 | | Report (volume) | | Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...-___--_Older gneissic rocks of northwestern Rhode Island.____________ Nipsachuck Gneiss------------- |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND. I. PROVIDENCE COUNTY Lr,ovo W. Frsunn.q,Nt Enwrx K. GnlNav...recent survey of the minerals of the state of Rhode Island which are included in the museum collections...Brown University and of Roger Williams Park of Providence, together with a careful study in the field by...the chief rnineral localities and occurrencesin Providence Countvr is here recorded. r A paper is being...CUMeBnl-aNo Fully one-half of the minerals of Providence county are found within the limits of this township |  | | Report (volume) | | Geology of the Chepachet Quadrangle Providence County Rhode Island By ALONZO W. QUINN CONTRIBUTIONS TO...1241-G Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council JNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...geologic map of the Chepachet quadrangle, Providence County, Rhode Island____-_____________._____ In pocket...GEOLOGY OF THE CHEPACHET QUADRANGLE PROVIDENCE COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND By ALONZO W. QUINN ABSTRACT Tbe Chepachet...Chepachet quadrangle in northwestern Rhode Island is underlain by three groups of metamorphic and plutonic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sons. Edward Fuller Holden was born at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, August 28, 1901, rvherehis father, Amasa...training was obtained in the 1901-1925 schools of Woonsocket, and of York, Pennsylvania, where the family...cause of color in rose quartz, smoky qtartz, and amethyst established a new standard for publications in...this subject. His paper on the pigmentation of amethyst was awarded the Walker prize f.or 1925 by the...3. Limonite Pseudomorphsafter Pyrite from York County, PennsYlvania. Am. Mineral., 4, 68-69, (1919). |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystal groupings from Breckenridge District, Summit County, Colorado. Under the microscope fine crystal group...localities in Nevada, Idaho Springs' Clear Creek County, and Mexico where gold and many other fine minerals...The Columbia Gem and Mineral Society collected amethyst at Abbeville. Fossils were collected near Goldsboro...is a featured speaker. RHODE ISLAND Member Pauline Chrabaszcz of the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters, Pawtucket..."Minerals of Rhode Island." Member Clarence Newlander placed a club exhibit in the Woonsocket Branch of |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Charles Welford and Anna R. (Daley) Flagg in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. His mother passed away when he was barely...Gila County. Figure 3 (center left). “Bird’s nest” calcite, 11.6 cm across, Bisbee, Cochise County. Figure...azurite with cerussite, 8.7 cm across, Tiger, Pinal County. Figure 5 (top right). Copper with calcite, 8.8...Bisbee, Cochise County. Flagg attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he received...Creek district near Dewey, in what is now Yavapai County, Arizona, a job that he held until the end of 1907 |  | | Journal (issue) | | ... 462 NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND. By Willard Stone Winslotv, fr. ..............10 ao, NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND 1g llt :cl 1y & id of rd ;t- ! DO ire...like to hear about localities for minerals in Rhode Island. From time to time • very interesting articles...are two famous limestone deposits in northern Rhode Island, once noted for their profusion of mineral specimens...main road between the cities of Providence and Woonsocket) . Providence lies about eight miles to the south |  | | Book | | jewelry, Rock Crystal and its colored varieties, Amethyst, Prase, Chalcecite, dony, Carnelian, Chrysoprase...of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...common, very abundant. (C.) LOVELL. One crystal Amethyst, crystallized and amorphous ; beautiful. was found...of Iron, at Rumford Falls, (J. P.) PARKER'S ISLAND. (In the Kennebeck.) Schorl, sometimes translucent...Theodore Stone, and Mr. Jonathan Plummer, abundant. Amethyst, a large number of crystals found in sinking a |  | | Journal (issue) | | Uses. By Peter Zodac.................. 35 Herkimer County Quartz Crystals. By D. H. Newland..................... ·-······· 44 The Real Beauty of Herkimer County Quartz Crystals. By W. J. Hollister........................ 49 Some Old Quartz Localities in Rhode Island. By Arthur L. Flagg 51 Stibnite in Quartz from...Switzerland are the most famous; in Africa, the island of Madagascar produces enormous rock crystals;...found in Japan. ROCKS and MINERALS 36 HERKIMER COUNTY QUARTZ CRYSTALS By D. H. NEWLAND, State Geologist |  | | Report (issue) | | Valley on the west to the lowlands of Middlesex County on the east (fig. 1). The area is about FIQDBE...thus includes on the south a strip of northern Rhode Island about half a mile to a mile wide and a strip...Emerson's " Geology of Massachusetts and Ehode Island " 3 includes a brief description of the glacial...$3. 2 Emerson, B. K., Geology of old Hampshire County, Mass.: U. S. Geol. Survey Mon. 29, 1898; U. S...southward from Warren into the eastern part of Hampden County and Connecticut. From this axial zone the general |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay...HIGHLAND COUNTY SINKING SPRING, area ore deposit (most important in Ohio) ⎯Hematite. HOCKING COUNTY AREA |  | | 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...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional |  | | Journal (issue) | | CONKLIN QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page...sterling silver beads. Striking combination of amethyst, cultured pearls and 14k gold. A 20" necklace...18x25mm Citrlne Oval .................. $242 15x20mm Amethyst Oval ........•..•.... $95 18x25mm Red Garnet Oval...Red Garnet Oval .............. $45 14mm Round Amethyst ................. S35 14mm Round Citrine .......beads of citrine and smoky quartz, amethyst and citrine, and amethyst and rock crystal. Frosted rose quartz |  | | Report (volume) | | Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle...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 (issue) | | BRIGHT OVAL Bring out the color in a rich-purple amethyst facet design by Jim Perkins 74 DOP OPTIONS Best... tti ti ffor a 112mmX10mm 2 Sketch a setting amethyst, cut by Jim Perkins from “Diane’s Bright Oval...Pendant Sterling silver pendant, anodized titanium, amethyst è “READY, SET, MOVE,” P.32 PHOTO: DEBRA HOFFMASTER...delicious Raspberry Sorbet; and a perfect purple Amethyst Orchid. Uncharacteristic of a spring palette is...moonstone and aquamarine; and quartz varieties like amethyst, citrine, jasper, and chalcedony are prominent |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | ........................................... Rhode Island...............................................University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__.Dr. Earle Sloan...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.; |  | | Journal (issue) | | I. Jacobson, Denver, CO Anthony R. Kampf, l.A. County Museum of Natural History, CA Virgil W. Lueth,...across a local area net\,vork. Subscription offices: USA/North America: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 530 Walnut...Copyright Clearance Center (www.copyright.com) in the USA or the Copyright Licensing Agency (www. cla.co.uk)...Brazil: At the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Carl A. Francis and Aaron Celestian 89 Who's...cm high, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California; E: Tourmaline, 13.8 cm, Madagascar; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Shoup ................ 317 W URTZ IT E IN W ASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA. By Hat field Go11dey ...................located 5 miles n<,rth of Fort Cobb, i!l Caddo County, of western Oklahoma. and was being sunk for oil...t -8n-t2w. wildcat north of Fort Cohh, in Caddo county, trying co free drill pipe stuck 25 feet off bot·...collectors first observed it at p the Cornwall, Lebanon County, Penn., g iron mine and called it "rare," probably...Franklin, a nice little village in eastern Sussex County, in northern New Jersey, is noted for its famous |  | | Book | | North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas... jasp-agate, jasper, quartzite, rock crystal, amethyst, chrysoprase, opal, etc.), serpentine, and steatite...and lapis lazuli, clear red carnelian, purple amethyst, and rock crystal-all mounted in heavy gold settings...pods of a desert plant. A third was of turquoise, amethyst, and hollow gold balls held together with gold...bracelet had brown limestone beads mingled with amethyst and turquoise. About 3500 B.c. the Egyptians were |  | | Book (edition) | | Teneriife, Java, Hamen. New Zealand, Deception Island, and most active volcanic regions, aiford more...near Clear Lake, in California; Inferno, Humboldt County, and Rabbit Hole Mines, Nevada; near Evanston,...argillyte, and occasionally in sandstone. In Rhode Island and at WorcesIts ter, Mass., ft occurs in beds...Y.; Greenville, N. C.; near Attleboro, in Bucks County, Pa.; Wake, N. C. ; on Tyger River, and at Spartanburg...the eastward of Halifax; GOLD. 125 in Beauce County, Canada; also, north of Lake Superior; and in the |  | | Report (volume) | | with State and local historical societies, State, county, and township officers, and individuals in all...Wyoming, Illinois, superintendent of schools, Stark County, 1882-1898, for much valuable information concerning...several hundred cities and towns, and corrections of county names in the State of Illinois. J. P. Dunn, Indiana...Indianapolis, Indiana, for additions to and corrections of county names. M. W. Davis, State Historical Society, Iowa...fora revision of the complete list of Minnesota county names. Franklin L. Riley, Mississippi Historical |  | | Book (edition) | | of to this view, their the rich purple of the amethyst, the soft yellowish shades of the topaz, the deep...springs in Columbia county, New York, and a region in the town of Hoosic, Rensselaer county, afford large quantities...gas. There is another locality at Canoga, Seneca county, where the water is in violent ebullition from...at Warm and Hot Springs in Buncombe At Bath, in county, N. C. and on the Washita in Arkansas. England...been met with, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, (fig. 4,) and Hall county, Georgia. The original rock |  | | Book (edition) | | metallic state. Another person in the it to same county, having met with some mica in the form of small...CRYSTALS. HEMITROPES on the exterior part : amethyst, and zeolite, this is the many case with several...transparency: such is do the violet tint of amethyst, derived from a minute portion of the oxyde of... that by this : sapphire or topaz from an amethyst or rock-crystal, or from coloured glass, notwithstanding...manganese, a rich purple like : that of the amethyst. It glass,) will always produce a must be |
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