 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OFFICERS: 1974-1975 President—Frank Mayo 3340 Wood Valley Road Atlanta, G a . 30327 1st Vice Pres.—Rufus...found in the "trap rock" quarries of northern Virginia.) At the Campbell Texas Quarry (Permission re...slides of minerals and music for the Frederick County Rock and Min eral Club, Frederick. Mr. and Mrs...Gem, Lapidary and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, Rockville devoted a program to competitive displays...Shulman were the guests of honor. - - - - The Bergen County Mineralogy and Paleontology Society, Paramus, made |  | | Report (issue) | | in steel. Elacerville is located in San Miguel County, southwestern Colorado, at the western base of...Gale 2 has recorded a similar association in Routt County. Fleck and Haldane 3 also note the occurrence of...Carnotite and associated minerals in western Routt County, Colo.: Bull. U. S. Geol. Sur vey No. 340,1908...miles southwest of that place. Cutter is in Sierra County and is a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa...been the following: Leatherbee, Brigham, Sierra County, N. Mex., vanadium deposits: Min. World, vol. 33 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Creek, in San Benito Co., Calif., by my wife, Virginia. She seems to have a built-in sensitivity to the...the Red Mountain range near Silverton, San Juan County, Colo., there is marmatite. It is a high-iron sphalerite...Sept. 13, 1959, from Jan Worth (age 16), 98 New Hanover Ave., Meriden, Conn. DELAWARE—Dark gray chert pebbles...Illinois to Buffalo State Park in central LaSalle County, 111. We found many sam115 pies of the fish-tail... The first one is the Baer-Mingolla Quarry in Ashland, Middlesex Co. I first noticed the mineral as micro |  | | Book (volume) | | shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...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 |  | | Book (volume) | | shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified wood. Ohio ranks first in the nation in the production...common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This gem flint occurs in the 8 mile long Flint...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 |  | | 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...Hematite HANOVER, Coosa Co., (near) Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite...Pima Co. ♦Fluorspar HOLBROOK, Adamana region Petrified Wood KELVIN, Pinal Co., 2 mi S. of E. side of Verde...DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals) GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite |  | | Book (volume) | | extensive collecting region of agatized and opalized wood for high gem quality is the Sandhills country around...an abundance of gem quality 283 Nebraska petrified wood, often occurring as huge stone logs lying on...agates, chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits...W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained...of fossil laurel wood (petrified wood) are found 3 miles west of Piggott, Clay County, Ark. California—A |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alabama. Flake graphite, he writes, occurs in the Ashland schist as a belt extending through Clay, Coosa...and Chilton Counties. The maximum width of the Ashland schist is about 4 miles extending N.E. to S.W....the Josephine Mine near Volcanoville, Eldorado County, California. What your correspondent writes is... he mentions a few minerals found in Middlesex County, Conn. "Sillimanite evidently exsists, at least...limestone. ROCKS AND MINERALS Nos. 4-5-6-7—Petrified wood. Limb sections made up of dark gray chalcedony |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | e P r e s i d e n t — F r a n k M a y o 3 3 4 0 Wood V a l l e y R o a d A t l a n t a , G a . 30327...Mississippi Petrified Forest. The Club furnished a piece of Mississippi Petrified Forest Wood to the Museum...Museum of the Petrified Forest in Arizona. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The Mineralogical Society of the Dis...Francis, master of science degree candi date at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Mrs. Lillian Turner condutted...will be featured at the club's fall show. WEST VIRGINIA Blue coral was the objective of the Kanaivha |  | | Journal (issue) | | CALIFORNIA. -THE MINERALOGIST. PETRIFIED WOOD. A new petrified wood locality, along the beach SANDS...■■■.' i limestone; 11-’ ; . DARWIN, INYO COUNTY, LEAD MINING CENTER OF THE RICH DARWIN HILLS. ...■: •*"' \ ---: • • ' ■ - j Randsburg, Kern County, California. Gold THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CENTURY...GREEN, SLIGHT FLUORESCENCE; FROM Agate Hill), petrified palm (at end of canyon road), d) Borate Area:...APATITE Cv ,c<* John B. Lyons, 1.9 S. Park St,, Hanover, N, H. AUTUNITE Frank L. Leggett, Meredeth, N, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Society's News letter: Trips to Brilliant for petrified wood, and to Brookwood, to the All-Georgia Rock...look for quartz pebbles and water-worn petri fied wood. CONNECTICUT The Danburite, Danbury Mineralogical...various mines. Thames Valley Rockhounds of New London County: The Geode reported that Jerry Theiler gave a presentation...Bible. KENTUCKY ARMCO Rockhound Newsletter of Ashland reported that a slide program on "Junk to Jewelry"...229 MAINE MISSISSIPPI The Pegmatite, Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association: Dr. Archie Berry recently |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Woods near Holley in the Sweet Home Petrified Forest, Linn County, Oregon By Irene Gregory* Introduction...Introduction Scattered deposits of Tertiary fossil (petrified) woods are to be found throughout most of the Western...up the area known as the Sweet Home Petrified Forest in Linn County are among the most abundant and well...well known. The abundance of the area's fossil wood is evident even to the casual traveler. It may be seen...miles by road east of the town of Holley in Linn County, Oregon. This is the locality with which we are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...skeletons of a once prosperous business. "Around Ashland, Clay Co.. Ala., are some half dozen abandoned...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 (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...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON: at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate; N |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Augusta, El Dorado, and at mileage 3288.0—Marion County line was crossed; a mile further (3289.0) was the...the river but we did not stop. 3306.0 miles—Chase County line on U.S. 50S. 567 3307.0 miles—Ceder Point...miles—We turn right on U.S. 75. 3475.0 miles—Jackson County line on U.S. 75. 3488.0 miles—Indian Reservation...men presented me with a very fine specimen of petrified wood which they had found in the pit some few weeks...is 6 inches long. Aside from the gift of the petrified wood which made me very happy, Messrs. Butler and |  | | Book (edition) | | describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...plane of lesser molecular cohesion in the splitting wood along the grain. Cleavage cracks across the prism...lava is petrified wood by replacement of may form in the by decay or destruction of the wood. Agate...Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. In the West, the Rockies...quarries. Some gems may also be dug from agate, petrified wood, crystals easily worked soil, disintegrated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FLORIDA—Some few months we received a specimen of gray, petrified coral on massive grayish quartz from Eugene Engman...Engman, Box 87, Nokomis, Fla. "This small chunk of petrified coral was found at St. Leo (Pasco Co.), Fla.,...beautifully polished banded, brown, grav and red petrified wood was sent in by Mr. & Mrs. Rex Hile, 238 S....Richmond, Wichita 13, Kans. "This petrified wood came from Barber County, Kansas. I am not sure of its exact...black dendrites." LOUISIANA-Brown pebbles of petrified wood have been found in a large gravel pit near |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | N. Y . 14534 1st Vice President—Frank Mayo 3340 Wood Valley Road Atlanta, G a . 30327 2nd Vice President—Angelo...has published articles every month 746 The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, was host to G i...Adams the Club went to Columbus, G a . for petrified wood, quartz, quartzite, jasper, chalcedony, marcasite...agate T h e Rock and Mineral Club of Lower Bucks County, Fairless ROCKS A N D MINERALS Hills, heard member...micas. A n exciting field trip was made to Amelia, Virginia for moonstone T h e Lakeshore Gem and Mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | collecting sites. KENTUCKY ARMCO, Rockhound Club of Ashland: A slide program revealed the artifacts and jewelry...the East ern Federation was forthcoming. "Petrified Wood" was first choice of topics. MISSISSIPPI Rocky...of Pirello Mastadon bones unearthed in a Wayne County field. Mohawk Valley Gem, published by the Geolo...Burgess gave a program on Silversmithing. OHIO The Petrified Log, Ohio Valley Gem and Mineral Society: Joyce...the finest collection in America. Needle, Beaver County Rock and Mineral Soci ety, contained a message |  | | Report (issue) | | Mother-of-Pearl Petrified Wood and Plants, Type I Occurrences Black Wood Opalized Wood Petrified Wood and Plants...Occurrences . .. .. . . . Cycadophytes Tempskya Ferns Petrified Wood and Plants, Type III Occurrences . Quartz,...to cut softer materials, such as animal hides and wood, long before he knew how to smelt and shape metals...is much the same as a bullet striking a piece of wood; that is, the atomic arrangement of the crystal...Platte River valley from Ashland, Saunders County, to Plattsmouth, Cass County; and along the Missouri |  | | Book (volume) | | 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...banks, tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes...slopes, stream beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal; along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional...regional banks, breaks, gravels, etc. petrified wood, wood opal. 438 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | exhibit each month. KENTUCKY Armco Rockhound Club of Ashland members were treated to a sound film of the Darnel...speaker at a recent meeting. His subject was "Petrified Wood." Mr. Borow gave an excellent explanation of...types, formation and occurrences of petrifaction of wood. MARYLAND Chipper's Chatter, the Chesapeake Gem...minerals and fossils for the deaf and blind. Frederick County Rock and Mineral Club: Sally Spreicher and her...narrative, including scenes of Amish farms in Lancaster County. The Mineral Mite of Micro Mineralogists of the |
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