 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | more. "The Glove Mine is located in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, near the little town of Amado, on the...inches in length. They come from Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado (altitude of pocket where found over...inches in size, comes from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Microcline {feldspar). Nice loose xls, averaging...received. These come from Devil's Head, Douglas County, Colo. Garnet (spessartite). Small but gemmy, deep...Locality is Ruby Mountain near Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colo. Topaz: Small, colorless gemmy xls in cavities |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | vanadinite (lustrous, drusy, brownish xls on gray quartz rock). ARKANSAS—The following item was sent in by Byron...of Western Grove,in the N.E. section of Newton County. All these are in N . W . Arkansas. "It happened...a very large and interesting one from Lawrence County, Arkansas." CALIFORNIA—Emmett Klopfenstein, Box...to what looked like smithsonite and a bit of chrysocolla and perhaps chalcanthite was noted." The second...plenty of zoisite. One of the dumps near the old lime Kiln is still full of massive topaz, but it's not |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | University] at 01:02 21 December 2014 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona E veryone likes blue minerals. Most...Brooksville, Hancock County, and the Lubec lead mine and prospects at Pembroke, Washington County. It has also...at the old lead mines at Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; as good micromount material at the...Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; the old Gorham (Mascot mine), Coos County, New Hampshire; as...rosettes of pearly plates in calcite veins cutting trap rock at Moore, the long-abandoned iron mine at Andover |  | | Book (volume) | | A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the Orella railroad sta. ranks among... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | BITS May the year bring you all many fine days for rock collecting.' In the October issue of ROCKS AND MINERALS...Eastchester, found excellent rhodonite in the Berts Quarry, Plainfield, Mass. Robert Middleton, Earth Science...on silversmithing Member Bob Culver of the Wayne County Gem and Mineral Club, Marion, found a "fair sized"...on the AFMS Uniform Rules. At the Cedar H i l l quarry (Penn.) mem bers found pyrite-octahedral-crystals...Superintendent of all mu seums in Nassau County, spoke with the Long Island Mineral and Geology So ciety, Massapequa |  | | Book (volume) | | Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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...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...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....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...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin |  | | Book | | ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALASKA Famous mineral localities: Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (by P. B. Leavens & R. W. Thomssen) 8:4-12...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and |  | | Journal (issue) | | Jr. Inesite from the Hale Creek mine, Trinity County, California......................................................................369 by L. H. Conklin Letters to the editor ........................... 8th Friday, Oct. 9th BEY'S ROCK SHOP GRAYSON LAWRENCE H. CONKLIN PICKENS GRENVILLE MINERALS ...learned to transform intractable masses of hard rock into works of great beauty. The People’s Republic...gem fields. Sapphire deposits on windswept Hainan Island are under in vestigation. In 1976 the first major |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | prices. For free list, write to: BLAINE REED, 907 County Rd. 207 #17, Durango, Colorado 81301. MICROMOUNTS...grade trimmed microspecimens from "Point of Rocks Quarry," Colfax Co., N.M. (see Minera logical Record...(25 specimens each) handsomely boxed. Mineral and rock sets for schools and students also available. Ask...Redwood Rd., Kingston 7050 Tasmania, Australia. ROCK SWAP NEWSLETTER—Mineralogy's newest publication...fluorite, amethyst, kyanite, pyrite, peacock ore, chrysocolla, opal, emerald, gold and others. Send for 4-page |  | | 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...currently closed to collecting ALBEMARLE COUNTY Alberene soapstone quarry-Alberene actinolite-tremolite, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry-Esmont dolomite. limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite...crystals, muscovite crystals, tourmaline AMHERST COUNTY Crystals of goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite; |  | | Journal (issue) | | BONANZA Rock collecting, sightseeing and a look at history in Colorado by Steve Voyn ick CONKLIN QUARRY...QUARRY Minerals and gem materials in Rhode Island by James R. Mitchell FEATURES 10 48 51 Page 122 A PICTURE...Vanguard blade. aluminum oxide wheel for sharpening rock picks, chisels, etc. Use fine grit • Handy, adjustable...CENTER CADILLAC OF ROCK GRIPPERS _ __._..__._....., SHIM The new 4 POINT SOVA ROCK VISE Designed and...This toot puts four equal pressure points on your rock. holding odd shaped pieces solidly for accurate |  | | Journal (issue) | | Articles Amethyst on milky quartz from Hopkinton, Rhode I s la n d by J. Rakovan, D. B. Mitchelltree, L...across, from A shaw ay Village, H opkinton, Rhode Island. S m ithsonian Institution specim en; p hoto...since it will be held at the giant Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, let’s just call it the “Pomona...74104 Sal Avella 7 Homestead Avenue Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 Theeastern United States is well-known...was discovered in Ashaway Village, Hopkinton, Rhode Island. This deposit has produced some o f the most |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............. 554 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .................................................505 511 514 532 533 551 551 553 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY GEOLOGIC HAZARDS COMMITTEES NAMED Clarence Allen...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...Annual Rock Swap at Jo Scholl's Place, North Gorham, Maine. July 26-31, 1965 — Charlotte Rock and Min...sponsor the 25th Annual Convention and Silver Jubilee Rock and Gem Festival of the Midwest Federation of Mineralogical |  | | Report (issue) | | Nye County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1287 Huebnerite Veins near Round Mountain...Mountain, Nye County, Nevada By DANIEL R. SHAWE, EUGENE E. FOORD, and NANCY M. CONKLIN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... 1925Huebnerite veins near Round Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. (Geological Survey Professional Paper...Huebnerite. 2. Mineralogy Nevada Nye County. I. Foord, Eugene E. II. Conklin, Nancy M. III. Title. IV. QE391...MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By DANIEL R. SHAWE, EUGENE E. FOORD, and NANCY M. CONKLIN ABSTRACT Small |  | | Journal (issue) | | something that he can be very proud of-a "bragging rock." (5) As a seller: It is particularly important...octahedrons on matrix, from the Round Mountain mine, Nye County, Nevada KEITH & MAUNA PROCTOR ~~fgold~~ Please...primary ore is a zone of malachite, dioptase and chrysocolla. Onderra The small Onderra pit was initially...leadcopper mineralization in the limestone country rock. Over time the pit has been extended by local Herero...areas of mineralization in the same geological host rock and Steiner hopes that these will also yield dioptase |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...a precise explanation of how to recognize the rock formations in which gems occur. in The tabular...crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise LJ Emerald, Beryl ^"^ Agate **...1 2 How fun to hunt for gems to identify 3 Rock formations How which gems occur 1 21 stone...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | crystals, apatite in a delightful clear color, chrysocolla in vivid blue, red garnet, fiery vanadinite,...and C. A. Anderson have formed a partnership — the Rock House- See their ad in this issue). We have no extensive...while we find arfvedsonite at our favorite zeolite quarry near Perkiomenville, Pa. It is not always easy...with it. I enjoyed the details of your tour of Rhode Island. It was ingenious and thoughtful in the manner...minerals that you described, but at the Conklin Limestone Quarry, I found pure white asbestos, beautiful |  | | Journal (issue) | | color. Prices on request. ANALCITE CRYSTALS, Lincoln Co., Oregon. A very limited supply of choice translucent...weigh ing 20 to 30 lbs. or more. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock. III. Choice medium to deep purple crystals averaging...available. Prices on request. FLUORITE, Cave in Rock, III. Choice me dium to deep purple xls with other...DOLOMITE CRYSTALS IN PENN.—Richard Haefner.... 808 RHODE ISLAND HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOIL—Gardiner E. Gregory............... 858 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY .............................................. |  | | 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...currently closed to collecting Albemarle County Alberene soapstone quarry—Alberene amphiboie asbestos, apatite...goethite pseudomorphs after pyrite Esmont slate quarry—Esmont dolomite, limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite |  | | Journal (issue) | | specimen from the Spanish Dry Diggings, Eldorado County, California, and a little of its history ........................................ 325 by L. H. Conklin T1 mM!NERA!. =!CAL RECORD The Newmont Azurite:................................... 333 by L. H. Conklin Postscript: Hessonite with apatite, Mount Avie..................... 248 Obituary: Lawrence H. Conklin (by W E. Wilson) What's New in Minerals Tucson...the Editors Died, Lawrence H. Conklin, 82 Lawrence Henry "Larry" Conklin, Jr., well-known New York mineral |  | | Book | | Jay in this of popular the Ellis Ransom, Rock-huntefs Range Guide, tells everything you need...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...as well as a dis- cussion of the basic kinds of rock: igneous, sedimentary, Once and metamorphic. ...by Jay FOSSILS IN Ellis Ransom AMERICA THE ROCK-HUNTER'S RANGE GUIDE ARIZONA GEM TRAILS PETRIFIED...or silver; an angry mule skinner reaching for a rock to throw at an obstreperous mule, only to discover |  | | Journal (issue) | | and Lead Minerals from the Eagle Eye Mine, La Paz County, Arizona Paul M. Adams 126 S. Helberta Ave. #2...miles south southeast of the town of Brenda, La Paz County, Arizona, in Section 15, T3N, R 16W of the New...spectroscoContinued on page 6 Fig. 1 mm). Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after unknown (to 4 The 26th Rochester...where people can Continued on page 7 C' Fig. 1 Chrysocolla coated with quartz, Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona;...conventional search tools. I use metacrawler for USA-English language sites. Mctacrawlcr (www.metacrawler |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gauthier & V. T. King The Fat Jack mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ............................... 21 by...Jr. The Monitor-Mogul mining district, Alpine County, California .............................................. COVER: CUPRITE with malachite on chrysocolla, from the M ashamba West mine, Shaba, Zaire....strontiojoaquinite and perovskite from San Benito County, California. Most of his specimens were miniature...special admission to "The Blue Room' AWRENCE H. CONKLIN showroom: 2 West 46th Street New York, New York |
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