed loca tion in Alabama for flint, calcite, jasper, clear quartz and banded agate. The GLERCLapidary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | marcasite, together with most of the kaolinite, opal, jasper, agate and iron ores, such as limonite, hematite...Hegion bodies of hematite were formally mined in Maryland at the Springfield and Carroll mines near ~YI...one-half miles northeast of Whitehill in Baltimore County, Md. Chromium Mines: Formerly large bodies of chormite...extending from near New Lisbon, Carroll County, through Montgomery County, nearly to the Potamac River a few...were formerly mined neal' Xew 'Vindsor, Carroll County, ~Iaryland. Copper Mines: Local accumulations |  | | Report (volume) | | Rouge. Maine............Mr. C. Vey Holman, Bangor. Maryland........ .Prof. E. B. Mathews, Johns Hopkins University...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | canals for streets, where he found specimens of jasper, jade and other speci mens. He did not name it...pyrites to the Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. Members Weldon and Edith Storey...petrified wood and nice pieces of black and red jasper rewarded the members who made the trip to Butner...he dis cussed lapidary with the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society, Lake Wales. Ames Bixeman...the Field" was shown. MARYLAND The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, received a number |  | | Book (edition) | | 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...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | was some hexagonal brucite crys tals The Bergen County Mineral ogy and Paleontology Society, Paramus...fossil field trip was made to Calvert Cliffs, Maryland The Rock and Gem Society of North Jersey visited...Year with many happy rock collect Symposium (Maryland) where she had ing hours! many micros from St...Jewelers, was guest speaker Nine members of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, made a field trip...apatite, rare earth minerals and mica The Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca, presented a slide |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world-wide locality index. The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...Alleghany County. Howard Freeland specimen and photo. Rutherford pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch...Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed to collectors. However, landowners...(c) = currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos...cuprite, goethite, malachite, siderite Alleghany County Peters Mountain—(roadcut outcrops) near Jordan |  | | Report (volume) | | ............................................. Maryland.................................................13, No. 3, 1915. Brown, A. P., and Ehrenfeld, Frederick, Minerals of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Top. and...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.; |  | | Book (edition) | | are valued chiefly for pattern, and agate and jasper among semi- precious materials are even classified...topaz crystal And is such a chameleon color, or jasper), etc. gem if you not yellow, nor are might...specific locations are comparatively few, but jasper, agate and even more valuable stones may turn...portion just left of center. Orbicular or "poppy" jasper with yellow, red, and orange patterns. How ...mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | —William J . Maloney, Jr. 4516 Traymore St. Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Ass't. Treasurer—Carl Krotki 170 West End...(Mrs. Bramwell) 5904 Plainfield Ave. Baltimore, Maryland 21206 Reporter to Rocks—Vernon Wertz 9707 Sutherland...Anne. The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, is sponsoring a Micromount Swap...a club exhibit in the Mellon Bank. The Beaver County Rock and Mineral Society showed slides titled "...E Y York Indians." Gemstone Cutting The Bergen County Mineralogy and was the topic of a program presented |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | on silversmithing Member Bob Culver of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, found a "fair sized"...and now Superintendent of all mu seums in Nassau County, spoke with the Long Island Mineral and Geology...the Wateree Valley Rock and Min eral Society for jasper. Art Croll of the Aiken Gem and Mineral Society... Heun and Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Taylor The Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology Society, Paramus, is...including fossil coral, cold water agate, and chert and jasper. Honorary member Grady Dunn served as auctioneer |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Show. The Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills, found quartz crystals, wulfenite...Show. At least 1,000 were needed. PENNSYLVANIA MARYLAND Congratulations to the Mineralogical Society...Clauser reported that six members of the Bucks County Earth Science Society, Feasterville, placed in..."His kind of Faceting." The Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club, Frederick, made a trip to Franklin,...Lapidary and Mineral Society of Prince George's County, Md., had a program based on the "Pacific Ring |  | | Journal (issue) | | world-wide locality index The localities are listed by county, followed by a listing of the most prominent minerals...pegmatite in Amelia County and the Lynch Station locality (turquoise crystals) in Campbell County, are now closed...(c) = currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite;...1 inch across; found near Briar Fork, Albemarle County (photograph by T. M. Gathright, 11; W. F. Giannini |  | | 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...in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: area barite...cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | River, with the ex ceptions as follows: Albemarle County was very thorough ly covered in Rocks and Minerals...G.S. Topo graphical Sheets. Also used were the county road maps which number every little road which...Richmond, Virginia The price is 2 0 cents per county. Other states could well follow this example. The...=Mine. G.=Gold. St.=Stone. C o . = C o m p a n y or County. A c t i v e . = I n operation when visited. W...bornite, diopside, actinolite xls, 'byssolite, jasper in chalcedony as rolled stones. sphene xls (to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at Lincoln, Nebraska, was shown by the Tompkins County Gem and Mineral Club, Ithaca. James Warren, Sr...Junior Exhibit. Also the Club went pan the Wayne County Gem and Mineral ning for gold at Play more Beach...mer, Professor and Director of the PaleStanley County came home with some ontological Research Institution...motto of the Rock and Min eral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless Hills. Member Theresa Coatney 494 placed...the wall of the Club's meeting room. The Bucks County Earth Science Society, Feasterville, publishes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Wasilla, Alaska. Among the pebbles we found red jasper, brownish quartz, milky quartz, whitish chalcedony...the Gulf of Mexico. Key West is the county seat of Monroe County. The name, Key West, is said to be a...these inclusions for me. They were found in Putnam County, Georgia, about 10 miles east of Eatonton. Some...calcite) at the quarry south of Monon in White County, Ind. The pockets are oil filled and it's a little...vivianite. No lepidolite is present in the specimen. MARYLAND — "On a recent rockhunting trip I came across |  | | Book (volume) | | in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...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) | | in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES:...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...Coronado Nat. Forest."— on label. ARKANSAS—Brown jasper pebbles have been found in a creek bed near Benton...south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California. While it might sound like exaggeration...Ind. Fortville is in N.W. Hancock County, near the Hamilton County line; the gravel pit is close by,... just over the line in Hamilton County. "For your World News department I am sending you an amethyst |  | | 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...Greenlee Co Chalcedony DEER CREEK, Gila Co., near Jasper GEALE MOUNTAINS, Maricopa Co. Barite FLAGSTAFF...Co. ♦Fluorspar RED ROVER MINE, Maricopa Co. Red Jasper RICE, Gila Co. Olivine, (Found in basalt rocks |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | members is the first thought of the Imperial Polk County Gem and Mineral Society, Lake Wales, who have instituted...mem bers learned about Polk County materials, and the geology of Polk County. Mrs. Lillian Turner, chairman...specimens. ALABAMA Following a long lapse, the Callioun County Mineral and Gem Society, Anniston, got in touch...some Malachite crystals. Beyenberg, of the Bergen County Min The Charlotte Gem and Mineral eralogy and...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County was host to Mr. Terry Dyroff, Instructor in Geo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | July 31, 1888. -The Redrock Sandstone of Marion County, Iowa. 4 PP. (273-276), Ill.Am. Jour. Sci., Vol...-Discovery of Fossils in the Limestones of Frederick County, Maryland. 3 PP., Ill.-Johns Hopkins University...Petrography and Structure of the Piedmont Plateau in Maryland, by George Huntington Williams, of Johns Hopkins...Geological Section Across the Piedmont Plateau in Maryland. 22 pp. (301-322), I pl., Ill.-Bull. Geol. Soc...XXXVI, Sept. 1888. -Two New Meteorites from Carroll County, Ky., and Catorze, Mexico. 8 pp., Ill.-Am. Jour |  | | Report (issue) | | ^ Anne Arundel County 43 Baltimore County 45 Howard County - Montgomery County 88 Prince Georges...Georges County Virginia 74 . 120 129 Arlington County 129 Fairfax County 131 Fauquier County 139...139 Loudoun County 143 Prince William County 149 Diabase quarries of northern Virginia 155 CAPTIONS...of the Baltimore Gabbro Complex at Ilchester, Maryland. Figure 6. Triassic diabase dike forming a ridge...Arundel, Prince George's/and Baltimore Counties, Maryland (Sterrett, 1911). Figure 9. Distribution of |  | | Report (issue) | | ................ .Bradford L. Thomas, member Frederick F. Monroe, deputy Postal Service ...............locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of |
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